My dad is mentioned in this book as one of SK’s early influences. Stan Freberg. I can remember being a kid and when my dad was reading this book when it first came out, my dad what was whooping and hollering that Stephen had mentioned him. Dad was a huge fan and evidently, vice versa. I really should read this book.
I was working at a local bookshop when this appeared in paperback. To this day I remember a harried mom coming into the shop, asking for a copy of Stephen King's Dance Macrame. It still makes me laugh!
It wasn't JFK, it was that the Russians launched Sputnik. King would have been 16 when JFK was assassinated. I read Danse Macabre about a year after it came out when I was around 10 and it had a huge impact on my reading future. It was here that I discovered Lovecraft. Robert E. Howard, Bloch, Bradbury. James Herbert and dozens more.
have you watched 'In the Mouth of Madness?' i watched it _alone_ in a multiplex theater. the last show of the night in the middle of winter. i kid you not, alone in the theater, they had to run it for me. if you DO watch it, pay attention to the last scene. i'll never forget the usher holding the door open to the dark parking lot and the wind and snow.
Great review! I think On Writing is awesome, and Danse Macabre is a pretty average Stephen King non-fiction book. I absolutely adore 11.22.63 which I have reviewed on my channel.
Point of order: the movie thratre manager came out to announce the Russian launch of Sputnik in 1957. Not JFK's assassination. A bit more of a profound event for horror, as it inspired a whole genre of films as well as King's interest in horror.
Almost done with Secret Windows. Kinda disappointed. As a companion to "On Writing", it has very little to do with writing at all. At least at the 3/4 point. It's literary criticism/examination. Still, it's a good read, (nearly half of it was culled from Danse Macabre), but I was hoping for more nuggets of SK writing wisdom. Nevertheless, King is King and I never get sick of "listening" to his narrative voice.
My dad is mentioned in this book as one of SK’s early influences. Stan Freberg. I can remember being a kid and when my dad was reading this book when it first came out, my dad what was whooping and hollering that Stephen had mentioned him. Dad was a huge fan and evidently, vice versa. I really should read this book.
I was working at a local bookshop when this appeared in paperback. To this day I remember a harried mom coming into the shop, asking for a copy of Stephen King's Dance Macrame. It still makes me laugh!
I love all authors and books that king mentions in this essay. As a book collector, it is like having a treasure map of what titles I want to collect.
It wasn't JFK, it was that the Russians launched Sputnik. King would have been 16 when JFK was assassinated. I read Danse Macabre about a year after it came out when I was around 10 and it had a huge impact on my reading future. It was here that I discovered Lovecraft. Robert E. Howard, Bloch, Bradbury. James Herbert and dozens more.
That book is one of many with that title, none of which refer to my old buddy, Dans McCobb.
have you watched 'In the Mouth of Madness?' i watched it _alone_ in a multiplex theater. the last show of the night in the middle of winter. i kid you not, alone in the theater, they had to run it for me. if you DO watch it, pay attention to the last scene.
i'll never forget the usher holding the door open to the dark parking lot and the wind and snow.
Great review! I think On Writing is awesome, and Danse Macabre is a pretty average Stephen King non-fiction book. I absolutely adore 11.22.63 which I have reviewed on my channel.
I believe the announcement was that Russia had put a satellite in orbit.
Point of order: the movie thratre manager came out to announce the Russian launch of Sputnik in 1957. Not JFK's assassination. A bit more of a profound event for horror, as it inspired a whole genre of films as well as King's interest in horror.
“Muh-K-Bruh!” 😂😂
A great companion book to King's - On Writing.
Almost done with Secret Windows. Kinda disappointed. As a companion to "On Writing", it has very little to do with writing at all. At least at the 3/4 point. It's literary criticism/examination. Still, it's a good read, (nearly half of it was culled from Danse Macabre), but I was hoping for more nuggets of SK writing wisdom. Nevertheless, King is King and I never get sick of "listening" to his narrative voice.