Just finished a reread of Just After Sunset in preparation for Revival (tomorrow!!!!!!!!). I must say I was very impressed with the entire collection as a whole and with each story. Any favorites?
Just After Sunset -- Discuss!
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...I think "A Very Tight Place" is my favorite, and for pure gross out greatness..."The Cat From Hell"...
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Stationary Bike was good, but I enjoyed The Gingerbread Girl the most.
Great story collection, I like all the stories off it, except The Cat From Hell, I think it doen't quite fit to this collection. My favourites are The New-York Times at Special Bargain Rates, Willa and N. One can say, there's some common theme in this collection: theme of mortality of a man and death at all. Willa, The New-York Times..., The Things They left..., Harvey's Dream - they are all have the one crosscutting theme of death.
Tops for me in this collection is N. It fascinated me from start to finish. I give it a re-read frequently and I can relate to N.'s plight.
I get a kick out of Mute also. Still makes me laugh a lot.
Willa is a nice little atmospheric story. Kinda sweet.
I get a kick out of Mute also. Still makes me laugh a lot.
Willa is a nice little atmospheric story. Kinda sweet.
My fave in this one was Willa. But must of them were very good. A real good collection.
I love this collection and would have to go with N. as my favorite.
Man, its been a few years since I last read the hardcover of Just After Sunset. it still has some great short stories.
Just After Sunset is the most intense and affecting (as opposed to disturbing) short story collection.
The Things They Left Behind gets my vote for No.1 Heartbreaker.
One exception - The Cat from Hell - major bleaugh, despite the 'you had it coming' vibe.
Still a challenge not to upchuck, though.
The Things They Left Behind gets my vote for No.1 Heartbreaker.
One exception - The Cat from Hell - major bleaugh, despite the 'you had it coming' vibe.
Still a challenge not to upchuck, though.
I honestly can't remember any story well. It's been quite a while since I read that one--I'll have to remedy that 
N.
Graduation Afternoon
The Things They Left Behind
These three jump to my mind. Ayana, Mute, and the one about the Rest Area were interesting.
Graduation Afternoon
The Things They Left Behind
These three jump to my mind. Ayana, Mute, and the one about the Rest Area were interesting.
A Very Tight Place was special for gross out alright.
Oh yeah I forgot bout that. I had to do things in even numbers for ages.
This is brilliant. I had forgotten the really good stories. The Gingerbread Girl was a great story of survival. Mute for the coincidence of happenstance. Stationary Bike for the things your mind makes up for you.
I think this is a stunning collection - the stories are superb and as always no matter the weird content are ultimately just about people and their reactions.
The Things They Left Behind struck me very forceably as I think the main character was very vividly drawn, and 9/11 unfolded in front of me when I was lying in bed in a darkened room on a weekday afternoon, all alone with everyone else out at work, recovering from a bout of mental illness so as you can imagine it had quite an inmpact upon me.
N is fascinating and a great depiction of OCD. I have tendancies that was and so the
was compelling because I do this on the way to work. Indeed I did this morning.
Brilliant collection - absolutely loving it and liking the story collections immensly! Could that be as I am getting older my attention span is such that a story collection is more managable for me?
The Things They Left Behind struck me very forceably as I think the main character was very vividly drawn, and 9/11 unfolded in front of me when I was lying in bed in a darkened room on a weekday afternoon, all alone with everyone else out at work, recovering from a bout of mental illness so as you can imagine it had quite an inmpact upon me.
N is fascinating and a great depiction of OCD. I have tendancies that was and so the
was compelling because I do this on the way to work. Indeed I did this morning.
Brilliant collection - absolutely loving it and liking the story collections immensly! Could that be as I am getting older my attention span is such that a story collection is more managable for me?
I loved N. Am I the only one who saw some Lovecraftian / Call of Cthulu shadowings in the story?? The way it depicted OCD was fascinating, and I inferred these seemingly normal people suddenly developing OCD with the way people were driven insane by Cthulu in many of Lovecrafts short stories. The story N alone is the reason I joined this group! Maybe its just me, but its good to find others who love Kings work as much as I do!
Maybe its just me, but its good to find others who love Kings work as much as I do!
Hello. No, I don't think it's just you. I would be surprised if this story wasn't partly influenced by Lovecraft's stories.I loved N. Am I the only one who saw some Lovecraftian / Call of Cthulu shadowings in the story?? The way it depicted OCD was fascinating, and I inferred these seemingly normal people suddenly developing OCD with the way people were driven insane by Cthulu in many of Lovecrafts short stories. The story N alone is the reason I joined this group!