I was actually shocked how well Salem's Lot ended. Even though he technically ended it how he ended almost all of his earlier books (blow it all up/burn it all down) it was done in a fairly nice way.
You're not wrong, there's a fair amount of aftermath haha.
Also this isn't exactly new but has everyone here seen this article reviewing the Dark Tower pilot?
Lilja's Library: My Thoughts About The Dark Tower Pilot
I got a chance to watch the unaired pilot for The Dark Tower series and here are my thoughts about it. This pilot has a lot that I missed from the movie version. The cast looks like they would have pulled it off and the plans Mazzara had for it could have, if done correctly, made this series the...www.liljas-library.com
It's interesting to see what might've been.
With King it is very much about the journey, not the destination!
Nope, you got that right! I'm back in one of my reading cycles and somehow I am just now plowing through Pet Semarang. About halfway in and liking it a lot. Finally got around to 11/22/63. FANTASTIC. Loved every page.
i think that he is actively bad when it comes to technology based horror
I'd go a bit further and say that he's actively bad at doing anything more "modern" than his own age demographic. What used to help make King so good (cultural references and nods to stuff that he was familiar with) in his earlier works has become downright painful as he's got older and still tried to keep his finger on the pulse of the cultural zeitgeist. You see it the most jarringly with technological stuff - there's a line in The Outsider (I could go and look in the book for the exact quote, but I've vowed never to open it again) where he talks about Holly using her laptop to look up directions and it clunks more than almost anything else he's ever written. A completely spurious cultural reference to MapQuest or some other shit purely to show that he gets how computers work, man. It was fine when he was making reference to particular brands of beer from Maine or whatever, but it is pretty woeful when it's such an obvious attempt to be down with the kids.
I agree with this, although I'd probably say that the first third is great and the rest is garbage.
Yep. I would have a dozen billy bumblers in my house if they were a real thing.
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I'd say it's fine to read for a teen. Nothing extreme like that
While I don't despise her the way others do, beyond Mr. Mercedes I am not really fond of her and when
I always feel like Dead Zone is quite overlooked, though it is understated compared to the rest of his work from that era. One of my top five king books to be honest though I think I am in the minority with that opinion, like I am in a...dead zone.
OK, I got a story for y'all. My mother-in-law recently got me "If It Bleeds" for my birthday and this past Sunday, I decided to dive in. I've only gotten through the first story, 'Mr. Harrigan's Phone'. I thought it was a decent tale, genuinely creepy, but a little disjointed. During the few hours that I was outside reading, my wife was inside in the A/C. I came in once during my read, and there was a voicemail on my landline (yes, we still have one). I listened to the voicemail, thought that it was a little strange, and deleted it. I went back out and finished off the book. When I came back inside, there were three more messages on the phone.
Here's the kicker: All four voicemails were supposedly from "Apple", requesting a callback to discuss my account. Sure, I know that it was a scam, or phishing, or whatever, but the timing was undoubtedly strange and definitely gave me the creeps for a few minutes. Those of you who have read the story will understand.
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