tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175798629534874434.post121161285750563452..comments2024-03-03T23:03:20.977-08:00Comments on Talk Stephen King: Genre BustersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175798629534874434.post-46837611839008212542011-10-31T13:51:09.937-07:002011-10-31T13:51:09.937-07:00yes.
davidyes.<br />davidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175798629534874434.post-14677615775938276992011-10-31T13:38:31.249-07:002011-10-31T13:38:31.249-07:00When you say "Haven," do you mean "...When you say "Haven," do you mean "The Colorado Kid"?Bryant Burnettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189356171455609865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175798629534874434.post-65555826878104269382011-10-30T16:56:34.960-07:002011-10-30T16:56:34.960-07:00I haven't read regulators yet.
I had Dark Tow...I haven't read regulators yet.<br /><br />I had Dark Tower in my intro, but not the list (had to narrow to ten.) <br /><br />It is true, Salem's Lot did introduce the genre. he created the modern vampire myth. But not those nasty sexy vamps. He gave us scary campires.<br /><br />davidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175798629534874434.post-84848841788104528092011-10-30T16:39:10.553-07:002011-10-30T16:39:10.553-07:00Pretty good list, David! I'll add the followi...Pretty good list, David! I'll add the following as footnotes:<br /><br />(1) "Salem's Lot": I'm not quite enough of an expert in the genre to say for sure, but had anyone ever really brought old-school monsters into so realistic a setting as this before? Maybe. What makes King's take on it so remarkable is how much effort he puts into establishing the setting first, way before the monsters are introduced.<br />(2) "The Gunslinger": I can't believe you left this one off the list. It's the genre-buster of all genre-busters! A sci-fi/horror western with surrealist elements, high fantasy implications, and a complete and utter lack of resolution. What's more, it's not even technically a novel, but a collection of short stories. No pun intended, but ... oy.<br />(3) "Insomnia": A horror/fantasy set in a completely realistic world, with elderly hero/protagonists. That's unusual in itself, but the fact that the novel's main conflict has stakes that bear major consequences on a completely different novel, one which would not be written for another decade...?!? Not many like that out there.<br />(4/5) "Desperation" and "The Regulators": On their own, they are nothing that ought to be described as genre-busting. Taken as they should, though -- i.e., as two volumes of the same novel -- it's an entirely different story. Has ANYBODY else ever written two novels involving the same set of characters in parallel universes?Bryant Burnettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189356171455609865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175798629534874434.post-35716562070789890712011-10-30T00:28:17.312-07:002011-10-30T00:28:17.312-07:00I have always thought Geralds Game was a standalon...I have always thought Geralds Game was a standalone type novel from his other works. Great odd read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com