Anyone else get frustrated?

[The Walkin' Dude]

Does anyone else get frustrated when you're reading Stephen King and / or telling someone he's your favorite writer and you immediately get the "Oh yeah, I hate clowns" response or something similar? IT is one of his most famous stories no doubt, but everyone thinks it's just about a killer clown, when we all know it is sooooooooooo much more than that. Just feeling the need to vent a little about it here.

 

[mjs9153]

That's what you get for liking an author that writes "horrorbooks"..

 

[Tery]

Not anymore. I just put it down to them being idiots.

 

[Spideyman]

Vent away-- some folks just don't get the inner parts of the story.

 

[The Walkin' Dude]

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That's what you get for liking an author that writes "horrorbooks"..

 

[champ1966]

Where's the obligatory Pennywise pic?

 

[MarkS73]

I's partly because of all the mediocre movies made of his books. I work in a library, i'm around people everyday who think Stephen King writes
scary books that are for people who don't like a lot of depth in their reading because they've seen a movie or two. Even my girlfriend does'nt hold him in much regard. I did get one colleauge to read the Dark Tower and 11/22/63, she's turned now

 

[recitador]

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That's what you get for liking an author that writes "horrorbooks"..

better than reading those "sexbooks" patty

 

[recitador]

I's partly because of all the mediocre movies made of his books. I work in a library, i'm around people everyday who think Stephen King writes
scary books that are for people who don't like a lot of depth in their reading because they've seen a movie or two. Even my girlfriend does'nt hold him in much regard. I did get one colleauge to read the Dark Tower and 11/22/63, she's turned now

1000 page books with no depth? how do you not slap these people?

 

[Robert Gray]

That is pretty much how I see it, i.e. that the movies an a general lack of actual reading is at fault.

 

[Neesy]

Where's the obligatory Pennywise pic?

Here you go champ - I would hate to disappoint you!

Spoiler

I missed out on all the Pennywise foolishness back in the 90s - I did not even read "It" until some time after 2012 or 2013 I think it was

 

[GNTLGNT]

Not anymore. I just put it down to them being idiots.

....this....

 

[Ebdim9th]

I read IT in '85/'86 ..... as with many of his books, I read them before they were made into movies so I could get my own perception of what King was trying to say.

So many people don't even seem to really read anymore. Not even on e-readers.

 

[Stranger.Danger]

Does anyone else get frustrated when you're reading Stephen King and / or telling someone he's your favorite writer and you immediately get the "Oh yeah, I hate clowns" response or something similar? IT is one of his most famous stories no doubt, but everyone thinks it's just about a killer clown, when we all know it is sooooooooooo much more than that. Just feeling the need to vent a little about it here.

Things like this have always existed. How upset do you think fans of The Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit were, before they got adapted into movies?

 

[muskrat]

I never even think of the clown.

Aye, so many crappy movies influencing common folk's perception of the King.

 

[Kingunlucky]

I think of the clown lol

I mean I haven't read IT, but I am an avid King reader...I'll probably read IT around next year or maybe this. But, yeah I'm not ashamed to admit I think of the clown. Of course when I think of say The Stand. I think all the characters (Nick, Flagg, Frannie, Harold etc), the plot and the emotions it left me with. It will probably be the same with IT when I read it. But come on though....the book has a monster clown in it that eats children. I mean can you blame people for thinking that first? That's a pretty intense image. Yes, it is far more a coming of age tale about growing up.

But the idea itself is just great for a horror novel overall. If I was alive back then (in the 80s) and still wanted to be a writer as I do now. I'd be kicking myself for not thinking up that one!

I read IT in '85/'86 ..... as with many of his books, I read them before they were made into movies so I could get my own perception of what King was trying to say.

So many people don't even seem to really read anymore. Not even on e-readers.

ACTUALLY.

I could be getting totally wrong information of course, but I heard Brandon Sanderson (a big time epic fantasy author) mention that people are reading more now than they were ten years ago according to statistics or whatever.

So *knock on wood* hopefully that's true, but I think books are fine. So that ought to make ya smile!

 

[César Hernández-Meraz]

Pennywise is in the book, of course, and he is a prominent figure. But the shapes are so varied that It is not only Pennywise, but so much more.

It was in the adaptation where the focus was almost completely on the clown. But of course, if they had Tim Curry and limited screen time, they had to make the most of his participation.

 

[Rrty]

Does anyone else get frustrated when you're reading Stephen King and / or telling someone he's your favorite writer and you immediately get the "Oh yeah, I hate clowns" response or something similar? IT is one of his most famous stories no doubt, but everyone thinks it's just about a killer clown, when we all know it is sooooooooooo much more than that. Just feeling the need to vent a little about it here.

I don't really get frustrated to be honest (at least, when I am forced to think about it, I don't). I mean, it kind of is about a clown. In fact, I think King was asked on this board if he would ever write a sequel to this book, even just a short-story version, and I thought the moderator said -- maybe I'm wrong on this -- that King has stated he is done with clowns. If I am remembering that correctly, then even he has reduced the book to a clown!

What we all should be frustrated with is that he doesn't at least write a short story sequel to It. That is truly frustrating. But it is also unimportant, and it really doesn''t matter in the scheme of the grand.

 

[GNTLGNT]

...he indeed said he was done with clowns and 11/22/63 is the closest to an homage we will get to that particular slice of Derry.....and certainly the clown is iconic, Tim Burton cemented the figure in everyone's mind when the mini-series was released...

 

[not_nadine]