I've only read three books by Stephen King. When I was 10 I read 'The Long Walk,' one of his pseudonymous Bachman books. In my early 20s, while trapped on a family vacation, I read 'The Dark Half,' which taught me a word I have never forgotten: psychopomp. Now I have read '11/22/63.'
Lev GrossmanHow often have I met and disliked writers whose books I love; and conversely, hated the books and then wound up liking the writer? Too often.
Lev GrossmanJosh speculated about the hypothetical contents of an imaginary porn magazine for intelligent trees that would be entitled Enthouse.
Lev GrossmanMost people are blind to magic. They move thru a blank and empty world. Theyโre bored with their lives and thereโs nothing they can do about it. Theyโre eaten alive by longing and theyโre dead before they die.
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