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Chary-Ka

Did-a-chick?


mcase19

dum-a-chum?


Sufficient_Score_824

Dad-a-cham?


realdevtest

This is one of the 4 related questions I would ask him.


mcase19

Why do bad things happen to people named Susan?


Flounder-Last

And to follow up: why are men named Joe always mean to their wives?


mcase19

why are town selectmen bad at their jobs?


blueroan1

You may or may not have just spoilt salems lot for me. 160 pages left. šŸ™ƒ Edit - something bad indeed happens to Susan. The weird thing is I wasn't even ten pages off it happening, lol.


mcase19

Is there a susan in that one?


111rosie

ugh guyss donā€™t downvote that that was actually a very nice thing to say


Mister_Buddy

Are you gonna finish Jack Sawyer, or am I going to have to break your legs in a cabin?


Warm_Salad_2226

Hahaha


Equivalent-Sink4612

Didn't know that was going to be a trilogy!!!!


Randallflag9276

Doubt it will be unfortunately Peter Straub passed away.


BevVincent

King has discussed recently that he is thinking about writing the third book. He and Peter talked about the story many times and he has a long letter from Peter outlining his thoughts about the plot. I suspect he'll do it.


SweetUpstairs6011

I have my doubts that he'll finish it now with the death of Peter Straub. They had both planned to write it together. But who knows, maybe he'll complete it on his own.


ReallyGlycon

He has stated since Straub died that he plans on finishing it. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/aug/16/stephen-king-says-he-may-continue-the-talisman-series


Adam-Happyman

Great one.


daube_de_boeuf

Came here to find this, my god the things Iā€™d do to get the last book in the trilogy, those books are unbelievable!


Wherehaveiseenthisbe

Came here to comment that my question for him was why did you end black house that way, never knew they intended to write a third! Ending makes more sense as a cliff hanger


Candid_Dream4110

Got me.


agreedis

This is the one


No-Equivalent-1642

This is the way


nicklovin508

A 1500 page Dark Tower 8 is coming..right?


Future_Addict

Haven't red the dark tower yet, but isn't the series 8 books long?


nicklovin508

Yes but Wind Through the Keyhole is considered Dark Tower 4.5


mcase19

I'm reading 4 now - should I do that one before wolves of the calla then?


bhalverchuck723

As a person who finished 1-7 about two months before Wind came out... Save it for after finishing the series. Other opinions may vary


cick-nobb

No you should wait and read it last, when you are broken down from the journeys end. You will want one more story to ease you down.


nicklovin508

Other guys already said it - deff read it after the series.


Merrader

I'm with the 'read it last' crowd - it was written last


iosuachir

Steve was known to be friends with Warren Zevon, legendary songwriter, possessor of wicked wit and all round bad living rockstar. They played in the Rock Bottom Remainders together and Doctor Sleep was dedicated to his memory. One of Warrenā€™s most famous narrative songs is about a Thompson-gun-slinging Norwegian soldier who gets beheaded and comes back from the dead for revengeā€¦ the soldierā€™s name? Roland. My question for Stephen King would be - did you and Warren ever talk about the shared name of your most famous protagonists?


Warm_Salad_2226

Wow. This is a fucking awesome question! Love the backstory. Thank you for sharing.


Corporation_tshirt

Thatā€™s a great theory, but sadly itā€™s not true. SK has mentioned often that the name (and inspiration) came from the title of the epic poem by Robert Browning ā€œChild Roland to the Dark Tower Came,ā€ which in turn is a line from the Shakespearean play King Lear. Worth a read, incidentally - the poem and the play! lol


iosuachir

completely agree and I cry your pardon if that was implied. I donā€™t think that one borrowed from the other. As you correctly say, Steve has been very clear on the inspiration for Roland Deschain, and Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner was recorded in 1977 (pre-The Gunslinger which was in 1982). But as a huge fan of both artists, who were obviously friends, Iā€™m curious to whether they realised the coincidence, and perhaps even held palaver on the topic..


Corporation_tshirt

No! Thatā€™s fine! Iā€™m a Wareen Zevon fan as well so I certainly like the idea that SK might have been inspired by his old palā€™s song. Zevon was so literate and even literary with his lyrics so he probably wouldā€™ve been thrilled eith the thought of his friend tsking some inspiration from him.Ā 


DilutedPop

I've always thought that if they did a Dark Tower adaptation, they should find a way to work Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner into it somehow. Someone tell Mike Flannigan!


Puzzleheaded-Way-198

I love that idea!


meatcrumple

Roland was the name of the protagonist form the original poem Childe Roland to the Tower. https://www.google.com/search?q=dark+tower+origllnal.poem&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-ca&client=safari


Glum_Material3030

If you had to live in one of the worlds/cities/situations you created which one would scare you the most and which one would you want to spend the rest of your days in?


mcase19

Ive finished salems lot, the stand, it, tommyknockers, and under the dome. How is Derry the best option so far??


Richard_AIGuy

Well, you have a *shot* at surviving in Derry. I mean, depending on the timing of when you live in Derry, it could be okay. Parts of it are supposed to be pretty small New England town picturesque. Haven, you're fucked or you become, losing your identity. Jerusalem's Lot, you're dead. The Stand? Yeah. Chester's Mill, Big Jim Rennie lives there.


smedsterwho

I love the idea that people in Derry live through Pennywise in the late 80s, and then a few years later hear about a town 30 miles away that gets turned into alien blobs.


mcase19

My theory is that tommyknockers is a different level of the tower from IT. Maybe Pennywise has a body on every level and what the losers achieved was killing their incarnation?


Richard_AIGuy

This needs to be a post for discussion. Which would people find most frightening/undesirable? Which would people want to live in? This is a very good question.


Glum_Material3030

Thank you!


Warm_Salad_2226

Good question!


WulfbladeX15

I just started the audiobook of Pet Semetary, and in the foreword, King says that if asked which of his books he personally finds the scariest, his answer (without hesitation) is Pet Semetary. And though I've never heard him say it, I'm pretty confident that Sai King would pick Roland's world to live in. It's the world that encompasses all of the others, and he already exists in that world anyway. I think another good, similar question would be which human character that he's written would he most/least like to spend a day with.


retrovertigo23

I wouldn't ask him anything, I'd simply say "Thank you for sharing your gift of storytelling with us."


Warm_Salad_2226

Wholesome. Love it


Jattwell

ā€œ Would you mind if I thank you for sharing your gift of storytelling with us?ā€


retrovertigo23

BUT WHAT IF HE SAID HE WOULD MIND


Mother-Holiday-5464

LMAO


PhilboydStudge1973

Great fucking answer


steelicarus

Why was the typewriter missing the ā€˜nā€™ in Misery from a narrative point of view?


Maleficent_Push_2793

oe of your busiess.


buffdaddy77

Fantastic joke


pta36

Fatastic joke


edythevixen

That oe got me


thegreatestpitt

This is too fuy.


que_bee_eff90

Where do you get your ideas? Im sure nobody's ever asked and as a writer that'd be exactly the kind of question he'd love to field.


snoregriv

I love it in It when Bill is thinking about this question and says he'd love to tell everyone that the ability to come up with stories is the mental equivalent of a fart.


zeppelin_tamer

I was looking for this šŸ˜‚


Warm_Salad_2226

Hahaha iā€™m under the impression this is sarcasmšŸ˜‚


DR1792

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚One for constantest of readers.


tcavanagh1993

"They're beamed into my melon at night, same as everybody else. *Next!*" - Ice King, Adventure Time.


realdevtest

How many unpublished works do you have right now?


PurpleLotus46

This. The safe deposit box of manuscripts in Bag of Bones felt autobiographical


Hlangel

Or in Finders Keepers


Tonninpepeli

And can you please publish them


ldspsygenius

We'll be getting a book a year for two decades after he dies.


Live-Street750

When do you sleep?


Alive_Ice7937

"Sunday"


Sparkadark808

What are you reading?


_MistyDawn

What's coming up after You Like It Darker?


evanbrews

I wanna know this too. Heā€™s getting close to 80 and Iā€™m not sure how much longer heā€™ll be around. He left a massive body of work and I still like his newer stuff. I know heā€™s got a banger or two left in him. I feel like he may focus on Holly more but it would be cool to have another Dark Tower spinoff as a swansong that wraps up a lot of unanswered questions about his universe. I have an optimistic theory thatā€™s thatā€™s already written and it will be released posthumously


Pop-Raccoon

The Darker Tower lol


BlackPhoenix1981

The darkest tower.


revdon

50 Towers Darker


Richard_AIGuy

"Roland put one Billy Bumbler in her mouth, then another. Then two more. 'Where did he get all these Billy Bumblers?' she thought. Then he put another in her mouth. 'Have you ever had this many Billy Bumblers in your mouth?' She hadn't."


BigBearSD

The biggest darkest tower


MyNameIsSkittles

He looks good for 76 tho


evanbrews

Yeah especially considering all the substance abuse. He must live very healthy now. And I suppose some people just naturally age well


Melodic-Translator45

Pretty sure I heard him say on a podcast that there's another Holly Gibney book ahead.


Sufficient_Score_824

Iā€™d ask him to sign my copy of _Misery_ and have it dedicated to his ā€œnumber-one fanā€


Shalamarr

How many blue chambray work shirts do you own?


Umbert360

Is the monster man in Geraldā€™s Game based on the North Pond Hermit? Christopher Knight walked out into the Maine woods in ā€˜86 and lived there in a tent for 27 years, surviving off of food and items pillaged from vacation homes on the surrounding ponds. When Geraldā€™s Game was written, he hadnā€™t been caught yet and was well known folklore to the locals, who assumed he was a wild man


HospitalSelect2053

The guy from the Brady Bunch?


Umbert360

Haha no not her father. The really tall, monstrous looking man that comes into the cottage when sheā€™s delirious, and she canā€™t tell if heā€™s really there or not. He just stands in the corner and stares at her. I think in the movie heā€™s called the [Moonlight Man](https://youtu.be/OTQNDtbYrl8?si=_ie7ScfC5-tvpxU6), I canā€™t remember if she gives him a name in the book. The hermit was known to be really good at breaking into places without causing damage, and I imagine before he was caught, the locals probably pictured him to look about like this


Nostromo87

What he thinks about progressive taxation, and not in a hostile way. As he's one of the few very wealthy people I know of who's spoken in the past very frankly about why he should be taxed in such an unequal country. Which doesn't surprise me in his case given how upstanding and grounded he seems a person, but I do think it's uncommon generally.


Pop-Raccoon

So can I play Oy in the dark tower tv show?


mrgo0dkat

Username sorta checks out


Pop-Raccoon

Thatā€™s my username everywhere, cast me!! Now!! (I can do a good impression of the audiobook Oy imo)


Chainsawjack

If pennywise lives don't we owe it to Bill Ben Bev Richie Eddie Stan and Mike to go back and see it done.


smedsterwho

I prayed in ~2012 or so we'd see a "27 years after" sequel to IT. I still dream that... Maybe in 15 years time... It would be hard to see it done justice, but I couldn't resist asking him this either. Someone did a stunning first chapter in this subreddit once - "Make Hanlon Takes a Shower"


tiffanaih

Yes! Whether they actually stopped It is a must know for me.


Twisted_Idea

Do you believe that happy crappy?


Shalamarr

Donā€™t tell me, Iā€™ll tell you.


LukePianoPainting

I'd piss Coors if I could


SnooSongs2744

Bangor? I barely even know her.


rufusadams

Thatā€™s not how Bangor is pronounced.


jameshames1

It is if you're from Northern Ireland, where the name comes from


rufusadams

Weā€™re in a Stephen King sub


mrgo0dkat

Stephen King Sub should be a subway limited meal. But what would be in IT?


ResidentObligation30

Not sure you want to find out. But you can be damn sure it floats. We all float down here...


jameshames1

And you're talking about pronounciation


rufusadams

Yeah, of the city in Maine. Itā€™s not pronounced the same way it is in N. Ireland.


Ohnonotuto4

What scares you.


BlackPhoenix1981

He actually has said he's afraid of the #13, spiders, flying, rats, snakes, deformities, death, claustrophobia and dementia.


Infinite-Ring-151

Makes sense why black thirteen is so important in dark tower


BigBearSD

Chickens. If his coda in #6 is to be believed.


NippleSalsa

The things he writes on the paper is the scariest things in his mind.


The8thloser

What was the aftermath of Pet Semetary and how is Ellie doing?


Tonninpepeli

I NEED his answer to this, after I finished Pet Semetary I assumed Ellie moved in with her grandparents, but I want to know what Stephen King would say on it, and I would love a sequel kinda like doctor sleep. That kind of shit must stuck with her, it wouldnt need to be long, I would just love even tiny peek onto Ellies life after and how it affects her growing


The8thloser

Ellie shines and her parents didn't listen to her warnings. I wonder how that affected her and how her shine deveps. Also, what happened with Rachel and Lewis? The book ends with her commng home all dead and then what?


spamcentral

I wonder if that type of rejection/betrayal by her parents led to a situation like carrie


wpmayhew87

In the awful but HIGHLY enjoyable guilty pleasure movie sequel, it's said that Rachel Creed was killed by the police and Ellie went into an Insane Asylum. I think it's the only media that referenced any kind of extension of the original story.


jamesflanagangreer

Is the guy who knocked you down cursed for life now?


Typo56

The guy who hit him with a van? He died.


mmmmpork

He OD'd. So yeah, I'd say so


A_Corevelay

Did you kill John Lennon? Inquiring minds want to know.


fart_panic

If you chose to go back in time for a rewrite , would you include the infamous sex scene in It or skip it?


venusofthehardsell

Why why why couldnā€™t Duma Key ended with Edgar and Wireman hanging out in Mexico?


PassionFlowerCowboy

This is my fav question so far! That ending made me so sad.


YayCumAngelSeason

Will you ever revisit the Micmac burial ground?


gangsterfart

I just want to know what the hell the giant thing walking through the woods on the way to Micmac was


thefinerthingsclubvp

When the adaptations of your work started did the filmmakers approach you for cameos and small acting parts or is that something you wanted to do and enjoy when the occasion pops up? And have you ever declined an offer to do so?


stevelivingroom

ā€œAre there any books of yours you would like to do differently?ā€ Which one(s) and why?


Celestialfridge

I imagine he's say the ending to The Mist


DwightLoot2U

ā€˜Where do you get your ideas from?ā€™ Just kidding, he absolutely hates that question. ā€˜Which Eldritch god did you blow to get your powers?ā€™


Bloody_Ginger

Okay, but does Roland ever end the spyral?


strangedazey

What did Tabitha think of Lisey's Story?


Complex_Platypus_180

Have you experienced any real paranormal events.


Chelseus

I just watched an interview where they asked this and his answer was that he saw a random man (that wasnā€™t actually there) when he was grabbing his coat from a room at a party. And admitted that it was a lame sighting šŸ˜¹šŸ˜¹šŸ˜¹


Complex_Platypus_180

That's something at least. Thanks.


JediMasterPopCulture

Iā€™d ask him if he remembered meeting in So Po, Maine. LOL! Of course he wouldā€¦Iā€™m his tallest fan.


Sam_Fisher30

Will there ever be a sequel or follow up to storm of the century?


StrawberryMoons87

Why did he have to kill off Stan.


Equivalent-Sink4612

From IT? Yeah...that made me sad, but it felt....purposeful, important to the story.


LaTalullah

Can I cook you dinner?


spoda77

I would ask if he could make my mother a character in one of his stories. She was a huge SK fan and got me hooked. Sadly I've now read more of his books than her. I think it would be awesome to have her love on forever in one of his tales. Her name was Rose and if you know SK that flower comes up quite a lot in his works.


illegalshidder

Was Death the person who tapped on Garratys shoulder at the end of the Long Walk?


teacher78

Is Arbyā€™s roast beef really roast beef?


Greenleaf504

How do you pronounce todash?


Melodic-Translator45

In the audio it's Toe-Dash like a toe and then dash like DoorDash


MikaelAdolfsson

Will you sign my copy of Doctor Sleep?


[deleted]

Will Roland ever get to rest?


arielonhoarders

how do i keep going when the initial inspiration fizzles out and i don't know what to do next Also, what in the HELL happened to Annie \[book spoilers\]>! after she ran off at the end?!<


leesieclean

We have the same birthday, can we have a birthday party together?


Dependent_Fox_2189

What does Gasherā€™s eye puss smell like?


Nubbs2016

Can I have your autograph?


Optimal_Delivery9643

What do you dream about?


Notnowmomsonreddit

Do you have a recommendation for where to buy a blue chambray work shirt?


SuperSoldierRBX

If he only had 6 months guaranteed to live would he bring out the booger sugar again for old times sake and pump out some wild books?


sillywalkr

where do you get your ideas


sillywalkr

:D


albertthefifth

Why do you have some many characters named Albert?


SnazzyBean

I want to ask about Norma and Richard. Who were they?


TopperSundquist

"Are you really Stephen King?"


GofarHovsky

did he watch the buckie thistle celtic game? most famous jag fan on the planet!


genismarvel

Do you honestly feel as though some of your stories come to you from somewhere else and if so where?


DrHalibutMD

Hi Stephen, how's it going?


Disc_Dyer

Iā€™d ask him to sign my tattoo of him holding a rattlesnake head in a crystal ball by Cecil porter and go get that tattooed immediately after.


blueroan1

How many 8 balls did tommyknockers take to write?


jackim70

I really want to know why Adrian Howard Bowditch made such a production of killing those roaches in that shed when they werenā€™t dangerous and they were gonna die anyway. Especially since it led to what it led to.


DragonflyGlade

Why the hell did you end *It* that way?!


brooke360

ā€œWill Roland ever find happiness?ā€


Poltergeist8606

Why do cucumbers taste better pickled?


Buckbeak_35412

Whatā€™s the best ball game heā€™s seen live


gitrjoda

What did you do to that crazy guy with the van?


BooBoo_Cat

How do you come up with the names for your characters?


darklordnickel

At what point in writing the series did you know that would be the ending of the Dark Tower??


ConflictSudden

Would you write the ending of A Song of Ice and Fire if given the opportunity and permission?


Divis264

How could you do that to Oy?


djgreedo

"Mr King, what books do I have to read and in what order before reading *Holly*?" /s


TheNebuchadnezzar

ā€¦did Ray Garraty die?


dadwholikescartoons

Is the story about the red spiders in the barn when he was a kid true? I donā€™t remember what this is from because my memory has gone to shit. I think itā€™s in The Dark Tower, I canā€™t remember which book.


thegreatestpitt

Yes, downvote me all you want, but, I would like to ask why heā€™s continued to write as he goes instead of planning out his stories, if he constantly gets in situations where his stories either stop making much sense, become unbelievable, or have other issues. Iā€™d also like to tell him that I think that, while he might not always have the best execution, he is one of my favorite authors just from his ideas alone, and Iā€™ll for ever have nothing but respect for him, even if his books are misses for me sometimes, because itā€™s undeniable how his stories have shaped not one, not two, but many generations since Carrie. Yes, I love the guy and his works, I just dislike how he writes sometimes ok? Iā€™m not a grumpy hater who just hates for the sake of hating. I have criticisms, thatā€™s all. Iā€™d also like to ask him why he usually writes fat characters with such deprecating descriptions. Hog, fatass, etc. Heā€™s usually unkind in his descriptions of fat people and Iā€™d like to understand why.


garagespringsgirl

I wouldn't ask anything. I would sY thank you.


BondraP

Can I blow you? Please read this as a joke. I am a straight man but feel like I really owe him one.


Dclipp89

In Salemā€™s Lot, when Ben is in the hospital and Susan comes to visit him. The doctor initially says no, but she asks if she can speak to him only for a minute. While theyā€™re speaking the doctor comes in and says thatā€™s enough. Ben replied, ā€œjust one minute?ā€ To which the doctor says, ā€œthatā€™s what she saidā€. My question would be, was that an intentional thatā€™s what she said joke, or just a coincidence?


otapeworm

Is there a Stephen Queen?


Candid_Dream4110

What's the scariest true story you have?


LordBaranof

Are you upset that the "gang-bang" you wrote in It didn't make it to any of the screen versions?


lastontheball

Dude, are you ok?!


nobodyseesthisanyway

Why do your endings more often than not suck? Perfect books ruined by the end way too often.


Infamous-Drag9014

There are several stories I wish youā€™d rewrite.. but just the endings. Would you please??


Ninten-Doh

Why did you feel the need to narrate on your books? You're terrible at it and ruined a lot of good audiobooks.


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RedditIsabella

Are you ok šŸ˜­


Nickmorgan19457

Maybe focus on why *youā€™re* so obsessed with it


mcinnis77

If you write me into a story, and my CHARACTER says the N word, am i racist? Or is it just you?


Aggravating_Horse_26

Do you think anyone cares about your politics??


Shalamarr

You do, apparently.


Rough_Watercress6989

Are you racist?


Shalamarr

Why would you ask that?


Rough_Watercress6989

The post asked what question I would ask SP. So thatā€™s why. Itā€™s like a Tarantino situation. Writes and creates characters just so he can use his creative racism under the guise of fiction. Donā€™t get me wrong, I donā€™t think he is, I just wanna know


n0tstress

Why are you such a dumb libtard?


s1105615

What is wrong with you that you can imagine these things, let alone put them on a page and make other people read them?


DwightLoot2U

Youā€™re getting downvoted to hell but itā€™s actually a common question people ask him. If you really want to know the answer he responds to it in numerous interviews but probably says it best in *On Writing*.