Okay, usually I don't start threads over miniscule details in SK books but I've been thinking about this since June. I'm not posting anything I'm spoilers because nothing I plan to say has any bearing on the stories, and won't ruin anything for anyone who knows the general plots of the novels I'm going to mention.
'Round Here, the boy band in Mr. Mercedes is mentioned a few times in Doctor Sleep, a book heavily featuring Dick Hallorann. Therefore, 'Round Here exists in the same universe (or same level of the Tower) as Dick. In IT, Dick was mentioned as being at the fire at the Black Spot. HOWEVER, early on in Mr. Mercedes, one of the characters mentions the movie IT, meaning the film IT (and, by association, its source text) is purely fiction, existing on a different level of the Tower than the one Mr. Mercedes does.
My question is: how can that be? How can a boy band that's featured so prominently in a book that doesn't take place on the same level of the tower as IT also be in a book featuring Dick, a man in the book IT? It's as if Dick Hallorann exists on two levels of the Tower at once.
I know, I know..... This is crazy for me to post. I can enjoy the stories without answers. I just thought it was....interesting. Maybe to no one but me, but I still like thinking about it even if it makes my head hurt. Ow.
'Round Here, the boy band in Mr. Mercedes is mentioned a few times in Doctor Sleep, a book heavily featuring Dick Hallorann. Therefore, 'Round Here exists in the same universe (or same level of the Tower) as Dick. In IT, Dick was mentioned as being at the fire at the Black Spot. HOWEVER, early on in Mr. Mercedes, one of the characters mentions the movie IT, meaning the film IT (and, by association, its source text) is purely fiction, existing on a different level of the Tower than the one Mr. Mercedes does.
My question is: how can that be? How can a boy band that's featured so prominently in a book that doesn't take place on the same level of the tower as IT also be in a book featuring Dick, a man in the book IT? It's as if Dick Hallorann exists on two levels of the Tower at once.
I know, I know..... This is crazy for me to post. I can enjoy the stories without answers. I just thought it was....interesting. Maybe to no one but me, but I still like thinking about it even if it makes my head hurt. Ow.