Stephen King's Genius

Taken from JRE #1700 w/Eleanor Kerrigan:
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[@mikesbookreviews]

I never realized how bad I need Joe to interview Stephen King until just now.

[@raizinboyz]

I have a feeling she’s never read a book.

[@Vlabar]

Joe: let's discuss books with someone who doesn't read

[@jamesryan1939]

This is like talking to a drunk girl at the bar, and trying to have a serious discussion.

[@asdfasfasdfful]

Most people don’t realize one of his short stories is Shawshank redemeption, one of the greatest stories of all time, just off the top of his head

[@ferdinand4444]

I like how Joe is just having the conversation he wants to have, irrespective of who's sitting opposite him.

[@Charles-ij1ow]

I'm more scared of trying to have a conversation with her without being interrupted than reading a Stephen King book.

[@anon17472]

Joe is all of us trying to discuss books with someone who's only relationship to reading is "my mum read books"

[@christopherseymour5210]

King's ability to create characters with incredible depth is why his novels don't always translate well to film.

[@cinders2894]

How can you hate reading? Having a conversation with this woman would be about as deep as a puddle. Also, Stephen King is an epic genius. I'd love to see him on JRE!

[@KostitosConQueso]

Imagine Stephen King reading Cujo for the first time after he wrote it:

[@Stranger_In_The_Alps]

Didn’t he go through some trauma?

[@cousinsfactory]

90s pennywise terrified me for YEARS. Saw it when I was like 12 and it traumatized me.

[@jopo7996]

I'm sure everyone in Maine loves that Joe makes it sound like a Russian gulag.

[@transmissionggb2820]

I love the story about Stanley Kubrick phoning King at 2 in the morning asking him if he believes in God and King says "yes" and kubrick says "I knew it" and hangs up.

[@sweetjohnny8211]

She's like "could you imagine what the book is like?" Yeah, call me crazy but I've actually read a book.

[@jontyrosenow9396]

Joe's right about this, the one major strength books will have over visual adaptations is allowing readers imagination to fill in the blanks

[@macdaddy606]

Steven king should make himself the scary guy in his book just one time, he’s pretty terrifying

[@KarmaBSwift]

I’m from Maine. Still here, born and raised 38 years lol it’s def different life here. We’re lucky to have a lot of access to nature and simplicity’s that people vacation to experience. I will say, our woods and oceans carry an energy that’s magical at times.

[@acepc2]

The Dark Tower series is soooo underrated. There are soooo many King fans that don’t realize his stories are ALL connected