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It had been eons since I first read this book. Most came back to memory. Like you, fljoe0 , there were no movies made at first read, so the mind's eye made the "movies".
The discussion reading group was a lot of fun. Do you think we should continue one at The Playground??
I'd like to. Let's see who migrates over and we can see how much interest we can generate. I like doing it even if there are only 2 or 3 of us.
Me too!I still have a Polaroid in my shed
They still make them, Marti got one a couple Christmases ago. They are little and the pictures are smaller than a regular wallet size, but not much smaller. We used it at her baby shower for Spencer! I think the film is quite expensive though.
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Seems it was more expensive back then.
Pop really was a sick old bugger in this one.I think it's strange that this story has never had a movie or tv version (at least that I know of). It seems like it would make a decent horror film.
Anyway, I think this Castle Rock horror story is a good one. Of course, it's dated but as long as you're old enough to know what a Polaroid camera is you should like it. I think at the end of the story, instead of melting into the table, the dog should have been trapped in the new camera when Kevin took the dog's picture. Did you notice at the end, the dog went from the old technology to new technology? Can Kevin still get him with a camera or is he going to have to do something else?
Stephen cracked me up with this line about Pop eyeing the girl at the drug store
With Pop, this was a task she always did as quickly as possible, because when she turned and reached, she could feel his eyes crawling busily over her ass, dropping for a quick check of her legs, then rising again to her butt for a final ocular squeeze and perhaps a pinch before she turned back.
King, Stephen. Four Past Midnight (p. 945). Scribner. Kindle Edition.
There was a mention of Cujo
Pop suddenly found himself remembering Joe Camber’s Saint Bernard, Cujo—the one who had killed Joe and that old tosspot Gary Pervier and Big George Bannerman.
King, Stephen. Four Past Midnight (p. 905). Scribner. Kindle Edition.
Yes please!It had been eons since I first read this book. Most came back to memory. Like you, fljoe0 , there were no movies made at first read, so the mind's eye made the "movies".
The discussion reading group was a lot of fun. Do you think we should continue one at The Playground??
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yes, and get the gloppy stuff put on the picture. Then wait for it to develop in front of your eyes.I remember those old black and white cameras that Stephen described in the story. I think when I was a kid, my grandfather had one of those. You had to time the development.