Appparently, I never wrote a post about Night Shift. I'm sure I read it, and checking GoodReads confirms that. I read it in August of last year. So, my apologies for never posting.
Edit: Oh hey, I did post, I just didn't finish all the tags. It's here.
Night Shift is a collection of short stories, some written by King in high school or college. The collection itself was first published in 1978. Stephen and Tabitha King had three children by now, Naomi, Joe and Owen. The two boys grew up to be writers as I mentioned here.
Night Shift is a collection of twenty stories, including two related to 'salem's Lot, Jerusalem's Lot and Graveyard Shift. One that stands out to me is Quitters, Inc, which illustrates a rather extreme anti-smoking viewpoint.
I do like Stephen King's short stories. This isn't one of my favourite collections, but it's worth a read, as they all are.
At the moment, I'm reading The Stand. I'm 520 pages through, and that's not even halfway.
The Stand was originally published in 1978. At the time, about 300 pages were cut. Later, in 1990, it was republished with those cut sections put back in, and the setting updated to 1990. This lead to quite a few anachronisms; the one that's stood out to me so far is mention of what I think is a record player. I was born in 1988, but they did have CDs by then, didn't they?
I actually quite like the stand, more than I did The Shining, and a lot more than I did 'salem's Lot. It feels like the right length for the story. There are quite a few books of Stephen King's that feel too long - Christine, for one, and 'salem's Lot - but this isn't one of them, despite being one of the longest single books I've ever read. The story jumps between quite a few characters, not all of whom connect, and it's sometimes difficult to remember who's who right away. I think the length works because they're all interesting.
At this point, there are a few references to King's other novels. There's a government agency which also appears in Firestarter, and Randell Flagg who shows up again in The Dark Tower series amongst others. More when I've read a bit further through.
Edit: Oh hey, I did post, I just didn't finish all the tags. It's here.
Night Shift is a collection of short stories, some written by King in high school or college. The collection itself was first published in 1978. Stephen and Tabitha King had three children by now, Naomi, Joe and Owen. The two boys grew up to be writers as I mentioned here.
Night Shift is a collection of twenty stories, including two related to 'salem's Lot, Jerusalem's Lot and Graveyard Shift. One that stands out to me is Quitters, Inc, which illustrates a rather extreme anti-smoking viewpoint.
I do like Stephen King's short stories. This isn't one of my favourite collections, but it's worth a read, as they all are.
At the moment, I'm reading The Stand. I'm 520 pages through, and that's not even halfway.
The Stand was originally published in 1978. At the time, about 300 pages were cut. Later, in 1990, it was republished with those cut sections put back in, and the setting updated to 1990. This lead to quite a few anachronisms; the one that's stood out to me so far is mention of what I think is a record player. I was born in 1988, but they did have CDs by then, didn't they?
I actually quite like the stand, more than I did The Shining, and a lot more than I did 'salem's Lot. It feels like the right length for the story. There are quite a few books of Stephen King's that feel too long - Christine, for one, and 'salem's Lot - but this isn't one of them, despite being one of the longest single books I've ever read. The story jumps between quite a few characters, not all of whom connect, and it's sometimes difficult to remember who's who right away. I think the length works because they're all interesting.
At this point, there are a few references to King's other novels. There's a government agency which also appears in Firestarter, and Randell Flagg who shows up again in The Dark Tower series amongst others. More when I've read a bit further through.
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