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That's exactly my point - he doesn't need to do it for the money, so why start churning out inferior novels, Dean Koontz-style? I would rather wait 3 years for a decent book than getting 2 crap books a year from SK. (Just as an example, not meaning that his last two books were crap.)
I didn't know about this Forum, otherwise I would have posted on here long ago. And my posts state quite clearly how much of a SK fan I am, by default meaning that he has brought me much joy over the years. I eagerly await every new book, but Mr Mercedes was such a disappointment, I just had to state my opinion somewhere. Ideally I wanted to write directly to him, but apparently that is not possible. Looks like by far the majority of opinion on here is in favor of Mr Mercedes, which is very surprising. Maybe everyone is so overawed by SK that you just can't bring yourselves to say anything negative about his work, or otherwise you do not have very high expectations.
No one here is "overawed" with King's work. The members of this board are among the most intelligent folks I know, and they don't mind critiquing King's stuff. We're not blind sheep, thank ya very much.
Sorry to hear you did not like it. (You cannot please all of the people all of the time, as my dear old Mom used to say!)
Actually, if you check out the forum you'll see a lot of people aren't just "overawed," and I'm not sure your approach is gathering you any support.
Did you not read my earlier post????? I freakin' said I really don't like The Stand (which everyone is supposed to LOVE)! I am far from "overawed." I am a fan, I like most of his books, certainly not all. For the record, I could not stand Dr. Sleep.
...oh now come on!....I am "overawed" by the chutzpah it takes to roll in here as a Noob, and proceed to demolish not only us, but King as well....I need to find this feller, coz I'm sure to be rich when I do-since everything he doth touch, turneth into gold....and his farts smell like raspberry sherbert...
...I'm telling you, this Arbiter of all things literary and Poobah of the Fornits-is just a glorified swoop & pooper....
I've worked for Stephen for going on 26 years now. I can assure you he does not churn out novels--terrific or inferior--just for the money. Mr. Mercedes was one he knew might not appeal to all his fans but wrote it because he believed in it and the characters spoke to him as they have to many of his fans. You're just not one of them. Even the regular posters here do not always agree on a book as being one of his better ones but they have the ability to separate personal tastes from writing quality. And further, in some cases they have admitted that a first reading of a novel was not to their liking but upon a reread sometimes years later because they were in a different space in their own lives they changed their opinion. I'll admit that Joyland and Lisey's Story aren't particularly high on my list of favorites and I don't really "get" why so many others found them appealing but I know that has everything to do with me and not the book itself.
...damn girl....yer good!!!!.....
That's why she's had that job for 26 years!
Yes, yes, yes, yes... but....
....that, and she's an alien symbiot telepathically attached to his brain stem....
