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kevinrodgers90
August 20th, 2009, 10:49 AM
It watches you from mirrors and the surface of glass objects! It "marks" you and bides it's time...waiting for the right moment to fulfill its unspoken promise! It is quite possibly one of the most frightening creatures that Stephen King has ever created! I'm scared of the Long Boy! Thoughts?
sam peebles
August 20th, 2009, 12:00 PM
Isn't that from Liseys Story? Not Bag of Bones...
The Outsider
August 20th, 2009, 12:53 PM
Unless you've got some connection to Bag of Bones, this is the wrong thread for the Long Boy. Try Lisey's Story.
Drawn to Ka-tet
August 20th, 2009, 02:39 PM
The Long Boy with the piebald side- yeah. That's pretty nasty stuff.

I think the worst part of your statement is the inference that mirrors and the surfaces of all/any glass objects are actually portals to another world.
Worlds where the boogeymen watch us.

Can they cross over and get us?
Think that one over when you're trying to get to sleep tonight!

Long days and pleasant nights.
ifsogirl88
August 20th, 2009, 03:08 PM
Yes, it seems pretty scary...but what is it? I wondered the whole time I was reading that book (wait a minute - we're talking about Bag of Bones? I haven't read that, but the Long Boy showed up in Lisey's Story. which I DID read. Are the two Long Boys the same?). I imagined a HUGE worm type thing, but I'm sure it's not reallly that. I suppose it would help if I knew what the word "piebald" meant...
bryras
August 20th, 2009, 04:46 PM
Yes, it seems pretty scary...but what is it? I wondered the whole time I was reading that book (wait a minute - we're talking about Bag of Bones? I haven't read that, but the Long Boy showed up in Lisey's Story. which I DID read. Are the two Long Boys the same?). I imagined a HUGE worm type thing, but I'm sure it's not reallly that. I suppose it would help if I knew what the word "piebald" meant...

This is from Dictionary.com

Piebald:

having patches of black and white or of other colors; parti-colored.
Bluey Lunger
August 20th, 2009, 05:23 PM
yeah, you betcha,kevinrodgers90. good name. had a brother named kevin roger. things happen.

yeah, long boy! and the mirror connection. nice catch. now there's a new way of looking at the long boy, what with the mirror thingie. i guess the biggest obstacle to whatever if the face staring back in the mirror, nessy paw? don't you hate that, that feeling that comes over you when you look at your reflection, self-awareness or something. spooky, anyway. me.

piebald. think about it, like something not right. there's piebald deer. motley white spots on them. a conversation piece at the local sportsman's club. didya get a picture of the piebald on your scouting camera?

seems like in bones, there's another image, maybe some kind of bear imagery, something crashing through the woods, somewhere there in the story, but yeah, mirrors. nice catch, thanks for the post. :y:
the_constant_reader
August 21st, 2009, 12:27 AM
I had to look it up. "Spotted or blotched, especially of black and white".
fredo
August 21st, 2009, 05:37 AM
Wrong book, dude. Lisey's Story is where we meet the Long Boy. Unless I really missed something in BOB.
kevinrodgers90
August 21st, 2009, 06:57 AM
Oh sorry guys...I posted this in the wrong place...many apologies.
ifsogirl88
August 21st, 2009, 01:37 PM
Thanks for the help on the definition guys. :)
LauraJo
September 18th, 2009, 09:01 AM
The Long Boy makes me think of times when you think you see something in the mirror out of the corner of your eye and you spin round and nothing's there....

****shivers
doowopgirl
September 18th, 2009, 10:35 AM
It watches you from mirrors and the surface of glass objects! It "marks" you and bides it's time...waiting for the right moment to fulfill its unspoken promise! It is quite possibly one of the most frightening creatures that Stephen King has ever created! I'm scared of the Long Boy! Thoughts?

It is from Liseys story, but what is creepiest is that it could be ANYWHERE!
michal
September 21st, 2009, 04:30 AM
One of the most frightening features of it is that you can't really see it and therefor really are unable to even imagine it. It is everything and nothing.
Travisisdead
October 6th, 2009, 10:54 AM
I never thought of the piebald part as being "something wrong" with it. Like a piebald deer. So that just helped me out. He never describes the long boy with much detail. It was always a mystery. I knew what piebald meant, but never occured to me that he might have meant it as anything more than it's color, or mottling.
I also pictured it as some kind of big fat worm thing, with shadowy, blotchy coloring.
I have to read it again. And again.