King's underrated. His early work, when he was young and hungry, could be very very good (The Shining) as well as very very bad (Salem's Lot). He had a gift for tapping into a weird undercurrent of pan-American gothic; he's regional but not limited by that; and he wrote with respect and tenderness about children and other disfranchised people. Well, sometimes he got a little sentimental on the childhood thing. But overall? He's a solid writer, one whom I respect a great deal. He has a Voice. That's rare.
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Date: 2003-07-07 03:16 pm (UTC)::welcomes you with the beverage of your choice::
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King's underrated. His early work, when he was young and hungry, could be very very good (The Shining) as well as very very bad (Salem's Lot). He had a gift for tapping into a weird undercurrent of pan-American gothic; he's regional but not limited by that; and he wrote with respect and tenderness about children and other disfranchised people. Well, sometimes he got a little sentimental on the childhood thing. But overall? He's a solid writer, one whom I respect a great deal. He has a Voice. That's rare.