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Tag Archives: IT
Sean Astin, Stranger Things, and the Lord of the Rings on TV?
There’s a “Bob” in Stranger Things 2. It was probably time for a Bob. Bob works at Radio Shack, which is its own kind of awesome. I don’t know yet where it’s going. It could be he is a Russian agent, … Continue reading
Stranger Thing Season 2, October 27
Stranger Things season 2 drops this weekend. I’m not the only one who is excited. Stranger Things won the Best Ensemble Drama at the 2017 Screen Actor’s Guild Awards, as well as MTV’s TV Show of the Year and a few Emmys. Clearly, … Continue reading
Why I Didn’t Finish IT as a Teen
I was a couple of years older than the kids in IT when I picked it up the first time. The novel is filled with sexual content, gory violence, and profanity—very little of which was carried over to the Hollywood … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Writing, Thoughtful Essays
Tagged Carrie, fantasy, fire, Horror, IT, mimesis, realism, Stephen King, The Dark Half, The Dark Tower, The Eyes of the Dragon, The Green Mile, The Shining, The Stand
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The Mythogenic Principle, Or Why Reading Zombie Lit at the Beach is a Very Bad Idea
It’s one of the reasons watching horror films is so fun, isn’t it? Though the possibility that a serial killer who has spent too much time collecting comic books or reading 19th century engineering reports is hiding behind your couch … Continue reading
Stephen King and the Genre of Genius
This year for my Stickin’ Huge Awesome Novel Winter Awesome Read (SHANWAR), I chose Stephen King’s The Stand (1978) I have never read it before and I don’t think I have ever had a conversation with someone about it. Still, … Continue reading
The SHANWAR List: The Stickin’ Huge Awesome Novel Winter Awesome Read
Winters can be long in these Northern climes. Yesterday I walked to work with white fluffy snowflakes dusting my hair. As gardening friends in Europe and the United States have begun sinking their fingers in dirt, I felt the urge … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections
Tagged Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, IT, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jack Ryan, Prince Edward Island, Reading, SHANWAR, Stephen King, The Stand, Tom Clancy, winter
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On Reading The Faerie Queene for the First Time
The Faerie Queene fits in the category of important books so big that they often stay in our “to read” pile for years on end. I still haven’t read Ulysses by Joyce, which is only as long as a Stephen … Continue reading
