Tag Archives: IT

Sean Astin, Stranger Things, and the Lord of the Rings on TV?

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

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 →

Posted in Feature Friday | Tagged IT, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson, Sean Astin, Stranger Things, Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic, The Duffer Brothers, the Goonies, Wynona Ryder | 13 Comments

Stranger Thing Season 2, October 27

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

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 →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, News & Links | Tagged Buffy the Vampire Slayer, David Harbour, intertextuality, IT, Stand By Me, Stephen King, Stranger Things, The Body, Wynona Ryder | 3 Comments

Why I Didn’t Finish IT as a Teen

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

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 | 14 Comments

The Mythogenic Principle, Or Why Reading Zombie Lit at the Beach is a Very Bad Idea

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

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 →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Charles Williams, H.P. Lovecraft, Horror, I Am Legend, IT, Joss Whedon, Prince Edward Island, Reading, Stephen King, The Handmaid's Tale, The Mythogenic Principle, The Name of the Wind, WWZ, Zombieland, zombies | 6 Comments

Stephen King and the Genre of Genius

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

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 →

Posted in On Writing, Reflections, Reviews, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged 'Salem's Lot, Carrie, fantasy, genre, Harold Bloom, IT, literature, Margaret Atwood, On Writing, Science Fiction, speculative fiction, Stephen King, The Green Mile, The Shining, The Stand | 16 Comments

The SHANWAR List: The Stickin’ Huge Awesome Novel Winter Awesome Read

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

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 | 15 Comments

On Reading The Faerie Queene for the First Time

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

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 →