What Is The Best Bachman Book?

[not_nadine]

From "The Library" section of Sk.com

Misery

Inspiration:
The inspiration for Misery was a short story by Evelyn Waugh called "The Man Who Loved Dickens." It came to me as I dozed off while on a New York-to-London Concorde flight. Waugh's short story was about a man in South America held prisoner by a chief who falls in love with the stories of Charles Dickens and makes the man read them to him. I wondered what it would be like if Dickens himself was held captive.

 

[Blake]

Is it true that Stephen King wrote Misery while living in England?

Because I remember reading somewhere that he couldn't get to sleep at the hotel( in England) where he was staying and he wanted to write and asked a person that worked at the hotel if there was some place he could write and the guy took him to this table and told Stephen King that Rudyard Kipling did some writing at the same table or something like that.

 

[FlakeNoir]

Because I remember reading somewhere that he couldn't get to sleep at the hotel( in England) where he was staying and he wanted to write and asked a person that worked at the hotel if there was some place he could write and the guy took him to this table and told Stephen King that Rudyard Kipling did some writing at the same table or something like that.

I honestly can't remember, but this does sound familiar.

 

[Dana Jean]

Because I remember reading somewhere that he couldn't get to sleep at the hotel( in England) where he was staying and he wanted to write and asked a person that worked at the hotel if there was some place he could write and the guy took him to this table and told Stephen King that Rudyard Kipling did some writing at the same table or something like that.

I think he told Stephen the guy DIED at that table.

 

[blunthead]

Because I remember reading somewhere that he couldn't get to sleep at the hotel( in England) where he was staying and he wanted to write and asked a person that worked at the hotel if there was some place he could write and the guy took him to this table and told Stephen King that Rudyard Kipling did some writing at the same table or something like that.

I've read that somewhere, too.

 

[Bryan Shining]

Vote for your favorite Bachman Book.

I voted for Blaze because it's the only one I've read.

 

[Bryan Shining]

The link between King and his shadow writer was exposed after a Washington, D.C. bookstore clerk, Steve Brown, noted similarities between the writing styles of King and Bachman. Brown located publisher's records at the Library of Congress which included a document naming King as the author of one of Bachman's novels.

Brown wrote to King's publishers with a copy of the documents he had uncovered, and asked them what to do. Two weeks later, King telephoned Brown personally and suggested he write an article about how he discovered the truth, allowing himself to be interviewed.[2]

This led to a press release heralding Bachman's "death" — supposedly from "cancer of the pseudonym", and an article written by Brown in the Washington Post.[3] At the time of the announcement in 1985, King was working on Misery, which he had planned to release as a Bachman book.

You are a sharp one kingricefan! You know your SK trivia that's for sure

I think it's amazing that Stephen personally called him and told him to write an article about it! Perhaps like, "Well, we had our fun with that! Time to kill what you love!" Maybe some publishers would just deny it and throw the discoverer under the bus. Lol.

 

[chris2-4]

...Dude!...like where ya been bro?.....

Just couldn't get into the changes on here. Been on Facebook ever since, like all the others that left.

 

[not_nadine]

I voted for Blaze because it's the only one I've read.

Best get movin on The Long Walk, Bryan

 

[GNTLGNT]

Just couldn't get into the changes on here. Been on Facebook ever since, like all the others that left.

...sorry to hear it man...I didn't care for the overhaul at first, but I've become accustomed to it...sorry others have chosen to miss out on the family here...

 

[Bryan Shining]

Best get movin on The Long Walk, Bryan

You are not the first to suggest it! Maybe that will be after The Shining (only 150 pages to go!).

 

[kingricefan]

...sorry to hear it man...I didn't care for the overhaul at first, but I've become accustomed to it...sorry others have chosen to miss out on the family here...

So am I, Scott. I refuse to join Facebook (the Devil's playground is what I call it). I miss Patricia.......

 

[blunthead]

I voted for Blaze because it's the only one I've read.

Best get movin on The Long Walk, Bryan

Do The Long Walk, yes, but they're all really good, imho.

 

[kingricefan]

You are not the first to suggest it! Maybe that will be after The Shining (only 150 pages to go!).

Do The Long Walk, yes, but they're all really good, imho.

The Long Walk is my fav. Great storyline, great suspense, great all around.

 

[chris2-4]

You have to read "The Long Walk" and "Rage", it's mandatory! Nah but those two are some of my favorite King books.

 

[GNTLGNT]

So am I, Scott. I refuse to join Facebook (the Devil's playground is what I call it). I miss Patricia.......

...is that where she fetched up?...I gave up trying to call and text her....

 

[kingricefan]

...is that where she fetched up?...I gave up trying to call and text her....

As far as I know she is on FB. She did call me about a year ago or so and I couldn't answer the call, so she left a voice mail. I called her back, it went to her voice mail, I left a message but she never called back. I tried texting her once afterwards but never heard from her.

 

[chris2-4]

They've got two SK groups on FB. One SK Central is run by CJ and Srbo and all those peeps, and then SK Lovers is Bridget who was Bardot over here and Sonia who was Evil Queen.

 

[KingAHolic]

Is this a serious question... ? The Long Walk... yes?

 

[KingAHolic]

.. and, why no movie???????