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remember the jackalope
I have been trying to get over a deep-seated aversion to Stephen King's novels by starting on Gunslinger, the first installment of the Dark Tower series*. I am on my second try with this book, having only made it three pages in on my first attempt last year (as the bookmark attested).
I've tried to read King in the past (some book that started out at a seaside town [maybe with a boardwalk?] that contained a really poor description of what an oyster scream might sound like as it was plucked from its shell by some sea fowl) at the insistence of a close friend, but gave up. His prose just kind of, distracts? I just can't seem to get past his use of language to connect with what he's writing about...
And as a kid, I guess I skimmed Christine. And some book that I am sure doesn't actually exist, a distortion of memory, about a killer snowman.
Not sure why I've got the prejudice against the man. I love many many many horror films based on his books. I DO want to read The Stand.
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Thoughts?
* personal bit here: my father (RIP) read all of the Dark Tower books up until about 2001; he expressed regret that he wouldn't get to stick around until King wrapped it up.
I've tried to read King in the past (some book that started out at a seaside town [maybe with a boardwalk?] that contained a really poor description of what an oyster scream might sound like as it was plucked from its shell by some sea fowl) at the insistence of a close friend, but gave up. His prose just kind of, distracts? I just can't seem to get past his use of language to connect with what he's writing about...
And as a kid, I guess I skimmed Christine. And some book that I am sure doesn't actually exist, a distortion of memory, about a killer snowman.
Not sure why I've got the prejudice against the man. I love many many many horror films based on his books. I DO want to read The Stand.
🤷
Thoughts?
* personal bit here: my father (RIP) read all of the Dark Tower books up until about 2001; he expressed regret that he wouldn't get to stick around until King wrapped it up.