# The Strange Dark One initiates Our Lord King . . .

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 12, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-dark-one-initiates-our-lord-king/730759 "2015-09-12T00:24:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-dark-one-initiates-our-lord-king/730759/1 "2015-09-12T00:24:32Z")

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. . . into that most tenebrous and necrophagous cultus of eldritch blasphemy, the Esoteric Order of the [National Medal of Arts](http://www.salon.com/2015/09/11/stephen_king_goes_to_the_white_house_with_his_national_medal_of_arts_the_master_of_horror_plants_both_feet_firmly_in_the_literary_canon/)! Let all fools who have mocked supernatural horror fiction from their remote, stark and ghastly ivory towers now tremble in awe before his fell and terrible literary glory!

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-dark-one-initiates-our-lord-king/730759/2 "2015-09-12T04:59:21Z")

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That totally fucking rocks!

Congrats Mr. King!

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-dark-one-initiates-our-lord-king/730759/3 "2015-09-12T22:29:03Z")

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[Sally Field, too.](http://www.people.com/article/sally-field-honored-president-obama-national-medal-arts)

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-dark-one-initiates-our-lord-king/730759/4 "2015-09-13T17:59:20Z")

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[Complete list of this year’s honorees.](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/09/10/obama-national-medal--arts-national-humanities-medal-sally-field-stephen-king/72020794/)