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Bev Vincent
03-14-2011, 05:27 AM
Stephen King’s short story, “Herman Wouk is Still Alive,” will be published in the May issue of The Atlantic, on newsstands April 19 and available on the web and to subscribers a week earlier.

For those unfamiliar with that name, he is the author of The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance. The Winds of War was a major miniseries about 20 years ago.

mae
03-14-2011, 06:13 AM
Awesome, thanks! So much new stuff. And a huge plus that it'll be available online. I like that Stephen is publishing his short stories more often now in more literary periodicals.

Mr. Rabbit Trick
03-14-2011, 06:39 AM
Stephen King’s short story, “Herman Wouk is Still Alive,” will be published in the May issue of The Atlantic, on newsstands April 19 and available on the web and to subscribers a week earlier

CRinVA
03-14-2011, 06:47 AM
Yet another magazine to go out and snag! I lvoe Kings Short Stories that have been released over the past 5 years or so.

CRinVA
03-14-2011, 06:48 AM
Pablo - my sentiments exactly!!!!!!!

herbertwest
03-14-2011, 12:29 PM
new shot story hu? :p

John Blaze
03-14-2011, 01:31 PM
I'm actually a huge Herman Wouk fan, specially the Winds of War and War and Remembrance books. I'm VERY curious about this.

The Library Policeman
03-14-2011, 01:43 PM
new shot story hu? :p

Surely the new novel in November is a "shot story" :P

flaggwalkstheline
03-14-2011, 02:23 PM
herman wouk? the writer?

interesting

Bev Vincent
03-16-2011, 05:31 AM
Per Ms. Mod: It's 24 manuscript pages, 6460 words.

mae
03-16-2011, 07:02 AM
It's fiction, right?

Bev Vincent
03-16-2011, 07:13 AM
Yes

mae
03-20-2011, 07:03 AM
What would 6460 words amount to page-wise in a regular-sized hardcover book, say in a King collection like Just After Sunset?

Bev Vincent
03-20-2011, 08:51 AM
It's about half the length of Fair Extension.

herbertwest
04-11-2011, 01:20 PM
I believe that this story should be available this week.

mae
04-11-2011, 01:38 PM
Probably tomorrow. Keep an eye on this: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/

mae
04-12-2011, 04:47 AM
And here it is:

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2011/05/herman-wouk-is-still-alive/8451/

mae
04-12-2011, 04:56 AM
And a Q&A:

http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2011/04/stephen-king-on-the-creative-process-the-state-of-fiction-and-more/237023/

Mr. Rabbit Trick
04-12-2011, 05:59 AM
Thanks for the links Pablo.

Ben Mears
04-12-2011, 06:21 AM
Good story, good interview.

mae
04-12-2011, 06:28 AM
And from that interview it sounds like King is working on a new novel perhaps, which deals with a writer.

ELazansky
04-12-2011, 07:22 AM
The story is now online - http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/05/herman-wouk-is-still-alive/8451/

harrison ryan
04-12-2011, 08:00 AM
Yes! Hey, check the date of the image credit under that press clipping: 9/19/09.

mae
04-12-2011, 08:01 AM
I find it somewhat odd that King is using this style of having these chapters in a short story. He did the same in The Gingerbread Girl, technically a novella, I guess. And this is a longer story too. But I think these are the only two times I have seen chapters in a short story.

DanishCollector
04-12-2011, 10:45 AM
I don't think they're chapter titles, they are the first lines in the chapters.

mae
04-17-2011, 09:45 AM
I'm surprised there's no discussion about this story. To me, it reminded a lot his previous one, Premium Harmony. Both outstanding, literary, gut-wrenching stories.

EvaH
04-17-2011, 10:20 AM
Thanks for the links.

Pasiuk57
04-20-2011, 10:50 AM
Read it twice
what did you guys think?
I liked the descriptive writing of the moms that were totally down and out and the poet and his wife.
Did anyone think it ended too abruptly? Or was it just right?

willie3
04-20-2011, 06:33 PM
Bought the mag today, plan on reading it tomorrow on the plane home.

Karl

Randall Flagg
04-21-2011, 11:09 AM
Picked up a few copies today.

Niels
04-21-2011, 12:13 PM
Anyone an idea where I can order a copy online, without having to get a subscription?

biomieg
04-21-2011, 12:20 PM
Niels, according to Siep the American Book Center in The Hague sells copies so I sent them an e-mail and apparently they do sell the magazine. But I still have to hear from them if they put a copy aside for me.

*edit* I asked my sister to get me a copy, she lives in The Hague. Maybe she can get more than one (if they are available).

Randall Flagg
04-21-2011, 12:55 PM
I can obtain and ship copies overseas, but as biomeg will attest-the shipping is ~$12 per magazine. The protective bubble wrap shipping envelope is ~$2. All of a sudden, with no profit it amounts to >$20 per magazine.

pixiedark76
04-21-2011, 02:21 PM
Read it twice
what did you guys think?
I liked the descriptive writing of the moms that were totally down and out and the poet and his wife.
Did anyone think it ended too abruptly? Or was it just right?


I thought the ending was just right. If the story went on for too much more, it would not have as much shock. A story like that leaves you feeling like you got sucker punched in the gut. A punch in the gut is usually abrupt.

Pasiuk57
04-21-2011, 03:07 PM
pixiedark76
have to agree with you!

Patrick
04-21-2011, 03:36 PM
Good, well-written story. Depressing, but a good story. The last couple lines of the story seemed to be the point of it. I think it ended appropriately.

Bethany
04-21-2011, 04:25 PM
Damn.

biomieg
04-30-2011, 12:03 PM
King continues to impress me. This story hit me hard. Beautiful but very dark.

Ric
04-30-2011, 12:34 PM
Good, well-written story. Depressing, but a good story. The last couple lines of the story seemed to be the point of it. I think it ended appropriately.

This is exactly how I felt about it as well. I think King's short fiction is getting better and better.

herbertwest
07-30-2011, 01:20 PM
HERMAN WOUK goes italian. (http://stephenking.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=567:herman-wouk-is-still-alive-ad-agosto-su-internazionale&Itemid=61)

herbertwest
02-19-2012, 10:15 AM
Herman Wouk is still alive : nominated in the Bram Stoker Awards, in the "Short fiction" catégory.

Complete list on the HWA's website :
http://www.horror.org/blog/?p=2331

mae
04-03-2012, 06:40 AM
http://www.horror.org/blog/?p=2453

At long last, the anticipation is over. The Horror Writers Association announced the winners of the 2011 Bram Stoker Awards™ at its annual awards banquet tonight. This year’s presentation was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the World Horror Convention, and marks the 25th Anniversary of the awards.

Twelve new bronze haunted-house statuettes were handed over to the writers responsible for creating superior works of horror last year. This year’s winners are:

Superior Achievement in SHORT FICTION
“Herman Wouk Is Still Alive” by Stephen King (The Atlantic Magazine, May 2011)

John Blaze
04-03-2012, 07:51 PM
Well deserved. Sad story, and so depressing.

harrison ryan
04-03-2012, 07:54 PM
An existential horror story. Worse than ghoulies, real life!

John Blaze
04-03-2012, 07:57 PM
YES!

mae
04-11-2012, 06:28 AM
As if to prove he's still alive, Herman Wouk is publishing a new novel:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2012/04/herman-wouk-to-publish-new-book-with-simon-schuster.html

Herman Wouk, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Caine Mutiny," will publish a new novel, "The Lawgiver," with Simon & Schuster, the publisher announced Monday. Wouk, who was given the Library of Congress' first Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Writing of Fiction in 2008, will celebrate his 97th birthday in May.

Wouk's long and successful publishing record also includes "Marjorie Morningstar," "The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance." His most recent book, "The Language God Talks: On Science and Religion," published in 2010, discussed science and faith. In a release, Simon & Schuster described the upcoming "The Lawgiver":

Mr. Wouk's new book is an epistolary novel about a group of people making a movie about Moses in the present day. The story emerges from letters, memos, emails, journals, news articles, recorded talk, tweets, Skype transcripts, and text messages. "I loved reading The Lawgiver," said [Simon & Schuster Publisher Jonathan] Karp. "Within just a few pages I was captivated, once again in the thrall of Wouk's sharply conceived characters, amusing narration, irresistible command of story, and the wisdom of a lifetime. I found myself marveling at the verve and wit of this great American storyteller, now 96. The insights into Moses have remarkable vitality and depth. His heroine, Margo (‘Mashie’) is a twenty-first century incarnation of one of my favorite literary characters of all time, Marjorie Morningstar."

Karp must have been impressed by the manuscript. When he reviewed Wouk's "An Ache in the Heart" for The Times in 1993, he found something missing. Wouk, he wrote, "is still a master of the historical novel, and -- at nearly 700 pages -- 'The Hope' is a surprisingly fast read. And yet, perhaps it is a bit too fast."

Perhaps Wouk sees that slightly negative review as being in the past -- or perhaps he's looking even further back. "I knew Dick Simon and Max Schuster well," he said in the release. Yes, he means, that Simon and that Schuster. "Few of my contemporaries can make that statement! They brought out my first novel, Aurora Dawn, in 1947, and returning to their imprint after 64 years is an uncommon pleasure."

Simon & Schuster will publish Wouk's "The Lawgiver" this fall.