11.22.63: Stephen King

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Since 'a picture is worth a thousand words', the above is a three-thousand-words summary of this book. Impressive, no? And also - “dancing is life”.) First, I can safely say that yes, the book is huge, but the story is so captivating that I didn’t notice. There is insight into Lee Harvey Oswald and his associates, and their activities prior to 11/22/63.

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Anyhow, then I spent some time in Florida and then moved to a small town in Texas. I started teaching again and built up a whole life for myself as George Amberson. I really like it here in the past now. I’m thinking about trying to stay forever.” I’m also a fan of the time travel sub-genre, being a student of Bradbury and Poul Anderson. King takes the Mark Twain A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court time machine idea of a strange occurrence that is never thoroughly explained or understood. But this is Stephen King after all and he mixes in some mysterious elements to keep the story moving. I also liked that we have a thorough examination of the butterfly effect and even mentioned Bradbury’s seminal time travel story A Sound of Thunder. If you also had a chance to time travel, would you try to save JFK from the patsy or the real killer’s bullets ( in this book: patsy is the killer) in expanse the change of the entire time line like Jake Epping did in this story ? One of the students, a janitor named Harry Dunning, submits an assignment describing the night his alcoholic father murdered his mother and siblings with a hammer and injured Harry, causing him to have a permanent brain injury; the story emotionally affects Jake, and the two become friends after Harry earns his GED. An English teacher who is questioning the reason behind cheap price of delicious meat, realizes there’s portal opens to 1958 and the owner of the store can visit there to buy cheaper products in expanse of deteriorating health conditions! Yeap, mastermind of extra ordinary stories did it again! I wish there would be real time portal for buying cheaper gas for my car right now!This one should've been five stars for me. I think what happened was that I loved the concept when I read about the book and had envisioned something more. The story King wanted to write was all there and I truly enjoyed it. As always with King this is a great study in character and the evolution of the character. In this case using time as an added conflict that applies pressure on the character. King doesn't mess around with elaborate explanations on how or why the time travel works. It's just a simple closet in the diner that the character steps into and we're off and running. I think this works mostly because we trust King so implicitly and that if he says it true it's true. No way! I’m from 2011, too. My name is George Amberson. I mean, it’s really Jake Epping. Amberson is the alias I’m using here in the past.” Oh – anyway, you came from the very near future and you decided the most important thing to do was to stop me writing one particular review on Goodreads of one dubious Stephen King novel? Why didn't you do something more useful than that? "

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Jake begins plotting a way to get rid of Oswald, the president’s killer. He travels to Jodie, Texas, where he meets Sadie, a librarian in an abusive relationship. After saving her life from her husband, Jake and Sadie fall in love, and soon he tells her he is from the future. Jake also fulfills Al’s wishes of saving a girl from being shot by a hunter. So as usual you were going to be so mean. You can't deny it. I know you were because you did it, that's to say I did it, and I'm here now to stop myself from doing it." The idea of time travel is also dealt with. What happens if time is changed? What would that do to the world? Would a good intention to change the past bring about the changes we want? These are the questions explored in this book. I know my experience would have been cheapened by knowing too much beforehand, so I'm not going to tell you what it's about in the style of a traditional book review. Be it on someone else's head to spoil your fun.

But, since it isn’t really horror, more historical fiction and alternative reality, I think that some people who have been shying away from King might greatly enjoy this. After that, you could try more King, or move on and at least be able to tell your friends, “yeah, I read a Stephen King book *accomplished grin on face*”. McGarrigle, Dale (November 6, 2011). "Stephen King's latest tale takes on time travel in heart-rending, life-affirming way". Bangor Daily News . Retrieved November 13, 2011. I’m sure not every one of you is focused on world politics and you may want to get rich by betting for sports like Jake did. And of course forming intimate relationships with the people from another time line may risk your entire future as well! Siendo honesto yo esperaba otro tipo de libro. Yo esperaba que el punto central de la historia fuera salvar a Kennedy, pero no fue así. El punto central, es que como lectores acompañemos a Jake en su aventura, siguiendo a través de cada capítulo su doble faceta y sus planes; es conocer la vida que llevó en ese tiempo; es acompañarlo en sus dificultades y problemas; es entender sus incertidumbres y decisiones; es ser testigos de cómo el pasado intenta por todos los medios, que Jake no altere el desarrollo de los acontecimientos; es estar a la expectativa por lo que ocurrirá en el presente tras los cambios realizados en el pasado; es reflexionar y preguntarnos permanentemente ¿Qué haríamos nosotros? ¿Perderíamos la cordura por conocer la forma como van a ocurrir los acontecimientos? ¿Nos dejaríamos consumir por la avaricia por estar enterados de los resultados de las apuestas deportivas u otros eventos? ¿Si encontráramos la felicidad en otra época, nos quedaríamos viviendo allí olvidando el presente para siempre? ¿Evitaríamos un asesinato, a pesar de que no sabemos cómo se alterará el presente? Eso, es lo más especial de este libro.

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Collector's Limited Edition & DVD by Stephen King". pspublishing.co.uk. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012 . Retrieved November 11, 2011. CarolineC (May 7, 2012). "British Fantasy Awards shortlist announced". The British Fantasy Society . Retrieved April 18, 2014. I had just sat down to begin this review on my laptop when the doorbell went. I wasn't expecting anyone. It was probably going to be one of those pitiful door to door salesmen trying to get me to buy a dishcloth for a fiver. They make me feel so bad. But it wasn't. I opened the door and looked at myself. It was me. I’m not sure if I would have faced some of the morality choices with the same type of grace. I would have been greedy, and gambling much more than he did in the book! Ha!! I also would have been a bit more bloodthirsty. Nice to see that you don’t let a little thing like institutional racism ruin your appreciation of a good deal. Speaking of which, how did you make money? Just teaching?”

Discussion

By the way, this trip to the past gives plenty of deeeeee-licious 'Easter Eggs' to King's Constant Readers. We see little echoes from Pennywise the Clown era in Derry, meet our favorite 1958 Plymouth Fury (Hellllloooo there, Christine!), and even get a nod to A Wizard and Glass with Takuro Spirit. “On that gray street, with the smell of industrial smokes in the air and the afternoon bleeding away to evening, downtown Derry looked only marginally more charming than a dead hooker in a church pew.” Derry of 1958 (right after the terrifying events of IT) is particularly repulsive and sinister. It's a small wonder Jake is able to continue his quest after starting in such an ominous place. But even there King manages to include some unexpected beauty - just remember Richie and Bevvy dancing. King is an excellent writer and an amazing storyteller. His writing is effortless and natural, the characterization is apt and memorable, and the dialogue superb and real-sounding. I truly felt for Jake during each step of his journey. I loved how Oswald was described as not a villain or a nutcase but a flawed broken little man who stumbled into the middle of events that changed history. The other characters - Sadie, Deke, Ellie, Frank Dunning - were so well-written that I could feel them come to life (which actually can be a scary statement when the world of sai King is concerned). The story, despite its sizable length, was flowing along and never lost my attention. And his slow build-up of the sense of suspense and doom - think The Yellow Card Man (*) and jimla and the 'harmonizing past' - was just enough to keep me on the edge of my seat throughout the book.