tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175798629534874434.post459973762807403083..comments2024-03-03T23:03:20.977-08:00Comments on Talk Stephen King: King Talks DomeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175798629534874434.post-51502741431100087892014-06-30T11:20:39.931-07:002014-06-30T11:20:39.931-07:00I meant to write I AM on about page 430 of the boo...I meant to write I AM on about page 430 of the book >.< D'oh shaunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175798629534874434.post-47498322952806607382014-06-30T10:55:54.451-07:002014-06-30T10:55:54.451-07:00I can't wait for tonight's debut episode o...I can't wait for tonight's debut episode of Season 2. <br /><br />I'm not on about page 430 of the book. I promised myself I'd get at least halfway through it by the time Season 2 began. <br /><br />Boy am I glad I did. *BOOK SPOILERS TO FOLLOW*: First off, the book is just excellent. Top-notch Stephen King. His writing is pitch-perfect. The scope of the novel is massive. The conceit (the Dome) is perfect to capture that slice of Americana which Big Steve knows so well, and in many ways is his forte. <br /><br />I'd go so far as to suggest that Under The Dome may be his most important novel. It's certainly a page-turner. The cast of characters is immense, and chock full of great ones. <br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />From what I've read online, the DOME TV series, if successful, will continue season after season for as long as it remains popular, and will necessarily deviate from the book. <br /><br />The characters of Big Jim and Junior are so much more evil in the book, Junior does not have any redeeming quality whatsoever. It renders him starkly as a villain, along with all his young buddies who signed up as police officers. By the end of Season 1, Junior has almost reached a point where the viewer begins to pity him and/or hope that he can turn himself around. Whereas in the book he's just a stone cold killer, and those scenes where he revisits his pantry to chum it up with his collection of dead buddies, well that's classic King right there. <br /><br />Now that I'm halfway through the book and getting ready to embark on Season 2, I feel I am in the lucky position to be in the "best of both worlds." <br /><br />Now -- the TV series can't ruin the book for me, nor can the book ruin the TV series. Win-win. shaunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com