Paul Sheldon’s potboiler series included Misery’s Child, Misery’s Love, Misery’s Quest, Misery’s Hobby (a pornographic spoof, privately printed and distributed to just a dozen friends of the author’s, in which the heroine cheerily engages in bestiality), and of course Misery’s Return. The novel Fast Cars was Sheldon’s attempt to break out of the Misery mold.
Ben Mears, the novelist in 'Salem’s Lot, wrote Air Dance, Conway’s Daughter and Billy Said Keep Going. He was, by the end of the King book, working on a novel for Random House which might be the very book we’ve just read, or something very much like it.
Perhaps a bit of an aside, but I wish King had written more stories about this club, and David’s membership in it. The stories that were told were excellent, and I’d like to hear more stories, and find out more about the club.
Heck, I’d like to be invited for an evening of storytelling. “It is the tale, not he who tells it,” after all. I might be able to provide a good story. Or two.
I’ve got a copy of this, turns out the day to day stuff is rather boring and mundane. The abridged version is much better, has all the sex and adventure and not the boring train rides to work.
The children’s room must have The Six Bunny Wunnies books by Miss Helen Sweetstory, as popularized by Snoopy:
The Six Bunny Wunnies and Their Pony Cart
The Six Bunny Wunnies Go to Long Beach
The Six Bunny Wunnies Make Cookies
The Six Bunny Wunnies Join an Encounter Group
The Six Bunny Wunnies and Their XK-E
The Six Bunny Wunnies and Their Water Bed
The Six Bunny Wunnies and Their Layover in Anderson, Indiana
The Six Bunny Wunnies and the Female Veterinarian
The Six Bunny Wunnies Freak Out
The Six Bunny Wunnies Visit Plains, Georgia
Several tomes mentioned as being in Unseen University’s library. I’d start with The Summoning of Dragons if some time traveler could obtain a copy with the now-lost burnt pages.
BAH! I don’t want to read a bunch of comic strips, I want to read the original novel. All of Them!
Ira Levin mentions Ruthanne Hedley’s children’s book Penny Has A Plan, and the second book she is writing. I’d love a copy if she finished it before going away with her husband for a weekend’s “second honeymoon.” And Rosemary’s Baby All of Them Witches
Oh, anything from Garth Marenghi’s canon of chillers. Such as Afterbirth, in which a mutated placenta attacks Bristol, or Black Fang, at heart a “what if?” story. In this case, “what if a rat could drive a bus? And what if it and its rat brethren took over and ate Parliament?”
For an obscure one: the complete notebooks of Henry Fool. On the other hand, they didn’t sound like they’d be a great read, and could potentially get me killed or worse, pursued by Jeff Goldblum. Maybe I’ll pass on those.
Instead, I want the complete series of Jasper Dash, Boy Technonaut! I like the cut of his jib, and what a stare he has!
