tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048554.post3680386738878475901..comments2023-06-25T08:12:06.640-07:00Comments on tested by research: Stephen King: 'Salem's Lot (1975)allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048554.post-56537728009738032162012-08-23T16:56:58.656-07:002012-08-23T16:56:58.656-07:00The impression this novel made on me was the neces...The impression this novel made on me was the necessity of physical combat, that this was outright war with the vampires, and the good guys were definitely going to lose a few. That knock-down-and-drag-out sense gave it a kind of pulpy pleasure, but to me it has nothing on The Shining, which created a much more interesting and tangible atmosphere. I'm reading your posts one by one, several months behind still.Zenslingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06040836002694584468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048554.post-83094391547132315682012-03-30T07:38:12.851-07:002012-03-30T07:38:12.851-07:00In Danse Macabre, King recalled a dream he had whe...In <i>Danse Macabre</i>, King recalled a dream he had when he was eight years old, the image of a hanged man dangling from the arm of a scaffold on a hill. He incorporated that into the novel:<br /><br />"The corpse bore a sign: ROBERT BURNS. But when the wind caused the corpse to turn in the air, I saw that it was my face - rotted and picked by birds, but obviously mine. And then the corpse opened its eyes and looked at me. I woke up screaming, sure that a dead face would be leaning over me in the dark. Sixteen years later, I was able to use the dream as one of the central images in my novel <i>'Salem's Lot</i>. I just changed the name of the corpse to Hubie Marsten."allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048554.post-62935006117183312462012-03-25T19:23:34.964-07:002012-03-25T19:23:34.964-07:00Sounds like there an anti-capitalist streak in a f...Sounds like there an anti-capitalist streak in a few of his novels/short stories. <br /><br />In SL, because the townspeople are too wrapped up in their own lives (or gossiping about everyone else), they cannot join together and defeat Barlow/Straker. And so they picked off one by one.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048554.post-27571123704151516882012-03-25T19:09:05.051-07:002012-03-25T19:09:05.051-07:00The anti-capitalist analysis is really interesting...The anti-capitalist analysis is really interesting, in light of the rise of zombie/vampire themes everywhere now, just as global capitalism is imploding and dragging the whole world down with it. Many organizers refer to "zombie capitalism"; there is a book by the same name. More and more public money is poured into the system to try to save it, but it continues to eat everything in its path, including our planet. <br /><br />* * * *<br /><br />I was also remembering a time when if I said "I'm a writer", 100% of the time, the response would be, "Like Stephen King?!" For much of the public, his name was synonymous with the word writer. Stephen King probably has global name recognition along the lines of Michael Jordan or Michael Jackson. It's kind of amazing.<br /><br />I'm enjoying this post series a lot. Since I don't read King, it's a very interesting window for me.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048554.post-89716028681879644192012-03-24T19:31:12.944-07:002012-03-24T19:31:12.944-07:00Brilliant post. I have some thoughts to share but ...Brilliant post. I have some thoughts to share but will wait until I'm not typing with my thumbs.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.com