Stephen King's son making name for himself

[Bodhisattva]

Joe Hill knew it was only a matter of time before one of the publishing industry's hottest little secrets became common knowledge. He just wished he could have kept it under wraps a bit longer.

But when Hill's fantasy-tinged thriller, "Heart-Shaped Box," came out last month, it was inevitable that his thoroughbred blood lines as a writer of horror and the supernatural would be out there for all to see.

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[Bama Torch in Pcola]

Thanks for posting. This is a good read. I'm not a huge King fan but I respect him, he can churn out a good book when he sets his mind to it.

 

[DiamondFrog]

I grew up a huge King fan. I read The Stand when I was 12. Good to see his son carrying on the tradition.

 

[NYBamaFan]

I grew up a huge King fan. I read The Stand when I was 12. Good to see his son carrying on the tradition.

I also liked King's earlier works. The Stand is probably my favorite of his. But anything that he has written in the last 15 years is seriously twisted. This guy forgot that good is supposed to prevail...

 

[cbi1972]

I also liked King's earlier works. The Stand is probably my favorite of his. But anything that he has written in the last 15 years is seriously twisted. This guy forgot that good is supposed to prevail...

It eventually does in Duma Key but not before some loved ones take a dirtnap.

 

[J.Will]

Stephen King's new book "Under the Dome" SUCKS!!! It is horrible. I want two days of my life back. I kept thinking it would redeem itself in the end and guess what? It got worse! When I closed the book I wanted to drive to Maine, find King, and kick him in the testicles until his eyes started bleeding. It was that bad.

Maybe his sone is some freaky talent vampire and has stolen all his Dad's talent as a writer...

Yeah, that must be it.

 

[JamieSPC]

So J.Will, did you like "Under The Dome"?

I thought it was okay, but the publishers had been hyping it as the next "The Stand." Not quite... I think "The Dark Tower" zapped King creatively, and even that lost steam in the last couple of books.

As for Joe, his new one ("Horns") is seriously twisted as well. It's a true horror novel... evil definitely gets its ups here. I think one of the things that made Daddy King so popular early on is that his books had a populist ring to them—the good guys either won or at least were redeemed somehow. The exceptions were "Cujo" and "Pet Sematary," two of the bleakest pop novels in literary history. That those were bestsellers is a testament to King's name and the power it had in the early 80s. Mainstream "beach readers" probably regret to this day having read those two books.

"Horns" is more along those lines: bleak.

For a real literary thrill, Joe's "20th Century Ghosts" story collection can't be beat. If you're a fan of, say, Richard Matheson—the master of the macabre short story—you'll love "20th Century Ghosts."