Saddest Moment in a Published Work--Nominations Closed

[Aaron]

This thread is for members to nominate scenes for the Award for Saddest Moment in a Published Work. In order for a scene to be eligible for nomination it must occur in one of Stephen King's published works, including any of his novels, novellas, and short stories. Scenes from titles published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman are also eligible.

To nominate a scene for this category, simply post your choice in this thread. In order for a scene to be placed onto the voting ballot for the Award the nominated scene must be seconded and thirded, also in this thread. This is to ensure that we do not have an overly long list of contenders for the Award, and that--by virtue of the nomination process--each title listed on the ballot is guaranteed to have at least something of a following come voting time. Please note that you MUST clearly state in your post that you are seconding or thirding a nomination for it to count. Feel free to deliberate and discuss your choices in this thread.

While you may second or third a nomination more than once, we ask that there be only one new nomination per member.


Deaths of major characters and other major spoilers MUST be put in spoiler tags, with a note as to what book the spoiler occurs in plain view in the non-tagged portion of the post. This is a sensitive category, so please BE RESPECTFUL of the other members

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[jayson]

Spoiler from DT-7: The Dark Tower...

Spoiler:

Oy's reaction at Jake's graveside.

If that doesn't make you cry, check yourself for a "Made by North Central Positronics" seal because you are a robot.

[Aaron]

Good one, R of G!

[jayson]

Thanks. It's one of the handful of things that is guaranteed to make me cry every time I read it.

[razz]

Seconded

[mae]

From The Green Mile:

Spoiler:

Death of Mr. Jingles.

[cozener]

Wizard and Glass

When Olive Thorin snuck into her sleeping husband's room to lay down with him a while then snuck out before he woke up.

[jayson]

Wizard and Glass

When Olive Thorin snuck into her sleeping husband's room to lay down with him a while then snuck out before he woke up.

Seconded.

That's an excellent one Coz that I probably never would have thought of. Given their situation, that is a very touching and sad moment.

[The Lady of Shadows]

i can't decide. i can't decide.

[mystima]

cell

Spoiler:

when alice was killed by a rock to the head.

threw book across the room and cried for an hour...kids thought i had lost it

[gsvec]

How about when

Spoiler:

Oy died.

I cried.

[Sam]

Spoiler from DT-7: The Dark Tower...

Spoiler:

Oy's reaction at Jake's graveside.

If that doesn't make you cry, check yourself for a "Made by North Central Positronics" seal because you are a robot.

Thirded

[Sam]

I nominate

Spoiler:

the death of Jake Chambers.

This may be the same as what I just thirded but I don't know for sure. What do you think Aaron?

[John_and_Yoko]

I nominate

Spoiler:

the death of Jake Chambers

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Spoiler:

Which one?

Anyway, for me the saddest moment (not in a tearjerker way but in a heavy-hearted way) was the end of The Dark Tower--meaning the end of the coda to Volume VII.

[jayson]

I nominate

Spoiler:

the death of Jake Chambers.

This may be the same as what I just thirded but I don't know for sure. What do you think Aaron?

I would say that they were two separate things, at least so far as what I meant by what I posted.

Let me explain with an extended DT-7 spoiler...

Spoiler:

I know it is just a part of the greater "In This Haze of Green and Gold" section of DT-7 which depicts the whole death of Jake sequence, but as the category was about specific moments, I was referring solely to Oy's reaction.

If Sam is talking about the thing as a whole, I'd say it's different, and I second it.

[Sam]

The second one. (Sorry.)

[Woofer]

I second

Spoiler:

Oy's death

and the Olive and Hart Thorin scene.

And I'd like to nominate the scene from The Tommyknockers when Gard finds Peter hooked up like a battery in the shed.

[razz]

I second

Spoiler:

Oy's death

and the Olive and Hart Thorin scene.

i third both of them.

[Jackie]

Cujo:

Spoiler:

At the end when Tad dies

[flaggwalkstheline]

I Nominate

Spoiler:

Todd climbing the water tower with a high-powered rifle

at the end of apt pupil

[Unfound One]

This isn't a specific "moment," per se, but it is incredibly sad.

IT Spoiler:

Spoiler:

the last chapters/pages of IT when everybody is forgetting again. It's just heartbreaking to me...

If we can't count that, it's cool. But I had to mention it.

[Jean]

Nominating:

It spoilers

Spoiler:

Eddie's death, and Richie saying they couldn't leave him there, he is afraid of the dark

All of Blaze and Roadwork... they consist of nothing else.

Duma Key spoiler

Spoiler:

After Edgar destroys the sand daughter-thing, the last passage of that chapter: her first word was "dog", etc

[Woofer]

AUGH! I haven't read Duma Key, and I clicked on the spoiler. AUGH!

[stone, rose, unfound door]

Spoiler from DT-7: The Dark Tower...

Spoiler:

Oy's reaction at Jake's graveside.

From The Green Mile:

Spoiler:

Death of Mr. Jingles.

Wizard and Glass

When Olive Thorin snuck into her sleeping husband's room to lay down with him a while then snuck out before he woke up.

How about when

Spoiler:

Oy died.

Nominating:

It spoilers

Spoiler:

Eddie's death, and Richie saying they couldn't leave him there, he is afraid of the dark

I third a lot in this category but here are the moments I third and I nominate in Salem's Lot

Spoiler:

when Ben kills Susan

[Heather19]

This isn't a specific "moment," per se, but it is incredibly sad.

IT Spoiler:

Spoiler:

the last chapters/pages of IT when everybody is forgetting again. It's just heartbreaking to me...

If we can't count that, it's cool. But I had to mention it.

I'd like to second this.