The Essence of Stephen King

Stephen King is undoubtedly one of my all time favorite authors. His mind is as twisted as a catholic school girls panties and his imagination rivals that of Eric Cartman. The following quotes might just explain away his macabre brilliance or might leave you with one eyebrow raised higher than the Eiffel Tower.

Enjoy

Hope is a good thing - maybe the best thing, and no good thing ever dies

Fiction is the truth inside the lie.

Get busy living, or get busy dying.

Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that [Harry Potter author] Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and [Twilight author] Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.

I think that we're all mentally ill. Those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better - and maybe not all that much better after all.

God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.

I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and Fries.

I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew that my IQ had been damaged.

It's better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost.

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy... and I keep it in a jar on my desk.

The devil's voice is sweet to hear.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.

When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, "There's just something about you that pisses me off."

Time takes it all whether you want it to or not, time takes it all. Time bares it away, and in the end there is only darkness. Sometimes we find others in that darkness, and sometimes we lose them there again.

We fall from womb to tomb, from one blackness and toward another, remembering little of the one and knowing nothing of the other ... except through faith

Sorry is the Kool-Aid of human emotions. It's what you say when you spill a cup of coffee or throw a gutterball when you're bowling with the girls in the leage. True sorrow is as rare as true love.

Life is not a support system for art. It is the other way around.

God Hates Us All - There is a Book?

Well fuck me running with stilettos!

Remember those 3 books from Californication - God Hates Us All, Seasons in the Abyss and South of Heaven, all of them Slayer album titles, and fictional Hank Moody novels?

Well turns out God Hates Us All has been published as a real book! And I think I just got a broner!

The book apparently chronicles Hank Moody's life as a 20 year old trying to make it as an author cum drug dealer, and includes just the right amount of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. (according to Californication standards)

While I try to figure out where I can get my hands on this, enjoy the following review excerpted from http://www.daemonsbooks.com/ and do leave a comment if you have read the book!

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God Hates Us All began as a fictional piece of work that was referenced in the Showtime series “Californication”. On the show, the main character, Hank Moody, is a famous writer that lives in Venice Beach, CA and had a hit book titled “God Hates Us All“. He rises to even greater fame when the book is turned into a popular movie by the same name. This prompted an actual “God Hates Us All” book to be written. What is interesting is this book completely stays in character. The author credit is given to the fictional character “Hank Moody”, many of the acknowledgements appear to be characters from the show, and even the artist bio on the back cover is all Moody.

What’s even more intriguing is it’s actually a pretty solid book. It tells the story of a young Hank Moody in his early twenties who moves to NYC for his first job (as a drug dealer) and takes up residence at the famous Chelsea Hotel. As he narrates his way through tales about his psycho ex-girlfriend, a super-model love interest, and his relationship with his parents you will soon forget that this book began as a spoof. Think Sid and Nancy meets Catcher in the Rye, meets Hank Moody from Californication.

Although writing credit is given to “Hank Moody” the inside flap also gives a credit to a Jonathan Grotenstein. I couldn’t dig up much about Grotenstein online so if anyone else has more information to the degree he was involved in the book I’d really appreciate it. I’d like to know if he wrote the whole book, and if so, if he plans to write anything else. All in all this is a great book and worth checking out. Even if you aren’t familiar with the TV show, you will still enjoy God Hates Us All.

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Now to see if I can find a free ebook to download! I can't really wait for amazon.com to ship over the paper back. Broners are dangerous un-attended!

How to Put eBooks on Your Ipad?

While I strongly feel that the love for the good old paperback will never leave us word lovers, I do concur that the Ipad does have it's valid place in itself.


If you want to put a book on an iPad, you have a few options. eBooks come in several formats and depending on the format of your book, you will find one of the following methods suitable.

Steps

ePub Format 

ePubs are the open format that the Apple iBook and several other electronic book sellers support.

1. Put the iBook application on your iPad. This application is available for free in the App Store.
   
2. From iTunes on your computer, import the ePub file. Do this in iTunes by selecting File and the Add to Library.
   
3. Sync the iPad to your computer. You may need to manually check the book name in iTunes to sync onto your computer from the Books tab.
   

Kindle Format 

Amazon Kindle format is a closed format which is only supported by Amazon products.

1. Put the Kindle app on your Ipad. You can obtain this application from the App Store.
   
2. Purchase a Kindle formatted book on Amazon.com on your computer, or directly into the iPad. If necessary, log into your Amazon account. Head to "Manage My Kindle" and direct the ebook to appear in your iPad's Kindle.
   

PDF Format 

1. Download one of the many available PDF readers from the App Store.
   
2. Follow the directions for that specific PDF reader to read books on your iPad.

  
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Losing My Virginity - Book Review

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English industrialist, best known for his Virgin brand of over 360 companies and is the worlds 236th richest person according to Forbes’ 2008 list of billionaires, with an estimated net worth of approximately $2.4 billion USD. Losing my virginity is his autobiography first published in 2005. 

A heck load of sex, a tad bit of drugs and a whole lot of rock n roll entwine together with the fluidity of a Zeppelin classic in Sir Richard Branson’s autobiography ‘Losing My Virginity’. The businessman known as much for his eccentric publicity campaigns and death defying world record attempts as for his undeniable entrepreneurial brilliance; ‘Losing My Virginity’ presents his life story with heart, balls, swagger and a wonderfully refreshing openness that leaves us utterly powerless to help but fall in love with the long haired and scruffy Brit.

While most business autobiographies show a certain predilection for excruciatingly painful details, blatant pomposity and maddeningly preachy undertones, ‘Losing my Virginity’ reads like the autobiography of the consummate rock star that lives fast, parties hard and loves under the table fellatio to boot. Painted red with stories of him being caught in bed with his school headmasters daughter, passing joints with Mick Jagger and Sid Vicious, being strapped naked to hotel balconies at Virgin parties and riding along the Thames with the sex pistols singing “god save the queen, a fascist regime,” ‘Losing my virginity’ is undoubtedly one of the most entertaining and raunchy business autobiographies ever written.

Yet the true beauty of the book lies not in the tongue in cheek anecdotes of outrageous sex, good music and thick spliffs; although they do ad quite the compelling touch; but in the core story of a man, that loves life, hates authority, revels in impossible challenges and lives with a wonderful conviction that anything and everything is possible. The book is written with such openness and un-pretentiousness that it is an incredibly invigorating read, which takes us on a rollercoaster ride through the life of one of the worlds most successful and eccentric businessman. From the simple beginnings of a dyslexic teenager starting his own magazine, to painstakingly building Virgin Music as Britain’s most in-vogue record label, to fighting nail and tooth to defend the Virgin Group against the covetous and dastardly tactics of certain competitors; each page is a step deeper into the very heart and soul of England’s favorite businessman.

Though a business autobiography is the last thing you would expect to be reviewed on a rock n roll lifestyle magazine; ‘Losing my virginity’ cannot be considered simply as a business autobiography. With its brutally honest and open writing style, along with the life story full of sex, rock n roll, money, determination and adventure, it is a true rock n roll diary that will both inspire and excite.

Article courtesy of www.backdoormag.com