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Iachos Member

Posted I quote " The Dolphin Hotel had a concierge. He was young and bespectacled, and he was reading a paperback novel with a rose and a gun on the cover." Ok now, if this was a Dark Tower reference I want to know, becuase it made my head turn all fuzzy and inside out. "In the beginning, there was stuff. Lots and lots of stuff. Really you wouldn't beleive the incredibly huge amount of stuff there was just lying about. In the middle the stuff moved around quite a bit, and by the end the stuff just wasn't as cool as it once was." Iachos

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Dweller in Darrkness Administrator/Colporteur Member

Posted Hide Post Is there a specific book that has that on the front cover? I'm not familiar with the series and sort of assumed that Neil was talking about the sort of book that has that on the front cover. Secret Agent Man books about gentlemen spies and the like. __________ AJGraeme "You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking: if you ask for it, I have to let you have it." -Taylor Mali "I am a sexy, shoeless god of war." -Belkar

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The Scoundrel Elah Adonijai Member

Posted Hide Post The last Dark Tower book has it on the cover -- Roland (the hero) holding a gun and a rose. ____________________________________________________________________ "Patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer i beg to submit that it is the first." - Ambrose Bierce ---------------------- A Good Scoundrel isn't Hard to Find

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Dweller in Darrkness Administrator/Colporteur Member	Posted Hide Post Sounds quite likely, then. Neil's certainly no stranger to making such references in his more serious books. __________ AJGraeme "You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking: if you ask for it, I have to let you have it." -Taylor Mali "I am a sexy, shoeless god of war." -Belkar
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Tony Elka Member

Posted Hide Post In addition to "The Dark Tower", there's a reference during the Higgler funeral to the ankle grabbing scene from the film of Stephen King's "Carrie." I suspect that Neil Gaiman saw the film at a drive-in theatre himself, which is why he described Mr. Nancy as having seen it in that venue. I can't think of any other reason why he would mention that. It was the last film I ever saw at a drive-in, myself.

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