| TV/MOVIES/MUSIC Stephen King pitching his novels...

[TerryP]

 

[TerryP]

Your PSA for this month.

IT premieres on HBO at the end of this month.

 

[TerryP]

So. There are no fans of IT among us? It's just me?

 

[rick4bama]

Not watch the movie one, but did watch the TV one. I like that one. Side note here? What kind of childhood did this man have??

 

[TerryP]

What kind of childhood did this man have??

Might not know it but his childhood is what inspired Stand by Me. A lot of his work is seen today in other works. Part of his Night Shift focused on a virus that killed everyone (see TWD, Rain, et. al. on TV today.)

Macabre, at its finest. It takes a unique taste to read his stuff, I'll admit. I know a lot that won't crack the cover of any of his books. (Although Bachman offers a different genre.)

 

[TerryP]

Might not know it but his childhood is what inspired "Stand by Me."

Took me a second to find this @rick4bama, ... interesting read.

How Stephen King’s Childhood Inspired Stand by Me

 

[rick4bama]

@TerryP, Well THANKS for the research and for the read on King's child hood!

 

[TerryP]

@TerryP, Well THANKS for the research and for the read on King's child hood!

It wasn't research. I saw that article a few weeks ago when I was looking for what date IT would premiere on HBO.

If you're a reader, look up the Richard Bachman series of short stories called The Bachman Books. It's not horror, so to speak, but is a pen name King used to write four more novels. You may have seen Running Man with Arnold Schwarzenegger. That's a Bachman/King book turned to movie as well.