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Topic: In the Deathroom


  
 The Ebb of Reality - Policy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Deathrooms are rooms on the mud that kick you off the mud when you enter the room.
Be careful where you go, and check your exits before you move, because most deathrooms are fairly obvious by name or room description.
Should you hit a deathroom, an immortal may retrieve your items only if he or she feels that you ended up in the deathroom unfairly somehow.
www.wetearth.net /~ebb/policy.html   (2763 words)

  
 Deathrooms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Stuff lost to deathrooms is gone, lost, in the void.
There is however a way for a mortal to loot a deathroom on their own, but you will have to figure this out for yourselves.
The deathrooms are there for a reason and if we didn't stick to this rule, there would be no point in having them.
www.ludd.luth.se /mud/aber/info/node4.html   (80 words)

  
 Blood and Smoke   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
And in In the Deathroom, a man named Fletcher is held captive in a South American stronghold.
The worlds he creates in Lunch at the Gotham Caf, 1408, and In the Deathroom are vivid and chillingly surreal.
King himself delivers the reading, which showcases to near perfection his mammoth storytelling talents; the words themselves, plus their pace and inflection, and the use of sarcasm and humor are all his own.
www.robtee.com /books/Blood-and-Smoke.htm   (361 words)

  
 Stephen King's BLOOD AND SMOKE book review
The stories, "Lunch at the Gotham Café", "1408", and "In the Deathroom", all revolve in some way around the theme of that most politically incorrect of vices, smoking.
In the Deathroom is the final tale in the BLOOD AND SMOKE trilogy.
And during In the Deathroom King flexes his acting chops while reading the parts of Escobar with a hilarious Hispanic accent that is a definite highlight of the story.
www.feoamante.com /Stories/Reviews/SKing/SKb_n_smoke.html   (1617 words)

  
 Short Stories | Blood & Smoke by Stephen King   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Last is "In the Deathroom," yet another short story that began as an interesting idea, but wasn't brought to complete fruition, and was put to paper before it was ready.
This story is a scene in a longer novel, a simple series of events coming from one place, and leading to another.
Fletcher is an American reporter being held in a South American "deathroom." His only means of escape comes when he's offered a final cigarette before death.
www.inetreviews.com /bookreviews/DennisMoore/BloodAndSmoke/bloodsmoke.html   (621 words)

  
 deathroom
A view of the center of the deathroom.
A view of the right side of the deathroom.
A view from the middle of the deathroom.
www.users.qwest.net /~zimmer4u/operationhlmod/deathroom.htm   (45 words)

  
 , Blood And Smoke, Blood And Smoke   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
"In the Deathroom," Fletcher is an American reporter held in the "deathroom" a torture chamber in the South America.
The room is definitely a 'deathroom' and Fletcher knew its gray atmosphere spoke many deathly tales.
His acting shines through most in "The Deathroom" he is definitely putting himself and all he knows into that tale.
node2270.bookshop.com.ru /49/2270/item/0671046160.htm   (2412 words)

  
 Kev's Stephen King House of Blood & Smoke
In additon, Fletcher is very reminiscent of Steve Davis of "Cafe'" and Mike Enslin of "1408," all three of them desperate men whose lives are suddenly turned inexplicably upside down, and who must rely on their own strengths to free themselves.
The interesting thing about "Deathroom" is we are never sure of the outcome, or the consequences either option leaves one with.
As the last of these tales, "Deathroom" serves as a fitting coda.
member.tripod.com /~charnelhouse/bloodandsmoke.html   (1172 words)

  
 Countrybookshop.co.uk - Everything's Eventual
It includes "LT's Theory of Pets", "In the Deathroom", "1408", "Autopsy Room Four" and "Riding the Bullet".
Stephen King is the bestselling author of more than thirty books of which the most recent are Bag Of Bones, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon and Hearts In Atlantis.
The collection will include enthralling masterpieces such as LT's Theory Of Pets, In The Deathroom and 1408; classic tales of supernatural and psychological terror and tales of everyday life with unexpected and brilliant twists such as Autopsy Room Four.
www.countrybookshop.co.uk /books?whatfor=0340770740   (193 words)

  
 TerraFirmA: How To Become Untouchable   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Sometimes you can autoflee into a deathroom, so make sure you try to FLEE in a specific direction.
Clues will be in the room description and colour might indicate a clue to follow.
If you are carrying extra equipment in an unknown area, you might want to store some in a place which you can find later in case you hit a deathroom and end up with no equipment.
terrafirma.terra.mud.org /guide/how.html   (399 words)

  
 Everything's Eventual : 14 Dark Tales
A few are derivative ("Autopsy Room Four"), a few are overly violent ("In the Deathroom"), a few are fluff ("Luckey Quarter"), and a few are chillingly wonderful ("The Road Virus Heads North," "Riding the Bullet," and the title story).
A fascinating bonus is an introduction in which King discusses the lost art of the short story.
In the Deathroom: Starts out well, but King never achieves the Kafkaesque mood he aspires to - too many heavy hints that the hero will make a heroic escape destroys the tension for the reader.
www.student-loans-hub.com /ebooks/isbn0743457358.html   (1196 words)

  
 LMT Tech Resource Store: Books : Blood And Smoke Cd   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
'In the Deathroom' evokes another scary small space: a bloodstained basement Ministry of Information in which Fletcher, a reporter who quit smoking long ago, asks Escobar and his torturer's assistants--Ramon and a woman who reminds Fletcher of the Bride of Frankenstein--for a last cigarette.
Fletcher recognizes the 'we don't need no steenkeeng badges' clichandeacute; he's trapped in, and is 'amazed to discover that one's sense of humor...
But he must live to write about it without the help of his ex best-friends, his trusty smokes.
www.elise.com /lmtstore/0671046179/Blood_And_Smoke_Cd.html   (1080 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Customer Reviews Books: Blood and Smoke   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
"In the Deathroom" - Fletcher, a U.S. citizen in Central America, is brought in by the police of the country because of his affiliation with some insurgents.
Lunch at the Gotham Cafe concerns the events than transpire when a divorcing couple meet at a restaurant where the Maitre'D isn't quite dealing with a full deck.
The Deathroom is a claustrophobic and probably improbable tale of a journalist taken in for questioning by a third world government.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/books/0671046179/customer-reviews   (1831 words)

  
 Q: I have lost all my equipment in a deathroom! What should I do?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
A: Deathrooms serve to take items 'out of circulation', however there is a way to loot a deathroom.
It can only be done once per reset anyway, and you need a *very* good knowledge of distant areas of this mud to find it - if you ever will.
Wizards or higher are not allowed to retrieve items from deathrooms for mortal players.
www.ludd.luth.se /mud/aber/info/node40.html   (104 words)

  
 Watches-Blood And Smoke Cd   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
His only hope is that final drag on a cigarette, one last cigarette, please.I was shocked these tales didn't take place in Maine (Castle Rock or Dury) but they took place in New York City.
His acting shines through most in "The Deathroom" he is definitely putting himself and all he knows into that tale.In each tale: Fletcher, Mike, and Steve are transformed, and all linked together due to their habit of smoking, or their taste for it.
Given more space than one single audio cassette, this story could have been great.The jewel of this collection is In the Deathroom.
www.minihttpserver.net /z_watches/A_blood_and_smoke_cd-0671046179.htm   (2624 words)

  
 MirageMUDs homepage - Gamefiles - Policy - Deathrooms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
MirageMUDs homepage - Gamefiles - Policy - Deathrooms
On this game, the code will take care of the greater part of this policy.
a deathroom, and will be allowed to continue playing without losing
www.mirageport.com /miragemud/gamefiles/policy/deathrooms.htm   (57 words)

  
 Blood and Smoke - Audio - unreality.co.nz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The final tale in this trilogy of terror is entitled, "In the Deathroom." The deathroom is the bloodstained basement of the Ministry of Information in South America in which Fletcher, a reporter who dropped the habit long ago, is being held for questioning.
His only hope lies with his final request — one last Lucky Strike.
King is the reader, and while I worship his writing, I must say his nasal, sarcastic delivery and fake accents became a bit of a drag (particularly in "Deathroom" which was definitely the weakest in the pack).
www.unreality.co.nz /content/view/77/51   (550 words)

  
 Everything's Eventual
Jack doesn't give up very easily so it is quite a length of story, but fairly interesting all the same -- told from the viewpoint of Homer.
In the Deathroom is best described as a torturee's escape from a very nasty situation.
So, I write this one down as quite predictable.
www.jonrc.net /books/StephenKing/EverythingsEventual.shtml   (1849 words)

  
 Wing Commander CIC November 2003 News Archive
He is, in effect grabbed, because he is different, not because he is there alone--or by mere chance.
There needs to be something in his make up that will make the image of the DEATHROOM make a serious impression on him and make him worth capturing.
I know that youa rere tryinh(sic) to make this character light and their (His and Danes) relationship warm so that it can all change later, but.....maybe we can work out a better blend of the two.
www.wcnews.com /news/showarchive.php?archive=november2003   (6123 words)

  
 DEBBIE DEB - www.musica-canzoni.it   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
R & B Top 40 or Black Countdown...
...deansinger 0] deantregenza 0] deardolly 0] dearjunie 0] deaston 0] death 0] deathknight 0] deathroom 0] deathstrike 0] deb [0] deb5 [0] debashish [0] debate [0] debatecoach [0] debb [0]...
...deansinger 0) deantregenza 0) deardolly 0) dearjunie 0) deaston 0) death 0) deathknight 0) deathroom 0) deathstrike 0) deb (0) deb5 (0) debashish (0) debate (0) debatecoach (0) debb (0) debbers (0)...
www.musica-canzoni.it /debbie_deb.html   (508 words)

  
 Screenshots of Maps
Great Job EviLJeK keep up the good work.
Deathroom is a map made by Robert, and this is a shot from the south east side showing the back of the deathroom.
This shot shows some hiding spots, weapons, and gives you a good idea of what playing this map might be like.
www.users.qwest.net /~zimmer4u/operationhlmod/ssmaps.htm   (223 words)

  
 Func_Msgboard: Big Day For ..::LvL
This is great news as the updates over the next few weeks should be jam-packed!
Top picks in this updated are 'Deathroom Bathroom' from Requiem and 'Blue Stone' by TymoN
* Deathroom Bathroom by Requiem (DM 4-10 player)
www.celephais.net /board/view_thread.php?id=2317   (110 words)

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