Stephen King 29: The Lawnmower Man

Discussion of this classic King story. Very different from what you might expect.

[@bookspin]

Sounds intriguing. I think I need to consider adding Night Shift to my reading list. King's 1985 book Skeleton Crew is one of my favourite short story collections.

[@telltalebooks]

I've only read a couple of stories from Skeleton Crew, but I expect it will be as good. I'm loving the early King stories.

[@victoriaclarke8992]

This story is such a weird one. It is like a bizarre acid trip. But for me it certainly is memorable when you think about Night Shift this story is never forgotten. I think that the ending of 'Needful Things' has trace elements of this story.

[@telltalebooks]

@@victoriaclarke8992 indeed it is! I admit I didn’t pick up on the Needful Things having traces.

[@victoriaclarke8992]

@@telltalebooks I'll try to elaborate briefly without giving spoilers for 'Needful things' but the weird way the 'shopkeeper' speeds off in the car at the end of that novel gives me similar vibes.

[@ValisX]

2:46 I had this realization about my mother the other day. She wouldn’t profess to ever be a fan of Stephen King but as a kid I remember she was enraptured by his movies. Misery in particular, and as I think about it..the 80s were the era of macho movies and here’s this movie about a dumpy woman trapping and torturing a man and it must have just tickled the shit out of her. Green Mile. Shawshank. I remember the day Michael Jackson died, I happened to be in NYC, the only day I’ve ever been in NYC and the entire city was stopped at that news. Eventually when King passes it’s going to a similar moment where the world will stop for a day because he really has touched all of us.

[@telltalebooks]

@@ValisX definitely the literature world will be greatly affected when he goes! But I’ve seen other excellent authors pass and within a few years their books are no longer available new. They start to be forgotten. We should preserve the authors of the past.

[@ValisX]

@@telltalebooks that’s what’s great about book-centric channels like yours, there’s always some writer or book that I’ve never heard of that gets glowing praise. I appreciate the work you do

[@telltalebooks]

@@ValisX thank you! I love to hear that.