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"Fun" fact - Misery is a result of King's experience with fans, who were unhappy with how long it took for him to provide the next installments of the Dark Tower. At present that series is in the centre of all his works. It has eight principle books, but most of his writing can be linked to the Tower, including It, The Shining, Salem's Lot, The Stand, The Eyes of the Dragon (which is a children's fairy tale and one of the best there is!), etc.

All of his fiction books are amazing beyond words and I am a fellow freak who has read It twice. But I also strongly recommend you read the Dance Macabre - a nonfiction book published back in 1980 where he basically explains his fascination with horror and discusses his own favourite books movies and TV shows of the genre. His work is so prolific and so rich everyone could find something to read and enjoy there!

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Dec 30, 2021·edited Dec 30, 2021

All I’ll say is I always look forward to your weekly advice/recommendations/musings and I hope it isn’t too miserable keeping us all entertained lol. I enjoy reading the substacked and I hope you get some enjoyment from writing it!

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Castle Rock on Hulu is a show on another level and canceled too soon. Season 2 centers around Annie Wilkes's origin and stars Lizzie Caplan. It's amazing.

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I lived in Austin for many years, where Alamo Drafthouse originates. There are many imitators, but none like the original. The Alamo is the best!

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I've been itching to see "The Tragedy of Macbeth." It's one of my favorite Shakespeare's outside of Othello. It looks positively unhinged. I can't wait miss Katya!🗡🗡🗡❣

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I am also a longtime member of the Stephen King fangurl club and what has always hung over me was that I'd never read the Dark Tower series. I've read ALL of the books that connect to it but not that series. I'm on book 4 (I think) and it's interesting but, to put it in Tracey Martel parlance, "It is NOT working my pussy out." This pains me to say! Imma push forward and finishing this Sisyphusian task bc how the shit can I forever call myself a fan of hers (Stephen's) if I don't read this fng series? I've already been punished enough for this. But gurl, I too, have read It a number of times. My first copy was 1,092 pages long and I screamed recently when I looked at the paperwork for the house we just bought and saw that it is...are you ready...1,092 square feet. My wife didn't feel the impact of this revelation. Divorce is on the table. Also! I've never read Danse Macabre! BUT! On Writing is hands down one of my favorite books of all time and anyone who is slightly a fan of his and/or who is interested in writing?! Ya gotta read it; PREFERABLY in audio bc then you get to hear him speak in his highly particular vernacular. So cool!

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(Only 6 months late...) Oh, Buberella, it pains me, as a fellow S. King fan, that you are not loving The Dark Tower! I have read just about everything the man has written & TDT is unquestionably my favourite. The story is just so rich & the tale so involving: a re-read is imminent. I hope you did stick with it & eventually came to at least like it.

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He wrote himself into this series. Sorry, spoiler, what ever, HE WROTE HIMSELF INTO THIS PARALLEL WORLD, which is now seeping into his son's writing. IT! IS! A! MASTERPIECE!

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I know, right?! AMAZING!

P.S. How nice to find someone else lurking in the comments at this late stage.

Vale, Gooped.

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I am currently in the process of copying every publication, because I can't lose this. I know they have a second book coming out, but for me this is technically a whole separate book. It has distinct sections - fiction, non fiction, advice, diary. It has exclusive photos and artwork and it comes up to over 100k words. I counted. I may or may not have a touch of OCD. I understand how busy they are and it makes sense to try and clear some of the engagements, but we still had this experience where we practically watched/read a book come into existence chapter by chapter and I am grateful for it. I hope someone sees the potential, gathers these works and turn them into a whole publication. Just like Stephen Kings' Green Mile was first published in separate installments and only afterwords became one whole book. :)

I am also spam tweeting some favorite quotes. I am not ready to give Gooped up...

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Jul 16, 2022·edited Jul 16, 2022

OMG: are you me?!

I currently have 500 screenshots, of each written Gooped post (to April), on my computer. If I can work out how, I'll save the videos, too. I'm bummed to realise that, having not subscribed until May, some past posts aren't available to me.

Care to collaborate?

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Absolutely 🤗

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Some of the main reasons that I may not enjoy going to a big screen are: cell phones, kids, talking amongst viewers, kids and viewers who are on their phone. Did I mention kids and cell phones? One of my excursions to the big screen was for one of the "Star Wars" prequels or sequels or sequel to the triquel (yes, there was math involved) but what got my Speedo's into origami was a very excited kid standing (yes standing) in the aisle and shouting out spoilers. I sat there and wondered if I should impart some of life's "spoilers", but I didn't want to cause more harm to that kid as he was already in the presence of an emotionally unavailable father, even if only momentarily by ignoring his son through his (and my) movie experience.

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Oh Trixie! You regret writing this substack as much as I regret being a founding member. I blame white wine and impulse. We won’t make the same mistake next year.

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