SK on Jeopardy

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carrie's younger brother

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Well, sort of.

Every weekday, The New York Times prints what is almost always the Final Jeopardy "answer" for that night's episode. The "question" is given the next morning in the paper. This is a gimmick to get you to watch the show. Today's/tonight's "answer" is:

Category: British Novels
"Stephen King borrowed the name of his fictional town Castle Rock from this 1950s novel that greatly influenced him."

For the life of me, I have no idea what the "question" is. I may have known at one time but I am at a loss.

Anyone? Be sure to write your answer in the form of a question and please use spoiler tags. Thanks!
 

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For real? I've read that book a few times and am still at a loss. Unless... I'll have to look this up. Thanks Spidey!


It's the book he quotes time and again as being his favorite book by another author and when asked whether it was the source for his using the name Castle Rock in his own stories, he told me it probably was even though he hadn't consciously chosen it because of it.
 

carrie's younger brother

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It's the book he quotes time and again as being his favorite book by another author and when asked whether it was the source for his using the name Castle Rock in his own stories, he told me it probably was even though he hadn't consciously chosen it because of it.
Ya think ya know a person...

Thanks Ms. Mod!
 

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And here I figured that it came from his time in Colorado, where there is a town south of Denver called Castle Rock, and the big rock feature above the town really does look like a castle.

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I've read that book many times but i never made the connection. Strange. What about Derry? Has that town too a background or did he make that name up?


Derry, Maine is a fictional town and a part of Stephen King's fictional Maine topography. Derry has served as the setting for a number of his novels, novellas, and short stories. Derry first appeared in King's 1981 short story The Bird and the Album, and has reappeared as late as his 2011 novel 11/22/63 . Derry is said to be near Bangor, Maine, but King has acknowledged that Derry is actually his portrayal of Bangor.
 

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Derry, Maine is a fictional town and a part of Stephen King's fictional Maine topography. Derry has served as the setting for a number of his novels, novellas, and short stories. Derry first appeared in King's 1981 short story The Bird and the Album, and has reappeared as late as his 2011 novel 11/22/63 . Derry is said to be near Bangor, Maine, but King has acknowledged that Derry is actually his portrayal of Bangor.
Thanks. The news about Castle Rock made me unsure for a moment. Good to know that I got something right at least.