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-panzer (June 28, 2017, 11:00 AM)
The Long Walk is one of my favorite Steven King books. I had it in an anthology called The Bachman Books (a lot of his stories written under the Richard Bachman pseudonym), and to tell you what it's about would be to ruin the pathos of dawning horror. But it is very good and recommended. Also in that anthology are Roadwork (arguably- at least by me- Falling Down is based on that) and the Running Man (nothing like the tepid Schwartzenegger flick)-wraith808 (June 28, 2017, 12:30 PM)
Only problem with it is that King had no clue how fast a human can walk. Hundred of miles with speed over 4 miles per hour (6-9) is just not realistic. Not for a bunch of teenagers ... I can do almost 7 km in one hour (average speed of 7,5 km/h on a distance of 500 meters and 8,4 km/h on same distance on uphill road with small elevation) but after several hours I would surely drop below minimum speed ... And they walked that fast while eating, smoking and speaking with each other ... I feel he should do some more research on the matter ... Otherwise it is a good book, a little bit too long, but good ...-panzer (June 29, 2017, 02:19 AM)
I didn't find it unrealistic. Especially with the other factors considered that I don't really want to go into for concern at spoiling the novel. But we can agree to disagree on that.-wraith808 (June 29, 2017, 09:54 AM)
-panzer (June 28, 2017, 11:00 AM)
The Long Walk is one of my favorite Steven King books. I had it in an anthology called The Bachman Books (a lot of his stories written under the Richard Bachman pseudonym), and to tell you what it's about would be to ruin the pathos of dawning horror. But it is very good and recommended. Also in that anthology are Roadwork (arguably- at least by me- Falling Down is based on that) and the Running Man (nothing like the tepid Schwartzenegger flick)-wraith808 (June 28, 2017, 12:30 PM)
Number 7: Steve Irwin
Steve Irwin was a famous wild life presenter. He died in 2006 while filming his documentary “The Crocodile Hunter: Ocean’s Deadliest”. He died when a Stingray fish bit him.
[ Invalid Attachment ]-IainB (April 08, 2017, 06:47 AM)
I'm not sure what @panzer means by "dumped"-IainB (June 06, 2017, 08:11 AM)
Dumped - not finished.-panzer (June 06, 2017, 02:44 PM)
I have a hard time doing that with a book. Currently, I'm reading the Magicians by Lev Grossman, and the TV show is actually better IMO... the book is rather a slog. But I'm still trying.-wraith808 (June 06, 2017, 02:53 PM)
I'm not sure what @panzer means by "dumped"-IainB (June 06, 2017, 08:11 AM)
@panzer: That smells a bit fishy. I wonder if the author has been "got at"?
Many thanks for the links.
How does one go about downloading the installer file intact from the chrome store?
I can't figure it out.
I have made backup copies of the two folders (Name: bdgggpliahokemcgimpfcaaeknfbjlce) for BAJ in the Slimjet browser (user data), just in case, and the extension is synced to the cloud, so I can always re-install it, one way or another, but I would like to get hold of the installer, for posterity and for examination/study.-IainB (April 24, 2017, 11:17 PM)
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