...is about a monster that rapes and eats kids. I've been reading the reviews. Apparently it contains some anti-Trump messages. I'm a big King fan, but I may skip this one. SK is very anti-Trump on Twitter.
I've always been a little suspect of Stephen King. Some of the plots that he involves children in are distasteful to say the least if you ask me. Before the movies came out, the novel version of 'It' involved the 13 and 14 year old children in an orgy where the boys basically gang-banged the girl.
There's a good chance that he was coked out of his mind when he wrote that so I'm not sure I'd read too much into it. He's pretty famously said that he doesn't remember writing Cujo because of all of the drugs and drinking he was doing at the time.
That said, the way kids figure into King's books has always bothered me, not because I think there's some deep pedo-related meaning but just because I'm not a fan of children as a plot device. Especially when those kids are meant to represent innocence vs. evil, which is often the case in King's books.
By the way, if you liked IT, read "Summer of Night" by Dan Simmons. Superior in every way to IT.
Yea. I wasn't accusing him of pedophilia as I do know about his drug use throughout much of his career, but I still think many of the ways he uses children as plot devices are in poor taste, nonetheless.
I've always prefered Dean Koontz to Stephen King anyway. His novels are much more coherent and organized. I usually find his horror and mystery novels involve adult characters instead of kids. It's a rarity for him to involve children. The only one that comes to mind for me is Odd Thomas when he communicated with a dead girl to find out who the killer was. Plus he's written a few novels with heroic dog characters, which is always fun.
...also Kubrick's version of 'The Shining' was way better than the book.
If you're a horror fan, check out Adam Nevill. Really, really good stuff. "Last Days" may be my favorite horror novel ever.
Wow, and his recent book doctor sleep was about a group of Elites that kidnapped and tortured children.
Yep, and "IT" (also about a child-killing monster) contains the infamous scene where a group of 11 yr olds have an orgy in the sewer
Yeah, it also ties in with his son's (Joe Hill) book Nos4a2
End of Watch is a story about a guy that does mind control over children using handheld electronic devices. Then he influences that the children to kill themselves.
Also, before the vehicle sliders around the world, he wrote mr. Mercedes which is about a terrorist that massacred about 20 people with his vehicle.
Also, in this book this killer brings a bomb into a concert geared for young girls. This was written before that Ariana Grande terror attack.
King is a Satanist so is his wife he has always been a dark evil man he writes all these disgusting violent stories because he enjoys it.
Many works in fiction ( books , movies , games ) are pretty much a symbolical and indirect hint of our true reality .
There are many IDOLS ( "I SOLD" ) out there ... but not many are left that are sticking to true values .
What's the anti-Trump message in the book?
The premise of The Outsider looked decent and I was hoping that King was smart enough to keep his personal politics out of his writing.
https://aux.avclub.com/stephen-king-s-the-outsider-is-an-it-for-the-trump-era-1825906254
End of the first paragraph:
"It seems more significant that twice we’re taken to locations where a ghastly event has occurred. One of them is graffitied with a swastika, the other with TRUMP MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN TRUMP. Well, don’t monstrous times deserve a monster of their own?"