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World Hotels - Chelsea Horror Hotel: A Novel

Chelsea Horror Hotel: A Novel
List Price: $13.95
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Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781560253044
ISBN: 1560253045
Label: Da Capo Press
Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 252
Publication Date: 2001-05-10
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Studio: Da Capo Press

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Editorial Reviews:

Dee Dee Ramone doesn't quite know what he's getting himself into when he and his wife Barbara move into the squalid Chelsea Hotel with their dog Banfield. He spends most of his time trying to score drugs and walking Banfield, with whom he can magically communicate. Meanwhile, he can't stand his neighbors and shies away from violence, but wishes everyone were six feet under. He also thinks that the room he's staying in is the very room where his old friend Sid Vicious stabbed Nancy Spungen, and begins having nightmares of Nancy emerging from the bathroom with a knife wound. After one of his nightmares, an evil force enters his hotel room and hurls him against a wall. Dee Dee also gets involved with the transvestite lover of one of his gay fellow addicts. When his wife finds out, the two fight it out and become seriously wounded. During all this, Dee Dee is tormented by the living and dead demons that plague the hotel, along with the ghosts of his old dead punk rock friends Sid Vicious, Johnny Thunders and Stiv Bators. And that's when the Devil himself decides to join the party…



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Summary: I'll give it five stars in Dee Dee Ramone's memory. . .
Comment: I have to say, to expect this to be a piece of literary classic genius is ridiculous. If you go into it with this fact in mind, you'll experience a truly enjoyable and mind bending read. Knowing that you're inside of Dee Dee Ramone's head, well, what's left of it, is truly intriguing. I think that the funniest aspects of this book, his relationship with his dog and his fear of Tiger Leprosy, were not only entertaining, but benchmarks of the state of mind that led to his death not too much farther down that road. As for hanging out with Sid and Jerry, more power to ya Dee Dee. Hope you enjoyed the life that you had.

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Summary: Burroughs reincarnated...
Comment: This is quite possibly one of the strangest, disjointed bizarre books I have ever read...since Burroughs' Naked Lunch. Dee Dee, as the central character, seeks to and ultimately manages to injest every hardcore drug possible. And he still finds the time to kill a transvestite, encounter the ghosts of junkies past and communicate with his dog. (Which is reminiscient of the post-apocalyptic film, A Boy & His Dog) The book is sickening but not in a blood and guts way. It's sickening in a 'junkie-rollercoaster-stream of consioucness' way. The lack of lucidity and continuity tends to be like a carnival ride. Burroughs isn't dead, he's just hiding in Dee Dee Ramone's body. Simply put: if this were made into a movie it would be directed by David Cronenberg or David Lynch.

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Summary: Dee Dee Ramone Classic--Hey, Hey, Hey, Dee Dee WASN'T Home!
Comment: I noticed the comment by a woman who was simply disgusted and freaked out by this book...was she expecting Stephen King? "The Great American Novel"? C'mon, lady, why'd you buy this wacky book to begin with? It's Dee Dee Ramone--what'd you expect? Written as no one else could've done, these chapters, which start out pretty coherent, represent days in the life of Dee Dee Ramone at the creepy old, scuzzy Chelsea. While I believe some of the incidents are real, the majority of the book is Dee Dee's wild and crazy imagination--a lot of it seemingly written at times of withdrawal. Any Dee Dee Ramone fan needs this in their collection. I'll admit, some of it is practically vomit-inducing, but, hey, it's Dee Dee--gotta love him!

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Summary: face it DEE DEE wrote it enough said. Great book
Comment: Dee Dee will always be missed so much. This is a great book with insight from him.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5
Summary: why buy this book when you can just talk to people on drugs for free?
Comment: worst book ive ever read. ever. totally horrible. the gore is kinda okay at first, but then it just gets too surreal. like a dream, but not a cool dream. its like when you have some dream you thought was super cool, and then you tell your friend, and your friend is like "wow not only does that make no sense, but you are totally retarded". anyways, this book is a total waste of time and money, and all i learned from it is dont stay at the chelsea hotel or you will get AIDS, or get murdered.


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