From Liljas :
In the September issue of Harper’s King has written something called Batman and Robin in an Altercation. I’m not sure if this is fiction or nonfiction but I’m sure we’ll find out very soon.
New short story in Harper's (09/12): "Batman and Robin Have an Altercation"
From Liljas :
In the September issue of Harper’s King has written something called Batman and Robin in an Altercation. I’m not sure if this is fiction or nonfiction but I’m sure we’ll find out very soon.
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this is a fiction piece.
-justin
Woohoo!
This , I think, is King's first ever piece for this publication. One comment over at Lilja's says "It's a short story about a man with Alzheimer's, his adult son, and an unexpected event on the highway. It's quite short."
Is the issue out on the stands now?
John
Copies are for sale on eBay, so I guess so.
yeah, but the copy i saw has an address sticker. don't subscribers usually get mags a couple days/one week before newsstands?
-justin
My local B&N still has the August issue, bummer.
probably the end of this week then.
-justin
Another comment from Lilja's: "It's 4 pages. It's King writing in a more "realistic" vein. Quite poignant at times, with an end that's disturbing, amusing, and unexpected all at once. Not a major story by any means, but a welcome way to spend 15-20 minutes reading." Maybe I'm in the minority, but I really love King's recent realistic and literary stories such as "Premium Harmony" and "Herman Wouk is Still Alive". I hope King writes more of them.
I asked at B&N and they said the August issue came out 7/24 and the monthly mags come in on Tuesdays & Thursdays so probably this Thursday (in the afternoon) for the Sept issue.
Official synopsis from Harper's, courtesy of Ms. Mod at the official forums:
http://www.stephenking.com/forums/sh...Stories/page2?
In Stephen King’s first story for Harper’s Magazine, a middle-aged man named Sanderson brings his Alzheimer’s-afflicted father to Applebee’s for their weekly lunch, where for three years they have ordered the same food and had the same conversation. Just as Sanderson despairs of finding any shred of the man who raised him, he’s saved from a brutal assault to find his father wielding a weapon procured in a moment of lucidity.
Is this a business magazine?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper%27s_MagazineOriginally Posted by WeDealInLead
sounds like a story to go along with Lunch at the Gotham Cafe
Does whatever a spiderman does.
This one is set in San Antonio, which is a switch for King.
Must be from his 11/22/63 research trips.
I don't think he got that far from Dallas. Maybe he visited an Applebee's!
Incidentally, when I visited Dallas a few years back, I drove down to San Antonio, too
Got my copy at my B&N so it's definitely on newsstands now.
Any comments on the story?
reality continues to ruin my life
I liked it a lot. It was short, just four and a half pages, but it's very well written (of course), and there is a small twist that I again didn't see coming that I really thought was an excellent conclusion. Very similar in tone to "Herman Wouk" I thought.
How much is the magazine if you just buy this issue?
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