Interesting example: you know that wasn't just a case of SK writing about a political issue; it was a case of SK writing about a writer talking about a (non-partisan) political issue... and worrying about how talking about it could affect on his career.Originally Posted by mtdman
I don't think he ever comes right out and writes about a political issue, it's usually part of the story or a character's viewpoint. I don't think that the nuke issue was a non-partisan issue at all.Interesting example: you know that wasn't just a case of SK writing about a political issue; it was a case of SK writing about a writer talking about a (non-partisan) political issue... and worrying about how talking about it could affect on his career.
I just don't care for the political stuff no matter what. I don't read King for his viewpoints or to get his political views or even to hear about political views of any kind. IMO he did a pretty good job in 11-22-63 with no discussing any particular political view point surrounding JFK's presidency or assassination. Which I was surprised by. Reading fiction is an escape for me from real world events, especially King's fiction. I don't want that stuff creeping in, agree with it or not.
And like I wrote earlier, it didn't appear so much in his earlier work. I love The Long Walk, which is a book that's just asking for political commentary, but he manages to not inject much personal opinion in it at all. He just presents the alternate reality and lets you draw your conclusions through character development and experiences in the book. IMO he couldn't write that book today without labeling the Major as a republican or even presenting him as GWBush.
Which character would that be? As a catholic as well, I'm interested in what you wrote there. And I found the feminists disgusting as well, I'm just not sure that was King's intent. I really had a hard time with that book and it's probably one of my least favorite because of the abortion issues.
Well, that might just be your personal perspective. I definitely know Democrats who are for it and Republicans who are against it.Oh, then I guess that's the big difference between you and me.
mtdman: I'll find the quotation for you as soon as I can; it belongs to a police officer.
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I wonder if cancer hazard is really as high in the USA as it is in King books. Everyone, if not killed by a monster, dies of cancer. Everyone's parents, other older relatives, or elderly friends, do invariably.
By the way, this thread - sorry guys, only now got around to noticing - belongs in The Constant Writer subforum, where it will be moved as soon as everyone gets used to this idea
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Clearly his mother's death from stomach cancer has had a major impact on his writing.
My wife and I have both had a number of relatives (including her mother and my father) die from cancer.
John
Precisely. The same has been happening in my family, and I fully expect to one day die of same. That is why I am rather oversensitive about the issue, and the way King constantly overdoes it sounds like a bad joke to me.
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When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
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Well I suppose that similarity of many King characters to the author himself in general is a fair ground for criticism. It would make the world they all live in rather strange... if they all live in the same world.
Cancer is quite prevalent in my extended and nuclear family. Cancer is, by a wide margin, the #1 killer of both sides of the Gaskill clan.
My father was a victim but it was discovered in autopsy after the accident.
I will never forgive King for killing Henry in Black House.
But I am annoyed by all of the writers from the North East of America who dominate his charter selection. Things happen to folks in places other than the Northeast and who are not writers.
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
Like that one guy who went to Florida to paint... lol
Like that one guy who went to Florida to paint... lol
Well, I am stilled pissed at him
People are always talking about truth.Everybody knows what the truth is,like it was toilet paper or somethin...All there is is bull*...One layer of bullshit on top of another...what you do in life...pick the layer of bull* that you prefer...
Tough crowd, for "fans" LOL LOL I have beef's with him from time to time (the ending of UTD), but he is really about the Read/journey. I get that and he is the Master!!!
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
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I have many, many issues with King's writing.
They're all issues of Entertainment Weekly, though.
the ending is not really the issue with the writing, it's with the story. I have no issues with his stories. I have a lot with his writing, and they are getting worse.
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When do you think that started, Jean, and what exactly do you take issue with? I do believe King's writing has changed over the years, but that's only natural. I don't find any fault in King's newer style writing, it's just different. Perhaps, at times, a little too casual. I think he might've been trying a bit harder earlier in his career.
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