Great to know about this story. I'm also not huge on King SciFi, though im having to think hard on what books of his tread more in that direction. Dreamcatcher?
Love your thoughts and commentary as always, Shaina.
As usual, you take diverse references and extracts and produce a narrative article that is more than the sum of its parts. I read it all with interest without having read any of the stories! Thanks
Yes, King often misses the mark when he delves too deeply into sci-fi. Some aspects such as watching Venus like a haunted house from afar were good, but the sci-fi elements felt ham handed (no pun intended) and more like Goosebumps from my childhood. Also, have you decided on voice overs for articles? One of the components that I like about your Substack is the audio versions of articles. I read people’s commentary on books all the time but rarely hear them express them verbally. I know those take longer so maybe you aim to do so for the larger books like Salem’s Lot.
Hey, its strange because I've read this short story collection before, but as I've said already, some of them feel new to me. This was one of them. I was struck by how similar this story is to one of my own, except mine's not in space. It's the titular story in my collection, Dark Is The Water.
Great to know about this story. I'm also not huge on King SciFi, though im having to think hard on what books of his tread more in that direction. Dreamcatcher?
Love your thoughts and commentary as always, Shaina.
As usual, you take diverse references and extracts and produce a narrative article that is more than the sum of its parts. I read it all with interest without having read any of the stories! Thanks
Yes, King often misses the mark when he delves too deeply into sci-fi. Some aspects such as watching Venus like a haunted house from afar were good, but the sci-fi elements felt ham handed (no pun intended) and more like Goosebumps from my childhood. Also, have you decided on voice overs for articles? One of the components that I like about your Substack is the audio versions of articles. I read people’s commentary on books all the time but rarely hear them express them verbally. I know those take longer so maybe you aim to do so for the larger books like Salem’s Lot.
I agree. Pure sci-fi King is not my favorite. His best other worldly manifestations are phantoms that lived once in this world.
Hey, its strange because I've read this short story collection before, but as I've said already, some of them feel new to me. This was one of them. I was struck by how similar this story is to one of my own, except mine's not in space. It's the titular story in my collection, Dark Is The Water.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading your contribution
It flowed beautifully between the writing and your comments
I love sci fi