# Stephen King MAINE stories ??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 28, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383 "2012-05-28T21:40:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/1 "2012-05-28T21:40:59Z")
Now that I live in the same state as Stephen King, can you Dopers recommend any tales/stories/novellas/huge books, etc. written by him that are specifically set in Maine? I usedta be a big SK fan – but back in the old days of “The Stand” – a loooong time ago. And, FWIW, I am a HUGE H. P. Lovecraft fan! Wotta mix! Find me some good stuff to read, OK? Thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/2 "2012-05-28T21:52:25Z")
_Insomnia Salem’s Lot **Rage Long Walk** Cujo Christine It Dark Half Tommyknockers Needful Things Gerald’s Game Deloris Claiborne Bag of Bones The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Dreamcatcher Cell Lisey’s Story Under the Dome_ That’s just right off the top of my head. I’m sure I’ve missed some in his short stories. The ones bolded were written under the name Richard Bachman. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/3 "2012-05-28T22:03:02Z")
Yeah, pick a King book at random and there’s a 50% chance it’s set in Maine. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/4 "2012-05-28T22:03:32Z")
**11/22/63** starts off in Maine, and some of the first act delves into Derry, even. Also, **Misery,** **Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption,** and **The Mist** (first story in The Skeleton Crew anthology). Don’t pass up **The Long Walk,** if you haven’t already read it! But yeh, more times than not his stories are set in Maine. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/5 "2012-05-28T22:11:12Z")
Well, I deliberately left off the short stories, and the books where the setting moves out of Maine. But thanks for including those. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/6 "2012-05-28T22:31:59Z")
I was going to say pretty much all of them, because that’s the way it seems. I know there are several set in other locales, like the Dark Tower series and The Stand, but I can’t think of any others. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/7 "2012-05-28T22:34:43Z")
I’m not a huge King fan, but I can’t recommend\* The Long Walk \*highly enough. Fantastic novella. ---
**Author:** ![PeacePlease](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@PeacePlease](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeacePlease)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/8 "2012-05-28T22:44:51Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Don’t pass up **The Long Walk,** if you haven’t already read it! > [@drewtwo99](#): > > I can’t recommend\* The Long Walk \*highly enough. Fantastic novella. Thirded! My favorite King novella (which is high praise as he’s written quite a few). ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/9 "2012-05-28T22:52:44Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > I was going to say pretty much all of them, because that’s the way it seems. I know there are several set in other locales, like the Dark Tower series and The Stand, but I can’t think of any others. **The Shining** is at the Overlook Hotel in Colorado. Soon to have a sequel, [Doctor Sleep,](http://www.stephenking.com/future_works.html) coming out next year. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/10 "2012-05-28T22:57:40Z")
> [@PeacePlease](#): > > Thirded! My favorite King novella (which is high praise as he’s written quite a few). Probably one of the best pieces of fiction of the 20th century, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/11 "2012-05-28T23:26:23Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Yeah, pick a King book at random and there’s a 50% chance it’s set in Maine. It’s got to be way more than 50%. I’d be shocked if someone was anal enough to go through all of his stories and found out that more that 25% of them are set outside of Maine. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/12 "2012-05-28T23:33:38Z")
Yep, see my edit line. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/13 "2012-05-28T23:50:35Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Probably one of the best pieces of fiction of the 20th century, IMHO. Though I’m no literature expert by any stretch, and not an avid reader, and while I’m not prone to hyperbole, I can honestly say I agree with this. Anyone who hasn’t read _The Long Walk_ should do so. What’s even more incredible is that it was the first thing he ever wrote! Not published, but first he wrote. And he was so young too. And again, not a King fan (not that I hate him, I’ve only read a few things by him ever), so it’s not just nostalgia or whatever talking. I just read The Long Walk a few months ago, so, there you go! ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/14 "2012-05-29T21:58:06Z")
**Christine** is not set in Maine, but in a suburb of Pittsburgh, PA. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/15 "2012-05-29T22:08:12Z")
Even \*The Dark Tower \*has sections set in Maine or to do with Maine (though I personally like to pretend they don’t exist). I wonder how many _Hunger Games_ devotees realize it’s pretty much “The Long Walk” redux. (And yes, I realize it’s also \*Battle Royale \*with some brutality removed. And also, that’s not to put it down - I thought especially the first book was excellent.) ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/16 "2012-05-29T22:10:20Z")
> [@Neidhart](#): > > **Christine** is not set in Maine, but in a suburb of Pittsburgh, PA. It’s set here, but King did not display any great knowledge of the local geography or highway system. I, personally, prefer to think of it being set on a floor in The Tower where there is another Pittsburgh that is only slightly like this one. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/17 "2012-05-29T23:24:35Z")
Wasn’t _The Dead Zone_ set in Maine? As in, that was the home of the protagonist? Coulda sworn he solved a murder for the sheriff who got eaten in _Cujo_. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/18 "2012-05-29T23:45:44Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > It’s set here, but King did not display any great knowledge of the local geography or highway system. I, personally, prefer to think of it being set on a floor in The Tower where there is another Pittsburgh that is only slightly like this one. I agree. If Christine was set in Pittsburgh, why were all the characters _Phillies_ fans? They would have seemed like oddities to all of the Pirates rooters. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/19 "2012-05-29T23:48:54Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Wasn’t _The Dead Zone_ set in Maine? As in, that was the home of the protagonist? Coulda sworn he solved a murder for the sheriff who got eaten in _Cujo_. Yeah, the fictional town of Castle Rock. Needful Things takes place there, too. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/20 "2012-05-30T01:15:13Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > **11/22/63** starts off in Maine, and some of the first act delves into Derry, even. I’m currently listening to this, and I loved the part set in Maine. The reader does a great accent (“Downeast”?). It’s the longest book I’ve ever listened to (28 CDs!), but I really don’t want it to end. I finally made it up to Maine last summer, and it felt like coming home thanks to all the King books I’ve listened to. I even got to try **Moxie** , and hated it, just like a number of his characters (including the protagonist in _11/22/63_). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383.md?page=2)