Reviews for 11/22/63--Many contain spoilers

**GNTLGNT** · November 1st, 2011

"

Mr. King makes it all look easy"

No, duh! Ya think? He's been pulling literary rabbits of his BoSox hat for years....

**PrisonerNumber6** · November 1st, 2011

Something just occured to me. In regards to reviews, the first results are just coming in now (to use terms not unconnected with the story under discussion.) So far, reader reaction has been favorable. From here on in, let me caution those who wind up liking it to prepare for the most erratic and uneven series of peaks and valleys. I'm talking about what to expect from critics and the media here at large, a slolam run from The Twilight Zone in other words.

The reason I say this is because I got to confess I'm kind of worried about what the media at large may do to the book. We know what Mr. King has planned for post release publicity, and they say any publicity is good, but has anyone stopped to think what that means in terms of such outlets as CNN, MSNBC or even FOX NEWS?

Somewhere a while back, a joke was made about snide comments from FOX. Well, what if that's exactly the reaction that happens? What's got me worried most, now I think of it, is the idea of it being used as a kind of political cudgel to wielded by talking heads. In other words, what if 11/22/63 and it's contents wind up another victim of the partisan wars in this country?

It's easy to say, well, maybe that's inevitable, but think. Would you really enjoy it if something you bought just for entertainment were to wind up another side entrance to Spin Alley?

Let me know what you think of this, as I'd really like to hear others thoughts on this, and remember...

Be seeing you.

**GNTLGNT** · November 2nd, 2011

The media(and I are a member)collectively eat their own and others young...pit vipers have nothing on them in temperament...they zero in on the lowest common denominator(sex, scandal, money etc.)because there IS a segment of our "society" that lives vicariously through it...dirt sells and Don Henley was correct...pi** on "the spin"-it's why we have minds-we make our own judgements...

**PrisonerNumber6** · November 2nd, 2011

Well, thank God for that at least, I was kind of getting worried I was the only one concerned. Keep the comment coming as this is one topic that I think can only get more important as the release date and after arrives.

For a first hand glimpse of the kind of promblem I'm talking about here, anyone who's interested, or just plain crazy take you're pick (more on that in a moment) should feel free to read an online feature article by Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten, one of the last genuienly funny reporters on the planet (and therefore totally bonkers insane.)

In the article, Weingarten details what it's like to expose yourself to twenty four straight hours of non-stop 24 hour news network coverage (see previous bracketed quote above.)

Once more, tell me and others what you think. And if I seem to be carping on this subject, well, the reason I think is it's one thing to have media pundits go on when the overall subject is the daily deluge that is what De Toquville called "The Tyranny of the Popular Majority," it's a whole n'other thing when you put yourself out on the line like that where your exposed to their barbs and useless taunts. That wouldn't be so much a problem if what GNTLGNT said earlier weren't true. There really is a segment of society that thrives on Spin, to which I have to add, and they can influence the flow of popular discourse.

I guess what all that amounts to is a kind of way of saying, DFTT, to which I'd add, thou shalt not sell thy soul for a plot of message.

And so my "Ah" fellow Americans, I'd "Ah like to leave you with this one thought...Don Henly said that? Really? Where was that from? Was that like from a song or something?

**Moderator** · November 2nd, 2011

The Today Show had the exclusive for Tuesday morning but he'll be taping a segment for Morning Joe which they'll air on Wednesday. We'll see how they handle it.

**Moderator** · November 2nd, 2011

NPR's review

**muskrat** · November 2nd, 2011

PrisonerNumber6--I wouldn't worry about it all that much. I mean, what's the worst that could happen? A buncha ultra-conservatives don't read the book. Hell, they aren't gonna read the book anyway. Maybe Bill O'Reilly says he's doesn't like it. O'Reilly doesn't like anything. From the sound of it, 11/22/63 isn't gonna deal with hardcore politics, and, after all, it's a work of fiction--some pretty far out fiction at that. I don't think Uncle Stevie has much to fear. Now if he makes Jackie Kennedy out to be a closet pedophile eating the brains of girlscouts while dressed as Joe McCarthy, maybe some folks will squawk. Actually, that's a pretty good idea. I gotta write that down.

**PrisonerNumber6** · November 2nd, 2011

Here's keeping fingers crossed.

Be seeing you.

**Moderator** · November 2nd, 2011

The Guardian

Time

The Periscope Post

**cat in a bag** · November 2nd, 2011

All of these reviews are great! I can't wait, getting that really anxious, impatient feeling in my stomach. I'm behaving like my kids all of October, they kept asking how many days til Halloween, with a few how many days until Christmas thrown in for good measure. When I would answer them, they would say, But Mom, that's so far!

Hubby has to work Tuesday, so I have to wait for him to get home at 5:45 in the evening to go get my copy. I think I will plan for something in the crock pot that night for supper so I can just start reading!