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Post by wireman on Oct 6, 2021 12:20:15 GMT
Today we will discuss Willa by Stephen King from the collection Just After Sunset. This story was first published in Playboy in December 2006.
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Post by edwardjohn on Oct 6, 2021 17:02:38 GMT
Here's an audio version read by Maximum Overdrive's Holter Graham. Its really great.
I'm still waiting for my copy of the book to arrive, so I checked out this version.
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Post by wireman on Oct 6, 2021 17:22:10 GMT
This is a romantic ghost story that is beautifully told by Stephen. Of course, Steve doesn't let things get too sappy and throws a few gruesome images in to balance things out. 
The story is also about accepting things and moving on. I think the ghosts know they are gone but just don't want to accept it.
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Post by spideyman on Oct 6, 2021 17:56:07 GMT
Stephen King said in an interview that Willa wasn't one of his fav stories, but I really liked it. A touch of supernatural, images beautiful, and a nice love story thrown into the mix. Agree, wireman, feel they knew they were gone. Acceptance-- that is a good aspect you picked up.
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Post by edwardjohn on Oct 6, 2021 17:57:10 GMT
This is a romantic ghost story that is beautifully told by Stephen. Of course, Steve doesn't let things get too sappy and throws a few gruesome images in to balance things out.
The story is also about accepting things and moving on. I think the ghosts know they are gone but just don't want to accept it.
Although, I didn't understand why it was that the passengers hadn't moved on after their crash? Usually there's a reason why ghosts don't move on, but there didn't seem to be one; it seemed to be more of a criticism of those who refuse to accept their fate, perhaps that is the moral of the story, if you will.
Here's where I think the poem referred to in the story comes from:
www.semanticscholar.org/paper/A-Cry-of-Absence%3A-Reflections-for-the-Winter-of-the-Marty/c05d0e9894ae909d688bcb045a7e152a0475b573 |
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Post by wireman on Oct 6, 2021 18:06:50 GMT
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Post by spideyman on Oct 8, 2021 13:53:43 GMT
Will we continue with "Just After Sunset" and read The Gingerbread Girl for the next group discussion?
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Post by wireman on Oct 8, 2021 14:21:45 GMT
Will we continue with "Just After Sunset" and read The Gingerbread Girl for the next group discussion?
Has your book arrived yet?
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Post by edwardjohn on Oct 8, 2021 16:16:35 GMT
Will we continue with "Just After Sunset" and read The Gingerbread Girl for the next group discussion?
Has your book arrived yet?
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Post by edwardjohn on Oct 8, 2021 16:18:29 GMT
Will we continue with "Just After Sunset" and read The Gingerbread Girl for the next group discussion?
I do have a great Walter Scott short story if anyone's interested, though. |
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Post by wireman on Oct 8, 2021 16:20:16 GMT
Will we continue with "Just After Sunset" and read The Gingerbread Girl for the next group discussion?
I do have a great Walter Scott short story if anyone's interested, though. |
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Post by edwardjohn on Oct 8, 2021 16:24:27 GMT
Yes, indeed.
I do have a great Walter Scott short story if anyone's interested, though.
There are several uses of the Scots language in this tale. But don't worry, Scott wrote this for a mainly plane speaking English audience, so its rather anglicised. You shouldn't have any trouble with it. |
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Post by wireman on Oct 8, 2021 16:27:07 GMT
Ok, lets do Walter Scott this week and Gingerbread Girl next. Post your link
There are several uses of the Scots language in this tale. But don't worry, Scott wrote this for a mainly plane speaking English audience, so its rather anglicised. You shouldn't have any trouble with it. |
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Post by edwardjohn on Oct 8, 2021 16:37:32 GMT
file:///C:/Users/User/Downloads/the_two_drovers_by_sir_walter_scott.pdf
There are several uses of the Scots language in this tale. But don't worry, Scott wrote this for a mainly plane speaking English audience, so its rather anglicised. You shouldn't have any trouble with it.
Is this it? |
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Post by edwardjohn on Oct 8, 2021 16:38:09 GMT
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Post by edwardjohn on Oct 8, 2021 16:39:15 GMT
Hmmm ... links don't seem to be working. If you copy and post the link, then it does seem to work, though.
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Post by wireman on Oct 8, 2021 16:44:05 GMT
Hmmm ... links don't seem to be working. If you copy and post the link, then it does seem to work, though. Is the file coming from your computer?
If so, click the add attachment and then click the add file and navigate to where the file is on your computer and click it. The after it uploads, click insert.
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Post by edwardjohn on Oct 8, 2021 16:47:00 GMT
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Post by edwardjohn on Oct 8, 2021 16:47:36 GMT
That should be it.
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Post by edwardjohn on Oct 8, 2021 16:49:02 GMT
Here's another link:
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