Here are some excerpts captured on the Twitterzzz:įrom the latest Stephen King. When the black lesbian aborts the resultant baby, her family disowns her completely. This “sin,” King claims, is so dishonorable that several members of the family’s Church gang-rape the black lesbian. He writes in Holly of a vegan black lesbian who is victimized by her Christian family on religious grounds for not eating meat. Lastly, King’s treatment of Christians is beyond scurrilous. They are all women, minorities, homosexuals, or some combination of the three. The protagonists of the book are equally predictable. The antagonists are a husband and wife who are racist, anti-vax, old, and white. Which brings me to Holly, his 900 th novel.įirst, the hate and bigotry by way of American Thinker: If someone faithfully reincarnated EC Comics today, he’d be right there with a pitchfork screaming about the “ male gaze” and whatever else offended his fellow woketards.īasically, King became an uptight square, a stiff Margaret Dumont with an overbite. The cool, nerdy guy who adored schlocky horror movies and the taboo pleasures of EC Comics has become a humorless scold, yelling at everyone from the front lawn of his Twitter account. King’s biggest problem is how full of himself he’s become. Flash-forward 27 years to when I gave Billy Summers a read, which only confirmed my 1994 decision. His 1994 novel Insomnia cured me of its title. And with that change came bloated books, an air of self-importance, and spell-breaking diatribes. There were still some great novels to come- Misery and Eyes of the Dragon, for instance, but by this time, he was Stephen King, no longer an outsider but an insulated, pampered, filthy-rich elitist. If King had retired in 1983, everyone would still know his name. Name a novelist with an uninterrupted, decade-long run of page-turners like Carrie, Salem’s Lot, The Shining, The Stand, The Dead Zone, Firestarter, Cujo, Christine, and Pet Sematary. As adaptations of his works are arguably more popular than ever, now is the perfect time to adapt one of his lesser-known works.Sounds like Stephen King’s latest novel is more bigoted and dishonest than usual.īefore Stephen King became Stephen King, he was a breathtakingly talented storyteller. Given the seemingly everlasting status of King's enduring popularity, his stories seem to not go out of style. To mention just a handful of them: The Dark Tower was released in 2017, IT in 2017 and its sequel in 2019, and Gerald's Game in 2017. Some of these adaptations ended up being panned by critics, but many of them have been welcomed and acclaimed by audiences and critics alike. In recent years, there's been a slew of television and movie adaptations of Stephen King works, as well as remakes of older adaptations, like Pet Sematary and Carrie. The movie would certainly be perfect for another famous Stephen King cameo. Insomnia also includes references to Gerald's Game and Pet Sematary. Plus, Ralph has visions of the Dark Tower itself. The Crimson King also directly ties Insomnia to King's Dark Tower series of books, in which he's a key villain. Pennywise, the evil clown from IT, is oft mentioned in the book the Crimson King shares many qualities with Pennywise - like shape-shifting and taking the form(s) of whatever people fear - and even makes references to the events of IT. For one, the book takes place in the infamous fictional town of Derry, Maine. The book Insomnia has many connections to other King works, so fans of the author's other movie and TV show adaptations would certainly be pleased with those references, if they were to be included in the movie.
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