The Mist/ Buick 8 question
In "The Mist" the mist is supposed to be a thinny. If this is so, what is the car in "From A Buick 8" is it a contained thinny? Something else?
The similarities are there, the things that come from either exhibit the same characteristics, i.e. turn black and give off vapors, etc. Just wondering.
Spoiler for The Dark Tower Series and Low Men in Yellow Coats.
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"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
cool, that's what i thought of it too.Originally Posted by All_Hail_The_Crimson_King
And thats not just my theory, thats from Mr. King.
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
I figured that, but they act as thinnies? On this I wasn't so sure, thanks!
They act more like The Jaunt. It goes to another world, whereas the thinny in the mist and in Deadbolt Canyon led to todash space.
The Buick 8 was also similar to the teleport from The Tommyknockers.
Wait wait wait....
The Mist is my very fav SK short, and I don't remember there being a thinny.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
I think their referring the dimension rift opened due to the military's meddling with The Arrowhead Project.
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That makes more sense.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
Thinnies...and Similar Phenomena
There are obvious thinnies in Ms. Todd's Shortcut and in Crouch End...but is there a thinny in Pet Semetary? I'm currently re-reading it, and Louis' hike to the burial ground is very interesting. In a nutshell...
- plants unlike Lou has ever seen
- stars with no recognizable constellations
- a mist, low at first, then once he's in, is completely dense
- the mist is unaffected by the strong gales of wind that Lou can hear....he think of this place as being seperated from the world around it
- time difference...what feels like half the night only took a few hours.
- A sixty-foot-tall creature walks by. Because of the mist, He can only vaguely make out it's shape.
I thought that was all pretty interesting! What do you think?
I have not read or heard of Ms. Todds Shortcut or Crouch end, So I really have no input on this
Crouch End is in Nightmares & Dreamscapes I think and Mrs. Todd's Shortcut is in Skeleton Crew... both very good.. the Crouch End that they did in the Nightmares & Dreamscapes tv series was really good for an adaptation.. to me at least.
I agree with Grillslinger... Both of those have to be thinnies, although I hadn't even thought of Crouch End... and idk about Pet Semetary.. I was just under the impression that it was different because of what it was.. but you might have something..
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