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Mr Sharpton

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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:58 pm

"Late last night and the night before,
Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers,
knocking at the door.
I want to go out, don't know if I can
'cause I'm so affraid
of the Tommyknocker man."
-Traditional

Stephen King's the Tommyknockers was my first ever Stephen King book. Hell, I still have two-hundred pages to go. I personally found it to be an excellently good read. I was captivated by the detail, as I am with the other two books I am reading as well. There will be more to come when I finish it! No one ruin it for me yet! Please give me a warning before you release spoilers happening withing the last 200 pages.

Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:18 pm

I hate spoilers myself, so I'll just suffice it to say that I loved the book with a burning passion. King wrote that book as if he had been there.

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Mr Sharpton

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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:15 pm

I really enjoy the detail he puts into his novels. Although sometimes I despair. Because his books are so long, sometimes I feel as if I can't finish them.

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:39 pm

Ninja Ryunnosuke

I really enjoy the detail he puts into his novels. Although sometimes I despair. Because his books are so long, sometimes I feel as if I can't finish them.

in my opinion that's what makes them great smile

it's so good to buy a book and have it LASSST!!!

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and yes that books ROX!!

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foxy1babygirl

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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:10 pm

That book is really good.Yes he writes all his books very detailed.

Everone knows that her dreams up all his storys right!!! He said it himself. Does everyone know that?!?!?!? heart ninja heart

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:26 pm

More or less everyone has to think up their stories, ((unless its non-fiction sweatdrop )) and that recession into the mind is dreaming, in some form or fashion. I admire King for making his dreams appear to be reality, though. They are more solid than any of the ones I have. xd

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Michelle Josette

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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 9:01 pm

Was it just me, or did there seem to be a tie-in to "The Stand" toward the end of "Tommyknockers"? Seems there was some mention about a big flu outbreak elsewhere in Maine.

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:43 pm

Michelle Josette

Was it just me, or did there seem to be a tie-in to "The Stand" toward the end of "Tommyknockers"? Seems there was some mention about a big flu outbreak elsewhere in Maine.

I think the good Havenites were using that as a cover for their increasing reclusiveness. But it could possibly be a reference. In the Tommyknockers it also talks about The Shining or makes a reference. When Gard is about to enter the shed. I'm not sure if he was referring to his book or if there is another.

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Eznuk

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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:11 pm

Not one of my favorites

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:05 pm

i know in cats eye he referred to all of his books

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Mr Sharpton

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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:08 pm

Guido Incognito

Not one of my favorites

Why? What didn't you like about it?

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:12 pm

I have now finished the Tommyknockers. I was quite pleased with the book but quite irritated with the death of Gard. I was able to relate to him so much, it was irritating when he died.

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The Lunatic On The Grass

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Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:09 am

Mr Sharpton

I have now finished the Tommyknockers. I was quite pleased with the book but quite irritated with the death of Gard. I was able to relate to him so much, it was irritating when he died.

You're a binge drinking poet and ex-English professor? Just kidding.

I just finished this and can now enter this thread. Yay for me.

I enjoyed it, and he did make a ton of references. There was David Bright, from The Dead Zone, and The Shop, from Firestarter. There was Arcadia Beach, from The Talisman. I think there were more, but I'd have to think about it.

I thought's Gard's death was fitting. Not because I didn't like him, but because it seemed inevitable and because he accomplished something, meaning he overcame his alcoholism for real at least in the end. I am disappointed by one thing, though. To make a reference, he did not set the controls for the heart of the Sun. I thought for sure he'd try that in order to try to destroy the ship and save other races from the Tommyknockers. Even if it didn't work I'd have felt better.

Anyone else know right away where he placed David Brown? I knew as soon as he worked the transformer, and I'm really glad those two had a happy ending.

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:42 pm

P.S. I just read On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. In the end of it he gives an account of the car accident that almost killed him in June of 1999. The doctor who reconstructed his leg over a series of surgeries and is responsible for his ability to walk today was named David Brown. This was 11 years after The Tommyknockers was published. Cool coincidence, huh?

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