What am I misremembering? I have no time to go read and compare both now, darn it.
java, I think it's Full Dark, No Stars.
Xander: I still don't get why we came here to get info about a killer snot monster. Giles: Because it's a killer snot monster from outer space. I did not say that.
'Never Leave Me'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Amy - Jan 10, 2011 11:13:03 am PST #13494 of 28282
Because books.
erin_obscure - Jan 10, 2011 12:21:50 pm PST #13495 of 28282
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I was ruminating on Stephen King last night and why i've loved so many of his books for so many years...and i think it's that his world building is amazing. So many books start right in our normal world, then gradually shift to an alternate reality so seamlessly that i don't notice the change until the story captivates my sleeping and waking thoughts.
Since reading Salems Lot more than 20 years ago I still am hesitant to walk down basement stairs, even with the lights on. Some things just stick with you.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2011 12:25:07 pm PST #13496 of 28282
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Seagulls. The Talisman. Though that might have been the other guy.
javachik - Jan 10, 2011 12:31:44 pm PST #13497 of 28282
Our wings are not tired.
Amy, yes. My memory is extremely poor these days.
Polter-Cow - Jan 10, 2011 12:32:58 pm PST #13498 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The Talisman was written with Peter Straub.
Ginger - Jan 10, 2011 12:34:03 pm PST #13499 of 28282
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
After I finished Salem's Lot, at about 3 a.m., I went into the kitchen to be sure there was garlic.
Liese S. - Jan 10, 2011 3:30:43 pm PST #13500 of 28282
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, speaking of four stories, I just read our own Holli`s Four love stories and a robot and OMG love! So great and stuff that was unexpected but perfect and just very Holli! Yay!
Atropa - Jan 10, 2011 8:55:28 pm PST #13501 of 28282
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
(looking for distraction, yes I am.)
Salem's Lot is still my favorite King book of all time. It just hurtles along, and I don't think there's a dud scene anywhere in it.
I kind of want to reread It, but I have very vivid memories of how terrified I was by it.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 10, 2011 9:01:29 pm PST #13502 of 28282
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
My favourite Stephen King is the lesser-celebrated Needful Things. It's creepy as anything.
Becky - Jan 10, 2011 9:16:49 pm PST #13503 of 28282
King definitely needs an editor, although the original Stand is my favorite book of all time. Maybe it helps that I was living in Boulder at the time I first read it and everything felt so much more real in a way. Scary for sure. Then again I do love me a good postApocalypse/dystopia.