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« Reply #15 on: October 22, 2005, 11:13:58 AM »

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I've read the killing joke... it was... ok Cheesy


Where did you get it from? Are you in  the US?


Nahh Australia... its been around 5 months (guessing) since it came out here...

and SC? i read it for the same reason!! Cheesy
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« Reply #16 on: October 22, 2005, 09:53:37 PM »

Alright then.  I think it is an extremely good reason to read it, because AH is great!  So I will, once I see it somewhere...
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« Reply #17 on: October 25, 2005, 06:15:07 AM »

what's it about? i saw chickens on the cover!
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« Reply #18 on: October 26, 2005, 02:38:09 PM »

Really?  I haven't seen that cover.  The only one I've seen (online) has a red droplet, like blood, then red, white, and blue in the background and it says "Making jokes is no laughing matter".
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« Reply #19 on: October 28, 2005, 02:49:23 AM »

The US cover shows three chickens crossing a road.
The UK shows a bowl of alphabet soup with the letters spelling out "THE KILLING JOKE" and a dead fly on a spoon.
I also think there's another UK version with a chicken seen in a rearview mirror.
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« Reply #20 on: October 28, 2005, 04:20:24 AM »

Chickens?  Strange...  And alphabet soup?  Wow, I get the feeling this will be a strange book...
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« Reply #21 on: October 28, 2005, 05:35:16 AM »

I haven't seen it here yet, but I'll check again soon.
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« Reply #22 on: October 28, 2005, 05:35:30 PM »

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Chickens?  Strange...  And alphabet soup?  Wow, I get the feeling this will be a strange book...


All the covers have something to do with a joke . . .
The one with the chicken on it--"Why did the chicken cross the road?"
The one with the soup--"What's this fly doing in my soup?"

I just hope the book isn't as corny as its cover!  Smiley
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« Reply #23 on: November 08, 2005, 06:56:00 AM »

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what's it about? i saw chickens on the cover!


yep chickens... you have to read it or it just sounds really weird... but it does make sense once you do read it Cheesy

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are we talking about the killing joke
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« Reply #24 on: November 14, 2005, 02:48:27 PM »

Ya, I believe we're still talking about the Killing Joke.
It sounds like the book is really....different.  I haven't read it yet, but just based on the plot outline and stuff, it seems to have a different style about it than most of AH's other books.
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« Reply #25 on: November 14, 2005, 11:48:10 PM »

Probably because its meant to be for adults.
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« Reply #26 on: December 21, 2005, 11:52:02 PM »

weird it's been out since 2000 or something in belgium...I thought it was very good, though a bit gruesome at moments...
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« Reply #27 on: December 29, 2005, 03:03:56 AM »

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Ya, I believe we're still talking about the Killing Joke.
It sounds like the book is really....different.  I haven't read it yet, but just based on the plot outline and stuff, it seems to have a different style about it than most of AH's other books.


it is... like adcohen said, its for adults, and you really have to like that sort oif book to enjoy it...
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« Reply #28 on: December 29, 2005, 09:02:53 AM »

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Ya, I believe we're still talking about the Killing Joke.
It sounds like the book is really....different.  I haven't read it yet, but just based on the plot outline and stuff, it seems to have a different style about it than most of AH's other books.


it is... like adcohen said, its for adults, and you really have to like that sort oif book to enjoy it...


I don't know whether it's that different.  If you've seen some of AH's work in TV like murder in mind and stuff than the Killing Joke definately has AH's style all over it.  And there's the odd moment where you recognise the style that he uses in his 'youth' books
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« Reply #29 on: February 16, 2006, 06:22:57 PM »

what's with the first chapter only 1 line huh  huh  huh  huh
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