It was a very good interview. One thing I really like about Stephen King interviews, and there's no many people I can say this about - you get what's there. It's not like he's trying to smooth a way or be his own PR or repressing or redirecting his words for exigencies. He's forthright and genuine. It's very refreshing.
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He doesn't like Carrie either but most of us love it.
I'm not much of a fan of The Tommyknockers either.
I think it's my least favorite- I just never could care about the two main characters, thought they were both kind of repulsive and selfish (even after a re-read).
Boo hiss.
Haha! I think Gard and Anderson's relationship was King's first deeply complex romance (although one could make a case for Johnny and Sarah, too).
I just love everything about The Tommyknockers-- even the flying coke machine and infamous long-winded section detailing the history of the town's name. It's coked-out King at his most paranoid, and reaches depths of darkness of the human psyche he hasn't reached since (or had before then, IMO).
I know I'm in the very small minority when I say Tommyknockers is in my top 10 books.
....sorry for high-jacking this thread!
...if for some reason one of y'all cannot obtain a copy....I have one in hand that I mentioned I found on Ebay, I would be happy to mail it out to you...no charge except postage...see!!!!, I do have a heart(coated in cookie dough)....
Certain aspects of Knockers are some of my favorites from any sK writing, while the story as a whole seems less tight (a word used in the past to describe a given rock n roll band's expertise at playing together). Desperation, the other novel he said he's disappointed with, always seemed a bit vague to me, though again there are parts I love. I know that mind-altering substances almost never contribute to, and usually detract from, an artist's product. I'm grateful that sK has been able to stay in a world that moves on, that he has been able to stay "sober"; not grateful so his writing can continue only, of course.
Yes, this exactly. He's so damn honest it scares me to read what his answer to a question might be.
This was one of the best interviews ever. Damn! I agree with all his views.