Beelzebub's library

When I was younger, I was walking on a trail. My family would often visit trails on vacation, we were not the hotel, lounge about kind of vacation family. My mother and father both loved the wilderness, as did I and the majority of my four siblings. But this particular trail was longer and more tedious than any other trail in memory. It seemed to stretch on forever, and the gravel it was made from certainly didn’t improve the condition of our feet. I can’t recall how many times I had to stop because my legs or the legs of one of my siblings hurt. But we trudged on nonetheless, our stomachs growling all the way. Our whole family wasn’t together, my father was up ahead of all of us, my mother was behind me, Jacob (my second younger brother) and Noah (my brother) with our little sister Lilly. My older brother, Gabriel, was bringing up the rear. I remember Lilly catching up, and us stopping to stare at some deathly white worms, which lay on the surface of a stream, spotted a...

Short story: Horror, Supernatural. Contains violence, adult situations, and disturbing imagery.  This was the book that was King’s big break; it started him on the path to becoming one of the most well-known authors in the United States of America. Comparing it to   "The Shining" , I think I prefer " Carrie" . To me, it felt like " The Shining"   didn't have a good enough climax to justify how long it took to get there, although it had a great ending, and still boasted some good tension and some cool imagery. " Carrie"  is shorter and thus, in my opinion, better. King’s style is creating characters, and then putting them in danger to scare you. This works, for the most part, and "Carrie" proves that you can use that writing style and still keep the story relatively short. There is some great imagery from King in this book; one particular scene stays in my mind. Carrie White is approaching the prom of her school; she is ...

Novel: Mystery. Contains violence, adult implications, and drugs.  Sherlock Homes is one of the most well-known characters on earth, he has appeared in more movies than any other character, beating James bond by nearly forty movies, and Godzilla by 10 or so. The moment people invented film, they leaped to create the silent film, " Sherlock Holmes baffled" ( it ran less than a minute). 12 or 14 Television series has had an innumerable amount of stage adaptations, each Holmes sporting that same iconic pipe, 25 TV movies, and 19 video games (I got all my information from Wikipedia, blame them if it's incorrect, XD).  So it comes somewhat of a shock to me, that the first book about the great detective was released so recently, and by a writer, who, while having some renown, still wouldn't be most people’s first choice for such a consequential book. Perhaps it’s assumed that it is easier to reproduce Sherlock’s personality on screen than on the page, I suppos...

Novel: Children's book, adventure.  I loved the "The Secret of NIMH" animated film as a child; it was dark and thought-provoking, and still “Kid friendly”. It was like a less brutal version of Watership down . So I decided I should read the book. I was not disappointed, mostly. But the disappointment only stemmed from the book being considerably tamer than the Don Bluth movie (A thing indeed!), the book was still quite the experience, had some very interesting ideas, and made me think while still being targeted at children. This I have to applaud, as I can not stand the dumbing down of media for the "benefit" of children. I believe it to be detrimental, to say the least. The plot is this, Mrs. Frisby, a mouse, has to visit the dangerous and mysterious rats that live under the thorn bush after her son gets caught with the fever and she has to move her entire house (A brick) with him in it, before the farmer uses his tractor to plow the field. It has...

Novel: Sci-fi, Horror, Fantasy. Contains disturbing imagery, violence, and adult situations.  Before this book I was unacquainted with Harlan Ellison, and though I was aware of “ I have no mouth and I must scream ” I just hadn't read it and I didn't know the name of the author. After receiving this collection as a Christmas gift, I soon found that the story exceeded my expectations, mostly because it was quite different then I had expected. The story is this: Five humans are being kept prisoner by a computer in the not so far away future, after the computer destroys humanity, the computer consumed with a hatred for humanity has chosen these five to live in an environment created by him and be tortured and mocked forever. The computer, named AM, has complete control over the entire world that the humans must survive in and has genetically modified all of them to suit his needs. There is a sickening sort of awfulness surrounding the things tha...

Novel: Children's story, supernatural, horror, fantasy. Contains disturbing themes.  This review contains minor spoilers. I read this book quite a while ago so do forgive me if I am unable to give you a perfectly clear vision of the book and my feeling on it. But to get straight down to the point, it’s good. Basically, a girl named Coraline is being ignored by her parents and doesn't enjoy living in the new house they have moved to. When she finds a door in the wall, that leads to the bricked-up segment of the building, being extremely bored and curious she goes inside and after traveling through a tunnel she finds herself in an exact replica of her house. Except her parents are different, they seek her attention instead of the other way around, and this Otherworld, as it is referred to is full of amazing and wonderful gifts, just for her. And the grounds surrounding the house are is just as amazing. The only problem is that if Coraline wants to stay here, th...

Contains spoilers for The Pooh Perplex and The Post-Modern Pooh. Everyone loves Winnie the Pooh, it is completely innocent. I have many fond memories around is the original Winnie the Pooh movie, as I have no doubt many other's do as well. And u nlike most other toddler-friendly media, many adults consider movies and stories to be legitimately funny. The only person who hated the franchise was, ironically enough its creator (a bit of Sherlock-Syndrome there, plus he wanted to be remembered for his serious writings, ironic considering today's subject).  Only really mean spirited person would do such a thing as to dislike this beloved franchise, let alone pick it apart as though it were some Greek tragedy or comparable in brilliance to the works of Shakespeare.  So wouldn't it be funny if a person assembled all these mean spirited people and have them talk about the subject? You know what would be funnier? If these people weren't real, that way they could be as cr...