Hearts in suspension, by Stephen King

[herbertwest]

From Liljas :

Hearts in Suspension will be released on November 7 and seems to be labeled as a Stephen King book. Here’s all info about it.

This publication marks the 50th anniversary of Stephen King’s entrance into the University of Maine at Orono in the fall of 1966. The accelerating war in Vietnam and great social upheaval at home exerted a profound impact on students of the period and deeply influenced King’s development as a writer and as a man.

King’s fictional treatment of this experience in his novella “Hearts in Atlantis” (reprinted in this volume) tracks his youthful avatar, Peter Riley, through the awakenings and heartbreak of his turbulent first year at UMaine. In his accompanying essay, “Five to One, One in Five,” written expressly for this volume, King sheds his fictional persona and takes on the challenge of a nonfiction return to his undergraduate experience. The stereoscopic combination of these narratives, told with King’s characteristic blend of canny insight and self-deprecating humor, create a revealing portrait of the artist as young man and a ground-level tableau of this highly charged time.

In addition, twelve fellow students and friends from King’s college days contribute personal narratives recalling their own experience of those years. These recollections—engaged, irreverent, and affecting—bring dimension and texture to the collective witnessing of a formative time in their lives and a defining moment in the country’s history.

This book also includes four installments of King’s never-before-reprinted student newspaper column, “King’s Garbage Truck.” These lively examples of King’s damn-the-torpedoes style, entertaining and shrewd in their youthful perceptions, more than hint at a talent about to take its place in the American literary landscape.

A gallery of period photographs and documents augments this volume.

ISBN 978-0-89101-127-9
PUBLICATION DATE: November 7, 2016
PRICE: $30.00


Copied from Lilja's Library: http://liljas-library.com/

I'll also add : "Hearts in Suspension, by Stephen King, with personal narratives by college classmates and friends, edited and with an introduction by Jim Bishop"

[mae]

Oracle thread here, perhaps it should be moved there: http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...-in-Suspension

[herbertwest]

Yeah, but not everybody wander there

[carlosdetweiller]

Yeah, but not everybody wander there

I never would have seen it over there. Oracle, is it? If it isn't in Calvin's Corner it hardly exists for me.

[mae]

Why is that?

[carlosdetweiller]

Why is that?

I just look at this site to discuss book collecting with other collectors. The threads of interest to me are in Calvin's Corner. Y'all moved one of my threads of interest to Dutch Hill so I check it out once a week or so. I've looked at other areas of the site but didn't find much of interest. I'm not really into discussing games, riddles, polls, tournaments, etc.

[mae]

But the Oracle is where we post and discuss all the King-related news. So if you never check there or use the Unread posts feature, you can miss stuff.

[jreitan47]

Why is that?

I just look at this site to discuss book collecting with other collectors. The threads of interest to me are in Calvin's Corner. Y'all moved one of my threads of interest to Dutch Hill so I check it out once a week or so. I've looked at other areas of the site but didn't find much of interest. I'm not really into discussing games, riddles, polls, tournaments, etc.

I'm with Bob. I never venture out of here or Dutch Hill.

[tippy4]

Why is that?

I just look at this site to discuss book collecting with other collectors. The threads of interest to me are in Calvin's Corner. Y'all moved one of my threads of interest to Dutch Hill so I check it out once a week or so. I've looked at other areas of the site but didn't find much of interest. I'm not really into discussing games, riddles, polls, tournaments, etc.

I'm with Bob. I never venture out of here or Dutch Hill.

Add me to the list.

99% of my time is spent in CC.

[herbertwest]

I do visit the Oracle, Calvins Tower & the other authors subforums

[Ari_Racing]

For me it's here 95% and 5% Oracle.

[Bev Vincent]

I never know where I am -- I just pull up the list of threads with new posts and look at the ones that interest me!

[zelig]

I never know where I am -- I just pull up the list of threads with new posts and look at the ones that interest me!

That's kind of my philosophy as well. I generally like to know where I am but I don't limit myself to CC. Especially since using Tapatalk, everything is in one stream so it's easy to see what's being discussed across the board. I like to follow the movie and TV threads and the odd one here and there that interest me.

[herbertwest]

So, would you consider this book BY King, or more like a collection WITH some King stuff (the story hearts in atlantis + garbage trucks + new essay).

[mae]

I wouldn't consider it a true King book. Most of it is a reprint (HIA novella). The Garbage Truck pieces are cool but I would have liked a complete collection. And then there are the other authors. So, a multi-author anthology.

[Ari_Racing]

There was a (failed) project of a book with all the columns. King didn't want it published.

[Fsmdr]

Hearts in Suspension is now available to preorder from UMaine:

https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2016/10...f-maine-nov-7/

[wizardsrainbow]

Why is that?

I just look at this site to discuss book collecting with other collectors. The threads of interest to me are in Calvin's Corner. Y'all moved one of my threads of interest to Dutch Hill so I check it out once a week or so. I've looked at other areas of the site but didn't find much of interest. I'm not really into discussing games, riddles, polls, tournaments, etc.

I'm with Bob. I never venture out of here or Dutch Hill.

Add me to the list.

99% of my time is spent in CC.

I spend 100% of my time right here.

[Bev Vincent]

King's essay is 53 pages long. He also contributed a new 2-1/2 page intro to Hearts in Atlantis.

[mikeC]

King's essay is 53 pages long. He also contributed a new 2-1/2 page intro to Hearts in Atlantis.

Thanks Bev, was wondering.

[Bev Vincent]

I got my copy last night, along with a letter to reviewers, so I suppose technically it is an ARC, although it's actually a finished copy.

[mae]

Sooner or later all of King's various non-fiction will be collected (into several fat volumes), that will be a super treat.

[Bev Vincent]

Sooner or later all of King's various non-fiction will be collected (into several fat volumes), that will be a super treat.

The original concept for this book was to do a thematic collection of some of King's non-fiction -- according to Bishop and Alpert's intro. They found that everything that interested them "had already been taken."

[jreitan47]

Got my copy last night. It's a lot thicker than I imagined it to be. Can't wait to dig into it tonight!

[biomieg]

Is it only available through the UMaine link? I can't finish my preorder on the 'Europe' page. Is anybody willing to get me a copy?