Wolfhound668

Right now it's been smoothies, pudding, and mashed potatoes. My wife's boss has told her that she's having a bunch of ice cream delivered from "the best ice cream company in the country". I'm definately waiting for that to show up. Same boss gave my wife a $650 gift certificate towards a family portrait at an exclusive photographer in the area a few months ago so I know this will be goooood ice cream. :grin:

Ok, some boards frown on it. The novel was Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. For the super-curious it can be found on itunes.

Hi Everyone, Thanks for the well-wishes. I had my surgery and am home recovering. The surgery I had is called a UPPP. I was diagnosed with Obstructive Sleep Apnea about a year and a half ago. With OSA your throat collapes during the night, cutting off your breathing. With me this happened on average of every two to three minutes in the sleep lab. The first fix is to make you sleep with a CPAP which is basically an air-compressor with a facemask. I roll over constantly at night so could not get used to sleeping with the mask and even hung myself a few times with the hose. With a UPPP they remove your ulva (the dangely thing in the back of your throat) and part (in my case most) of your soft pallet. I also had a Septoplasty to fix a deviated septum. Right now I'm on a pretty much liquid diet and taking Codeine every few hours. So, now I'm home and will start reading The Touch.

Anything instrumental, preferably in a minor key, would work for me. I do have to agree with what some folks have said about metal being out for the soundtrack. It's personally one of my favorite types of music and I've played in several metal bands over the years. The band I spent the most time in even wrote and released a song based on a novel by a different author (not sure about the rules here so I won't mention the author or novel... unless someone's interested and asks). That particular novel has been in the netherworld of "are they making the movie or not?" probably as long as The Necroscope. Now, maybe I'm biased but I think the song would work great for an opening credits song. Within the movie? I just don't see it working (although someone at a fansite for the novel that had also heard the song pointed out some scenes he thought it would work good in so go figure). Someone mentioned Queen in Flash Gordon as to what would be good for a soundtrack. Ugh. Queen in Highlander, now that was a soundtrack.

Personally I've always identified with the young Harry. I was the shy, quiet, brainiac, outcast-type who got picked on in school. It didn't help that I was always the shortest kid in my class. Ah, to have had an army of the "Majority" at my beck and call back in the day. :grin: It would be neat to play him in the movie. However, although I play a pretty mean bass guitar I can't act to save my life.

Ouch, had to look that one up. The wife kind of looked at the cover a little strangely. I mean, she knows I read horror but I don't think she's ever really paid attention to a BLumley cover. :eek: I must say that he's consistantly had the best artwork of any author I regularly read.

The one problem I have with prequels, by any author, is that you know pretty much how they're going to end. Don't get me wrong, I liked The Lost Years books. However, if you introduce a whole new set of important characters that weren't in earlier books and aren't in later books then you pretty much know that they're going to have to be killed off one way or another.

I've been a big Brian Lumley fan ever since the first Necroscope novel was recommended to me back in the early 90s. I also used to visit this site long ago when it was first getting started (before there were message boards). Let's see, I've got everything he's published and have worn through no fewer then three paperback copies of The Necroscope. I came here today because I went to the bookstore last night for some new reading material. I'm having surgery on Thursday and wanted something new to read while I'm off work next week recovering. I was pretty suprised that Mr Lumley had a recent novel out (The Touch) so I picked it up in hardcover. I'll probably start reading it this weekend if I'm up to much of anything. As an aside, I just started reading Bram Stoker's Dracula the other day. I've never read it but the first few chapters just seemed so familiar.