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scary ghost dog posted:booooooriiiiing Yeah, that ending would've been bad. Good thing Joe got involved. Thanks for posting it, Teach.
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Apr 20, 2016 00:48
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Ein cooler Typ posted:I finished reading Everything's Eventual Is 1408 the one where he picks up the phone and it's all like "9... 9... all your friends are dead." becasue that was pretty freaky
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Apr 20, 2016 03:55
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Teach posted:Here you go. wow how did you get specific permission to duplicate that copyrighted material
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Apr 20, 2016 13:05
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Probably wrote to the author's lawyer.
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Apr 20, 2016 15:34
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Apr 26, 2016 22:54
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egon_beeblebrox posted:Yeah, that ending would've been bad. Good thing Joe got involved. i was being insincere
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Apr 26, 2016 23:09
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I think I'll pass on this one.
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Apr 26, 2016 23:50
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Cusack looks like such a vampire in that trailer.
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Apr 27, 2016 11:05
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I'll chime in on the DT ending talk, since I just finished it again last night. I like Wolves of the Calla, it's a dope cowboy ride in save the town story. Song of Susannah was a chore to get through, because I don't care about Mia or Mordred or any of that poo poo. IMO he should have focused on either Walter or the King... preferably Walter. Book 7 is by and large really good, except for the out-of-nowhere Pennywise relation and continued focus on Mordred. The ending is good. And horrifying. poo poo rings true to me.
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Apr 27, 2016 15:21
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Admiral Bosch posted:I'll chime in on the DT ending talk, since I just finished it again last night. I like Wolves of the Calla, it's a dope cowboy ride in save the town story. Song of Susannah was a chore to get through, because I don't care about Mia or Mordred or any of that poo poo. IMO he should have focused on either Walter or the King... preferably Walter. Book 7 is by and large really good, except for the out-of-nowhere Pennywise relation and continued focus on Mordred. This is how I feel. Book 5 was fun! Book 6 was a slog! Book 7 was great except when it really wasn't!
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Apr 27, 2016 16:55
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ConfusedUs posted:This is how I feel. Yup, you nailed it.
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Apr 28, 2016 20:51
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I just started Song of Susannah and you guys aren't helping any.
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May 1, 2016 10:57
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ruddiger posted:I just started Song of Susannah and you guys aren't helping any. its pretty good imo. well written at the very least
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May 1, 2016 16:45
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The grocery store shootout was excellent.
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May 1, 2016 22:55
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Ugly In The Morning posted:The grocery store shootout was excellent. This is definitely the most memorable scene for me, and I did like the majority of Roland/Eddie's Maine adventures (yeah even the self-insert part, so sue me). I just really did not care for the Mia/chap part of the story at all. Also those stave/response things in Calla-speak at the end of each chapter really grated on me, but they are easy enough to skip/ignore.
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May 2, 2016 11:39
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I think the most telling thing for me is that I could tell you what happened in each of the first four books but the last three are kind of a blur.
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May 2, 2016 16:53
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American poster itt: If you haven't read The Dead Zone already, read it soon. Do you think there will be a special 2016 election edition?
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Josef K. Sourdust posted:American poster itt: If you haven't read The Dead Zone already, read it soon. Do you think there will be a special 2016 election edition? If there isn't, there should be.
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May 8, 2016 05:05
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Josef K. Sourdust posted:American poster itt: If you haven't read The Dead Zone already, read it soon. Do you think there will be a special 2016 election edition? The Dead Zone is one of King's best, so people should read it regardless.
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May 8, 2016 05:48
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I'll probably get on some sort of government watchlist for this post, but I can't be the only one who's thought of The Dead Zone several times during this circus of a presidential race.
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May 8, 2016 06:06
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Advice posted:I'll probably get on some sort of government watchlist for this post, but I can't be the only one who's thought of The Dead Zone several times during this circus of a presidential race. Stillson was at least good at hiding to the public he was an rear end in a top hat. King said he thought about The Dead Zone when Jesse Ventura was campaigning for Minnesota governor
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May 8, 2016 21:11
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Joe Hill's The Fireman comes out next week. Anyone manage to score an ARC?
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May 11, 2016 19:22
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Speaking of Joe, he's trying to turn his comic book series Locke & Key into a TV show again.
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May 12, 2016 12:12
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Cemetery Dance just announced their special edition of The Shining. Probably the most interesting aspect of it is this part:quote:This is the very first edition of The Shining published anywhere in the world to include Stephen King's original, uncut 40 page prologue entitled "Before the Play" restored at its proper place at the beginning of the story. This may end up being the only edition to ever present the complete story of the Overlook Hotel as King originally wrote it, so don't miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Although an excerpt from the prologue appeared in TV Guide in the 1990s, this is the first time the complete prologue has ever appeared where Stephen King intended it to go — right at the beginning of The Shining! Also note that they are much farther along in the production process on this than they were on 'Salem's Lot, which was announced in October 2014 and just started shipping last week. They give an October publication date, which I think is a bit optimistic, but it won't be an 18+ month wait (barring any issues with the printer).
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May 12, 2016 17:45
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Ornamented Death posted:Cemetery Dance just announced their special edition of The Shining. Probably the most interesting aspect of it is this part: I preordered my Salem's Lot copy around the first week of January 2015, and I just got it last Wednesday. It was quite the wait, but worth it.
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May 14, 2016 01:37
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I'm almost done with my third read of 11-22-63. I read it twice when it came out, and I'm almost through it again. I think this may be King's best book. Not just the best since his accident. No, that is without doubt. I mean out of all of them.
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May 14, 2016 01:53
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nate fisher posted:I preordered my Salem's Lot copy around the first week of January 2015, and I just got it last Wednesday. It was quite the wait, but worth it. It usually is with CD books. I've got the whole Doubleday series on preorder - it'll be damned near 2020 before I get the last book  .
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May 14, 2016 03:50
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ConfusedUs posted:I'm almost done with my third read of 11-22-63. I read it twice when it came out, and I'm almost through it again.
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May 14, 2016 04:03
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UncleMonkey posted:I don't know if I'd go so far as to call it his best overall, but I love that book too. I really connected with it emotionally in a big way. And thank goodness Joe was around to help him with such a perfect ending. It really is a great book. I love every single page. I feel like I wanted a little bit of a closer look at the time cops .
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May 14, 2016 04:12
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Cast Iron Brick posted:I feel like I wanted a little bit of a closer look at the time cops . I disagree, I think the show especially showed us that the less we learn about the time cops, the better. Hell, King isn't afraid to just have poo poo never get explained within the book (I'm looking at you, Hearts in Atlantis) and still tell a compelling story. I stand by my belief that 11/22/63 is secretly a love story disguised as a time travel thriller and the Yellow Card man was better as a mystery early on than as an impotent time cop later. What was he even supposed to do? He can't leave, so he just sits there slowly going insane? Who would volunteer for such a job?
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May 14, 2016 04:45
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I actually wasn't crazy about the ending. I liked that it ended without him changing anything but I didn't like the apocalypse world part
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May 14, 2016 05:33
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ConfusedUs posted:I'm almost done with my third read of 11-22-63. I read it twice when it came out, and I'm almost through it again. It was good but I remember skimming through a good portion of the middle third or so. There was an enire huge section that really dragged and aded next to nothing to the story,
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May 14, 2016 14:02
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AnonymousNarcotics posted:I actually wasn't crazy about the ending. I liked that it ended without him changing anything but I didn't like the apocalypse world part Yeah, I always felt the apocalypse world was something that made the ending less powerful. Jake having to choose not to relive the past because the unintended consequences are too much is something that is more powerful in terms of being a tough decision than simply having "the world will literally destroy itself" as a consequence.
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May 14, 2016 14:42
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corn in the bible posted:Actually the loop ending is bad for many reasons but yeah having king explain THIS ENDING IS BAD BUT I DINT FEEL LIKE DOIN BETTER made it 100x worse thank you for being the only sane person in this thread when dark tower is brought up.
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May 14, 2016 20:00
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The only issue with changing 11/22/63 is if it's not literally supernatural magic earthquakes and world destruction, he totally would have gone back for Sadie. Nothing less could have stopped him. The Rookie Time Cop even begged him to undo the changes and he didn't even consider going back until he saw the absolute destruction. Jake becomes the hero we always thought he was, but for a different reason. As far as "using the rabbit-hole to save the world", he did it. He saved us by returning us to a stable timeline. What the universe (King) did to Jake was ask him, "Okay, you wanna be a hero? Are you willing to lose everything for it? Oh, you don't have anything? Well, let me give you something and ask again." It was beautiful in its own way, and frankly I don't think there's anything I would change about it.
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May 14, 2016 22:06
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Advice posted:The only issue with changing 11/22/63 is if it's not literally supernatural magic earthquakes and world destruction, he totally would have gone back for Sadie. Nothing less could have stopped him. The Rookie Time Cop even begged him to undo the changes and he didn't even consider going back until he saw the absolute destruction. Jake becomes the hero we always thought he was, but for a different reason. As far as "using the rabbit-hole to save the world", he did it. He saved us by returning us to a stable timeline. What the universe (King) did to Jake was ask him, "Okay, you wanna be a hero? Are you willing to lose everything for it? Oh, you don't have anything? Well, let me give you something and ask again." It was beautiful in its own way, and frankly I don't think there's anything I would change about it. But the point is that if one one the options involves the complete destruction of the entire planet, then it isn't really an option, and it isn't heroic at all. It would have been more interesting if it was left to him having to ponder going back 5 years older to exclusively seduce someone who has no idea who he is, but he knows all about who she is, even as he is now fully aware of the potentially disastrous consequences of altering the past. It makes it all a bit of a shaggy dog story if it turns out that no matter how successful or unsuccessful he was it was all doomed because of apocalyptic consequences.
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joepinetree posted:But the point is that if one one the options involves the complete destruction of the entire planet, then it isn't really an option Spotted the guy who's never been in love.
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May 15, 2016 20:56
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ConfusedUs posted:I'm almost done with my third read of 11-22-63. I read it twice when it came out, and I'm almost through it again. I just reread it again. The part where he creams the nosy busybody is the best.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Roland Deschain. 
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