The talisman
The Talisman is a 1984 fantasy novel by American writers Stephen King and Peter Straub. The Talisman was nominated for both the Locus and World Fantasy Awards in 1985. King and Straub followed up with a sequel, Black House (2001). Followed by: Black House
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- Which books did you read at least twice? Please give author, title, and how often you have read it.
For me the (probably incomplete list) is:
Connie Willis: Doomsday Book (three times)
Neal Stephenson: Cryptonomicon, Anathem, Quicksilver, The Confusion, The System of the World (twice or three times)
Frank Herbert: Dune (three times)
Tolkien: Lord of the Rings (three times)
Stephen King: Salem's Lot, The Shining, It (three times each)
Stephen King & Peter Straub: The Talisman (twice)
Vernor Vinge: A Deepness in the Sky, A Fire Upon The Deep, Rainbow's End (each twice)
Tracy Kidder: The Soul of a New Machine (twice)
Larry McMurtry: Lonesome Dove (twice)
Ross Thomas: Chinaman's Chance (twice)
William Gibson: Neuromancer, The Peripheral, Agency (each twice)
- Maybe it's the nostalgia talking, but I finished season 4 of Stranger Things yesterday, and now I have a strong urge to pick up a copy of The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub. A great book, it really captured the magic that King's Dark Tower series lost along the way.
- The Silo series by Hugh Howey -- some excellent sci-fi to go along with the show
The Red Rising series by Pierce Brown -- lots of sci-fi fun, extremely epic
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King -- King's "Lord of the Rings" opus, great writing, ending maybe a little unsatisfying but not abnormal
Artemis - Andy Weir's first book -- Fun read about a heist on the moon. Anticipating Project Hail Mary movie early next year!
Currently in the middle of: The Talisman - Stephen King / Peter Straub
- > This guy didn't even have an addiction problem, I'm almost certain the judge is getting some sort of incentive to punish these people with this program.
Maybe. After reading the entire article, I think that it's a little more complex. The convict gets the option of jail or chicken farm.
After choosing the chicken farm, the convict still has the option of doing the jail time instead. The reason they work so hard, endure the horrific conditions and do so without pay is because they still feel that it is better than jail.
The problem arises when Judges (who, like you said, may have an incentive to provide slaves) start weighting the jail option heavier in order to promote the chicken farm option; for example, offer 5 years in jail or two years in slavery.
Another problem with biased Judges is that they may start convicting based on the labour requirements, not on the criminal intent, element and other factors.
Anyone here who also read The Talisman (Stephen King, Peter Straub)? Similar thing there.
- Sorry when I'm going all-out nerd here, but isn't the quiet eye the exact stance on war which is talked about over and over in Stephen King novels? I'm thinking It, the Dark Tower series, the Talisman (plus sequel), all basically revolve around the theme of the warrior getting more of that introverted kind of alertness - as opposed to getting more fucked up by the confrontations brought upon them - on every step into the madness that their task turns out to be.
- That's a clever idea, but I think it paints the solution in broad strokes. I don't know how, for example, it solves for "I really like 'The Talisman' by Stephen King, but hate 'The Stand' (or almost anything else he's written" for example.
