![]() ![]() But the fact is, that was simply uh, a great big old dent in the fender of the American psyche. But as far as 9/11 or the things that happened, I think that with a movie like "The Mist" people will mention that sort of resonance and they're going to conjure up 9/11. That's one of the things that I've always liked about horror fiction, and about fiction in the fantastic, is that it does have a resonance. ![]() And certainly we've seen this time and time again in our own lives, that as the situation worsens, in various parts of the world, the religious fanatics have a tendency to become more and more powerful. Because everybody's pretty well solemnly grounded, and nobody's worried about anything. Carmody, who's in the market, and to begin with she's sort of a figure of fun. In another part of the story, there's a religious zealot, Mrs. It's a place where you can take your real anxieties, and park them for a while, and not worry about them anymore.īut the story of "The Mist," in the background, there's this idea that the military has been fooling around with something that's too big for them, and has torn an actual hole in the fabric of reality, and these awful creatures from another dimension have come through. But anybody who's ever had a nightmare knows that every nightmare has a basis in actual anxiety. Because a story like "The Mist" is a nightmare. If you tell the truth, within the scope of a fantasy, people will hear those reverberations. ![]() It had been part of the scenery in a couple of shootings, and so I thought it seemed better to pull it than to leave it around. 11, I thought of that, and I thought, "Geez, I published that book around 1978." There's another one called "Rage," that I've withdrawn from publication, because it was about a school shooter. But the book ends with a passenger jet into hitting a skyscraper. STEPHEN KING: Keep in mind that I also wrote a book called "The Running Man" that was made into a movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger. They'll turn to whatever promises a solution." It is all so evocative of 9/11, and yet amazingly, the novella on which the film is based was first published in 1980. In one very pointed line in the film and the novella, a character says, "If you scare people badly enough, you'll get 'em to do anything. It focuses on the townspeople stuck in a supermarket, facing a new threat, their world having changed forever in an instant, turning on one another, disagreeing on how to deal with the threat. The latest "Stephen King" movie, which opens later this month, is "The Mist," about a small town in Maine enveloped by a dangerous fog. The following is a transcript of Jake Tapper's interview with Stephen King for "Nightline." The transcript has been slightly edited for clarity and narrative flow. Next week a film version, written and directed by Frank Darabont, hits theaters. In the book, an abnormal, supernatural mist takes over a small town in Maine, revealing vicious unworldly creatures. ***INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING $85***.November 15, 2007— - "The Mist" is a novella written by Stephen King in 1980. PLEASE SEE OUR ABE STORE FOR MORE HORROR TITLES. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Would make a wonderful special gift for a Stephen King collector. The Jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $27.95 A very handsome clean, crisp example of this scarce signed title. The dust jacket has strong vibrant colors with no chips, no nicks, no tears, no edgewear, no stains, no fading and no foxing. The original unrestored near fine dust jacket is in beautiful condition. Beautiful condition book internally appearing as crisp and unread. The interior of the book is in crisp clean condition with bright, flat pages with no handling marks, no stains, no foxing, no bent pages and no age toning to the pages. Stephen King signed the book in vibrant black ink on the title page ?Stephen King?. The boards have sharp corners, one tip very slightly pushed, and no edgewear. The book is in beautiful crisp, clean near fine condition with grey paper and white quarter cloth boards. All first edition points present including the first edition statement on the copyright page, and the full number line. Signed by Stephen King on the title page in vibrant black ink ?Stephen King?. First Edition, First impression A near fine signed copy with the near fine original jacket. ![]()
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