# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/21 "2012-05-30T01:25:46Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Yeah, the fictional town of Castle Rock. Needful Things takes place there, too. I read somewhere, may have been at Cracked, that every one of his books fit within the same Universe, and have consistent crossover continuity. ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/22 "2012-05-30T01:33:52Z")
Quote: > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **Neidhart** > Christine is not set in Maine, but in a suburb of Pittsburgh, PA. > [@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. _From a Buick Eight_ is also set in Western Pennsylvania, Butler County, TBE. And King does a more creditable job of capturing the local atmosphere in this one. ---
**Author:** ![Feyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/fbc32d/32.png) [@Feyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feyrat)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/23 "2012-05-30T02:46:40Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Probably one of the best pieces of fiction of the 20th century, IMHO. I agree with this so hard. I’m always surprised it isn’t required reading in any English classes I’m aware of. It’s a fantastically deep, well-written and literary novel. Any time I pick it up, I’m completely sucked in and have to read it all over again. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/24 "2012-05-30T04:23:02Z")
> [@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_. There’s a lot that takes place in New Hampshire, too, what with Greg Stillson, the presidential primary, etc. Tabitha King’s 1993 teen romance/drama novel _One on One_ is set in Maine, and there are references in it to both Derry and Castle Rock. ---
**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 30, 2012, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/25 "2012-05-30T11:25:11Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > 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! > [@Feyrat](#): > > I agree with this so hard. > > I’m always surprised it isn’t required reading in any English classes I’m aware of. It’s a fantastically deep, well-written and literary novel. Any time I pick it up, I’m completely sucked in and have to read it all over again. It’s required reading in this family. Or wil be, once my kids reach 16. ::evil grin:: ---
**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 31, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/26 "2012-05-31T05:07:48Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > It’s required reading in this family. Or wil be, once my kids reach 16. ::evil grin:: Watch out – “Literature You Just Love” often skips a generation. Ask my kids about their profound appreciation of my Marvel comics from the 60s, or my hand-picked “Bestest Short Stories Ever, No, Really, At Least _Try_ One!” ---
**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 31, 2012, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/27 "2012-05-31T06:45:30Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Watch out – “Literature You Just Love” often skips a generation. Ask my kids about their profound appreciation of my Marvel comics from the 60s, or my hand-picked “Bestest Short Stories Ever, No, Really, At Least _Try_ One!” Don’t I know it, however I’ve been doing pretty well so far. My daughter’s favorite film (she’s almost 14) is Back to the Future, in which I introduced her to at 10. She loves Star Wars since she was in diapers, and every Thanksgiving, I like to watch all the LotR films. This was the first year she paid attention and became enraptured by it all, on first viewing. She just finished Watership Down (the book), and loved it (one of my all time favs), and today I said to hell with it, and gave her The Long Walk. She agreed to read it; I can’t wait. But yes, on some things, it’s like pulling teeth. Though, she’s beginning to realize, I think, that her old man knows a thing or two about good reading and movies. One of the coolest parts about having kids is reliving these gems with them. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/28 "2012-06-05T20:14:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Tabitha King’s 1993 teen romance/drama novel _One on One_ is set in Maine, and there are references in it to both Derry and Castle Rock. And another of her novels, _Pearl_ has a character saying she’s too young to go to Shawshank. 😃 Or maybe it was too old… ---
**Author:** ![Renifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Renifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renifer)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/29 "2012-06-06T04:16:02Z")
_Carrie_ takes place in Maine. (Chamberlain, Maine. You wouldn’t necessarily know that from the movie.) _The Mist_. Fran is from Maine in _The Stand_, so Maine is one of the locations in the novel. For stories that **don’t** take place in Maine, I’d add _Desperation_. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/30 "2012-06-23T15:16:54Z")
Question’s been asked and answered, but I thought this [flowchart](http://tessiedesigncompany.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/stephen-king-universe-flow-chart.html) might be of interest. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/31 "2012-06-24T07:18:09Z")
Isn’t **Pet Cemetary** set in 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:** [June 24, 2012, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/32 "2012-06-24T07:47:13Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > Isn’t **Pet Cemetary** set in Maine? Ayuh. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383/33 "2012-06-25T14:04:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > There’s a lot that takes place in New Hampshire, too, what with Greg Stillson, the presidential primary, etc. > > Tabitha King’s 1993 teen romance/drama novel _One on One_ is set in Maine, and there are references in it to both Derry and Castle Rock. > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > And another of her novels, _Pearl_ has a character saying she’s too young to go to Shawshank. 😃 > > Or maybe it was too old… _Pearl_ and \*One on One \* are actually 2/3rds of a trilogy, the third book being _Book of Reuben_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-maine-stories/623383.md?page=1)