Pseudo-Deja Vu

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Garrett John Bauer

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Alright, so I am reading The Shining b/c of Dr. Sleep (never read the book, just saw the movie). I love the movie and decided to go back and see how the book is better (it is a fundamental belief of mine that all SK paper works are superior to their respective screen adaptations).
Anyways, as I am reading I get to a passage where Danny is speaking with Dr. Edmonds (ch.17-The Doctors Office) and Danny is trying to summon Tony for the doc. As he tries, he follows his voice down into some darkness, and is confronted with several odd and seemingly unrelated images...

“past a loud knocking sound, further, a bathtub cruised silently by in the darkness with some horrible thing lolling in it, past a sound like sweetly chiming church bells, past a clock under a dome of glass.”

Excerpt From: King, Stephen. “The Shining.” Anchor Books, 2013-08-27. iBooks.

I cannot place all of them; the clock under the dome I would argue is from 'Under the Dome' written in this past decade whereas 'The Shining' is from the 70's.
I have also read a little about how Mr. King creates his stories-and unless I am
mistaken, he is more of a scribe simply recording what he sees in his imagination than actively sitting at a table and grinding it out-please, don't get the wrong idea that I am trying to discredit or diminish Mr. Kings immense talent or creativity-not my intent.
But here's my point or inquiry: if as Mr. King has stated himself, that all his works are connected and referenced within each other, then you might interpret this imagery from
Danny's mind as a type of
foreshadowing for future
stories. But if we look at the timeline, some of these stories do not exist on paper or as a hard copy. Thefore, I surmise that Mr. King must get excited or curious about what these 'foreshadowings' mean, considering he has no conscious idea what they are.
I have one question for Mr. King: if what I am proposing here is accurate or true, then can you
specifically remember an instance where in the course
of trying to transcribe a story, there was some of this 'foreshadowing' as I've described, and then at some
later date, you finally write a new story that was first alluded to in that past work? (I hope my query is clear).
If this has happened I imagine it must be a creepy
Deja-Vu feeling, no?

Thanks for your time; to Mr. King and anyone else who takes the time to rifle through this conglomeration of words and thoughts...

-Garrett
 

blunthead

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I don't think sK has stated that all of his stories are "connected and referenced within each other", though of course there are numerous examples of such connections and references.

It's a fair question whether he consciously intended or intends anything by the inclusion of certain things, but one only he can answer.
 

Garrett John Bauer

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right, as I finished the book, I realized I made an inaccurate conclusion but I believe (more of a hunch) that what I described must exist within some of his works (I cannot back this up with any evidence
offhand). And my main point could be taken alone: while he writes, are there scenes or references to things SK at that moment is unaware of, and does he ever ask himself, "I wonder what that's all about..." or consequently, quite later after he wrote some
material, does he ever look back and exclaim, "Ahh, so that's what I meant! Huh..."

Again a kind of self-made yet consciously unawares of Deja-Vu! Admittedly, sub-consciously, the connections are there, assuming our subconscious can predict our own future-thoughts...

Some trippy **** once you get down to it...

Again though, the tub and clock in glass dome, was referenced later in the book. It was a 'in the moment' thought/question. Thanks
For holding me to the flame!

-G
 
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