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No Comments At last, I’ve finished another Stephen King novel!
I think I’ve started (and not finished) more Stephen King novels than any other author. I’ve actually finished a few of his books, The Tommyknockers, Doleores Claiborne and Misery if memory serves me correctly, however the list of unfinished novels is a little longer! Carrie, Salems Lot, The Shining, Firestarter, Cujo, Pet Sematary, Christine…. the list goes on and on! I did find many of his books seemed to drag on a litte, dealing in the minutate just a little too much.
So why did I own so many Stephen King novels?
I blame ‘The Book Club’ mainly, a mail order book club that you signed up with back in the late 80′s that allowed you to buy a load of books for a silly small price to entice you in, but then tied you in the club for 12 months or more where you had to buy a book a month… if you didn’t selet one, you automatically ended up with the ‘Book of the Month’ which was often a Stephen King or James Herbert novel. James Herbert being an author whom I did finish many of his books! (My taste for Horror tales left me many years ago though!!)
The End.
So it was some small relief that I finished one of Mr Kings latest books 11/22/63, a tale of English teacher who is introduced to a portal that leads back in time to 1958, and his subsequent journey in time to thwart the assassination of President Kennedy on 22nd November 1963. Overall I rather enjoyed the story, it was full of history and believable characters. Having that edge being based partially in fact really made the book a worthy read for me!
That and the fact Im a sucker for Time Travel tales! (The Butterfly effect (2004) movie, whilst glossy and teen movieish is a fine example of the genre!)
Tenuous connection time.
There’s a rumour that Mr King has a small tie with Fleet UK, my adopted home town now. Apparently he came to the UK early in his career looking for a spooky house to write a new novel, that search landed him in Fleet in the 70′s where he started Cujo, the one about the rabid St Bernard dog, maybe I should finish it and see if I can find some local hints in the text about his stay in Fleet, maybe he mentioned Fleet Charcoal Grill and it’s wonderful Kebabs near the end?
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- 11/22/63, by Stephen King. (Scribner.) An English teacher travels back to 1958 by way of a time portal in a Maine diner. His assignment is to stop Lee Harvey Oswald. (nytimesbestsellingbooks.wordpress.com)
- Stephen King and Hope: Religion in Shawshank (barnburners.wordpress.com)
- re re re re-evaluating Stephen King (3quarksdaily.com)
