http://www.stephenking.com/community/ The Official Stephen King discussion forum. en Wed, 22 May 2013 22:44:22 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.stephenking.com/community/images/misc/rss.png http://www.stephenking.com/community/ http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29218-Oh-Dear?goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 18:23:13 GMT -_- http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22630303 I fear rioting in the city after this. Already Facebook is alive with anti Muslim comments. -_-

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22630303

I fear rioting in the city after this. Already Facebook is alive with anti Muslim comments. ]]> Chattery Teeth (Other) mustangclaire http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29218-Oh-Dear http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29217-Hi-News-Bot!!?goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 15:57:25 GMT Since the Matrix is self aware now, I want to get in good with my coming automaton overlords early. As such, I will now tell News Bot a joke it can... Since the Matrix is self aware now, I want to get in good with my coming automaton overlords early. As such, I will now tell News Bot a joke it can understand:

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:laugh: ]]> Chattery Teeth (Other) hossenpepper http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29217-Hi-News-Bot!! http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29216-What-small-press-literary-rags-does-Mr-King-read?goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 15:18:26 GMT I know that I'm essentially asking which magazines he subscribes to, and that my question brushes up against his private life, but are there any monthlies, quarterlies, or anthologies that he's particularly fond of? He's mentioned Cemetery Dance a few times, but they're one of the few remaining major players... is there anything smaller that he regularly enjoys? ]]> Sepia and Dust http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29216-What-small-press-literary-rags-does-Mr-King-read http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29215-Just-started-a-re-read-of-this?goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 14:56:54 GMT No threads left in this bit of the site, so thought I'd just say, I'm really enjoying this re-read. Haven't picked it up in many many years, forgotten most of it. Really love the characterisation that's becoming more and more evident the further along I go. Can almost feel the weather on the "smoking bench" at the back of the police station, and see that view. ]]> From a Buick 8 mustangclaire http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29215-Just-started-a-re-read-of-this http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29214-A-Lobster-Tale?goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 14:32:45 GMT A rare catch indeed! http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/05/10/152434750/rare-calico-lobster-turns-heads-and-escapes-dinner-menu A rare catch indeed!

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/...es-dinner-menu ]]> Chattery Teeth (Other) Out of Order http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29214-A-Lobster-Tale http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29212-Good-ole-Canadian-Rock?goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 03:06:29 GMT There is no better!!!!!!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA05cULpFmk There is no better!!!!!!!!!!

]]> Chattery Teeth (Other) staropeace http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29212-Good-ole-Canadian-Rock http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29211-Foo-Fighters-The-Last-Great-Rock-and-Roll-band?goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 00:56:43 GMT I'm thinkin they are. Love me some Foo Fighters, always have, but damn--they really seem to be the last real Rock and Roll band around. Oh, I know there are some others here and there, as well as some good old groups still around, but as for relevant, great-sounding arena-rock gods, Dave and the boys are the last of the bunch. Nowdays it's all boy-bands, girls-bands, lip-syncing dance acts, hip-hoppers, Biebers and Beyonces. Bah, gimme some Foo any old day.

Heard me a new track off of the great John Fogerty's new album, Wrote A Song For Everyone, in which Fogerty and the Foo Fighters jam out a killer version of Fortunate Son. Holy MOLY, I can almost believe in God again! There's a spot in my record collection reserved for that one, right next to F.F.'s Wasting Light.

Rock ON, true believers! ]]> Chattery Teeth (Other) muskrat http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29211-Foo-Fighters-The-Last-Great-Rock-and-Roll-band http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29210-No-digital-edition-completely-misses-the-point?goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 18:10:03 GMT "Stephen King says his next book, Joyland, . He recently told The Wall Street Journal: '[L]et people stir their sticks and go to an actual bookstore rather than a digital one.' Interestingly, King was actually one of the first mainstream authors to go digital: Back in 2000, Riding the Bullet was released as the first mass market ebook. A from that year discussing the quaintly described 'Internet-only novella' quotes one prominent literary agent as saying, 'That's a fellow sitting up in Maine having fun, but it's not a way to run a business.'"

I'm going to try not to sound like a righteous a-hole but this makes me so sad. He says his goal is to get people to go to bookstores and yet this sort of passive aggressive statement completely misses the mark. It's not about supporting bookstores it's about consuming media in the form you choose and personally, I will not bother to read a book unless it's on Kindle. I don't consciously mean to do that, i just never get around to it. Case in point? The 2004 Bill Simmons book about the Red Sox World Series. I have both editions (the second was updated in '07) and I still haven't cracked them open. And I'm from Boston. As a matter of fact, I've probably read at least 15 books on my Kindle since I purchased those books a few months back (I've been waiting for them to appear on Kindle for years, finally the publisher let me know that they only have very old files and not enough demand and blah blah blah--it's probably costing them more in returns and warehousing). Yet I decided I wanted to learn more about wine and immediately went to Elliot Bay and dropped $75 on wine books because that's the format I prefer for those. I support Elliot Bay constantly by attending author events, buying hardcover books from them EVEN when I have the Kindle edition (case in point: ALL of Stephen King's books) but when I want to read a book for pleasure, I prefer to read on my Kindle. That's my choice. Equally, there are just as many people who prefer reading a physical book and won't buy ebooks. I don't see King shouting out to the masses that they need to support the digital e-reading industry. What makes me nuts is he's one of the pioneers of electronic reading and I feel like he gets it, he did that great story with the pink Kindle, about that Kindle gone bad, UR. But this just seems like a passive aggressive statement that had absolutely no bearing on his goal at all. Because of this, I'm not going to bother buying his book until the digital edition comes out, which may never happen. Normally, I'd have preordered both the hardcover and the Kindle edition. You lost me on this one, SK. Severely disappointed and constant supporter of local book stores AND 5-year employee of Amazon.com, Stephanie DiSantis (also chick who met Stephen King at a Rock Bottom Remainders concert at BEA one year and was so idol-struck all she could mutter was "I just love you." Twice. Sigh.) ]]> Joyland southiechics http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29210-No-digital-edition-completely-misses-the-point http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29209-Fascinating-and-revealing-Tumblr-post-from-Joe-Hill?goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 17:08:33 GMT Who knew? Not me. Kudos to Joe for posting this. http://joehillsthrills.tumblr.com/post/50995813104/took-off-my-crazypants Who knew? Not me. Kudos to Joe for posting this.

http://joehillsthrills.tumblr.com/po...-my-crazypants ]]> Chattery Teeth (Other) http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29209-Fascinating-and-revealing-Tumblr-post-from-Joe-Hill http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29208-Jerusalem-s-Lot?goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 15:09:29 GMT Just finished reading this shrot story last nigth, truly this is a lovecraftian novel, it reminds of H.P. Lovecraft's novel, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. ]]> Night Shift Chris1974100 http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29208-Jerusalem-s-Lot http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29207-The-Cure?goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 14:23:48 GMT Today I decided to sit down and listen to Pornography by The Cure. Now I have heard the whole album before and loved it but not really DELVED deep... Today I decided to sit down and listen to Pornography by The Cure. Now I have heard the whole album before and loved it but not really DELVED deep into it. Oh, man. What a DARK album. Just plain beautiful and painful. Gah, I love it. Then I went to Disintegration. Wow. What another great album. Lovesong and Lullaby are two personal favorites. I just love how he captures the real essence of really loving someone and his fear of a monster he once feared as a child. That monster being real abuse. I swear Robert Smith has to be one of the best musicians ever. He can be gloom and doom, Casa nova, Fun and Funny, etc. What can I say? I LOVE THE CURE! Does anyone know of any other band like them? ]]> Chattery Teeth (Other) I Am Reborn http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29207-The-Cure http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29205-Hello-)?goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 13:57:26 GMT New to the forum. I've been a fan since reading Salem's lot in the late 70's and have never looked back :)
Looking forward to being a part of this wonderful site! ]]> Newbies Start Here Peter Hartke http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29205-Hello-) http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29204-The-pursuit-of-happiness?goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 13:12:48 GMT I read this article on my smartphone and I had to think of you. :biggrin2: I think this is pretty much what we are doing here. Trying to fell good... I read this article on my smartphone and I had to think of you. :biggrin2:
I think this is pretty much what we are doing here.
Trying to fell good by doing good things for example making other people smile.
Of course it is also stuff we talk about, dear David.
Or just make them wonder about other things then their problems in their life.
In the last couple of weeks some things have happend which are so distressing...
The news what had happend to the 3 young women which were being tortured for example
and of course many other stuff...

So this is a speech from Adianna Huffington.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3299888.html

I did not watch the video so it is your turn...

I forget we talk about SK but I personally think I have to re-read everything before I can do this. ]]> Chattery Teeth (Other) niro http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29204-The-pursuit-of-happiness http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29203-Another-Newbie!?goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 09:47:23 GMT Hi, I'm Ceefor, I love Stephen King's books, the movie adaptations and am looking forward to participating! Please will you welcome me in? Thank you. :) ]]> Newbies Start Here Ceefor http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29203-Another-Newbie! http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29201-Kid-A?goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 08:11:17 GMT Well I am a HUGE Radiohead fan, and I mean these guys changed my life and how I see things every day, (politics, the world, people, etc.) so I had... Well I am a HUGE Radiohead fan, and I mean these guys changed my life and how I see things every day, (politics, the world, people, etc.) so I had decided to check out their album Kid A. As big of a fan as I am on them, this album (I thought would be my favorite) isn't as good as I expected. I mean yes Idioteque is AMAZING and my favorite song by them (possibly my favorite song ever) but the other stuff just feels like it doesn't really fit. Idioteque had that comfortable to be uncomfortable feeling. Like you know you are in grave danger but you enjoy feeling the absence of safety. It's like an fetish in a way. Enjoyable pain. Anyways before I get sidetracked (For a minute there, I lost myself. If you get this reference you get a cookie) this wasn't all that I thought it was. I was looking for a more electronic and strange symphonic album. Does anyone here now of any artists that sound like this album??? ]]> Chattery Teeth (Other) I Am Reborn http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/29201-Kid-A