He was asked what he thought of some popular series that he was honest about liking/not liking. Trust me, King is NOT a book snob. He likes all kinds of work from all kinds of writers, and has discussed and raved about many female authors. Just not Twilight and 50 Shades. It's cool people enjoy those books, but let's…

Here's the thing: yes, you are being judged for something that is not your fault and assumptions are being made about you that may not be true. And that's hurtful and unpleasant on a personal level.

Except how can anyone be rude to her face if she lies about her privilege? She never says anyone is insulting to her, except a vague mention about "backlash" over her address and her assumption that her doorman is judging her. That's it. She gives zero evidence of any actual rudeness, instead giving an example of a…

I am, in fact. In the sense that while she may have these feelings, they are shitty and self centered and she needs to reconsider them. Not being able to "help" having privilege doesn't grant you immunity from criticism or require anyone else to feel sorry for you over it. She needs to grow up. The world doesn't…

I can't believe anyone is defending the original article here. If it had been written by a straight white guy about how totes hard it is to deal with women being wary of them on dark street corners or discussing the issues with patriarchy, or a white person complaining about how people of color aren't nice to them…

I think it's largely some of her social stances that more liberal Germans object to, like her opposition to gay marriage and her identity as a political Christian who views Germany as a Christian state. There are also some of the anti-abortion cabinet choices she's made and the fact that some people feel she is less…

She looks so lovely here. I want that lipstick color, and hair style, and dress. I also love that she's like, wow, I can't even deal with this, I have to go cry now. That'd be me if I won anything, I think.

Expat living in Germany right now. There are a lot of VERY not happy people here over this. All the signs of her around where I live in Hamburg have either Hitler 'staches draw on them or blood dripping out of her mouth. No joke. She's their equivalent of a Romney, at least to some folks. But liberal and conservative…

For me I was less terrified and more annoyed and grossed out. I was like, okay, I get it, can we please move on? And I like butt weasel...or ass weasel. :}

Oh, definitely. And that kind of thing has totally evolved in his work, too.

That's fine, but he really has. And many of them, while certainly distinct characters, mostly serve the narrative for the purpose of helping/teaching the main white protags something. Mother Abigail, John Coffey, Dick Halloran, Sara Tidwell...all largely serve the plot not for themselves but for others who are all…

Yeah, I identified with it as it's something my partner and I do. Not saying anyone else has to like it, but it felt very familiar and real to me personally.

Weirdly, I'd actually say he has written more interchangeable male characters than female. I can't think of any of his main female protags who have been even similar, personality wise, and that's very rare.

I think it was Lisey's progression from a fairly blah person with little identity, to someone with purpose and drive. And I think I related to the sort of...preciousness of the relationship, having been with my husband nearly 20 yrs now (we're only 34/35 but we have all kinds of gross cutesy stuff we do/say in…

Literal alien butt weasels from Dreamcatcher. I did. Not. Like. That. Book.

I think the lack of her own identity, which she has to figure out over the course of the novel, is why I liked it as much as I did. And as a writer, her husband's weird other world resonated as did their relationship. It's been awhile since I read it, so who knows how I'd view it now, but it was the fact that was so…

Oh, wow, thank you. I always hope that's how my comments come across. :}

It should be noted that King has also said that The Shining is a "good" horror film, but a terrible adaptation of his novel. Because it basically loses all the things he mentioned, especially in the two main characters. Jack's descent into madness is not nearly as effective when you have Jack Nicholson, who looks AND…

Just because there's a moral center doesn't mean the things he portrays aren't still unsettling for what they are. He explores human nature pretty well and even though it's generally clear that bad people are bad, what they think, do, say, can be incredibly upsetting. It's not like horror only works if it's done one…

That's emphatically not true, that he doesn't want to "upset" anyone. King's work has been routinely blamed for violence in schools, the deterioration of culture, and it's been accused of being misogynistic itself. He has written about a lot of extremely difficult subject matter that is absolutely not "safe". He…