| Re: Stephen King
On the books and his name issue - I think that could be confusing his stint as "Richard Bachman", when he wrote a few novellas under that name, to see how much of an influence his name alone made to sales. Later anthologised into the "Bachman Books" it contains four novellas/shorts, including one that formed the basis for Arnie's "Running Man". One of the perhaps more memorable stories in that collection was the Long Walk - effectively, a once a year exhaustive walking competition, where if you stop, you are killed.
As for the Stand - [shudders]. Most pointless book I've ever read. I just could see absolutely no point at all to the story. Some good ideas, and it develops nicely - those typical soft-rock Bob Dylan fan male characters - but the resolution made absolutely no point to myself. A couple of the male leads wre pretty easy to confuse as well - too many characters, perhaps. |