Discussion Group Read for April 1, 2020--Road Virus Heads North by Stephen King

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Spideyman

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Stephen had fun with critics and his favorite question at the beginning of this one.

So, when Hastings burned all of his paintings except this one before he hung himself, do you think he burned this one to and it just didn't stay burned?
That is what I thought too. The painting always comes back!! Thoughts in his mind before other books?
 

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....this is a great tale and reads like I'm watching it as a movie......echoes of Rose Madder too of course.....
Yes it does. Just like an old Night Gallery or Twilight Zone.

This was an old fashioned scare in my book. I was with him the whole way. It had the same pacing like the Tell Tale Heart. Slowly building, breath quickening, heart beating a little faster until the climax. Great little story.
 
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Dana Jean

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Stephen had fun with critics and his favorite question at the beginning of this one.

So, when Hastings burned all of his paintings except this one before he hung himself, do you think he burned this one to and it just didn't stay burned?
I think you're right. He destroyed them all, but the cat came back so to speak with this one.
 
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Dana Jean

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My favorite line in this story:

"He turned and went back to his car, already picking up his mental trowel. He would wall this incident off in it's own special niche..."
There have been many stories through the years about things being buried behind walls. So I liked this too because it made me think of all the stories where the (usually killer) has walled someone up , or cemented someone in the ground and it still has a way of coming back to haunt them.

He was doing that same thing, only mentally.
 
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I wonder if we can still have access to The Office? Moderator?


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What happen to The Office!!?? Why hasn't it been finished! I love it! :(

♪♫...And the beat goes on...♪♫
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The technology used for that version is far behind what can be done now and we moved the real office a few years ago ago so this no longer matches. We didn't feel it worth the time and money to redo it, though, and have concentrated on more recent projects.


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