King isn’t a great scifi writer because he doesn’t delve into it much, but when he does in short bursts like this, he shines. How often do characters these days truly give you a “oh my god - I can’t believe he just did that?” reaction of true horror? “The Mist”'s one weakness, the ending (huh - King couldn’t close the deal?), was finally given closure. He took some liberties with the ending, but if anyone is going to be allowed to fudge with King’s written word, it’s Darabont (or Robin Furth…). Some people hate the movie adaptation by Darabont, but I thought it was perfect. class finally figured out that the “tiger” in the bathroom was just the daydreams of a young boy as his mind played tricks with the light pouring through the “stripes” of the horizontal blinds, we were pissed (because it wasn’t an actual tiger)! But it definitely left an impression of what writers could do with a short story. I also remember how very similar the bathroom being described looked just like the bathroom we used when I was in 1st grade. I remember dissecting “Here There Be Tygers”, and comparing it to Kipling, and ancient maps where you’d fill in the gaps with “Here there by tygers”. It was probably the 8th time I’d read it. We read Skeleton Crew my freshman year of high school.
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