Wow, just when you think you know a bear............. Duma Key was OK, FDNS was very good and UTD was a richly told story, sweeping character landscape and all, until he screwed the pooch on the ending!!!
To Jean and Barb, I think this (11/22/63) was another King experiment. You can say a lot of things about Mr. King but reluctance to experiment is not one of them. I believe he intentionally wrote this story to appeal to a broader audience to see if he could. You can already see that it's back to business as usual with TWTTK and Dr. Sleep already slated to be published this year.