SK has sold out to popular "Green Movement" - very disappointed in Dome

[Tery]

First of all, put down the coffee. Now back slowly away from your faulty suppositions. Next, ask yourself why it is so important that everyone (including people who do not even know you) think just like you do. Why are you so threatened by others points of view, especially one that (gasp) puts the welfare of the planet first? What is is about environmentalism that scares you so much? And if you truly believe that Christ spoke of hope, then why are you so bent on smashing other people's hope? Some of us hope that the Earth survives the selfishness and greed of people who treat it like crap.

[Bryan James]

Grandmother in a Green Thong ( Y ) and pasties * *

[randallFlaggfan1]

I'm sorry, but I don't get it. Am I being obtuse here?

I don't either, SharonC. Under the Dome is amazingly brilliant, by far one of Sai King's best.

[hossenpepper]

I don't get this post. How is it anything to do with the green movement? The people were under a dome that trapped the air and everything else in it. How exactly do you think it's going to play out in that scenario? As far as Big Jim goes, to say this character wasn't spot on for a small town, neocon religious zealot who uses the "word" to beat people over the head is totally off IMO.

I grew up in Oklahoma. For those of you that DON'T know, that area of the country is the BUCKLE of the Bible belt. Yes there are fanatics everywhere, but I would put OK folk up there at the top of the list (my Jr year in HS, the local Baptist church picketed [yes really, I am serious] in front of our school to get the Prom cancelled, cuz dancin' is the devil's work!) I can think of at least 25 people I know right this second that are "Big Jims". Hell anyone that has ever had a boss can relate! It's kind of a think like me or I will destroy you mentality, but when you mix it with self-righteous indignation and the conceit that comes with it, you have a recipe for oppression, disaster and prejudice. All the great things that organized religion brings us! Yay! I have a sticker I made on my bulletin board that says: Religion: Bringing you war since the Stone Age!

I, like Sai King, believe in a higher power, but have no use for religion. It is a tool used to control, stifle, justify and diminish. It discourages free thought and expression. It DETESTS art, unless a testament to the religion. It devalues anything human.

And what is wrong with "liberal" or "progressive" thinking anyway? Liberal means generous and progressive means moving forward with the reality of the now. Wow, both those things are super crappy, huh? Anytime I see someone defend tired, muddy ways, it seems to me that they care deeply for them and that change is just not going to be a topic of discussion in their house. People change. Society changes. The world moves on, with or without you. SK understands this and Under the Dome was a great testament to this. Just my three cents.

[91rewoT]

I have been a fan of SK for thirty years and have read almost all his books.

Maybe I have just out grown SK but this book was a major disappointment, SK apeares to be pandering the the current trends. Under the dome is Anti-Christian and an attempt to incorporate all progressive thinking into a fiction novel. Maybe he just was channeling his inner hippy.

I will still buy the next book!

"Maybe I have just out grown SK"?
Really?
That's sad. I couldn't live long enough to "out grow" Stephen King.
And agree with him or not, he does getcha' thinking, doesn't he?

[fushingfeef]

I was changing my daughter's diaper this morning and noticed that she'd had a "green movement"...<shudder>....just thought I'd share.

[boogerb53]

Christ spoke of hope! This book offers little. Aliens and girl in flashback showed no pity. Only indifference.

2nd point-There is a difference between being environmental conscience and just trying to be trendy. The issue is not as black and white as you are trying to make it.

People read 'In to the Wild" and thought is was a book about the saving the environment.

Yes, Christ does offer hope. But if you can't read a work of fiction that does not follow the blueprint of the bible, perhaps you should not read Uncle Stevie. I'm not trying to be mean, honest. I am a Christian but I enjoy a good piece of fiction. I have hope....hope that there is more to this than just the life I am living. But that does not make everything else off limits. Lighten up and remember....it's a work of FICTION!!!!!!

[smerdyakov]

I thought the dome was supposed to be a microscopic sample of the world in general -- a smaller, extremely localized mini-world (hell, the dome itself was like an atmosphere). It seemed natural enough that warming from gas emissions would be exaggerated. Everything was exaggerated (and by that, I mean sped up). I don't think King capitalized on the gas emissions to present his own political agenda (if that's his agenda at all). The air would become putrid and the heat would rise given the circumstances.

[mishima]

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Yeah, I don't know what Stephen King was thinking. Me, I sold out to the unpopular Green Movement. They pay better than the popular one.

Although somehow, I keep feeling as though I'm trying to cross a bridge while the OP is yelling at me from beneath it. Not sure why.

[Patricia A]

Not to change the subject or anything but I do wish the Green Movement would call themselves something else. I support their cause but I don't particularly care for that term "Green Movement."
It makes me think of the time I made Christmas cookies for all my friends and family. The cookies are made with marshmallows, corn flakes, cinnamon dots and a copious amount of green food coloring. The cookies looked just like holly and were really pretty. They're like Rice Crispy Treats so of course they were delish!! I'm not known for my cooking skills, at least not in a good way but for once I had a hit... until the next day when everyone I knew were freaking out because their poo was green. I have never lived that down.
Just sharing.