This was the story that i remembered best in 4 past midnight. I still think it is a bit strange that the writer seems so unshaken.
The Langoliers, FPN Intro. to pg.104, Chapter 5. Discussing 1.23.15
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I think SK was absolutely brilliant in creating Dinah's character. Someone with heightened senses of smell and hearing to "show" the reader all the things that were wrong besides the obvious visual details.
We really are connected immediately to the characters and feel empathy for Brian, who just lost his ex-wife and for Dinah, the frightened and abandoned blind girl...
Yeah, that was a really good idea. First it is always a little more scary and second to get her to play that active role that she has. She is their mother Abigail.
I liked these thoughts when he was trying to remember her fave brand of perfume. And then it came in the dream.
Great analogy!
Yes - isn't that EXACTLY how our brains work sometimes?
just like that. We ask a question, fall asleep and bingo. But i have never had these clear images, and scary such, of her slipping to a crack and so on.
As much as I immediately empathized with certain characters, I just as quickly disliked Craig Toomy (even though I felt sorry for him because of his childhood. 
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).It is also interesting how he describes how close Brian is to losing it. Without Nick there to take hold and strangle the panic that threatened to take control over Brian for away.
Yeah, rotten childhood but still.... Isn't a slight overrepresentation of dislikeable businessmen, at least at a high level, in Kings work? What do you think?As much as I immediately empathized with certain characters, I just as quickly disliked Craig Toomy (even though I felt sorry for him because of his childhood.
Neesy
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Hi there!
Andy and I were out and I asked how he would feel about me coming here to discuss this book tonight. He prefers if I spend some time with him tonight - sitting by the fireplace and talking.
He is only here until beginning of February and then it is back up North to Baker Lake Nunavut until the summer.
I will make a comment, however. In the intro on page xv and xvi of Four Past Midnight Mr. King says this:
"Because a great many readers seem curious about where stories come from, or wonder if they fit into a wider scheme the writer may be pursuing, I have prefaced each of these with a little note about how it came to be written. You may be amused by these notes, but you needn't read them if you don't want to; this is not a school assignment, thank God, and there will be no pop quiz later".
Oh - one more quote please! (if I may?)
"I still believe in the resilience of the human heart and the essential validity of love; I still believe that connections between people can be made and the the spirits which inhabit us sometimes touch".
Anyway, I see Kurben is here tonight to help in the discussion.
So I will bow out for now to spend a bit of time with my hubby - tomorrow and Sunday are work days for me but I will try to come back here early in the morning if possible to see how it all turned out!
Take care and have a great evening!
Andy and I were out and I asked how he would feel about me coming here to discuss this book tonight. He prefers if I spend some time with him tonight - sitting by the fireplace and talking.
He is only here until beginning of February and then it is back up North to Baker Lake Nunavut until the summer.
I will make a comment, however. In the intro on page xv and xvi of Four Past Midnight Mr. King says this:
"Because a great many readers seem curious about where stories come from, or wonder if they fit into a wider scheme the writer may be pursuing, I have prefaced each of these with a little note about how it came to be written. You may be amused by these notes, but you needn't read them if you don't want to; this is not a school assignment, thank God, and there will be no pop quiz later".
Oh - one more quote please! (if I may?)
"I still believe in the resilience of the human heart and the essential validity of love; I still believe that connections between people can be made and the the spirits which inhabit us sometimes touch".
Anyway, I see Kurben is here tonight to help in the discussion.
So I will bow out for now to spend a bit of time with my hubby - tomorrow and Sunday are work days for me but I will try to come back here early in the morning if possible to see how it all turned out!
Take care and have a great evening!
Hey guys! Sorry I am late. Looks like a great start. I do love this collection!
Maybe that was Brian's subconscious way of coping with her sudden and senseless death. His mind put it in questions and fears he had because of his job - the unknown elements of space and the uncertainty of the afterlife.
Hi! Thanks for coming!
((Neesy)) enjoy your hubby while he is here
Yeah, and it must have been nice to hear that he has been forgiven for that slap that he has been feeling guilty for for so long.
Thank you for stopping by, Neesy! Looking forward to reading your comments when you have more time. 
The best guests comes late is a saying in sweden!