tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000498.post7821021116327998706..comments2024-03-22T22:27:57.474-04:00Comments on Inside the Hotdog Factory: Dear Stephen King: Build a time machine, go back to 1990 and retire THENWhetam Gnauckweirsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06038247522187261808noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000498.post-69712374944505123732009-12-28T04:03:24.961-05:002009-12-28T04:03:24.961-05:00I was a hardcore King fan when I was a teenager an...I was a hardcore King fan when I was a teenager and young adult. The Shining was the first adult novel I ever read. I was 12 years old. He made me want to become a writer. Plus, we have the same birthday - September 21. <br /><br />When I read Needful Things (about 20 years ago!), however, I was so disgusted I stopped reading him, with the exception of On Writing, which I really enjoyed for the same reasons you did. I see I haven't missed anything.<br /><br />It's the same story with so many writers, musicians, etc. Their creativity burns out, but they keep going because of pressure from their agents or other higher ups, or from fear that they'll run out of money.Juliehttp://www.goodreads.com/jdrisonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000498.post-38313199447720855492009-12-27T20:42:33.823-05:002009-12-27T20:42:33.823-05:00I forgot to list Tommyknockers under "Sloppy ...I forgot to list Tommyknockers under "Sloppy Books." King's frustrated comedian took the helm on that one. The idea was cool, the story was interesting, but the execution was horrible -- King decided to tell the story as though it was a comic monologue. I read it when I was right in the strike zone of my fandom and it really slapped me back onto my heels. Every other line King was cracking a joke. Cool if he wanted to write a comic novel, but it wasn't a comic novel.Whetam Gnauckweirsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06038247522187261808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000498.post-19735648474574436762009-12-27T20:34:29.633-05:002009-12-27T20:34:29.633-05:00The Shining, Needful Things, and the uncut version...The Shining, Needful Things, and the uncut version of The Stand are amongst my favourite King novels. And where's The Tommyknockers? That one rocked my world by a northern lake in about 1990. I stopped reading King after Gerald's Game, though. That was brutal.Robert Earl Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654847361679343118noreply@blogger.com