On the 30th anniversary of "The Stand," the novelist confesses what haunts him about religion and today's politics.
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Originally Posted by King on Parallels Between Today's Politcal Climate & When He Wrote "The Stand"
You've got the unpopular war, economic problems, gasoline problems. Whatever goes around, comes around. The Stand even says that. Life is like a wheel. Sooner or later, it always come around to where you started again.
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Originally Posted by Stephen King - 10/08 Salon.com Interview
Americans are apocalyptic by nature.
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Originally Posted by King on Sarah Palin
There's that scene in "The Dead Zone" where Johnny Smith sees Greg Stillson in the future starting a nuclear war. Around my house we kinda laugh when Sarah Palin comes on TV, and we say, "That's Greg Stillson as a woman."
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Originally Posted by King on Christianity in his work
I'm particularly interested in the idea that in the New Testament, you're suggesting a moral code that's actually enlightened.
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Originally Posted by King on the Afterlife
I think it's whatever you think you're going to get.
The book signing in November is not in Bangor. It will be in Massachusetts but we don't have full details that we can release at this time. The usual policy is no more than 2 books, one old and whatever the latest release is since most book signings are done around the time of a new release.
Over on the message board, Paul Campbell wonders if I’m washing my hands of short fiction. The short answer on that is, no way.
It’s true that at the moment I’m knee-deep in a novel that I didn’t expect to be writing, and having a hell of a good time with it, thanks. And until I turn in the new book, I won’t have a lot of time for short fiction. But I recently collaborated on a novella with my Paw, so that’s coming down the pike.
It's already on the planning board. There are finally enough new ones to complete a collection. It's titled (at least for now) Pocket Rockets. I'm cringing even as I type it thinking about what some of our members will be doing with that title. I don't think I'm at liberty yet to reveal which stories will be included, but will do so as soon as I can. "
