Saturday, October 15, 2011
more transatlantic eeriness
Referring to my post on 9.25.11 ("oh! i forgot to tell you the scott joplin story!") and my post on 10.11.11 ("1957-1959: underground in new jersey").... This isn't quite as weird as the Scott Joplin thing but sort of weird anyway: My friend in Germany, Elke, again. Neither of us have ever read a Stephen King book before or had any desire to, and we have never in our many emails discussed Stephen King before. What are the odds of this happening?: we both just happen to be reading the King non-fiction On Writing, a fairly obscure book that is eleven years old? She and I have some sort of mental telepathy thing going on, I think. What's next.
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I like most of King's work before his unfortunate accident. He's pretty good at telling stories...like a guy in a bar. Nothing is overly complicated with King.
"On Writing" is one of my favorite books, King or not. If you have it in you, read "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon". It's a quick and enjoyable read.
Dean -- Maybe I'll give it a try.. thanks.
Howard:
There’s undoubtedly some magic in it. Being ever the analytical one I think it’s about time we found out if this kind of transatlantic telekinetic ( or –pathic???) trouble afflicts other people also. Maybe it turns out to be just one of these globalizing Microsoftian efforts common among the community of Irvingophile computer owners. Or what if it was one of these unnoticedly popping-up Google-ads successfully hijacking our subconscious? What if it was sort of a sign at the wall painted by the aliens planning to take us away on Armageddon day next year, reminding us to bring along a Scott Joplin sheet and a writer’s manual by Stephen King for further use in galaxy? Anyway,since this is a remote-controlled folly that started with a certain Irving novel, maybe this telepathic thing is a common feature of or peculiarity among Irvingophiles. So how do you think about starting a support group for Irving junkies on facebook to find out?
;-))
Fuhgeddaboutit! ( You see from the choice of orthography that I read my Stephen King) I just opened an email Grietje sent me this morning from the Netherlands, saying "Does it count that I introduced you to that book?" I think she may have introduced you also... ;-))))
no, it's wasn't Grietje -- It was a member of the book group that I occasionally attend, she told me about it a couple years ago. Then a visitor who stayed with us last month, Laura, a friend of Jerry's who lives in Texas, gave us a copy of the book.
So it's still a transatlantic phenomenon caused by the swimming, diving and harpooning undead, I fear. Or do you think they can fly? Crrr... creepy.
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