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<blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 7188505" data-attributes="member: 508"><p>So I found myself yesterday at an airport at 0530 for a flight that was to leave at 0759, only to find out the plane hadn't come in the previous evening - and the earliest flight home for me started boarding in a scant 11 hours. I had already checked out of my hotel and turned in my rental car, so I had pretty much a full day to look forward to at the airport. </p><p></p><p>Fortunately, I had two novels with me, each about 550 pages long.</p><p></p><p>The first was <em>Darwin's Radio</em> by Greg Bear, of which I had already gotten through the first 200 pages earlier in the week. Despite it being a Nebula Award winner, it was an excruciatingly dull read. It had an interesting premise but boring, flat characters; a tedious pace; and an unfinished ending that left me not in the least bit interested in hunting up the sequel, <em>Darwin's Children</em>. I can't recommend it.</p><p></p><p>Fortunately, the next book was <em>Desperation</em> by Stephen King. I devoured 350 pages of it before I had to give up reading for the day, because I was yawning nonstop and my eyes kept watering. (Fortunately, I was in the last hour of my last flight for the day by then.) But it's a decidedly creepy book, with interesting characters and a plot that I can't wait to see resolved. I'd put it up there among King's creepiest novels, although it's rather like <em>The Last Stand</em> in that it's setting up a "good vs. evil" confrontation between the main characters. This one I would heartily recommend.</p><p></p><p>The fact that my 11-hour airport ordeal had me looking forward to finally reaching "desperation" is not lost on me.</p><p></p><p>Johnathan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richards, post: 7188505, member: 508"] So I found myself yesterday at an airport at 0530 for a flight that was to leave at 0759, only to find out the plane hadn't come in the previous evening - and the earliest flight home for me started boarding in a scant 11 hours. I had already checked out of my hotel and turned in my rental car, so I had pretty much a full day to look forward to at the airport. Fortunately, I had two novels with me, each about 550 pages long. The first was [i]Darwin's Radio[/i] by Greg Bear, of which I had already gotten through the first 200 pages earlier in the week. Despite it being a Nebula Award winner, it was an excruciatingly dull read. It had an interesting premise but boring, flat characters; a tedious pace; and an unfinished ending that left me not in the least bit interested in hunting up the sequel, [i]Darwin's Children[/i]. I can't recommend it. Fortunately, the next book was [i]Desperation[/i] by Stephen King. I devoured 350 pages of it before I had to give up reading for the day, because I was yawning nonstop and my eyes kept watering. (Fortunately, I was in the last hour of my last flight for the day by then.) But it's a decidedly creepy book, with interesting characters and a plot that I can't wait to see resolved. I'd put it up there among King's creepiest novels, although it's rather like [i]The Last Stand[/i] in that it's setting up a "good vs. evil" confrontation between the main characters. This one I would heartily recommend. The fact that my 11-hour airport ordeal had me looking forward to finally reaching "desperation" is not lost on me. Johnathan [/QUOTE]
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