Has anyone connected the following - The Character from "The Mist," The Grocer who shoots Mrs. Carmody, Ollie Weeks - at one point, Mrs. Carmody calls him by his full name, Oliver Wendell Weeks. A character in Ed McBain's famous 87th Precinct novels; a fat, misogynistic, bigoted, unscrupulous detective of the neighboring 88th Precinct, is also named Oliver Wendell Weeks, called "Fat Ollie" - behind his back- by some of his colleagues. Did King like the name enough to use it, or is it some sort of homage?

Is there a list of them somewhere? I'm new to this site.

Hey yall! recently I was able to read a copy of The Bachman Books that had Rage in it and I'm curious what your thoughts on the book are? It's definitely an interesting book and I enjoyed it but I do understand the banning of it. What are your thoughts on the book?

!!!SPOILERS FOR THE BOOK AND MOVIE VERSION OF THE SHINING!!!

Back at Christmas I got The Shining and its sequel Doctor Sleep. I finished the first book, and I loved it! By far my favorite Stephen King book!

My two favorite characters were:

• Jack Torrance

• Danny Torrance

I couldn't believe how much empathy I was feeling for Jack in this book. Like any book to its movie adaptation, there is a lot of differences, and man were there a ton of differences between movie Jack and book Jack!

In the movie, I felt that the guy was sort of a jerk that just finally is done with everything and goes insane (I still liked him though, he was my favorite).

In the book though, it is more like he was deeply manipulated and (this is the only I could think to word it) possessed by the Overlook and its ghosts (I'm sure there is a better way to describe what happened to Jack, but that is the best I could do).

When you look at the reviews and stuff for the book, it'll say something like 'Bone-chilling' or 'Thrilling and terrifying'. But I wasn't scared or disturbed at all throughout it. Truthfully, the ending was just depressing. Jack was Danny's favorite parent, and Jack is the one that goes insane and dies at the end of the book.

As I read, I had different voices for each of the characters (I read in my head obviously, so I could do basically any voice).

I personally loved my Danny voice, which was a little kid voice that was just adorable.

Jack Torrance just sounded like Jack Nicholson, so nothing different there.

Wendy didn't sound like Shelley Duvall, but similar.

Sometimes Dick would sound like Scatman Crothers, and other times not.

And basically, every other character sounded British...for some reason.

My favorite part, which is same as many I assume, is the climax when Jack goes on the rampage and Wendy, Danny, (and Dick at one point) try to get out.

Was Stephen King the person who played the guard that flipped the eletric chair switch in the green mile?

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Aren't the Low Men found in various novels also to blame for abandoning their car at a gas station in "From A Buick 8'? It's been a long time since I read it.

Knowing about the Low Men from reading a lot of SK over the years, and watching Hearts in Atlantis now. I thought to search if there was a general consensus on who the Low Men actually were and found this wiki, I know they work for The Crimson King and I see them as 'minions' in service to their master 'demon'

I notice the refences to books they appear does not list From A Buick 8, but I wouldn't add it, since I am unsure.

Anyway hope to contribute more in the future.

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I am finally joining this wiki. I am 16 and have been in love with It since the 2017 movie came out and thats how I figured out I love Stephan King.

I am also in the Stranger Things and Harry Potter fandom.

I do Daily dose of finn on the stranger things fandom