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Re: Stephen King
[Re: pizzaboy]
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11/10/10 11:41 AM
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I didn't realize that PB. ![shhh shhh](/threads/images/graemlins/classic/shh.gif) But I was referring to reviews in print media. Speaking of e-books and King here is a short recent WSJ interview with the man himself in which he discusses e-books and the whole digital wave. Stephen King has filled HIS share of printed pages: Since "Carrie" was accepted for publication in the spring of 1973, he has written more than 40 books and countless short stories. His latest work, coming Nov. 9, is a collection of four stories titled "Full Dark, No Stars." In an author's afterword, Mr. King notes that he wrote one of them, "A Good Marriage," after reading a piece about Dennis Rader, the "BTK Killer" (for "bind, torture and kill") who murdered 10 people in Kansas between 1974 and 1991. He wondered what would happen if a "wife suddenly found out about her husband's awful hobby."
Mr. King is realistic about where books are headed. In digital publishing, as a writer, he's what might be called an "early adopter." Back in March 2000, Simon & Schuster Inc. issued Mr. King's story "Riding the Bullet" as an e-book that was downloaded from the Web onto hand-held devices or computers.
More recently, Mr. King's novella "Ur" was written exclusively for Amazon's Kindle e-reader when the second generation of that device went on sale in February 2009. In the interview below, Mr. King discusses his thoughts on the future of digital reading and publishing:
The Wall Street Journal: Do we get the same reading experience with e-books?
Stephen King: I don't know. I think it changes the reading experience.... King's thoughts
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Re: Stephen King
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11/10/10 11:45 AM
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I saw that King interview, Lilo. Elmore Leonard recently stated that he's glad that e-books hit the market only during the "twilight" of his life. He hates the idea.
From a recent interview:
As for e-books, I'll give the last word to Elmore Leonard, who's still cranking out his customary 3 to 4 pages each day from 10-6, even as he prepares to turn 85. "To me, a book is a book, an electronic device is not, and love of books was the reason I started writing," Leonard told me recently. "I don’t have a word processor, e-mail, any of that stuff. I write in longhand mostly, then put it on my typewriter as I go along. I don’t have any interest in any of that electronic stuff, but I’m going on 85, and won’t have to worry about it too much longer.”
What about the rest of us, Elmore?
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
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Re: Stephen King
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12/01/10 10:01 PM
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Speaking of King, I just saw "The Dark Half" (with Timothy Hutton) a few days ago on CHILL station. It was pretty good. ![smile smile](/threads/images/graemlins/classic/smile.gif) Creepy but good. TIS
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Re: Stephen King
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12/31/10 12:31 AM
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Gary Sinise had to pretend to love her, which makes his acting even more impressive. ![lol lol](/threads/images/graemlins/classic/lol.gif) SB, you're hilarious! But wasn't Fran the character also that way? Can't believe I've already forgotten what I read, but I thought even in the story she was whiny like that? Regardless, the whole idea of complaining about Stu going to Vegas is ridiculous of her! haha DeNiro, I enjoyed both the book and the movie - Kathy Bates is wonderful to watch as Annie!
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Re: Stephen King
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03/11/11 12:39 PM
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I got an e-mail from Stephen King.com regarding his next book. This one will definitely appeal to some of the board members. The title of the book is 11-22-63, and it's about a man who goes back in time to try to prevent the Kennedy assassination. I recall a two or three part episode of "Quantum Leap" that touched on the same fantasy. On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed.
If you had the chance to change history, would you? Would the consequences be worth it? Jake Epping is a thirty-five-year-old high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching adults in the GED program. He receives an essay from one of the students—a gruesome, harrowing first person story about the night 50 years ago when Harry Dunning’s father came home and killed his mother, his sister, and his brother with a hammer. Harry escaped with a smashed leg, as evidenced by his crooked walk.
Not much later, Jake’s friend Al, who runs the local diner, divulges a secret: his storeroom is a portal to 1958. He enlists Jake on an insane—and insanely possible—mission to try to prevent the Kennedy assassination. So begins Jake’s new life as George Amberson and his new world of Elvis and JFK, of big American cars and sock hops, of a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and a beautiful high school librarian named Sadie Dunhill, who becomes the love of Jake’s life—a life that transgresses all the normal rules of time. In stores November 8, 2011. http://www.stephenking.com/promo/11-22-63/announcement/
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
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Re: Stephen King
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03/11/11 01:04 PM
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Sounds interesting!! I can imagine a "King" touch to the story. I am not a huge book reader, but may check this one out. However, I read its 1,000 pages??? Thanks for the heads up. TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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Re: Stephen King
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03/11/11 01:06 PM
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You were the first board member I thought of, Tis. Honest to God. Even though you don't read ![lol lol](/threads/images/graemlins/classic/lol.gif) .
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
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