I remember when I bought the paperback Carrie in 1974 at Safeway grocery store and it was written by an author I'd never heard of, but it looked interesting to me. I couldn't put it down and I've been a huge Stephen King fan ever since. I bought "Holly" the other day and I can't wait until it arrives. Thank you Stephen for all your stories over the last 49 or so years. They have enriched my life.
My first Stephen King book was Carrie, and it sealed the deal for me. Almost 30 years later, i am an avid Constant Reader! My first introduction to Holly's character was in his book "The Outsider," and i related to her character in much the same way I related to Carrie as a teenager! Thank you, Mr. King, for writing such brilliant books! 🖤🖤🖤
I love Mr King’s books. Admittedly, I was late to his work, but I started reading his books from 2019. I’ve so far read 20 of his novels and just love his writing. This is quite something, as I was always a reader of non-fiction, and I now read Stephen King’s books religiously almost. He’s an amazing story teller and introduced me to amazing different worlds when I was going through a pretty rough period. Thank you, Mr King! What a remarkable man, and I love the fact that he’s been married so long. Something to aspire to for sure. 👏
Better late than never :-). My dad gave me a Stephen King paperback (wish I remembered which one) when I was 10. Little did he know he was creating a rabid fan. Holly is one of my favorite King character, as well as many of his other female characters. Read on!
The Maine man and woman... national treasures ❤ Stephen and Tabitha, who I've long suspected of being a Supreme High Assistant in their prolific lives ❤
@@Amy-u3mwhat the hell is wrong with you?! I was born and raised in Portland and grew up around a lot of Somalian immigrants who were good people and treated with the most horrifically racist vitriol you can imagine. From people like you, apparently. Some were tools but the ratio wasn’t as bad as among the poor white trash from Sagamore Village, so take that at face value. You should feel like garbage for posting a comment like that. Grow up and learn some goddamn compassion.
KING is such a national treasure, he always seemed like such an intelligent and humble person. Like many I grew up watching and being scared of his films as a kid and as an adult he inspires my work and my films!
He's right and as an author it's wonderful when he falls in love with one of his characters. It's too bad the screen depictions don't do Holly justice.
Having watched MANY Stephen King interviews and writing craft inputs here and there over the years, no offense to GMA nor Mr. Strahan but this interview was rather overly simplistic without depth into the world of "Holly" as I had originally thought it might be. I already knew about how "Carrie" came to life upon the $400,000-tag for it (according to Google & Inflation Calculator, that would equate to about $2,700,000 in 2023 due to inflation) and how his wife Tabitha suggested he continue with it; the hair dryer he bought for her; and how he's written over 60 novels (all best sellers)...so forth. (Most King fans and followers could tell you the same.) I was hoping this interview would say how many copies he managed to sell today (alone), or his thoughts on other works he anticipates for as published novels or short stories in the near-future, etc. Jus sayin'...
I agree except for the fact that we were not really the intended audience for this interview. GMA plays to a more generalized (ie, not fannish) audience than we are so many of them don't know the same info we do. Still, despite its general nature, this interview highlighted one of Mr. King's most outstanding qualities (besides his mastery of narrative): he is a really nice person.
It's just a puff piece my guy. Not everything is going to be indepth and insightful. This is just to get the word out that your fav author has a new book out go buy it.
I went to a book signing in London when I was 13 and got the guy there to sign a piece of paper that I ended up putting in a tatty edition of The Exorcist. About 35 years later I was leafing through the book and out fell this piece of paper, which to my gargantuan surprise was autographed by Stephen King.
I love his work ❤ started reading his books at age 13 and still am a Constant Reader 26 years later 💗📚 I've read them all (and I've got them all in one big book shelf). Thank you so much Stephen King - I'm so grateful for your work!
Don’t waste your time…it is so ‘fracking’ predictable and full of not just covid propaganda, but racism, etc… ugh it was painful to rehash these past years.
SK's books are automatic reads for me, he is one of my favorite authors. I also enjoyed his wife Tabitha's books and recommend them if you haven't read any yet. I wonder why she stopped writing? Talented family all around.
Tenho a idade de King e adoro as referências que ele faz em seus livros. Sintonizo as emissoras de que fala e acompanho o "clima" da história. Adoro tudo!!!!
I read Pet Sematary when I was in 6th grade, and I was immediately hooked. I have read every one of his books at least once - some several times. I may not agree with his politics or personal opinions, and I don't need to. I will always love his stories.
Actually, I was just reading about the development of Polio vaccines in South Africa and the democratic Republic of the Congo and how sourcing Monkey liver in his Congo caused a cross contamination of monkey hiv (SIV CPZ) that had been the precursor of the Aids epidemic today. Hiv is difficult to see even under atomic microscopy (which I was trained in under the national curriculum) but basically it's a parasitic ameobic virus. There are lots of ways in which the white settlers in the democratic Republic of the congo were taken unaware and basically when preparing the live cultures they had no idea they were. Ross contaminating and basically I saw a lot of footage of the staff being exposed during work. There was another big Polio hospital in Reitfontein. As for the Cold Case Hammerskjold villain Maxwell, his old clinic used to be in Southend benoni near the river. There's this old care graveyard up the road and a gold pawning shop over the road.
Kinda surreal that we can still talk and interview timeless icon and legend , Stephen king works are part of college books and curriculum 😅 I just watched Martin Scorsese doin TikTok with his daughter HAHAHA I know some film bro lost their minds hahah
Just finished Holly. People should know ahead of time there’s about 50 pages where he does nothing but talk about Covid, masks, trump and everyone who gets Covid is dying and they also didn’t wear masks. 50 long pages. I know a lot of people are not going to like that so just throwing that out there 😅. Book was meh. 3 stars. Nothing spectacular but not terrible.
He's hands down the best writer currently alive. I snuck into the "mature reading" section of my school's library when I was 10 (was supposed to have written parent approval but didn't) and grabbed "Carrie" and secretly read it in the middle school stacks. Blew my little mind and I've been a Constant Reader ever since. SO glad I broke the rules that day!
Lifelong King fan here but I gotta tell ya: he began back in '15 with a few light jabs at Trump's leadership that were amusing...hate to admit it, but this is the work where he's finally allowed his politics to bubble over way too much into the prose. I read fiction to escape from the headlines. Every single character who even vaguely supports the Trump administration is positively skewered. I'm about halfway through; fingers crossed there's a decent (and nonpartisan) conclusion.
Exactly, I don't agree with King on politics, but this is the first time that he got way too far up his own a@@, he put his agendas or lectures above the story. It really got annoying and I plan on returning my copy to Amazon because I will never read this again.
@@BishopWalters12 Glad I'm not the only one who felt it. Friggin' 50 pages in and I just got tired of hearing about it with every other character. He's an awesome storyteller, but his liberalism has finally eclipsed what could have been an engaging yarn 🤦
I just love Stephen King - what a cool man he is so honest & real!! I read The Outsider & If It Bleeds (both good books) & now I'm ready for Holly! If it's as good as the other two I'll read it in no time!
I wonder if his wife recommended that brown dollop on his bangs. I'm a young-ish screenwriter who can't plot to save my life, but S.King taught me I didn't need to. Eventually, I realized my perspective, rather than writing from another writers voice.
0h Brian Adams 'run to you' was the song my mom used to play in the car when she was divorcing my dad . He well paid yh. Our house was Silent Hill. As for Stephen's song is 'Broken' by Seether and Amy Lee which was about American hurricanes and "Children of the Korn" by Korn and Ice Cube, and the "Relapse" by Eminem
Just finished reading “Holly” last week. Just goes to show horror doesn’t have to be supernatural. I’ve read everything King has written at least everything that’s commercially available. I know he has some work that’s never been made available to the public.
Gosh, leave it to mainstream media to have an aging Stephen King re-tell a story about Carrie he's told a thousand times when he's sitting right there excited to say something new. What a wasted opportunity -__-
King hates interviews. The only reason he is doing these now is because his books aren't selling anymore. And great job not asking ONE question about The Dark Tower.
King has turned into a bitter old boomer who can't seem to keep modern politics out of his work. His constant mention of Trump, right wingers etc... is tiresome. A really good book should be timeless, but none of his new stuff will survive or exist on shelves next to Pet Sematary, Salem's Lot, etc.. I want to like his new stuff, but his hatred of people that don't agree with him pulls me right out of the story. If I want politics I'll just turn on the idiot box and watch crap like Good Morning America or look at my phone.
The joke is, although Slims voice is basically the same as mine i'd never say that ever. No sir, so i just let him yh like "did they pay for it? I guess it's like that and that's the way it is,"
Wow, America!it's so big! Like Russia there's loads of forest I always wonder if anyone ever went all the way through on foot. There might be dinosaurs in the middle, I can't see.
Using your fiction as a platform for your political beliefs is not only irresponsible but despicable. I've been with him since we were young and no one knew him, even after CARRIE. I'm divorcing him. I'm 71 now and can't hold his"times" up anymore anyway. Haha
Threw it in the trash. What a waste of money. Too political for me. Anti Trump…. Very pro biden…. Never again will I read my favorite author. Bye bye king. I’ve cancelled you . Stick to great writing with no political or religious incantation….
King ist brilliant, but the novel Holly was flat in all ways. I recommend everyone who reads King for the first time to chose his earlier or middle life works (and not Holly in any Case), in order to taste the real King. Holly is his worst novel. No Problem, however, because altogether he is an Institution.
I remember, as a young kid/man, waiting for his books to come out and anticipating what new great horror he had for me. Those days are gone. Like a great athlete, novelists mostly have their prime. His is past. The new novels are mediocre at best. The last thing I read that I thought was old Stephen King was "From a Buick 8". That is twenty years ago.
About Stephen's drug use: listen I was raised a bit 'hood and where I come from the guy with the medicine ball is the G, and usually the wealthiest on the block-so what do I know? I hope he doesn't die yh? And it would be my luck yh to say 'oh well Stevie isn't SHARP enough without his drugs' ( was 'My Darling' and 'Medicine Ball' by Eminem) huh and after the government brought out something swanky new I can't pronounce and I guess he bought those until he died anyway. What do I know? I wish I could be the world's best pharmacist and we could all live forever. What do I know? If tom cruise was on the money we're all going to need a drink
There's a place in Arkansas called 'Smackover' out of El Dorado. It's from the French Sumac Ouvre but all the signs say 'Smackover.' Smackover Classic Dress Shop. Smackover Little League. First Baptists At Smackover. Bank of Smackover. Smackover library. Smackover Oil Rigs. I guess the level crossing doesn't have any lights or something. Man I never was so scared in my whole life: "where are the kids? How did they get out to the high school?" I guess they don't have anything to say. In my head the Smackover Soap Opera was brutal and had that southern twang you know. Life imitating hell imitating art.
Oh my gosh New Orleans. I guess they gave up windows and long skirts for lent or something. It's got this very religious scenery I guess it lends an elegance to the scene that detracts from the general creepiness of the bayou . There's a feeling of huge moment there which is awesome and historical I guess. Maybe it enables my perpetual game of delusion too much you know. You could have a really picturesque scenery to your fantasy life in that city. If...no one knew you were doing that lol
@@hpbecraft I did the covers myself and thought they were pretty good. But if you can provide me with some insight into why they may not be, I would appreciate that too
Exactly. He's ruined it for me with this one and I was a massssive fan until this book. You imagine he has the values of his previous protagonists but this book has proved otherwise.
He was amazing when his entire life wasn't about hating Trump and more than half of Americans. This book was ruined by him forcing his ignorant political views through the main character. There is no way that someone as smart as Holly would be so blind to reality. He destroyed one of his best characters.
He's not a supermarket romance novelist? Just because he says do? Come on. Every single Stephen King book is a romance book. But he just adds horror elements to make sure that they're not. Then he claims to be supernatural. Nope. Still romance. Take Carrie for instance. Well no bad example because his wife wrote that. Cat's Eye. How would you not consider that romance? Because he added a demon? Wasn't even a huge part of the movie. No. Sorry. Romance novelist.
I remember when I bought the paperback Carrie in 1974 at Safeway grocery store and it was written by an author I'd never heard of, but it looked interesting to me. I couldn't put it down and I've been a huge Stephen King fan ever since. I bought "Holly" the other day and I can't wait until it arrives. Thank you Stephen for all your stories over the last 49 or so years.
They have enriched my life.
My first Stephen King book was Carrie, and it sealed the deal for me. Almost 30 years later, i am an avid Constant Reader! My first introduction to Holly's character was in his book "The Outsider," and i related to her character in much the same way I related to Carrie as a teenager! Thank you, Mr. King, for writing such brilliant books! 🖤🖤🖤
I love Mr King’s books. Admittedly, I was late to his work, but I started reading his books from 2019. I’ve so far read 20 of his novels and just love his writing. This is quite something, as I was always a reader of non-fiction, and I now read Stephen King’s books religiously almost. He’s an amazing story teller and introduced me to amazing different worlds when I was going through a pretty rough period. Thank you, Mr King! What a remarkable man, and I love the fact that he’s been married so long. Something to aspire to for sure. 👏
Better late than never :-). My dad gave me a Stephen King paperback (wish I remembered which one) when I was 10. Little did he know he was creating a rabid fan. Holly is one of my favorite King character, as well as many of his other female characters. Read on!
💉☠️💉☠️go get another booster and read more propaganda you fool
I started in 2018 I am also late to the scene so far I read 24 books I am also a constant reader
I read autobiography’s (including stephens) so non-fiction can here too. Which of his novels do you recommend?
I started around 2015/2016 with Cujo and so far I've read 16 of his books.
I love this guy! Stephen King is one my favorite writters of all time!
Most honestly .frixken yes!!!🎉
Dumb
I'm in the middle of his memoir now "On Writing". A treat to find this interview.
Me too !! It’s great
The Stand. So amazing. And of course so many others. The Stand is just a trip though so many emotions and the character development is unique.
The Maine man and woman... national treasures ❤ Stephen and Tabitha, who I've long suspected of being a Supreme High Assistant in their prolific lives ❤
@@Amy-u3mwhat the hell is wrong with you?! I was born and raised in Portland and grew up around a lot of Somalian immigrants who were good people and treated with the most horrifically racist vitriol you can imagine. From people like you, apparently. Some were tools but the ratio wasn’t as bad as among the poor white trash from Sagamore Village, so take that at face value.
You should feel like garbage for posting a comment like that. Grow up and learn some goddamn compassion.
That's a sweet way to look at he and his wife's wedding rings and their marriage! I appaud them!
40 year reader since my mother gifted me with ‘Different Seasons’ for my birthday all those years ago. Thank you Mr. King.
KING is such a national treasure, he always seemed like such an intelligent and humble person. Like many I grew up watching and being scared of his films as a kid and as an adult he inspires my work and my films!
I remember my sophomore high school English class had to read 1 short story from "night shift".... i finished the whole book that night...
I started reading King in 1991. One of the longest hobbies that I have stuck with.
One of my favorite people and my favorite author. Thank you, Mr. King. I am a Constant Reader.
I love Stephen King's books and movies!
He's right and as an author it's wonderful when he falls in love with one of his characters. It's too bad the screen depictions don't do Holly justice.
Having watched MANY Stephen King interviews and writing craft inputs here and there over the years, no offense to GMA nor Mr. Strahan but this interview was rather overly simplistic without depth into the world of "Holly" as I had originally thought it might be. I already knew about how "Carrie" came to life upon the $400,000-tag for it (according to Google & Inflation Calculator, that would equate to about $2,700,000 in 2023 due to inflation) and how his wife Tabitha suggested he continue with it; the hair dryer he bought for her; and how he's written over 60 novels (all best sellers)...so forth. (Most King fans and followers could tell you the same.) I was hoping this interview would say how many copies he managed to sell today (alone), or his thoughts on other works he anticipates for as published novels or short stories in the near-future, etc. Jus sayin'...
I agree except for the fact that we were not really the intended audience for this interview. GMA plays to a more generalized (ie, not fannish) audience than we are so many of them don't know the same info we do. Still, despite its general nature, this interview highlighted one of Mr. King's most outstanding qualities (besides his mastery of narrative): he is a really nice person.
Simply a puff piece alas. I’m sure he shall appear elsewhere as he’s now earned living-legend status:)
It's just a puff piece my guy. Not everything is going to be indepth and insightful. This is just to get the word out that your fav author has a new book out go buy it.
Well, I hope you are able to enjoy another interview better for you personally in the future.
I went to a book signing in London when I was 13 and got the guy there to sign a piece of paper that I ended up putting in a tatty edition of The Exorcist. About 35 years later I was leafing through the book and out fell this piece of paper, which to my gargantuan surprise was autographed by Stephen King.
Get that framed! Wow!
My favorite author since 1981. Go Holly!
Holly sucks
0:28 "I'm a happy gay"
😆
He just came out!
National treasure. Love you, SK!
Awwww what a beautiful interview!!! One of my favourite authors of all time ⭐❤️🌹💐🦇!!!
I love his work ❤ started reading his books at age 13 and still am a Constant Reader 26 years later 💗📚 I've read them all (and I've got them all in one big book shelf). Thank you so much Stephen King - I'm so grateful for your work!
I love Stephen King 🤩
My first Stephen King Book was ‘Salems lots’ and that hooked me! Just bought holly and 2 chapters in and stoked to get deeper!
Don’t waste your time…it is so ‘fracking’ predictable and full of not just covid propaganda, but racism, etc… ugh it was painful to rehash these past years.
I got my First Edition Holly Novel already!! I'm so thrilled !!! I love Stephen King so much !!!!! ❤💗❤️💖💕❤💗❤️💖❤💗❤️
“I’m a happy gay.” Lmao.
Fucking cracks me up
I've already read it, it's brilliant!! Another brilliant book from a brilliant man.!
I love that man. National treasure.
SK's books are automatic reads for me, he is one of my favorite authors. I also enjoyed his wife Tabitha's books and recommend them if you haven't read any yet. I wonder why she stopped writing? Talented family all around.
A Hair Dryer!☆♡☆♡☆☆♡
He absolutely loves Holly as a character. Which is awesome
No its not
@@lancemcallister8248 fear he might kill her off? That would be par for him
Holly is an awful character
@klissattack just not into his new political genre at all
@lancemcallister8248 nothing new for him lol. He's been the same for a long time
Been reading Stephen King for 35 years and I think that's the first time I see him in video outside of cameos like Creepshow.
❤this made my day...just started reading Holly..
Trash it
@@lancemcallister8248why?
@@cullenarthur8879 if your a liberal you won't mind it
@@lancemcallister8248 I am. I had a feeling that you have been leaving those negative comments about his new book because of your political views.
@cullenarthur8879 well I am not so to me they are not necessarily negative but rather my opinion..have at it then
❤ I love Stephen King 🤴 I wish I had half his brilliance to write as he does. 😭 😭 😭 I hope he lives FOREVER 🙏 What a legend!!
He won't live longer if he gets another booster☠️💉🤪. Enjoy your trash propaganda
Holly is one of my favorite protagonists - The Outsider is my favorite.
Tenho a idade de King e adoro as referências que ele faz em seus livros. Sintonizo as emissoras de que fala e acompanho o "clima" da história. Adoro tudo!!!!
I read Pet Sematary when I was in 6th grade, and I was immediately hooked. I have read every one of his books at least once - some several times. I may not agree with his politics or personal opinions, and I don't need to. I will always love his stories.
Actually, I was just reading about the development of Polio vaccines in South Africa and the democratic Republic of the Congo and how sourcing Monkey liver in his Congo caused a cross contamination of monkey hiv (SIV CPZ) that had been the precursor of the Aids epidemic today. Hiv is difficult to see even under atomic microscopy (which I was trained in under the national curriculum) but basically it's a parasitic ameobic virus.
There are lots of ways in which the white settlers in the democratic Republic of the congo were taken unaware and basically when preparing the live cultures they had no idea they were. Ross contaminating and basically I saw a lot of footage of the staff being exposed during work.
There was another big Polio hospital in Reitfontein.
As for the Cold Case Hammerskjold villain Maxwell, his old clinic used to be in Southend benoni near the river. There's this old care graveyard up the road and a gold pawning shop over the road.
Kinda surreal that we can still talk and interview timeless icon and legend , Stephen king works are part of college books and curriculum 😅 I just watched Martin Scorsese doin TikTok with his daughter HAHAHA I know some film bro lost their minds hahah
Just finished Holly. People should know ahead of time there’s about 50 pages where he does nothing but talk about Covid, masks, trump and everyone who gets Covid is dying and they also didn’t wear masks. 50 long pages. I know a lot of people are not going to like that so just throwing that out there 😅. Book was meh. 3 stars. Nothing spectacular but not terrible.
I agree. I threw it away. I’ve never ever thrown a book away
@@cathyhickman2433why did you throw it away?
He's hands down the best writer currently alive. I snuck into the "mature reading" section of my school's library when I was 10 (was supposed to have written parent approval but didn't) and grabbed "Carrie" and secretly read it in the middle school stacks. Blew my little mind and I've been a Constant Reader ever since. SO glad I broke the rules that day!
A good writer talks about the characters they've created. A great writer talks about the characters they've met.
Lifelong King fan here but I gotta tell ya: he began back in '15 with a few light jabs at Trump's leadership that were amusing...hate to admit it, but this is the work where he's finally allowed his politics to bubble over way too much into the prose. I read fiction to escape from the headlines. Every single character who even vaguely supports the Trump administration is positively skewered. I'm about halfway through; fingers crossed there's a decent (and nonpartisan) conclusion.
Exactly, I don't agree with King on politics, but this is the first time that he got way too far up his own a@@, he put his agendas or lectures above the story. It really got annoying and I plan on returning my copy to Amazon because I will never read this again.
@@BishopWalters12 Glad I'm not the only one who felt it. Friggin' 50 pages in and I just got tired of hearing about it with every other character. He's an awesome storyteller, but his liberalism has finally eclipsed what could have been an engaging yarn 🤦
Absolutely
Love his Books. Love his voice. Love his politics.
You are a good useful I diot. Go get another booster you mor on 😜🤪☠️💉☠️💉
I love this guy
I just love Stephen King - what a cool man he is so honest & real!!
I read The Outsider & If It Bleeds (both good books) & now I'm ready for Holly!
If it's as good as the other two I'll read it in no time!
You can tell Strahan is a real fan. Respect.
Love your work Steven King. "TOMMY KNOCKERS WAS ONEVOF THE FIRST MOVIES I SAW...
I wonder if his wife recommended that brown dollop on his bangs.
I'm a young-ish screenwriter who can't plot to save my life, but S.King taught me I didn't need to. Eventually, I realized my perspective, rather than writing from another writers voice.
❤❤❤ can’t wait
Go get another jab too😂😂😂☠️💉☠️💉
0h Brian Adams 'run to you' was the song my mom used to play in the car when she was divorcing my dad . He well paid yh. Our house was Silent Hill.
As for Stephen's song is 'Broken' by Seether and Amy Lee which was about American hurricanes and "Children of the Korn" by Korn and Ice Cube, and the "Relapse" by Eminem
I love Holly too
Steven King is my favorite person ❤
Just finished reading “Holly” last week. Just goes to show horror doesn’t have to be supernatural. I’ve read everything King has written at least everything that’s commercially available. I know he has some work that’s never been made available to the public.
King of Horror!!!❤️
Gosh, leave it to mainstream media to have an aging Stephen King re-tell a story about Carrie he's told a thousand times when he's sitting right there excited to say something new. What a wasted opportunity -__-
Love you, man.
A master genius at best
This guy is awesome. He is not a very great philosophical mind but his passion for fiction is what I admire.
Book ask of the day, "Holly" by the King.
King hates interviews. The only reason he is doing these now is because his books aren't selling anymore. And great job not asking ONE question about The Dark Tower.
Finder’s keepers 😊
King has turned into a bitter old boomer who can't seem to keep modern politics out of his work. His constant mention of Trump, right wingers etc... is tiresome. A really good book should be timeless, but none of his new stuff will survive or exist on shelves next to Pet Sematary, Salem's Lot, etc.. I want to like his new stuff, but his hatred of people that don't agree with him pulls me right out of the story. If I want politics I'll just turn on the idiot box and watch crap like Good Morning America or look at my phone.
How many great novels did he throw away that we don’t know about.
400 pages about covid masks
im happy gay, im happy guy!
Damn Right
The joke is, although Slims voice is basically the same as mine i'd never say that ever. No sir, so i just let him yh like "did they pay for it? I guess it's like that and that's the way it is,"
Wow, America!it's so big! Like Russia there's loads of forest I always wonder if anyone ever went all the way through on foot. There might be dinosaurs in the middle, I can't see.
He's a happy gay
Stephen king books arent all that scary. Some are fantasies.
I have a complaint Stephen. I just got Holly and what's with the size of the print. Even on the flap the print is too damn small.
Using your fiction as a platform for your political beliefs is not only irresponsible but despicable.
I've been with him since we were young and no one knew him, even after CARRIE. I'm divorcing him.
I'm 71 now and can't hold his"times" up anymore anyway. Haha
im a happy gay huh lol
I think it’s a old school saying, it means he’s happy 😂
Happy gay?
That made me laugh so hard
Either that or a pedophile I'm not sure which he is
Really? No one is commenting on how he's a happy gay guy? 😆🏳️🌈😂
🎉🎉🎉
@@AB-ld3cmthanks for the comment
lol hahahah
0:28 good to know he's a happy gay :)
a genius
Michael I strahan Vs sai
Threw it in the trash. What a waste of money. Too political for me. Anti Trump…. Very pro biden…. Never again will I read my favorite author. Bye bye king. I’ve cancelled you . Stick to great writing with no political or religious incantation….
King ist brilliant, but the novel Holly was flat in all ways. I recommend everyone who reads King for the first time to chose his earlier or middle life works (and not Holly in any Case), in order to taste the real King. Holly is his worst novel. No Problem, however, because altogether he is an Institution.
They picked the wrong narrator for this book 😞....
I think Justine Lupe did a good job
Reading it now. Not his best with some meandering chapters.
I remember, as a young kid/man, waiting for his books to come out and anticipating what new great horror he had for me. Those days are gone. Like a great athlete, novelists mostly have their prime. His is past. The new novels are mediocre at best. The last thing I read that I thought was old Stephen King was "From a Buick 8". That is twenty years ago.
About Stephen's drug use: listen I was raised a bit 'hood and where I come from the guy with the medicine ball is the G, and usually the wealthiest on the block-so what do I know? I hope he doesn't die yh?
And it would be my luck yh to say 'oh well Stevie isn't SHARP enough without his drugs' ( was 'My Darling' and 'Medicine Ball' by Eminem) huh and after the government brought out something swanky new I can't pronounce and I guess he bought those until he died anyway. What do I know? I wish I could be the world's best pharmacist and we could all live forever. What do I know? If tom cruise was on the money we're all going to need a drink
There's a place in Arkansas called 'Smackover' out of El Dorado. It's from the French Sumac Ouvre but all the signs say 'Smackover.' Smackover Classic Dress Shop. Smackover Little League. First Baptists At Smackover. Bank of Smackover. Smackover library. Smackover Oil Rigs.
I guess the level crossing doesn't have any lights or something. Man I never was so scared in my whole life: "where are the kids? How did they get out to the high school?" I guess they don't have anything to say. In my head the Smackover Soap Opera was brutal and had that southern twang you know. Life imitating hell imitating art.
Oh my gosh New Orleans. I guess they gave up windows and long skirts for lent or something. It's got this very religious scenery I guess it lends an elegance to the scene that detracts from the general creepiness of the bayou . There's a feeling of huge moment there which is awesome and historical I guess. Maybe it enables my perpetual game of delusion too much you know. You could have a really picturesque scenery to your fantasy life in that city. If...no one knew you were doing that lol
It's about eighty-year-old cannibals one of them's races and the other ones a mad dietitian 6/10
You guys would love my books if you love king’s..
You need better covers and you might have some more success.
@@hpbecraft I did the covers myself and thought they were pretty good. But if you can provide me with some insight into why they may not be, I would appreciate that too
@@salustianoberrios405the art actually looks good conceptually but not memorable. A little plain.
@@Sloimer that’s fair.
@@Sloimer regardless, check them out. I’m confident that the stories themselves are very memorable and intriguing. But of course, I’m biased 😎
I found Holly Gibney to be the least interesting character in the Bill Hodges trilogy.
The real horror of King is on the middle class as he supports this white house.
Yea he is an idiot. I'll wipe my butt with his new trash propaganda book
Exactly. He's ruined it for me with this one and I was a massssive fan until this book. You imagine he has the values of his previous protagonists but this book has proved otherwise.
Unless he does a re write of some of his classics to pull it back I'm out. Joe Biden stumbled across the desert.... and the gunslinger followed
He was amazing when his entire life wasn't about hating Trump and more than half of Americans. This book was ruined by him forcing his ignorant political views through the main character. There is no way that someone as smart as Holly would be so blind to reality. He destroyed one of his best characters.
the king of Mask mandates and vaccines.
Hopefully his TDS can stay in check.
I'm sure it won't. Probably blames him for COVID in the book
No sir he will not
Apparently it does not, based on reviews coming out now on Amazon.
😢
His what? He's amazing.
Worst book iv ever. Read.
I guess the old has been author needed some attention. The old man sure looks like his character Roddy. Small balls:())
if he’s a has been, what’s that make you?
@@Toadspring an unsub to a fiction author that has taken a political stance in his fictional ‘stories’.
@@MannyWC an unsub? haha ok cool, whatever floats your boat
Hard pass
He's not a supermarket romance novelist? Just because he says do? Come on. Every single Stephen King book is a romance book. But he just adds horror elements to make sure that they're not. Then he claims to be supernatural. Nope. Still romance. Take Carrie for instance. Well no bad example because his wife wrote that. Cat's Eye. How would you not consider that romance? Because he added a demon? Wasn't even a huge part of the movie. No. Sorry. Romance novelist.
I quit reading King decades ago because he has weak endings
Hated it.
Why 65 novels?
why not?
@@Toadspring It's 58.