J.P. Linde
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact

J.P. Linde

Writer
J.P. on "STOP ME IF I'VE HEARD THIS" 04/13/20
Picture
Picture
1995: AROUND TOWN - KOIN TV (Portland Oregon)
In my brief 3 months as Entertainment Reporter, I won 16 Emmys and three Pulitzer Prizes.
You can now gift the entire J.P. Linde collection of novels and films. “SON OF RAVAGE,” “THE HOLOGRAPHIC DETECTIVE AGENCY” and, of course, the campy horror film classic “AXE TO GRIND.” All three make excellent gifts. And while you’re at it, add a couple of J.P. Linde COMEDY CLUB NETWORK appearances to your digital library. You can find all of my appearances on Amazon Prime at a very affordable price. Give the gift that will keep on giving. Get your J.P. Linde Media Bundle today!

“The most frequent side effects associated with the J.P. Linde Media Bundle are tachycardia, blurred vision, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Decreases in appetite and rash/pruitus are also common. Those patients purchasing the J.P. Linde Media Bundle are at risk for developing extrapyramidal symptoms, including dystonia, parkinsonism, and restlessness, in addition to neuroleptic malignant syndrome and tardive dyskinesia. In some cases, The J.P. Linde Media Bundle can cause hyperprolactinemia, orthostatic hypotension, leucopenia, seizures, and the potential for suicide. As with most atypical antipsychotics, metabolic changes such as weight gain and hyperglycemia are also possible”

Picture
web page hit counters codes Free
<>
anewtypeofhero.blogspot.com

J.P. Linde takes "The Stand"

2/20/2021

0 Comments

 
Picture
So, I am reading Stephen King’s The Stand for the 3rd time. My Captain Tripps history goes back over 40 years, reading it for the first time in 1978. Twenty years passed, and the complete and unabridged version had just been released so naturally, I had to read it again. Thirty years later and and this will be my 3rd time (again the complete version) for Linde Family Book Club (which meets by phone every other Sunday at 4 pm if you’re interested in becoming a member). To say this opus of horror is one of my favorite books is an understatement. To say it is one of my favorite novels, might be. For the record, East of Eden by John Steinbeck is my favorite novel. I hate to get all nitpicky, but I think there is a fundamental difference between favorite book and novel and that’s what we are going to explore today on snob corner. 
 
For sheer literary beauty, Steinbeck’s novel is unsurpassed. The prose is nothing short of hypnotic and the story is so rooted in the human condition that you can’t help but learn about yourself and your fellow man. Grapes of Wrath was once my favorite novel as was Cannery Row but, that is the wonderful thing about favorite authors and novels, they can change depending on age, status or mood.
 
But King’s classic story of good versus evil remains a book I can’t help returning to. The Stand is just a damn good yarn, pure and simple and there is no shame in preferring it over other literary giants. Hey, don’t get me wrong. There is some damn good character work in King’s work as well. M-O-O-N that spells good character work. 
 
I find myself drawn into the story easily because it has one foot grounded firmly in reality while the other languishes about freely in King’s fertile imagination. The Stand is mythic in structure and holds one’s interest from page one. High praise indeed. There are only two other books that I have read as often. Each are about as long and of both, I would say the same things. If you are interested, they are Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien and Herman Wouk’s The Winds of War. These two also happen to share certain things in common. Both are damn fine yarns (one based in history), both are epic in scope and both concern the battle between the forces of good and evil. 
 
So, Linde, what’s the big diff between greatest novel or greatest book? Or are you just a snob? Well, I am definitely a snob but let me try and break it down in just one single one line of King’s prose. 
 
And I am quoting directly here:
 
“Baby can you dig your man?”
 
Do I need to go on?
 
“He is a righteous man!” 
 
I think this one quote sums up my entire argument. It’s not a big deal really. Afterall, the lyric of Larry Underwood’s hit song is merely a device to get Larry from nobody to somebody, to survivor of a global pandemic. However, my guess is the total time it took the author to come up with this lyric must have been a literal nano second. 
 
I am only suggesting that the author of what I consider to be the greatest novel may have taken a bit more time before settling on the above choice.
 
But…
 
When you are concentrating on telling a great story, you do not always have to spend hours finding the perfect words to tell it. Hell, that may even slow you down. The choice merely has to be not so glaring that it takes you completely out of the story. There are thousands of such examples in literally hundreds of Kings’ other stories and yet they are some of the most popular that have ever been written. And, for good reason. Sometimes word (or lyric) choice is not all that important when writing a book that was meant to be read three times. 
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

     ​In 1981, J.P. Linde co-wrote and appeared in a one-man comedy show titled “Casually Insane.”  Shortly after, he joined the ranks of stand-up comedy and performed in clubs and colleges throughout the United States and Canada.  In 1989, he made his national television debut on “Showtime’s Comedy Club Network.”  He wrote the libretto for the musical comedy “Wild Space A Go Go” and co-wrote and co-produced the feature motion picture, “Axe to Grind.”  “Son of Ravage” is his second novel.

    RSS Feed

    Picture

    Archives

    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact