tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post1087472205096549790..comments2024-02-22T07:47:22.661-05:00Comments on The Bathroom Monologues: No E-Book of Joyland, and Shut Up About ItJohn Wiswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-22640301725927099192013-05-25T13:28:41.309-04:002013-05-25T13:28:41.309-04:00World is wild, whatever you talk about! Maybe I...World is wild, whatever you talk about! Maybe I'm just intolerant these days, but I'm sure everybody can decide what he or she wants for himself or herself!Franny Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12428942126501817824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-70331886422278384712013-05-24T00:34:17.595-04:002013-05-24T00:34:17.595-04:00The only problem I have with the decision to have ...The only problem I have with the decision to have the book released in "print only" is that the nearest bookstore where I have any hope of finding Stephen King books is about 100 kilometers from where we live. Ordering by mail is so tedious... sigh. I guess I will just wait for it to go digital or give it a miss altogether. <br /><br />By the way, I have nominated your blog for some awards. The link to the specific blog post that involves the awards is <a href="http://www.bameslive.com/#axzz2UAwoxrYb" rel="nofollow">Bames Live</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360364051712321946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-48191191786713550082013-05-23T16:31:11.191-04:002013-05-23T16:31:11.191-04:00Holy crap, I need to find out about the death thre...Holy crap, I need to find out about the death threats. <br />This entry of yours was actually worthy of the OP-ED page of the NY Times. I mean that as a compliment. I don't use the word trenchant very often. However you wrote a trenchant and very enjoyable, thoughtful post here. <br /><br />As for my feelings about Stephen King, they are very mixed up. I used to read everything he wrote, up to my thirties. Then I stopped. Don't know why but I must have thought I had something more important to do.<br />My most entertaining memory concerning Stephen King was watching an SNL skit on him in the 1970's , where someone was pretending to BE him, and was typing a mile a minute on an old fashioned typewriter. Suddenly for a split-second, the actor stopped typing abruptly and said, "Oh my God! I've got WRITERS BLOCK!" and just as suddenly resumed typing ferociously quickly while saying, "Glad THAT'S over!!!" hah! jean xox Jean Katherine Baldridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12497992193034414806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-47903864853252187682013-05-23T10:36:10.090-04:002013-05-23T10:36:10.090-04:00The Giffin story is one of the few things that man...The Giffin story is one of the few things that managed to shush my empathy and turn me into a rage monster. I lost my cool for a while.John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-49080030527641325822013-05-23T10:35:21.689-04:002013-05-23T10:35:21.689-04:00I cannot fathom managing to touch so many people w...I cannot fathom managing to touch so many people with my writing, unifying them around the pleasure they get from it, and turning that into such an offensive negative.John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-72904747951060446042013-05-23T10:32:17.175-04:002013-05-23T10:32:17.175-04:00Holy crap, just followed the link about the death ...Holy crap, just followed the link about the death threats. And I review books! *locks door*Cat Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14160039271069426174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-71669991154300700212013-05-23T10:26:00.601-04:002013-05-23T10:26:00.601-04:00Wow, way to miss the point, reading public!
I th...Wow, way to miss the point, reading public! <br /><br />I think it's beautiful that King is creating a book/artifact that harkens back to the golden age of pulp. If people don't get that's it's a book/artifact and not just a bunch of text, then they don't deserve to read it. Truly. <br /><br />That's like whining the <i>Griffin and Sabine</i> books look crappy on e-ink readers. Katherine Hajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08270232675026751342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-44703601976669080322013-05-23T10:21:22.888-04:002013-05-23T10:21:22.888-04:00I think what King is doing makes perfect sense... ...I think what King is doing makes perfect sense... vintage story idea, vintage cover - why the heck would he e-book it?<br /><br />Yeah, that Emily-thing. I had never heard of her before. After reading that debacle, I will never buy her books.Cathy Olliffe-Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-71458083722092755362013-05-23T10:19:11.819-04:002013-05-23T10:19:11.819-04:00King certainly broke new ground with The Plant. To...King certainly broke new ground with The Plant. To my knowledge he is the only established author who has ever sold his fans half a story and then walked away from it. <br /><br />Chuck Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17363611239865782087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-35594011658148741852013-05-23T10:16:24.994-04:002013-05-23T10:16:24.994-04:00For the last couple years, I've bought only eB...For the last couple years, I've bought only eBooks, nearly all of them indie titles. The only traditional title I'm likely to buy in the near future is <i>Throne of the Crescent Moon</i>. So even if <i>Joyland</i> was Kindle-exclusive, Kindle-first, or just Kindle-optional, I probably wouldn't have bought it anyway.<br /><br />Seems like, every week, we're treated to a new episode of <i>Authors Behaving Badly</i>. I understand the temptation, but the counter-examples are enough to keep me from doing stuff like that myself. I hope. :-PLarry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-43958725285697085372013-05-23T10:14:07.544-04:002013-05-23T10:14:07.544-04:00I don't understand why anyone would be so upse...I don't understand why anyone would be so upset about Stephen King's decision here. For crying out loud, I'm not even an avid fan and I'm fully aware that he's a bit on the eccentric side. And so what if he wants to reach out to bookstore owners and give them a nod? I don't know him, and I won't claim to, but he strikes me as the sort that would look at it as an opportunity to thank them for recommending his books for all these years.<br /><br />Now, the Emily Giffin thing? I read that whole blog post you linked yesterday. THAT was atrocious. I'm still fuming about it. =/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-47987331824465742442013-05-23T08:29:26.602-04:002013-05-23T08:29:26.602-04:00No outrage here. Stephen King is an outlier; what ...No outrage here. Stephen King is an outlier; what he does or doesn't do has little bearing on the average author.Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-89844051289561506292013-05-23T04:03:03.757-04:002013-05-23T04:03:03.757-04:00I am more than pissed off about the death threats....I am more than pissed off about the death threats. Truly offensive behaviour.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com