"Under the Dome"- Stephen King's latest

[Dystopia]

I, for one, would be excited to know that Stephen King was on Latoc and had gotten some of his ideas from us.
And I'm usually not a celebrity interested person. They are just people after all.

So why would it please me??? I "think" because he would have taken our thoughts and ideas and information and perspectives... and made a Doomer book that may actually help people (who don't know about Doom) become more aware

Word, SK has been writing this same type of thing since the early 70's (The Stand was published in '78!). I enjoy about 95% of what he's written but The Dome is sounding more like rehash of much of the old stuff. He has so much money now I don't think he's paying too much attention to doom, after all life is pretty easy when you have almost unlimited $$$. 

After that stinker Duma Key I'm still mad at him  (it was a hard break up...)

When I found Joe Hill's book Heart Shaped Box and his short stories, then discovered he's actually Joseph Hillstrom King, (son #2) writing just like his Dad. I wondered if SK wrote Heart Shaped Box and his son wrote Duma Key and they traded manuscripts.
I'll wait to get everyones opinion and check it out at the library but not before.
(sorry for the rant  but I'm still kind of mad at SK)

[quietnite]

I feel about Stephen King like I do about Bruce Springsteen, even when he puts our stuff I hate, or the inevitable flaws (King can never write an ending that truly satisfies me, except "Storm of the Century", and WTF...when did Bruce start channeling Woody Guthrie ...I know, I know, for over a decade) they still have given me gads of enjoyment and they're worst stuff is still better than the best of a lot of wannabees out there.

You know me, guys, the glass is always have full...

[Bill Hicks]

I feel about Stephen King like I do about Bruce Springsteen, even when he puts our stuff I hate, or the inevitable flaws (King can never write an ending that truly satisfies me, except "Storm of the Century", and WTF...when did Bruce start channeling Woody Guthrie ...I know, I know, for over a decade) they still have given me gads of enjoyment and they're worst stuff is still better than the best of a lot of wannabees out there.

You know me, guys, the glass is always have full...

Ever seen Trainspotting?  If you have, you'll remember Sickboy's Theorum:  that great artists "have it" when they are young and lose it as they get old.  Both Springsteen and King fit that to a tee.  Bruce's last two albums were tediously boring and Under the Dome is a way overlong, tedious piece of crap.  Sorry. 

Oh, how I long for another Born to Run and The Stand.  It just ain't gonna happen.   

[quietnite]

I agree, Bill, but I always have to give them props for the hours of enjoyment they gave me until they swan dived into the crap...

[wordnerd]

I don't know Bill... King just mentioned Sarah picture being on the wall in the evil guys house... that made the whole book worth while to me 

[Bill Hicks]

I don't know Bill... King just mentioned Sarah picture being on the wall in the evil guys house... that made the whole book worth while to me 

Well, I didn't say it was ALL bad.   

[TLR1138]

With the exception of a few novels (The Shining, Carrie, Salem's Lot, IT), I really prefer his short stories. He's forced to discipline himself and his best work comes out: "Crouch End," "The Monkey," "Trucks," "The Mist," "Graveyard Shift," "The Ledge," "Night Surf," "The Reach," "Quitters Inc."

[kathleen]

I'm with you, quietnite, his endings are usually terrible. They build with this extreme crescendo and then just go splat.

[quietnite]

I think his short fiction is very well done, but I don't enjoy them as much because it's his characterization and sense of place I love best, those come through better in his long stuff.

Also, being a compulsive reader since the third grade, I read stuff way too freakin' fast and I like his big doorstops that last longer even if I get disappointed in the end.

[wordnerd]

The villians are cartoon cutouts instead of real people,

I used to think that.... but now I find that some real people really ARE that bad

[quietnite]

Damn, that sucks...doesn't it?