tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048554.post7997279936634533637..comments2023-06-25T08:12:06.640-07:00Comments on tested by research: Stephen King: The Shining (1977)allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048554.post-23675654381927281232012-08-23T17:04:36.352-07:002012-08-23T17:04:36.352-07:00Pet Sematary has a lot of listening to the Sox on ...Pet Sematary has a lot of listening to the Sox on the radio.<br /><br />I suspect The Shining is still kind of his masterpiece, but I'd have to reread it again.<br /><br />If someone (like Laura) was only going to read one King novel, I would recommend it.Zenslingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06040836002694584468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048554.post-36339942329934157262012-04-17T21:32:24.877-07:002012-04-17T21:32:24.877-07:00I vote for Start it up again.I vote for Start it up again.Jerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13448619048422750447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048554.post-2316374887103142052012-04-15T08:00:39.028-07:002012-04-15T08:00:39.028-07:00I was listing mentions of the Red Sox, but I stopp...I was listing mentions of the Red Sox, but I stopped. Easy enough to start it up again, though. In 'Salem's Lot, he mentions Doug Griffin, but spells it wrong. (Maybe because there is a family called Griffen in the book.)allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048554.post-71859507218796191522012-04-14T22:22:47.396-07:002012-04-14T22:22:47.396-07:00Yeah, I've got memory burn on The Shining. Wil...Yeah, I've got memory burn on The Shining. Will have to wait till I have full-blown dementia to read the book.<br /><br />Hey Allan, have you thought about doing some kind of study/list on Red Sox players in King books, and which ones made it into the films? Like, in the Shining movie, you can tell it's a Yaz bat Nicholson has, but they don't say it. I gotta assume this was specified in the book. And in Needful Things, there was a Ted Williams baseball card that was terribly changed to a Mickey Mantle one for the film. Will there one day be a movie called "The Girl Who Loved Tanyon Sturtze"? And on and on.<br /><br />I know you guys have talked about baseball scenes in novels, but I'm talking specifically King.Jerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13448619048422750447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048554.post-16588560846290686382012-04-08T10:18:48.834-07:002012-04-08T10:18:48.834-07:00"I think the first thing you have to do if yo..."I think the first thing you have to do if you are reading the book is forget the movie."<br /><br />It's a pretty memorable movie. Not sure how I would go about forgetting it.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048554.post-45916144372023299232012-04-07T16:24:34.887-07:002012-04-07T16:24:34.887-07:00I think the first thing you have to do if you are ...I think the first thing you have to do if you are reading the book is forget the movie. I can't really remember it, but apparently Nicholson piles on the crazy way more than is needed, especially early on.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048554.post-46981729169860345862012-04-07T16:16:12.854-07:002012-04-07T16:16:12.854-07:00It's interesting (to me) that I know almost al...It's interesting (to me) that I know almost all the influences you mentioned - Shirley Jackson, Poe, Guy de Maupaussant - but have not read this book. <br /><br />I like the theme of repetition, too. We can relate that to what so many people say about writing: get into a routine and write every day.<br /><br />I wonder how anyone can read The Shining now without having Jack Nicholson's performance in their mind. There were other very memorable visuals from the movie, too.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.com