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Post by wireman on Dec 16, 2020 10:06:27 GMT
Today we will be discussing 1408 by Stephen King from Everything's Eventual
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Post by wireman on Dec 16, 2020 15:08:21 GMT
One thing different about this story than the regular haunted house (or hotel room in this case) story is how quickly the events unfold. The character doesn't slowly get creeped out here. As soon as he enters the room (even before he enters it), things start going bad very fast. I think he only stayed in the room for an hour. This room doesn't mess around. 
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Post by edwardjohn on Dec 16, 2020 15:12:48 GMT
Mike gets what he deserves, he wasn't particularly likable before he went to room 1408, believing that the supernatural didn't exist. A lot of the weird stuff which happens in the room is pretty cool, like the wallpaper changing and the carpet being like mud. Also, the changing language menus and the image of the wolf eating the boy. Mike learns to not dismiss things which aren't in his wheelhouse, so there is that. I also loved what happened to his lucky shirt. I believe this story was referenced in On Writing.
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Post by edwardjohn on Dec 16, 2020 15:13:32 GMT
One thing different about this story than the regular haunted house (or hotel room in this case) story is how quickly the events unfold. The character doesn't slowly get creeped out here. As soon as he enters the room (even before he enters it), things start going bad very fast. I think he only stayed in the room for an hour. This room doesn't mess around.
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Post by wireman on Dec 16, 2020 15:19:51 GMT
Mike gets what he deserves, he wasn't particularly likable before he went to room 1408, believing that the supernatural didn't exist. A lot of the weird stuff which happens in the room is pretty cool, like the wallpaper changing and the carpet being like mud. Also, the changing language menus and the image of the wolf eating the boy. Mike learns to not dismiss things which aren't in his wheelhouse, so there is that. I also loved what happened to his lucky shirt. I believe this story was referenced in On Writing. |
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Post by edwardjohn on Dec 16, 2020 15:22:01 GMT
Mike gets what he deserves, he wasn't particularly likable before he went to room 1408, believing that the supernatural didn't exist. A lot of the weird stuff which happens in the room is pretty cool, like the wallpaper changing and the carpet being like mud. Also, the changing language menus and the image of the wolf eating the boy. Mike learns to not dismiss things which aren't in his wheelhouse, so there is that. I also loved what happened to his lucky shirt. I believe this story was referenced in On Writing. |
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Post by wireman on Dec 16, 2020 15:26:46 GMT
Mike gets what he deserves, he wasn't particularly likable before he went to room 1408, believing that the supernatural didn't exist. A lot of the weird stuff which happens in the room is pretty cool, like the wallpaper changing and the carpet being like mud. Also, the changing language menus and the image of the wolf eating the boy. Mike learns to not dismiss things which aren't in his wheelhouse, so there is that. I also loved what happened to his lucky shirt. I believe this story was referenced in On Writing. |
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Post by edwardjohn on Dec 16, 2020 15:34:42 GMT
Mike gets what he deserves, he wasn't particularly likable before he went to room 1408, believing that the supernatural didn't exist. A lot of the weird stuff which happens in the room is pretty cool, like the wallpaper changing and the carpet being like mud. Also, the changing language menus and the image of the wolf eating the boy. Mike learns to not dismiss things which aren't in his wheelhouse, so there is that. I also loved what happened to his lucky shirt. I believe this story was referenced in On Writing. |
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Post by spideyman on Dec 16, 2020 21:38:50 GMT
I think the story also deals with the lasting effects of trauma. The ending portrayed that well. As the reader reads, the imagination runs freely. You can "feel" the room. It bends one's mind. I enjoyed the book more than the movie.
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Post by wireman on Dec 16, 2020 22:51:22 GMT
I think the story also deals with the lasting effects of trauma. The ending portrayed that well. As the reader reads, the imagination runs freely. You can "feel" the room. It bends one's mind. I enjoyed the book more than the movie. |
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Post by spideyman on Dec 17, 2020 13:21:34 GMT
Thought- question re next week.....
since next Wednesday is so close to the holiday, do we want to skip a week, or continue?
If we continue-- any suggestions???
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Post by wireman on Dec 17, 2020 13:38:12 GMT
Thought- question re next week.....
since next Wednesday is so close to the holiday, do we want to skip a week, or continue?
If we continue-- any suggestions???
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Post by spideyman on Dec 17, 2020 14:29:34 GMT
Thought- question re next week.....
since next Wednesday is so close to the holiday, do we want to skip a week, or continue?
If we continue-- any suggestions???
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Post by wireman on Dec 17, 2020 14:59:42 GMT
The next EE story, riding The Bullet is pretty long (if my memory is correct). If we want to do that one next, a two week time frame may help. Next discussion will be December 30
Riding The Bullet by Stephen King from Everything's Eventual
Be there, aloha.
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Post by edwardjohn on Dec 17, 2020 15:41:20 GMT
Since it is considered a novella, yes- excellent for a two week read. December 30th. Sounds like a plan. Next discussion will be December 30
Riding The Bullet by Stephen King from Everything's Eventual
Be there, aloha.
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Post by wireman on Dec 17, 2020 18:13:59 GMT
Next discussion will be December 30
Riding The Bullet by Stephen King from Everything's Eventual
Be there, aloha.
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Post by edwardjohn on Dec 17, 2020 18:36:45 GMT
My Peter Straub book will be arriving at Christmas. Phew! |
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Post by cat on Dec 20, 2020 1:01:16 GMT
This is a great little story. Mike enters the room a nonbeliever but it doesn't take long for that to change. I remember the story being a lot longer, and I was surprised when I got to the end so quickly. I think I was getting the movie mixed in there. I didn't mind the movie, but the story does work well as a wham bam type story.
I am one story behind, will get that read soon.
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Post by wireman on Dec 22, 2020 13:13:58 GMT
BUMP
Next discussion will be December 30
Riding The Bullet by Stephen King from Everything's Eventual
Be there, aloha.
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