Christines appearance in It

**cbenee** · January 25th, 2012

Haven't read Christine in a while, but wondered what everyone thought about the car appearing in IT?

I always love it when King ties his stories together in small ways

(here the description from IT for those that haven't read)

**sam peebles** · January 25th, 2012

Yeah, the Christine part was definitely cool. It has probably the second most connections to other King novels, besides The Dark Tower series. Here are some more fun ones (I think they're accurate, but not positive):

In Ben Hanscom's part of "Six Phone Calls", it tells us that he is in a town past Gatlin, Nebraska. Gatlin is the setting for "Children of the Corn".

Ben Hanscom stops in at the Red Wheel Bar in the town of Hemingford Home, Nebraska; this was Mother Abagail's home in The Stand, as well as that of siblings Larry and Katrina in "The Last Rung on the Ladder".

When Richie Tozier pulls over the side of the highway on his way to Derry, an Orinco truck passes by him (Pet Sematary)

Mike Hanlon refers to the lack of crime in a small town in Texas due to the water, a reference to King's short story "The End of the Whole Mess".

In King's short story "Gray Matter", an elderly character explains that there are dark corners of the world beyond human comprehension. As an example, he mentions a friend of his, who was once a sewer worker, but unexpectedly quit his job. The man's reason for quitting, he claimed, was that he had seen a giant spider in the sewer tunnels.

Steven Bishoff Dubay, one of the boys who beat up Adrian Mellon, is sent to Shawshank State Prison.

At one point, Beverly Marsh mentions "that crazy cop who killed all those women in Castle Rock, Maine". This is a reference to Frank Dodd, a character in The Dead Zone and Cujo.

In the novel Duma Key, on the copyright permission's page, it states "Permission to use lyrics from 'Dig' by Shark Puppy (R. Tozier, W. Denbrough)"

Paul Sheldon (Misery) remembers having been neighbors with Eddie Kaspbrak.

Nettie Cobb (Needful Things) had recently been released from Juniper Hill (on a work-release program with the aid of Polly Chalmers). Juniper Hill is a mental institution/prison for the criminally dangerous. It's where Henry Bowers was put after he murdered his father, and from which he broke free to hunt down the Losers years later.

When telling him the story of the Black Spot, Mike Hanlon's father talks about an old army friend, Dick Hallorann, who was an army cook. Dick Hallorann is the psychic cook at the Overlook Hotel in King's The Shining.

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon: The last acknowledgment on the first page references "Lyrics from 'Gotta Get Next To Next You (Jus' Slip Me A Taste)' by Richie 'Records' Tozier, copyright 1998 Soul Fine Music. Used by permission", referring to the character Richie Tozier.

**cbenee** · January 25th, 2012

Some others - (some i knew, some with help of Wiki)

Carrie:
Carrie White's grave is located in the Derry cemetery.

Dreamcatcher:
Dreamcatcher also has a scene set in Derry and also features a gang who do a very brave thing in their childhoods, but tells the story from their adult perspectives, with flashback scenes to their childhoods, much like in It. When Gary Jones, under the influence of Mr. Gray (who is looking for Derry's Standpipe) arrives, they come across a statue made in commemoration of "The Losers" and underneath is spray painted "Pennywise Lives!"
Gary "Jonesy" Jones in Dreamcatcher is taken over by an invading alien calling itself "Mr. Gray". Bob Gray is one of Pennywise's aliases. Mike Hanlon and Richie Tozier also witness Pennywise coming to Earth in what they believe to be a spaceship in the Losers Club smoke ceremony.

Firestarter:
The character of Patrick Hockstetter, who is killed by It in the junkyard, shares a name with a doctor in Firestarter.

Insomnia:
Derry, Maine is the setting for King's Insomnia. The death of Adrian Mellon is also mentioned in that novel, and Mike Hanlon makes an appearance there as the head librarian in the Derry Public Library. Also, Ben Hanscom is mentioned briefly as the architect of the Derry Civics Center. When The Crimson King is defeated by Ralph Roberts, it is forced into a blinding white light, which Ralph thinks of as the Deadlights. Also, Ralph at one point sees a large evil-feeling "aura" erupting out of a sewer manhole. There is a police officer named Chris Nell, who is shot in the head by Charlie Pickering. Patrick Hockstetter is briefly described as a childhood acquaintance of Ralph's. Among Patrick's many predilections is a fondness for using a tree branch (which he calls his "peekie wand") to lift women's skirts and peer under them. Also when Ralph starts to see the auras and balloon strings he sees a very bright purple glow coming from a nearby sewer grate that fades as whatever creature (presumably Pennywise) passes by.

The Tommyknockers:
Haven, a small village near Derry, is mentioned; this was later the setting for The Tommyknockers. After the mall explodes during the storm, money from the bank is described as being found on the lawn of Rebbecca Paulson, a character in The Tommyknockers. In The Tommyknockers, a character hears chuckling noises coming from the drains in his house; later, another character driving through Derry glimpses "a clown, with silver dollars for eyes, holding a bunch of balloons" waving at him from a storm drain.

Under the Dome:
The symbol seen on the box powering the Dome is the same symbol found on the door to It's lair.

11/22/63
Jake Epping meets and gets valuable information from Richie and Bev, and although they don't directly bring it up, clowns are mentioned causing tense reactions from both Richie and Bev who just shortly before thought to have defeated IT. There is mention of the deaths of George Denborough, Eddie and Dorsey Corcoran, and Patrick Hockstetter. Bev also asks Jake about "The Turtle".

**dsurrett** · January 25th, 2012

Wow, Sam. Did you look up those references or did you know them off the top of your head? Great stuff!

**king family fan** · January 25th, 2012

Thats some pretty great stuff. More tie ins than i realized. Now must check them out.LOL Thanks for the info.

**CarrieJo** · January 25th, 2012

You guys are good! I forgot about (11/22/63 SPOILER)

I read Insomnia a while ago and it was well before reading most of the rest of King's works so I didn't have a clue it was connected to so much. I'll definitely have to give it a re-read.

**GNTLGNT** · January 26th, 2012

The tie-ins are like the filling in the center of a really divine piece of chocolate...

**sam peebles** · January 26th, 2012

Originally Posted by dsurrett

Wow, Sam. Did you look up those references or did you know them off the top of your head? Great stuff!

I wish I could say I knew them off the top of my head. Some of the obvious ones like Dick Halloran and the Shawshank reference I remembered, but I cheated and looked all of those up.