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Cassandra Clare and the Panned Picture
When we last left out heroine she was leafing some thorny mahogany pickle to her partner-in-crime to go to her big movie premiere.

Well the first of the Mortal Instrument movies is out, ladies and gents!

While not doing terribly bad (Sony had nothing to lose apparently), it didn't exactly shine either taking in only $9 million through the weekend and $14 million at the moment.

So Cassie Claire, er, Clare, has had to do a wee bit of backpedaling.
Covered here but the important tweets are at the bottom.

You see, she didn't really have any control over the film and so if it bombs, it's the movie producer's fault. Nope, zero input on the whole dealio.

Will there be a sequel, given the budget versus the income? Will it matter? Who knows. Expect to see the Mortal Instruments t-shirts next month at your local Hot Topic and see Cassie Clare in her next adventure, Dancing With Wool!

(It could be wood again. Or Woof? Woozie? Dancing With Who?)

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	sandglass 2013-08-29 06:22 am UTC (link)
	Stephen King sounds like such a class act. I really wish I could get into his books. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

argylespy
2013-08-29 06:50 am UTC (link)

Man, I totally understand why you can't. My biggest issue with his writing is how long it takes him to actually get into the story, though I think he's gotten better at that more recently.

My go-to recommendation for people who don't go in for the usual King stuff, though, is the Dark Tower series, if you haven't checked it out already. It's epic fantasy (translated through Stephen King) with four main characters, one of whom is a disabled woman of color who kicks everyone's ass, with a backstory that's Post-Apocalyptic King Arthur And The Cowboys Of The Round Table. There's seven novels (plus a bonus one that's just kind of eh), but if you want to get a little taste without that kind of commitment, there's also a bunch of prequel comics that Marvel's still working with King to put out.

/SHAMELESS PLUGGING
/MORE DARK TOWER FANS
/MOOOORE

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	franzen 2013-08-29 09:10 am UTC (link)
	Congrats, you have a convert. I tried to read a King book as a tween -- I think it was one of those 4.99USD copies of The Green Mile -- but gave up. This sounds much more interesting. I'll add it to the to-read bucket. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	argylespy 2013-08-29 09:28 am UTC (link)
	I should also point out that there are multiverse shenanigans! And King does a fantastic job of weaving characters from some of his other books in and out without making you feel like you're missing part of the story, but adding an extra interesting layer if you have/do read the other books. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ladylauren 2013-09-02 03:39 pm UTC (link)
	YES THIS. DARK TOWER IS LOVE. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	khym_chanur 2013-08-29 07:42 am UTC (link)
	Have you tried reading The Gunslinger series? The first book isn't that long, and the first three books are really good. In my opinion, the books after the first three aren't nearly as good, though. (Reply to this)(Parent)

dunmurderin
2013-08-31 04:41 am UTC (link)

I'd also recommend his short-story collections, especially Night Shift and Skeleton Crew. The story "The Boogeyman" gave me the screaming heebie-jeebies and "The Mist" still makes me more than a little nervous on foggy days.

As far as novels, I recommend Carrie and Eyes of the Dragon, which was a fantasy novel he wrote for his daughter (iirc). These are also shorter works and when King is writing shorter pieces, he seems to have better focus on the story than he does in some of his longer works (though, that said, the expanded version of The Stand really did add something to the story).

I'm also pretty fond of Christine and Talisman

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	rhiannonmr 2013-08-31 08:20 am UTC (link)
	The ONE book I always recommend by King is The Stand. That book set the bar on apocolyptic plagues for me. The miniseries was pretty much just okay. I read the long version of it and the one thing that jarred a bit was some of the 70s references like Captain Trips and such, but otherwise? Excellent book. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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