S.K. Offered as a choice for High School reading

[Neesy]

Good to hear! Not sure if Canada has SK books on HS reading lists. Do you know Neesy ?
Sent my youngest daughter a HB of Dolores Claiborne a few weeks ago. Called her the other
evening and she told me she couldn't talk right now, she was reading DC! Love it!!!!

I am sorry - I do not know - my son graduated in 2006 - it would be great if they did though!

 

[muskrat]

Very cool.

Our school assigned Eyes of the Dragon way back in the early nineties. I thought that was pretty cool of em.

 

[Sliced Bread]

I had to write a detailed book report in High School as part of my final grade. The book could be of my choosing. I chose Misery

 

[Tiny]

...but Tiny, who ELSE would have that right?... It is the author's intellectual property to do with as they wish as long as their publishing contract doesn't grant that right to a third party...

We (the people who believe this) think once a person sells or gives away a work of art
they no longer have a right to "take it back and lock it away:" we realize this is a...
...impractical, pie in the sky, kindda thing. Legal matters prohibit such a thing as this.

but when you come down to it, Mr. King doesnt get to decide FOR THE WHOLE WORLD
which of his books were all allowed to read. (and the reasons he gives for taking it out of print
are down right silly, (Ask Ozzy or AC-DC what they think of his reasons[ing] ) so there...I ranted )

 

[swiftdog2.0]

That's a switch. When I was in HS in the late 80's / early 90's SK was on the verboten list. All my English teachers had nothing but contempt for his work. Most common terms they used were "hack", "trash", "pulp", and "non-sense". It always seemed to irk them that I read horror / fantasy / Sci-Fi and was one of their best students.

 

[GNTLGNT]

We (the people who believe this) think once a person sells or gives away a work of art
they no longer have a right to "take it back and lock it away:" we realize this is a...
...impractical, pie in the sky, kindda thing. Legal matters prohibit such a thing as this.

but when you come down to it, Mr. King doesnt get to decide FOR THE WHOLE WORLD
which of his books were all allowed to read. (and the reasons he gives for taking it out of print
are down right silly, (Ask Ozzy or AC-DC what they think of his reasons[ing] ) so there...I ranted )

...as I said before my friend, unless he signed away any rights it IS his property to do with as he wishes...you may not like it but that's the solid truth...

 

[Tiny]

yes , yes of course, we realize we cant stop an author from doing this.
for legal reasons ... You cant ...force this issue. We must bow to the
praticaily of the: law-ownership-whatever.

But we dont have to like it. We fight censorship in ALL its forms and now
we have a situation where an author has cencored his OWN dam book.
and make no mistake people...this is cencorship. As plainly as if it were
"born-again-christains" banning Harry Potter or Judy Blumb
...this is cencorship.

for those of us who actualy WORK againts cencorship;we have been...
checkmated.

 

[Moderator]

yes , yes of course, we realize we cant stop an author from doing this.
for legal reasons ... You cant ...force this issue. We must bow to the
praticaily of the: law-ownership-whatever.

But we dont have to like it. We fight censorship in ALL its forms and now
we have a situation where an authorn has cencored his OWN dam book.
and make no mistake people...this is cencorship. As plainly as if it were
"born-again-christains" banning Harry Potter or Judy Blumb
...this is cencorship.

for those of us who actualy WORK againts cencorship;we have been...
checkmated.

Not really. The book is still available for those who make the effort to search for it. I don't have an actual figure for how many books were published before the restriction on future printings went into effect but there have to be a considerable number of copies still out there and available on the secondary market and perhaps even in libraries as there was no call to pull it from their shelves.

 

[Tiny]

Nobody loves King more then I do, NOBODY.
Ive said enough, this is the wrong thread for this topic.
I will shut up now

 

[Kurben]

Why not make them read Henry Miller and Tropic of Capricorn instead of Arthur Miller...?????

 

[Kurben]

Not really. The book is still available for those who make the effort to search for it. I don't have an actual figure for how many books were published before the restriction on future printings went into effect but there have to be a considerable number of copies still out there and available on the secondary market and perhaps even in libraries as there was no call to pull it from their shelves.

I have it as part of the bachman books in a pocket. When was it drawn from reprinting??

 

[Moderator]

I have it as part of the bachman books in a pocket. When was it drawn from reprinting??

Sorry, I don't remember exactly what year that happened but am guessing it was in the late 1990s or possibly early 2000s. I tried googling but haven't come across the exact date yet.

 

[Kurben]

That gives at least a good intervall... Thanks!!

 

[jchanic]

If I remember correctly, Rage was withdrawn shortly after Columbine.

John

 

[GNTLGNT]

Not really. The book is still available for those who make the effort to search for it. I don't have an actual figure for how many books were published before the restriction on future printings went into effect but there have to be a considerable number of copies still out there and available on the secondary market and perhaps even in libraries as there was no call to pull it from their shelves.

...several active listings on Ebay right now....some for the Bachman collection and a couple of the individual paperback....

 

[Neesy]

Very cool.

Our school assigned Eyes of the Dragon way back in the early nineties. I thought that was pretty cool of em.

That would be my # 1 choice for a class of young people to study - excellent story!

 

[AchtungBaby]

Great to hear that King was on that list!