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Exerpt from new Stephen King novel

Sonny673

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It's interesting to see King tackle zombies. Of what I read, it is really interesting. I love how the woman, one minute acting normal, lurches through the ice cream truck for the man. I can't wait for it to be released, let alone given a release date. Knowing King though, he could dwell on this for some time. :(
 
I heard this one has a working title of The Cell. Hey, maybe it's a zombie terrorist novel...? He also has a novel called Lisey's Story in the works, as well as his Colorado Kid crime noir out this October. And, of course, various short stories in magazines and anthologies. Retired my ass!
 
"Retired my ass."

Haha, I know. I wonder when the zombie book will be done. Then again, we're talking about Stephen King here.
 
On his website it was rumored that Colorado Kid will be the only novel released in 2005. The others will likely be released in 2006.
 
“The event which came to be known as The Pulse occurred in the Eastern time zone of the United States at 3:03 p.m. on the afternoon of October 1st. The term was a misnomer, of course,…”

1) No “term” of *any* sort is listed above. An “event” and a name. A “term” has a “definite or precise meaning” and therefore, basically can’t be a “misnomer”.
2) And after all that “of course”??? let’s not be coy with the sheep that are your readers, Mr. King…

>What mattered was the effect.

If I could read any further I might have to point out he’s reaching for “affect” here.

A blindingly insipid, horribly constructed opening sentence and he’s whacking basic grammar and logic in the second.
Best Seller anyone?

As for “retiring”, surely that was a publicity stunt, kids.
Got him a ‘honourary’ Nation Book Award even…but pay no attention to the man behind the curtain…
j
 
jay said:
>What mattered was the effect.

If I could read any further I might have to point out he’s reaching for “affect” here.

j

Aside from disagreeing with you about everything in your post (the word 'term' being perfectly acceptable in this context), on the point cited above Stephen King's usage is absolutely correct and you are wrong.
 
novella said:
Aside from disagreeing with you about everything in your post (the word 'term' being perfectly acceptable in this context), on the point cited above Stephen King's usage is absolutely correct and you are wrong.

As I said, one would have to read further to know if his noun was correct.
As for “term”, sorry, I’ll stick to the dictionary for my proper meanings. King and his fans are, apparently, beyond, or haven’t yet reached, this.
(and there is a horribly constructed sentence to make you all feel at home)

One of these dark days you and I just may see eye to eye on something my dear Novella…
j
 
jay said:
As I said, one would have to read further to know if his noun was correct.
j

I just don't get, then, why you would criticize the usage as potentially wrong, when in fact it is correct. Isn't that silly?
 
novella said:
I just don't get, then, why you would criticize the usage as potentially wrong, when in fact it is correct. Isn't that silly?

Not really. Let’s just say I’d bank on most people not knowing the difference anyway.

I just glanced further to his shatteringly *awful* character introduction, where the noun is still not resolved but, Novella, we may not see things the same but this is some really awful kiddie writing…

And are you honestly saying the “I have 3 novels left and then I’m retiring” (this may be a paraphrase) wasn’t the, er, um, literary equivalent to the ol’ smoke out the arse?
j
 
jay said:
Not really. Let’s just say I’d bank on most people not knowing the difference anyway.

I just glanced further to his shatteringly *awful* character introduction, where the noun is still not resolved j


What are you talking about? The word 'effect' is absolutely correct in the context given. There's no gray area here.

As for that quote about 3 novels, I have no idea what you're referring to. I'm no Stephen King expert and don't follow his career. I'm just pointing to the specific linguistic matter at hand.
 
novella said:
What are you talking about? The word 'effect' is absolutely correct in the context given. There's no gray area here.

Hence my point…

As for that quote about 3 novels, I have no idea what you're referring to. I'm no Stephen King expert and don't follow his career. I'm just pointing to the specific linguistic matter at hand.

Ok, so next time anyone writes they are ‘disagreeing with [me] about *everything* in [my] post” (emphasis mine)
I’ll assume they also don’t know the meaning of “everything” and/or are just, again, trying to bust my McNuggets.

Instead of me saying, “what’s up with King and the gawdamn fragments?” shall we just start a thread where we can throw darts at Mailer and Wolfe and call it a day?
j
 
Hmmm, well, it seems part of the dumbing down of language is that US dictionaries/lessons seemingly consider “affect” only a verb. (ahem!)
I guess this is to alleviation confuse between e/affect.
However wrongly.

Shall we re-route this to the Intelligence thread? ;)

Ok, enough of the office for today…
j
 
Cell, according to the Stephen King website, is a modern day zombie novel, in which victims are given this zombification by means of cell phone usage...

:confused: ... :( ... :mad:

I think this new novel's theme is more devistating than the a/effect conundrum.
 
Is this the novel by King where you can place a bid to have your name used as one of the characters in the book?
 
novella said:
But there are always those benighted individuals with affectations . . .

I think King’s head is too hollow to house any darkness within…

Ooooooooooooooooohhh, you were referring to me maybe…well, my lovely panther, you know the only infectio…AFFECTION I have is pour vous.

sirmyk said:
Cell, according to the Stephen King website, is a modern day zombie novel, in which victims are given this zombification by means of cell phone usage...

Sounds more like the theme of retiring should be re-positioned to he _should_ be retired. And quickly.
Instead it will be ‘the master of suspense tackles the fears of modern day technology with an insightful look at…’ blah, blah, bloody blah.

muggle said:
Is this the novel by King where you can place a bid to have your name used as one of the characters in the book?

Strange world.
Here’s more from the twat himself:

Stephen King

What he's offering:
"One (and only one) character name in a novel called CELL, which is now in work and which will appear in either 2006 or 2007. Buyer should be aware that CELL is a violent piece of work, which comes complete with zombies set in motion by bad cell phone signals that destroy the human brain. Like cheap whiskey, it's very nasty and extremely satisfying. Character can be male or female, but a buyer who wants to die must in this case be female. In any case, I'll require physical description of auction winner, including any nickname (can be made up, I don't give a rip)."

When you can bid:
September 8-18
[/twat]

So, this is pretty weird. I mean it was kind of nifty for F. Scott to use my name for Mister Gatsby, but that was out of my ability to make Zelda laugh all the time – I didn’t have to pay for it…
j
 
sirmyk said:
Yes. A bunch of authors are doing this for an organization called Auction Cause.
It is a good idea of the participating authors and a noble cause. I had read where King and Grisham were 2 of the authors. Both have surely built a huge following and have written many excellent books. Grisham lives in the same little town that I do and he has contributed to the community in many ways.
 
muggle said:
Grisham lives in the same little town that I do and he has contributed to the community in many ways.

I'm guessing the many ways don't include improving literacy levels.
 
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