On Feb 22, 2009, at 3:32 PM, LuKreme wrote: > On 22-Feb-2009, at 09:36, Jeffrey Hergan wrote: >> But then we need to hash out: what preciselely is the effect that an >> author has on society, or specifically, on her or his readers? > > Ok, if you're set on Mr King then I have a few thoughts for you, > having read a good deal more King that is probably sensible.
I'm in the same boat. I jumped all over this idea (to do King for History Day) because I have a weakness for Stephen King's writing. Can't get enough, really. Sensible or not... Now I wonder how sensible it really was to pick him...But it's too late to change the topic of the project. > > One thing that King has done is modernize the gothic novel, and in a > rather different way than other writers before him. In fact, there > was not too much in the mold of King before King. Another thing he's > done is to blur the line between author and character in many of his > stories. Although this is not unique to Mr. King, it is unique as far > as I know in the realm of popular fiction. > > But perhaps the most interesting thing about Stephen King is the over > 100 movies in which he is credited as a writer (more than Hem > Fitzgerald mingway and F Scott combined) > > We thought that would be a good lead to follow too. Thanks. Do you have a quick reference to hard numbers? A quick google doesn't seem to get me what I need... Jeff _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
