tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post8420524223660092738..comments2024-02-20T15:12:28.660-08:00Comments on A Time-Travelling Apocalypse: Review of Stephen King's science fiction epic, Under the DomeGraham Clementshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-53172974363054715992011-09-03T15:08:15.165-07:002011-09-03T15:08:15.165-07:00Hi Anthony,
I had read the very interesting sect...Hi Anthony, <br /><br />I had read the very interesting section of Oblivion City you put on your blog. Have you thought about Self-publishing it as an ebook? <br /><br />Reading Under the Dome is a bit of a commitment with its 880 pages. I have read very few of King's books. In fact I think this is the only one of his "horror" novels that I have read. I did read an attempt of his at fantasy, where a guy weaved place-mats into a rope using a toy loom, which I wasn't that impressed with, but I did very much enjoy King's collection of four novellas in Different Seasons.Graham Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-45461925415597904712011-09-03T15:00:26.405-07:002011-09-03T15:00:26.405-07:00Hi Mozette,
I reckon the "childish" ele...Hi Mozette,<br /><br />I reckon the "childish" element you mention comes partly from the way King stands back and does not really get into the minds, and therefore motivations, of the characters, with his very distant third person. <br /><br />I did not expect any great comment or themes from King, just mayhem and fun. But halfway through, I was a bit like you, wondering if the story would pick up, especially when they would get back to finding out what caused the Dome. <br /><br />There's no way I would have quit 3/4 of the way through a novel. Under the Dome did, as I said, have a reasonable conclusion. A conclusion that said very little about life, but was appropriate considering what had gone before in the story.Graham Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-34708201756109126222011-09-02T23:38:53.650-07:002011-09-02T23:38:53.650-07:00I'm sure it will be a mini-series in no time.
...I'm sure it will be a mini-series in no time.<br />Arent they now remaking The Stand as well?<br /><br />As I may have mentioned to you, I was very frustrated when this came out as I wrote a two novel story called Oblivion City with similiar themes. I had a giant energy ring called The Rim, which encircles a city, trapping all the characters. I had finished them some time before this came out, but I couldn't get mine published. (sent to over 90 agents). I'm still trying but it frustrates me no end.<br />In mine the Rim is moving though. It's closing in. Shrinking. It's a giant ticking bomb story, which I think, adds a lot more suspense. As well as the dark character that makes King's books so interesting.<br /><br />Still a fan of his, and have read many, but I may give this one a miss.Anthony J. Langfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027216695415849158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-58687011127661281762011-09-02T19:41:37.514-07:002011-09-02T19:41:37.514-07:00I purchased this book for myself a few years back ...I purchased this book for myself a few years back - when it first came out on the market - however after 3 months of slogging through the plots, subplots and sub-subplots of who can be more evil than the next guy, I put it down just 3/4 through as I felt as though it wasn't taking me anywhere in particular.<br />On one hand it was a bit like 'The Stand' but on the other it was like a primary school mud-slinging match where the bullies were winning and the good guys were in jail having their faces rubbed in it. Kind of childish really.<br />I gave the book away this year to somebody in the UK; having to post it via sea mail due to the weight of it.Mozettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16267731815392625679noreply@blogger.com