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NOS4A2 by Joe Hill - Greg_phpbb3_import1 - 07-24-2013
For those who don't know, Joe Hill is Stephen King's son. He has written two previous novels and a comic book series.
Charlie Manx travels the land on hidden roads that only he can access in his Silver Rolls Royce abducting children which takes to Christmasland. Vickie can find lost things by traveling her own hidden ways. They come into conflict and eventually one of them has to lose.
In a lot of ways, it felt like a Stephen King novel. Or at least it was trying. The settings of New England and Colorado all felt very familiar. The way everything was described, people, places and things, all seemed very familiar. But in the end, it just felt like a simulation of King story rather than an actual King story. Even a lot of the plot devices felt the same. There was the car that could drive itself. Psychic powers always come with a price, usually a splitting headache. They even look at a map of the US that has Pennywise Land over Maine.
Don't get me wrong, I fell out of favor with King a long time ago, although I have read some of his works recently. I am very familiar with his style and this just doesn't quite make it. It made me want to go read a real Stephen King book, which I will when the sequel to the Shining comes out in the fall.
If you do want to read a Joe Hill novel, I suggest Horns. Not a great book, but quirky and had a style of it's own.
Are you sure it's not just another of Stephen's pen names? - Drunk Monk - 07-24-2013
Or maybe it's J.K....
Re: NOS4A2 by Joe Hill - Greg_phpbb3_import1 - 07-24-2013
JK? Just Kidding?
(I know JK but the post works better if I pretend I don't)
Re: NOS4A2 by Joe Hill - El Dingo - 07-24-2013
I'm currently reading 11/22/63 and it's very good (review coming soon).
I love Stephen King. I read 'Carrie' when it first came out (in paperback) and he remains my favorite author. He shamelessly throws commercial jingles, Ramones lyrics, 70's TV references and heroes pretending to be anti-heroes in cliffhanger action scenes.
Charles Dickens was critically lambasted for being too 'populist'. Victor Hugo was writing 'for the masses'. Face it, when you teach the masses to read you get pop-culture authors.
Now if you'll excuse me I have to go download the new Cory Doctorow novel.
I love King too - Drunk Monk - 07-25-2013
His book On Writing changed my world.
Or maybe it was Night Shift.
One of those books changed my world.
Re: NOS4A2 by Joe Hill - Dr. Ivor Yeti - 07-26-2013
King? Meh. I read several when I was younger and enjoyed them, but the horror genre isn't really my bag. The Stand was a great book. I have enjoyed listening to him talk about writing.
Bro, read On Writing - Drunk Monk - 07-27-2013
It's King writing about writing. It's very enjoyable.
Re: NOS4A2 by Joe Hill - Greg_phpbb3_import1 - 09-23-2013
I have my Dr. Sleep in my possession, purchased and everything. Review forthcoming.
no spoilers - Drunk Monk - 09-25-2013
I haven't read any King since On Writing, but this one may draw me back. The Shining changed my world. Or was it On Writing? Awwwww....
Re: NOS4A2 by Joe Hill - cranefly - 09-25-2013
I started On Writing a few years back. But then someone -- who will remain nameless -- revealed the spoiler.
Never did finish it. I was never so mad in my life.
Re: NOS4A2 by Joe Hill - El Dingo - 09-28-2013
cranefly Wrote:I started On Writing a few years back. But then someone -- who will remain nameless -- revealed the spoiler.
Never did finish it. I was never so mad in my life.
Remember when Stephen King announced his [url:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/1793615.stm]'retirement'[/url] in 2002?
He has written 9 novels since then (not including the 'Dark Tower' sequels, "From a Buick 8" which he said he would finish and various comics, novellas and e-books).
I need to retire - Drunk Monk - 09-30-2013
It might make me more productive...