re: WTF is wrong with Stephen King? (spoiler)

Well shite, i thought Steven King was dead

Gerald's Game and Dolores Claiborne combined are 658 pages.

The original release of The Stand is 823 pages.

The complete and uncut edition of The Stand is 1152 pages.

It is 1138 pages.

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I stopped reading King around then because it seemed like a sellout to sell more books--two thin books instead of an It or The Stand sized work.

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King released his first book (Carrie) in 1974. Gerald's Game and Dolores Claiborne were released in 1992. His latest book was released in 2018 (The Outsider).

The complete edition of The Stand and It are his 2 longest books, but his next 8 longest books have all been released after 1992 (Under the Dome, 11/22/63, The Dark Tower VII, The Dark Tower IV, Insomnia, The Dark Tower V, Desperation, and Sleeping Beauties).

Needful Things (1991) and The Talisman (1984) break that streak, but then his next 4 longest books were also released after 1992 (Black House, Dreamcatcher, Duma Key, The Outsider).

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Stephen King is fricked up.

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Are you familiar with what Mr. King has been doing for a living since a fairly early age ... at all?

He's obviously a heavily damaged, yet creative and talented, human being. It's right there on the printed page. Normal, well-adjusted people don't produce a volume of darkness like that. Period.

Heard an interview with King on NPR a few years ago. Although I've never been much of a fan outside of a few of his works, I thought his observation on the craft of writing during the piece was pretty insightful.

He was asked why he was so prolific in the late 70s-early 90s and has since scaled back his published output. He said he always viewed writing as analogous to being a great hitter in baseball. When you find yourself in the zone, where it seems the whole game slows down and you're really at the top of your game, you want to get as many opportunities at bat as you possibly can - like a great hitter in his mid-20s. He came to this realization fairly early on, and realized that, like a great hitter, eventually age, complacency and wear-and-tear would set in, so he might as well take as many swings as he could while he was still in his prime, because he knew it wouldn't last forever.

He then freely admitted he was way past his prime, but he kept swinging, because he always felt he had another chance at hitting one out of the park. And that once he felt like he couldn't do it anymore he would retire.


Like I said, never much of a fan, but I found myself nodding in agreement with this analogy. The man does seem to know his craft.

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He’s a nasty dirty liberal. Would not surprise me if he had some pedo fantasies. He can write a damn good story though

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He has some serious TDS, and Hollypedos love their children

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The real issue is Stephen King's politics. This thread wouldn't have even been started if he were a Trump supporter, that's a fact. Some of the posters here are so transparent.

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You can’t be serious. lulz. What a dumbass.

If that were the case every post in this forum would have political innuendo included because everyone in Hollywood is liberal.

The real issue here is exactly as it was stated. Don’t try to be a mind-reading libtard .... y’all ALWAYS get it wrong.

Oh, and since you brought it up, why is it that 99% of the time pedos are libtards?

Nevermind. Let’s not go there since we already know the answer.

Sorry this subject hit so close to home for you.

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WTF!

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WTF!

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WTF is wrong with Stephen King?

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