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Post by wireman on Nov 4, 2020 14:27:08 GMT
Today, we will discuss L. T.'s Theory of Pets by Stephen King from Everything's Eventual
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Post by spideyman on Nov 4, 2020 14:53:23 GMT
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Post by edwardjohn on Nov 4, 2020 19:21:08 GMT
Not really a fan of this story, or I was, up until the ending. It ends really abruptly. Where did the whole serial killer thing come from? What did that have to do with the pets and L. T.'s marriage? Steve should take a course on writing endings. I thought there was a different meaning to the ending, but nope, its abrupt. Is the point that pets are no replacement for a spouse? I don't know.
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Post by edwardjohn on Nov 4, 2020 19:22:53 GMT
Not really a fan of this story, or I was, up until the ending. It ends really abruptly. Where did the whole serial killer thing come from? What did that have to do with the pets and L. T.'s marriage? Steve should take a course on writing endings. I thought there was a different meaning to the ending, but nope, its abrupt. Is the point that pets are no replacement for a spouse? I don't know. |
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Post by spideyman on Nov 4, 2020 20:28:47 GMT
We all know SK likes to leave us hanging. Enjoyed the fun parts, and the dark came at the ned.
May I suggest the audio of SK reading this story. It might prove fun and interesting.
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Post by wireman on Nov 5, 2020 0:59:04 GMT
I liked this one. It was very funny until the pivot. I didn't mind the ending that leaves us hanging. That worked well for this story.
It might be that the biggest division in the world isn’t men and women but folks who like cats and folks who like dogs.
King, Stephen. Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales (p. 268). Scribner. Kindle Edition.
If a cat likes you, you know. If she doesn’t, you know that, too.
King, Stephen. Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales (p. 277). Scribner. Kindle Edition.
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Post by spideyman on Nov 5, 2020 12:49:07 GMT
Any suggestion for the next selection for the group reading discussion??
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Post by edwardjohn on Nov 5, 2020 15:59:40 GMT
We all know SK likes to leave us hanging. Enjoyed the fun parts, and the dark came at the ned.
May I suggest the audio of SK reading this story. It might prove fun and interesting.
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Post by edwardjohn on Nov 5, 2020 16:02:58 GMT
Any suggestion for the next selection for the group reading discussion?? |
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Post by edwardjohn on Nov 5, 2020 16:05:23 GMT
Any suggestion for the next selection for the group reading discussion??
www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mc.aspx |
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Post by edwardjohn on Nov 5, 2020 16:07:24 GMT
'I shall watch for the tale, “Medusa’s Coil,” you mentioned. Regardless of the author, if you instilled into the tale some of the magic of your own pen, it cannot fail to fascinate the readers.'
—Robert E. Howard to H. P. Lovecraft, Sep 1930, A Means to Freedom 2.43
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Post by wireman on Nov 5, 2020 17:42:41 GMT
There is a great HP Lovecraft story called Medusa's Coil, which he co-wrote with Zealia Bishop. I'll have a search for an online edition. Its an excellent story.
www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mc.aspx |
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Post by edwardjohn on Nov 5, 2020 17:44:03 GMT
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Post by spideyman on Nov 6, 2020 13:24:00 GMT
Count me in.
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Post by wireman on Nov 6, 2020 15:15:11 GMT
Next Wednesday we will discuss Medusa's Coil by Howard Phillips Lovecraft (HP to his friends)
Be there, Aloha.
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Post by edwardjohn on Nov 6, 2020 17:07:34 GMT
Next Wednesday we will discuss Medusa's Coil by Howard Phillips Lovecraft (HP to his friends)
Be there, Aloha.
But yes, HP to friends. |
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Post by edwardjohn on Nov 6, 2020 17:14:04 GMT
Next Wednesday we will discuss Medusa's Coil by Howard Phillips Lovecraft (HP to his friends)
Be there, Aloha.
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Post by cat on Nov 10, 2020 18:37:05 GMT
This is a fun story, but yet not. The stories about the two pets were good, but the underlying tension between the husband and wife made the stories about the pets also a little uncomfortable. Like eavesdropping on a fight. Which, I guess we kind of were. 😉
I think one can be both a cat person and a dog person though. We have 2 each and I love them all. But it is true they pick their people.
The serial killer thing is kind of out of left field, but it works. Even though she left him a note, she pretty much just picked up and left with no fuss. No discussion. So for her to then totally disappear, it goes along with that.
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