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Andy Sheets · 05-13-2008, 11:59 AM

I just read Lincoln Child/Douglas Preston book called Riptide. It drew me in because the subject matter is intriguing to me, being about a fictionalized version of the Oak Island Water Pit. The actual writing is par for the course for these writers - nothing special but entertaining in that Michael Crichtonish way.

I've also been trying to catch up on reading some old pulp reprints I've been accumulating. Read a couple of Doc Savages and Shadows, and now I'm reading a Spider story. Love the Spider. Absolutely crazed writing. Whenever I read one I have this vision in my head of the author grinding his teeth and hammering feverishly on his typewriter while his fingers bleed, reddened eyes bugging out of his skull.

05-13-2008, 11:59 AM	#61 of 101
Andy Sheets Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Local Time: 12:41 PM Local Date: 08-30-2008 Posts: 2,259	Re: Books you've read in 2008 I just read Lincoln Child/Douglas Preston book called Riptide. It drew me in because the subject matter is intriguing to me, being about a fictionalized version of the Oak Island Water Pit. The actual writing is par for the course for these writers - nothing special but entertaining in that Michael Crichtonish way. I've also been trying to catch up on reading some old pulp reprints I've been accumulating. Read a couple of Doc Savages and Shadows, and now I'm reading a Spider story. Love the Spider. Absolutely crazed writing. Whenever I read one I have this vision in my head of the author grinding his teeth and hammering feverishly on his typewriter while his fingers bleed, reddened eyes bugging out of his skull.