Not quite.
He was explaining to Tabitha why he included a bunch of back story in one of his novels (can’t remember which) and she said, “fine, but do you have to bore me with it?” He said he couldn’t argue with that.
Close enough for government work! It was Donald Merwin Elbert.
Awsome to see this thread still alive! I’ll answer one of my old ones…
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What well-known pop songs play a role in Dreamcatcher?
The second question is non-trivia, it’s not a trick question and there’s no wrong answers: I just finished Dreamcatcher (clearly) and it’s the first book by King that I’ve read. I liked it a good deal and I’d like to read some more. Any recommendations/things I should avoid?
I bet this is not the song you’re looking for for Duddits sang “Scooby Doobie Doo where are you?” a bit 
And if you like Dreamcatcher, I’m thinking you will like any of Kings work. My favorite is Bag of Bones, followed closely by Christine.
I have recently read The Long Walk and The Running Man.
Running Man was entertaining, and had a bit of philosophical oomph to it. Mostly pulp, but very well done I think. Why they changed the movie so much I’ll never know, the book’s premise was much, much better.
The Long Walk is a technical masterpiece as far as I’m concerned. I doubt anything I could read by King would ever top it. I can’t recommend it highly enough.
Both of these are short mini-books so you can blow through them in a day if you are dedicated, or over a few nights if you only read for an hour here and there.
I would say Dreamcatcher is one of his worst books (but i did like it, as I like most of his stuff). If you liked it, you’ll probably be happy with most anything he wrote. You might try It or Stand By Me, which I don’t even think is the name of the story; that’s the movie’s name. And it’s a novella, not a novel. The book it’s in is called Different Seasons, and it has four novellas. It’s pretty great. They both have the group-of-friends thing happening, like Dreamcatcher. The Stand is also good, and the whole Dark Tower series is wonderful, but long.
And Misery DID have the missing “n” first, not an “e”, although by then end it’s dropped the “e” and a couple other letters as well, I think. I pulled out the book to check the “n”, though. It’s definitely the first letter missing.
It nagged at me, so I checked the end. It came missing the “n”, then drops the “t” and finally the “e”, but at that point he switches to longhand, except to type the last chapter.
Is it Sasha? She died in childbirth, after Flagg instructed the midwife to make a tiny cut…
I liked “Dreamcatcher,” too, and I also have liked almost everything I’ve read by King (I haven’t read “Gerald’s Game” yet, and I didn’t like “The Survivor Type”). I’m really enjoying his modern works (“Duma Key,” “The Dome,” and now “11/22/63”); I think he’s writing better than he ever has, but I know not everyone agrees with that. I think he’s turned down the gross-out factor and turned up the storytelling.
Which of you King fans have already read his newest book “UR” ? Stephen King wrote it only as audiobook and as an e-book for the Kindle, and there has not been a lot of publicity about it.
It is about an English teacher (duh :)) who reluctantly starts using a Kindle, and it goes all King-y from there. Alternate universes are involved.
And look! Another new King just available as E-book. “Blockade Billy.”
I read “UR” when I got my Kindle (since replaced by my iPad). It’s not his latest book, as he’s had a few novels, and two short anthologies out since, but it was a fun read despite feeling like a bit of a marketing stint for the Kindle.
Haven’t read “Blockade Billy” yet though.
Question:
How many productions based on King’s stories has Kathy Bates appeared in?
I read UR as the second or third purchase on my Kindle.Really kind of meta.
I was thinking, “Well, there’s nowhere to go but up, after that…” 