Blooper in 'IT'

[daffyrocks]

lmao - although I have read this about twenty million times, I have never noticed that. Just went back to check and the only thing I can think of is that Ben was in the process of completing the form, so she may have read his name from that??

[LauraJo]

Well, I dont know, but if it is a slip, its nice to know that Sai King is human! I mean, some of his books have so immensley layered plots (such as It, and The Stand) I mean, if I tried to write something even half as complex, im sure there would be more than a few little errors

I think that reading any book thats really good IS a little scary, whether its a horror book or not...the way a total stranger can weave a world that can fascinate you for hours at a time and make you feel such strong emotions for purely fictional charactars. Spooky and a little magical, its nice to know that SK is just a really good author, and not some sort of mystical being!!

[TJK ERNST]

HEY, I KNOW ANOTHER BLOOPER IN IT!!!! Okay well, the RAZOR-Toothed Vampire first appeared after Stan killed himself using RAZORBLADE. The vampire has blade teeth to represent Stan's death but while Eddie was in the hospital in the past he said he saw the Razor-toothed vampire when he was having the dream of it tranforming many different times in the waiting room. DID PENNYWISE ALREADY KNOW STAN WAS GOING TO DIE BY RAZORBLADES or was that just a timeline mistake?

[beef]

On Page 542 (Hardcover edition of 'IT', published in 1986), there is a blooper, as far as I can tell. Ben Hanscom has JUST MET this woman, and has not provided any credentials, is not wearing a nametag, or anything else. Yet, after a few questions, she says "Is this a Joke, Mr. Hanscom?"... HOW DID SHE KNOW HIS NAME? My only assumption is that she is 'IT'... but nothing in the story suggests this. Anybody else have any thoughts on this? Is this a legitimate blooper the King has made?

Just before meeting Carol Danner (in the adults section) he had told another librarian (in the kids section) that he was looking for his son, who he named Ben Hanscom. Librarian #2 was suspicious...she did one of those smiles that never quite reached her eyes . So she could have called Carol D. to tell her to watch out for a guy named Hanscom and given his description.