Dead Zone

[cathschaffstump]

All the Campbell information is now in the Longbottom paper. Yay! This weekend I’m off to Minneapolis, so I’m not sure how much I’ll get done while I’m up there. I’m game to work on paper a bit, but if not, it’ll wait.

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Book group the second is this coming Monday, June 9th. I’d like to say that I’d be live blogging with Stephen King on hand, but I didn’t get around to asking him if he was up for it. However, as usual, before I get the group’s opinions posted, I’m going to mention a few things about The Dead Zone.

I’ve read two of King’s other books: The Stand, which sort of stalled at the ending for me, and It which I really dug until we hit the gratuitous kid sex that really came from no where. I am pleased to report that The Dead Zone delivers what the other two books didn’t.

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Comments

[brian-ohio.livejournal.com]

Well... each of the stories is separate... and brilliant. It's not typical King horror, in that it's not mystical/creature type of horror, but the human psyche type of horror.

One book is called 'The Body' which became the movie Stand By Me, another is Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, which, of course, became The Shawshank Redemption.

If you liked The Dead Zone (which was also not your typical horror), you'll love Different Seasons.

[cathschaffstump.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a good recommendation!

Catherine