r/stephenking
Thoughts on “Needful Things”
Finished this last night. To be totally objective, while I didn’t dislike the novel, I felt it to be the least compelling of his stories. I think there may be this awkward transition from his 80s darkness to the 90s “lightness” that definitely leaked into the writing. There is a clunkiness in the prose in my opinion, a sort of awkward way to get to the end of the sentence. I didn’t not like it, I just would say that it wasn’t his most enthralling read, and I think most would agree. Random thoughts:
-I have never met a selectman. But according to SK there is a though-line in all of his novels that they are all royal pieces of shit
-This novel continues the idea, and he shares this with David Lynch, that small towns are utter nightmares
-Slopey Dodd may be the one of the most offensively named characters that is equally
disabled
-I did appreciate his self referencing, “You bet your fur,” (pg 392); literally saying “Four Past Midnight” (pg 79; “…way off the beam” (pg 167) along with all of the Castle Rock books
-I have never heard women’s chests this much and this repeatedly
As is the common theme with his books, they end with a deus ex machina and everything being destroyed. Sometimes it works (It, The Stand, Under the Dome) and sometimes it doesn’t. I think it just ended too abruptly with too little concern for the characters.
u/CategoryCautious5981 — 17 hours ago
Screen Rant: “Stephen King’s Best Character Of The 21st Century Has A TV Show In Development”
I know some people may scream in excitement and others in frustration… but Jack Bender’s working on an adaptation of “Holly.” No information on this in IMDB, however, so no firm timeline or information on who would play Holly. My guess on actor: unlikely / impossible for it to be Cynthia Erivo — she’s become far too huge a star to reprise her work in the Outsider; Justine Lupe is possible, as her star is risen since Mr. Mercedes (another Bender adaptation), but not so far that she couldn’t be the lead in a TV adaptation. Timeline is harder, because Bender is already working on The Institute.
u/bobledrew — 22 hours ago
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You're trapped in the last SK book/movie you read/watched. Do you survive?
you're magically teleported into the movie/book, however, your allowed 24 hours to prepare for the event. you have very little knowledge of what's going on (for example, you know about IT, but not how to get rid of it). you must survive for one week. you cannot leave the location. do you survive?
u/nerdycountryboy18 — 15 hours ago
im an artist and every year i do two stephen king themed photo projects for halloween, last year i did Wendy and Carrie (apparently i cant post Carrie without it getting auto deleted so i left her out)
u/trampstampcollector — 17 hours ago
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Stephen King luck strikes
My first Stephen King book! I got hold on this a couple days ago, I had 50 people ahead of me with just a couple copy. And i got the skip the line today! I cant wait to read! Any thoughts on this book? :)
u/AlternativeRich6845 — 13 hours ago
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My collection of Danish king classics
Of all my books, these are the ones that I treasure the most. It is from the (to Danish fans) legendary publisher Artia, which unfortunately is closed today. it has taken me quite a lot of time to get a hold of these editions, and have cost me a good amount of money at the same time. But I absolutely love them!
starting at the upper most left corner:
Christine
The stand
IT
Geralds game
The dark half
The long walk
Misery
After midnight
Fire starter
The talisman
The running man
Salems lot
Dolores claiborne
The langoliers
The mist and other novels
Night Shift
Thinner
Carrie
u/IT_Eleven — 20 hours ago
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Can you name the Stephen King book from this cover?
Tip:
>!"Tell us a story, Garraty," Stebbins said abruptly. "Tell us a story that will take our minds off our troubles." He had aged unbelievably; Stebbins was an old man.!<
>!"Yeah," McVries said. He also looked ancient and wizened. "A story, Garraty."!<
u/YernarSha — 15 hours ago
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Anyone else love Jake from the Dark Tower series??
I’m currently reading the Waste Lands so no spoilers please**
The part where Jake asks Roland if he thinks Oy is part of their ka-tet, I literally melted. That is so precious. I also really enjoyed Jake’s section that took place in NYC.
Just curious how others feel about the kid as I never really see him mentioned when people talk about their favorite King charcters.
u/speda523 — 15 hours ago
Week