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His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein
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I Am Legend by Robert Matheson
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Einstein: Hi ... Red Dragon by Thomas Harris, the book before Silence of the Lambs, was really creepy. A twisted serial killer who had a terrible upbringing. Humans are the scariest of all. I just finished re-reading Thomas Harris' Red Dragon, which is always an enjoyable thriller. Currently working on two books: Atonement, which is one of my absolute favorite books, and The Other Side: The True Story of the Boy Who Sees Ghosts by Denise Jones. The Other Side used to be one of ... ...
Project 17 by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Streams of Babel by Carol Plum-Ucci
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
Eldest by Christopher Paolini
Books to Read:
Brisingr by Christopher Paolini ... is chock-full of closet cases and meth aficionados.
What cheeses me off is when a one-off novel turns into an industry. Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs were great thrillers. Then it devolved into All-Hannibal, All-the-Time. It's what ruined the "Hitchhiker" series and I'm sure that's ... ... by E. Annie Proulx
Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (And many of Harris' other books: Manhunter, Hannibal, Red Dragon, Hannibal Rising)
Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally (The film is Schindler's List.)
Spider by Patrick McGrath
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh (The ... ... CGI, and lots of 'splosions. Why else would Thomas Harris keep churning out Hannibal Lecter-related shameless cash-ins? Red Dragon was great; Silence of the Lambs was excellent; the rest is dross.
Fanboys are the engines that create useless sequels, empty action movies, and make the ... ... is total crap too.
Then there are a couple of books I tried to read in High School It by Stephen King and Red Dragon by Thomas Harris. Both of those books totally creeped me out and I put them in the trash without finishing either of them. ... I got my husband The Amplified Bible (large print as wubby squints alot when reading ;) ), I also got my daughter Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
edited for and + touchstones ... way through more than once, I have to say that the one I've liked best so far is Obsidian Butterfly because it reads like Red Dragon with vampires and shapeshifters thrown in.
I don't necessarily dislike the sex in the later books, but I do find the stop for a ten+ page sex scene after ... ... Home to your small-town paranoia category, and I think urban gothic is also where I'd put Rosemary's Baby.
I'd try Red Dragon under psychos, December under spooky places, and The Exorcist under ghosts and demons. I'll keep thinking about it. What a great idea! I'm looking forward ... ... in the deconstructions are reviews of how detectives are portrayed (ie, the difference between the abilities of one man in Red Dragon and the entire FBI), doubles in movies (Cassinova and the Gentleman Caller in Kiss the Girls, Detective Somerset and John Doe in Seven), and the influence of ... ... Vonnegut
Sirens of Titan--Kurt Vonnegut
Madam Bovary--Gustave Flaubert
Have His Carcase--Dorothy L. Sayers
Red Dragon--Thomas Harris
A Perfect Spy--John Le Carre
Tis--Frank McCourt
The Bowl is Already Broken--Mary Kay Zuravleff
On Beauty--Zadie Smith
Library Sale B ... ... wish I had not done that, because it seriously messsed me up every step of the way, but still I kept on reading it.
Red Dragon disturbing but still a good book. American Psycho disturbing and still a bad book.
Most disturbing book I ever read Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt. ... #39 Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
Another reread, however, as it's been 18 years since I've last read it, I'll count it as a half-read. The Girl in the red coat byRoma Ligocka
Red Leaves by Paulina Simons
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
rose's garden by Carrie Brown
The rose grower by Michelle De Kretser
... it in less than two days.
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer - The Twilight series was a recommendation from my friend.
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris - I had already read Silence of the Lambs, and I wanted to read the other books in the Hannibal series. Finished Red Dragon, which I REALLY, REALLY enjoyed. Now on to New Moon, the second book in the Twilight series, which just came in on interlibrary loan. Finished Congo and I'm about halfway through Red Dragon, which I'm enjoying immensely. I'm still debating about which book I should read next: Fahrenheit 451 (which I've already read), The Loch by Steve Alten (which I've also read), or The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton (which I ... #135 - Allie64
I'm really looking forward to starting Red Dragon. I've already read Silence of the Lambs, so I decided I should probably read the rest of the series, preferably in order. Although I've heard that Hannibal Rising really stinks. Has anyone here read it? #131 I found Red Dragon somewhat confronting because I have a son with a cleft lip and palate but I've read many books about serial killers so I can't help wondering what made this particular book so much more evil than others in the same vein? ... Congo by Michael Crichton - one of my favorites! After Congo, I plan on reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Red Dragon by Thomas Harris, and The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton. About the only time I ever threw an undamaged book away was Thomas Harris' Red Dragon. I thought it was evil and wouldn't inflict it on anyone else. ... Interview with the Vampire, and all the Harry Potter series
Best: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and Red Dragon I have to agree with #180... Red Dragon by Thomas Harris. It disturbed me so much that I could not finish it. In fact, I had to physically remove the book from my house. Pretty bad! I read Silence of the Lambs and although it was quite scary, it did not affect me in nearly the same way. Red ... No, that was Hannibal . Clarice isn't in Red Dragon. It's the prequil. I know I've mentioned various books in other threads, such as Red Dragon by Thomas Harris, which I hated so much I threw it into the trash.
But I've just remembered another one, Hollywood by Charles Bukowski--at least, I think that was it--I was supposed to be reviewing the book for Masterp ... red dragon by Thomas Harris ... Chair by Sue Monk Kidd, and a few other weepy miserable wallowing in depression exercises in chick lit. Ugh.
Also, Red Dragon by Thomas Harris--I felt it was filthy and I threw it out so no other person would have to read that crap and feel similarly soiled by it.
The thing that most ... ... sentences, anyone?), the characters are one dimensional, the plots are ridiculous when not predictable--yuk.
Hated Red Dragon by Thomas Harris; actually threw the book away because it seemed evil to me to leave it around for others to read.
Then there's my book club's selection of ... Red Dragon by Thomas Harris was pretty disturbing to me. ... not to put in a spoiler) the most evil character you've ever come across! Worse than Randall Flagg or the psychos in Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs or the psycho nurses in One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and Misery. Still gives me the shivers to think about it.
... Detective -- Plot It Yourself Rex Stout
Mean Streets -- Red Harvest Dashiell Hammett
Superhuman Psycho -- Red Dragon Thomas Harris
Old Dark House -- And Then There Were None Agatha Christie
The winner -- one book that seems to fit (admittedly with some effort) in ... ... alone.
Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure by Sarah MacDonald
The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith by Thomas Keneally
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
Matthew Flinders' Cat by Bryce Courtenay (not at all what I expected)
Electric God by Catherine Ryan Hyde
... Regulators by Richard Bachman (Stephen King)
Desperation by Stephen King
James and the Giant Peach By Roald Dahl
Red Dragon By Thomas Harris
I work at a used bookstore, it comes in handy ... - he was an evil dude and possibly
The Sociopath Next Door
The Queen of the Damned - arrogant bitch she was
Red Dragon - Francis was a freak
Dracula - pretty much goes without saying, but hey ... I drew up a list of other books depicting "monsters": Zombie (Joyce Carol Oates), Predator (Patricia Cornwell), Red Dragon (Thomas Harris), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson), and The Collector (John Fowles). I'll limit myself to literature, although we ... ... by George Simenon
The Red Cat Cookbook by Jimmy Bradley
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Black Mischief by Evelyn Waugh
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris The Red Dragon
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
The Green Man : tales from the mythic forest
Bluebeard's Egg and Other Stories
Violet and Claire
Black House
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Gray Heroes
The Last Vampire 2: Black Blood
The Last Vampire 3: Red Dice
Briar Ros ... Imager, do you want an essay or the book? (lol)
The book Red Dragon is great for what it is: a dark pychological crime thriller, full of details and creepiness that was not seen a great deal before it's fabrication.
The movies: Even though they are very similar, I prefer Silence ... Red Dragon by Thomas Harris ...The book was much better and of course had many more details
Woman Thou Art Loosed by T.D. Jakes both follow each other very well. I read the book, then seen the movie and was surprised at the detail in the movie. This movie did the book justice by all ... Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
So far so good. Here is my reading list for the week:
currently reading
Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
Red Dragon
Hannibal Rising I bought 3 books yesterday.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
Drop Dead Gorgeous by Linda Howard RED:
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
YELLOW:
One Fearful Yellow Eye by John D. MacDonald
ORANGE:
Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
GREEN:
The Search for the Green River Killer by Carlton Smith
BLUE:
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins
B ... ... to love Hannibal Rising and Hannibal is my favorite of the Lecter series. I thought The Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon read like screenplays, although that, in my opinion, does not make them bad books.
I loved the detail and the richness of Harris' prose. And the complexity of ... ... for me which was a damn shame.
The novel was written in acts as for a screenplay and doesn't read much like his others (Red Dragon being the best). It seems cheaper for this. Half-hearted and now I KNOW he's only doing it for the money. Hannibal was the first indication of this, but now ... Okay, let's see if I can get these touchstones things to work. I'm in the middle of Red Dragon, the first book of the Hannibal Lecter trilogy by Thomas Harris. I'm really unsure of what I think about this one: some passages are almost embarrassing, while others are quite gripping. I'm also ...
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