Under the Dome *SPOILERS*

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

I won't actually be starting it till tonght but I figure we need a place to discuss it as we finish, and for those who've already read it to post comments.

Long days and pleasant nights

[Bryan James]

I just have a hard time at the end when The Dome collapses into a singularity, causing another Big Bang and an alternate universe.

At least that guy and that girl and her turtle were ok.

[~Ally~]

I just have a hard time at the end when The Dome collapses into a singularity, causing another Big Bang and an alternate universe.

At least that guy and that girl and her turtle were ok.

For once I really can't tell if you're joking!
Oouuu nasty man.

[RichardX]

I'm a hundred page in - when does the action start? Just kidding...spoiler... plane crash, murder, helicopter, car and truck crashes etc. Anderson Cooper I could do without, but where do I get a Sea Dogs cap? Any chance SK will buy the Sea Dogs and improve the look of their uniforms which are awful?

[aptpupil]

"Under The Dome"?

What's that?

Is there a new SK novel out?

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

First impressions (page 309) -

Beautifully written (surprise, surprise!), and I particularly like the way Sai King has broken the narrative into chunks of about two thousand words or so - very user-friendly IMO, and also very pacy!

First DT connection, page 9 UK, 'a ticktock under nineteen'

Long days and pleasant nights

[ginapenn]

John-I caught that "ticktock" reference too! I'm only about 50 pages in so far but plan on killing a lot of it this weekend. Two sprained ankles means quite a lot of lounge time.

[knittinjen]

I'm 25 hours and 48 minutes into the audio book - and I love the story itself, but the narrator is annoying me a great deal. All the young people seem to have horribly stuffed up noses, the french guy sounds Jamaican, and anybody who is a "good guy" sounds like a California surfer dude - even though they are all from a small Maine town! Ummm....it irritates me that the stupid accents he uses pull me out of the story once in awhile. A good narrator makes you just forget you are listening to a person, a bad one, well, really, they should pick people who can do the accents right! Other than that, I like this book a lot! The older he gets, the better he gets at character development. And he started out pretty well, right? I'm waiting to see if the Tommyknockers are coming or what...haha.

[djbeilstein]

I'm loving this book so far–––as I've skipped the "Spoilers" up top.
However, I have an issue with Big Jim Rennie's overdone 'give your heart to Jesus' evil personage. Seems a little dated to me–––like the 1970s. In our post-Christian age–––an age in which wide amounts of the population believe Jesus Christ & the bible are myths–––plus an increasing secularzation of rural populations–––Big Jim Rennie's evil Christian personage is 'forced' to me. People who are what Big Jim Rennie is are typically estranged from Church or anything 'Jesus' or 'I'm saved' kind of vibe. Yea––Christianity has it's Abortion doctor killer nuts, but how many mass murdering, drug dealing, nutcases go around professing Churchy (and superficial religious notions)? Not many! Also, the "fascist" authoritarian mold of Big Jim Rennie–––in historical and recent past–––has been an arm of anti-Christian sentiment, much more than Christian–– After all thru the Reformation and onward, Christian teachings opened up the whole spectrum of a "free market" free ideas, the freedom of the individual. As Christianity limits the authority of man over other men. it does not bolster it–––our Constitution is evidence of this. Other then that (And I do think Big Jim Rennie is comical about victims eating dinner with Jesus) I find this book a great story and am engulfed in it. I just feel Mr. King's biased Anti-Christian views (in regards to political ideology as well) to be a little overdone. I don't care if he dislikes or even hates Christianity, but the point is to create a world that reports on where a culture is at (and it is progressing away, not toward Christian thinking) not a pretext to use ideas or whatever as props for personal biases. Mr. King is a fantastic story teller, but I believe he put ideological fronts before story on some of UTD characterization.

[JoeSherry]

Just finished. Holy cow, what a great story.