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Post by wireman on Dec 30, 2020 13:35:56 GMT
Today, we will discuss Riding The Bullet by Stephen King from Everything's Eventual
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Post by wireman on Dec 30, 2020 13:37:34 GMT
Published in 2000, Riding The Bullet was the first mass market e-book.
Did anyone here buy the e-book in 2000? I don't think I knew what an e-book was in 2000.  |
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Post by wireman on Dec 30, 2020 13:59:20 GMT
This is a terrific ghost story and my take is story is about appreciating your loved ones while they are still around.
The story is also about choices and I think the moral dilemma that Alan is forced into by the ghost causes Alan to feel a great deal of guilt about his choice and reinforces his love and appreciation for his mother. Alan felt great relief when he realized his choice was not instant but he realized his mother would not be around forever and his choice made him look at his own mortality too.
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Post by edwardjohn on Dec 30, 2020 16:30:05 GMT
This is a terrific ghost story and my take is story is about appreciating your loved ones while they are still around.
The story is also about choices and I think the moral dilemma that Alan is forced into by the ghost causes Alan to feel a great deal of guilt about his choice and reinforces his love and appreciation for his mother. Alan felt great relief when he realized his choice was not instant but he realized his mother would not be around forever and his choice made him look at his own mortality too.
George is obviously the Grim Reaper who meets everyone before the end. I think that something was supposed to happen to George on the way to his mother, but George decided to give him a choice to make things interesting. I also think George gets a thrill out of scaring those who are about to meet their end, like I said, to make thing's interesting.
I don't think the choice George made Alan make had any real impact. I think he was going to do what he was going to do, he probably wanted to see what type of person Alan was, would he save himself or save his mother? Alan is guilty because he decides to pick his mother.
Excellent story. But I thought King was going to make a point about not being selfish, but he didn't. |
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Post by spideyman on Dec 30, 2020 17:32:24 GMT
This is a terrific ghost story and my take is story is about appreciating your loved ones while they are still around.
The story is also about choices and I think the moral dilemma that Alan is forced into by the ghost causes Alan to feel a great deal of guilt about his choice and reinforces his love and appreciation for his mother. Alan felt great relief when he realized his choice was not instant but he realized his mother would not be around forever and his choice made him look at his own mortality too.
The first ebook for me was The Plant when he offered it through the SKMB. |
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Post by edwardjohn on Dec 30, 2020 17:40:58 GMT
This is a terrific ghost story and my take is story is about appreciating your loved ones while they are still around.
The story is also about choices and I think the moral dilemma that Alan is forced into by the ghost causes Alan to feel a great deal of guilt about his choice and reinforces his love and appreciation for his mother. Alan felt great relief when he realized his choice was not instant but he realized his mother would not be around forever and his choice made him look at his own mortality too.
The first ebook for me was The Plant when he offered it through the SKMB. |
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Post by edwardjohn on Dec 30, 2020 19:33:01 GMT
This is a terrific ghost story and my take is story is about appreciating your loved ones while they are still around.
The story is also about choices and I think the moral dilemma that Alan is forced into by the ghost causes Alan to feel a great deal of guilt about his choice and reinforces his love and appreciation for his mother. Alan felt great relief when he realized his choice was not instant but he realized his mother would not be around forever and his choice made him look at his own mortality too.
George is obviously the Grim Reaper who meets everyone before the end. I think that something was supposed to happen to George on the way to his mother, but George decided to give him a choice to make things interesting. I also think George gets a thrill out of scaring those who are about to meet their end, like I said, to make thing's interesting.
I don't think the choice George made Alan make had any real impact. I think he was going to do what he was going to do, he probably wanted to see what type of person Alan was, would he save himself or save his mother? Alan is guilty because he decides to pick his mother.
Excellent story. But I thought King was going to make a point about not being selfish, but he didn't. |
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Post by wireman on Dec 31, 2020 14:52:16 GMT
Want to start our Peter Straub book, Interior Darkness next week or polish off the last Everything's Eventual story?
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Post by edwardjohn on Dec 31, 2020 16:22:38 GMT
Want to start our Peter Straub book, Interior Darkness next week or polish off the last Everything's Eventual story?
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Post by wireman on Dec 31, 2020 16:39:51 GMT
Want to start our Peter Straub book, Interior Darkness next week or polish off the last Everything's Eventual story?
Next Wednesday we will discuss, Luckey Quarter from Everything's Eventual. (why is Luckey spelled that way? maybe we can answer that next week )
Be there, aloha.
When we start the Straub book, we will alternate public domain picks with the Straub stories every other week.
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Post by spideyman on Dec 31, 2020 16:40:37 GMT
Want to start our Peter Straub book, Interior Darkness next week or polish off the last Everything's Eventual story?
Will be alternate as we did with EE? |
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Post by wireman on Dec 31, 2020 16:43:06 GMT
Want to start our Peter Straub book, Interior Darkness next week or polish off the last Everything's Eventual story?
Will be alternate as we did with EE? |
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Post by spideyman on Dec 31, 2020 16:45:04 GMT
We can finish off EE with Lucky Quarter, then go onto Interior Darkness.
Will be alternate as we did with EE? great minds think along same lines!! Have a Happy New Year. Be safe--- especially in FL. |
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Post by edwardjohn on Dec 31, 2020 18:54:50 GMT
I was checking the stories in the Straub collection, they seem to be more Novellas than short stories.
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Post by wireman on Jan 1, 2021 14:05:48 GMT
I was checking the stories in the Straub collection, they seem to be more Novellas than short stories. |
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Post by edwardjohn on Jan 1, 2021 14:41:18 GMT
I was checking the stories in the Straub collection, they seem to be more Novellas than short stories. |
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Post by cat on Jan 10, 2021 17:54:14 GMT
This is a great little story with a lot of atmosphere. I particularly enjoy the imagery of the cigarette smoke seething out of the stitches. The graveyard imagery is pretty great, too. And I liked the pin being left behind, so he couldn't brush the whole thing off as a dream.
The choice given to Alan was unfair, but who would expect the Grim Reaper to be fair. I do think his guilt over choosing Mom to go did contribute to the closeness of their relationship going forward. Maybe that is the lesson...don't get too caught up in stuff that you forget who helped get you there. Enjoy the time you are given.
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