Absolutely agree. The Stand was muddled with religious allegory but had a kernel of critique on how to rebuild society after all is wiped clean, with the Dark Man recreating pre-existing neoliberalism while the protagonists in Colorado are seemingly embracing a form of primitive communism.
He got sober. The books he wrote while he was high as a kite in the 70s and 80s are really good. After that… well, good for his mental and physical well being but bad for his writing.
What’s incredible about The Gunslinger is how he weaves together post-apocalyptic horror, high fantasy / Arthurian legend, and a spaghetti western all into one package… and it works.
The dark tower really did manage to capture a surreal picture of the lovecraftian grotesqueness of America and the west in general.
the younger King had his finger on the political pulse of america despite lacking the ideological language for it
The Running Man is astonishingly on-target for 1980, more predictive than most any cyberpunk imo
Absolutely agree. The Stand was muddled with religious allegory but had a kernel of critique on how to rebuild society after all is wiped clean, with the Dark Man recreating pre-existing neoliberalism while the protagonists in Colorado are seemingly embracing a form of primitive communism.
Rage literally predicted the incel school shooter
I should put together a Stevie King reading list
what the fuck happened to him? he got rich and just pulled his finger away i guess?
He got sober. The books he wrote while he was high as a kite in the 70s and 80s are really good. After that… well, good for his mental and physical well being but bad for his writing.
What’s incredible about The Gunslinger is how he weaves together post-apocalyptic horror, high fantasy / Arthurian legend, and a spaghetti western all into one package… and it works.
Blaine is a pain and that is the truth