Is 'It' a Tommyknocker?

**bryantburnette** · April 1st, 2013

Originally Posted by GeorgiesArm

In the Tommyknockers, there is a mention of a writer who lives in Bangor who writes scary books, obviously King himself. BUT, the character in Derry doesn't imagine laughter coming from a drain, he sees Pennywise in clownperson coming from the drain.

Are you sure? On pg. 277 of the hardback, there's the following line:

"Sometimes he would lie in the dark and think he heard chuckling noises coming from the drains and he would think: You're going nuts, old-timer."

This is during one of Ev Hillman's scenes. I don't remember anyone seeing Pennwyise coming out of the drain. I'm not positive of it, but unless someone points directly to the supposed scene, I'm going to keep assuming that my memory is the correct one.

As for the question of whether Derry would exist on the level of the Tower where King exists...the way I see that, it's possible that this might be a different level than the one the version of King in Song of Susannah lived on. So perhaps there are levels in which King is real and Derry is a real place, too.

It's a good, fair question, though.

**Walter Oobleck** · April 1st, 2013

In "A Book of Days--the Town Concluded"...section 14 of that chapter, Tommy had begun to hallucinate..

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p 510 in a u.s.a. pb version

**bryantburnette** · April 1st, 2013

Originally Posted by Walter Oobleck

In "A Book of Days--the Town Concluded"...section 14 of that chapter, Tommy had begun to hallucinate..

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p 510 in a u.s.a. pb version

Ah-ha! I didn't remember that at all. Thanks!

**Robert Gray** · April 2nd, 2013

The creature in It is not a Tommyknocker. The origins of the creature are revealed in the book itself, when we are given a direct view into the creature's thoughts.