I loved it, I will read it again and I recommend it to any Stephen King fan! I really can't say anything about the plot without spoiling things, so we'll leave it at this: There's serious social commentary, frightening villains and some intense action scenes obviously a fantastic setting and believable, well-thought out characters. I could be wrong though, as there is still a lot of great stuff going on in this story outside of all that. I'm not sure it would be as impactful, or feel as extraordinary, to a Reader without the background knowledge to make the connections. While I recommend this book, with confidence, to the Constant Readers out there. There are numerous Dark Tower references, as well as tidbits connecting to the greater King-created world in general. Along with his closest companion, Lois, they battle terrifying forces wrecking havoc amongst their friends and neighbors. There's a lot happening in that special little town and Ralph ends up right in the middle of it. We follow Ralph, a resident of the small town of Derry, Maine, as he grapples with facing life without his wife and tries to navigate the world with unrested eyes. Not the low-key aggravating-kind, but the continuous, question what you're seeing while awake-kind. Our protagonist is Ralph Roberts, who after losing his wife, gradually develops severe insomnia. Insomnia is charming from the start simultaneously, heart-warming and spine-chilling, with Kingverse connections galore.Īs always, King's character work is just phenomenal definitely my favorite aspect. If you have been putting this one off, maybe intimidated by its size like I was, please don't be. I tend not to for King's books, as I know I am going to pick them up regardless of what it says.Īfter reading it, I would recommend it to any Constant Reader. Honestly, I don't even think I ever read the synopsis, so it had nothing to do with the content. It was the monster lurking on my bookshelves. I have always been intimidated by this one and thus, put off reading it for years. What can I even say, besides the fact that I completely fell in LOVE with this story?! Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels. In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Many were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines.
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Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967.
As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines. He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students they married in January of 1971. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional.
He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of them. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother.
Stephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King.
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