I’ll bet the vast majority of GI’s can read a great deal better than Stephen King can write.
F King, lib that he is looks like that van ran over his brain as well.
King is worth over $1 billion. Criticism of him has no financial impact. That said, his remarks were stupifyingly awful and wrong and show a distinct lack of intelligence.
BDN’s editorial was completely fair to all sides. I wonder how King will respond to it?
Do we have any members in Maine who could post his mailing address. I’ve got a box of books I’d like to mail back to him (COD)preferably. I intend to politely let him know there will never be another one of his books in my house and that my son and son-in-law will probably not be able to read any more of his books because now they’re in the Army and somehow have lost the ability to read!
King is following the normal progression for writers. Once you’re out of good ideas and are no longer, the cutting edge, brilliant author you once were, you show up on TV and start saying the stupidest stuff imagineable, e.g. Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, and now King. It almost makes me want to break into song: “The Ciiiiiiircel of Liiiiiiiife....”
I live near him. He’s a complete idiot and his wife is worse. But, he’s rich and the BDN loves him. Oh, well....