It's alive!

Well, almost.

This blog was a little project I maintained from the beginning of 2009 to the end of 2011. I made a few friends through it, got more than a few free books, then took it all down after real life intruded to a degree that made it all feel too difficult. (Despite informing some author publicity agents of this - more than once - some of them kept blindly sending books. I wonder if their clients realise how hopeless they are? One of them even started sending medical thrillers - Googling for "doctor blogs" appeared to be the limit of their publicity skills.)

A while ago I found my old The Doctor Is In archive, and thought I might as well have it sitting there in "zombie mode". Gradually I'll be restoring my old posts. Even the cringe-worthy ones, of which there are many. I may even get back into the swing of things and post some news.

Alas, my old address (dochorror.blogspot.com) has been taken over by a squatter, and they've populated their blog with content stolen from various other blogs. Seriously, even their "Welcome!" blurb is stolen from Horror Movie A Day. Fucking leeches.

Friday, 23 September 2011

Happy (Belated) Birthday Steve!

Apparently Stephen King had his birthday a couple of days ago. Born on September 21st, 1947... that makes him, what, 64? Wow, how time flies.

If you count the publication of "The Glass Floor" in 1967, he's been enthralling readers for 44 of those years. Here's hoping for 44 more. (C'mon, with his fortune and likely medical advances it's surely within the bounds of possibility!)


Stephen King after reading his latest royalty cheque
On a related note, according to the Hot Library Technician, Mr King has the distinction of having 22 books in a "research guide entitled Banned Books by Robert P. Doyle". These include Carrie which could apparently "harm students, particularly younger girls."

Oh, that naughty Mr King.
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