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In no particular order, I wanted to write down some of the scenes from the King books I have read so far that have really stuck with me. Or in the case of some, haunted me *Spoiler Alert! For IT, The Long Walk & The Stand*
I have tons more, so I might do a couple more of these if you like this???
But these are the first 3 that stood out to me to post first!
- IT : Bill & Richie escape the werewolf on Silver: *some of selected blurb* - “Richie saw the empty street where nothing moved and suddenly burst into tears. Bill looked at him for a moment and then put his arms around Richie and hugged him. Richie clutched at Bill’s neck and hugged him back. He wanted to say something clever, something about how Bill should have tried the Bullseye on the Werewolf, but nothing would come out. Nothing except sobs. “D-Don’t R-Richie” Bill said. “duh-duh-duh-h-h-” then he burst into tears himself and they only hugged each other on their knees in the street beside Bill’s spilled bike, and their tears made clean streaks down their cheeks, which were sooted with coal-dust.”
- The Long Walk: Hank Olson’s Death: *some of selected blurb* - “The blue snakes of Olson’s intestines were slowly slipping through his fingers. They dropped like link sausages against his groin, where they flapped obscenely. He stopped, bent over as if to retrieve them (retrieve them, Garraty thought in a near ecstasy of wonder and horror), and threw up a huge glut of blood and bile. He began to walk again, bent over. His face was sweetly calm.”….. “ “I DID IT WRONG!” Olson shouted tremblingly, and then fell flat and dead.””
- The Stand: News-casting fail: *some of selected blurb* - “Then he suddenly started to say something else, but the sound cut off and you could only see his lips moving”…..(When sound cuts back) “ “Government health officials emphasize that this is Russian-A flu, not the more dangerous swine flu. In the meantime, old advice is good advice; doctors say: Stay in bed, get lots of rest, drink fluids, and take aspirin for the fever” ”The newscaster smiled reassuringly…and off-camera, someone sneezed.”