Hi Gary,
Is Hearts in Atlantis part of a collection or what? I have heard of it, but not read either it or a synopsis.
That is a rather good question and I will attempt an explanation.
The Book 'Hearts in Atlantis' is a collection of five interlocking stories as follows:
1 Low Men in Yellow Coats (1960)
2 Hearts in Atlantis (1966)
3 Blind Willie (1994)
4 Why We're in Vietnam
5 Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling
From Wikipedia:
'Hearts in Atlantis (1999) is a collection of two novellas and three short stories by Stephen King, all connected to one another by recurring characters and taking place in roughly chronological order.
The stories are about the baby boomer generation, specifically King's view that this generation (to which he belongs) failed to live up to its promise and ideals.
Significantly, the opening epigraph of the collection is the Peter Fonda line from the end of Easy Rider: "We blew it." All of the stories are about the 1960s and the war in Vietnam, and in all of them the members of that generation fail profoundly, or are paying the costs of some profound failure on their part.'
The first (and longest) is 'Low Men in Yellow Coats' which has strong connections with Stephen Kings 'Dark Tower' mythos (Incidentally I have not read any of the DT novels.)
The second story - in my opinion the very best of a good bunch (see my previous post) - is 'Hearts in Atlantis' which gives its name to the book.
The stories (in roughly chronological order) are all interlocking and all of the protagonists have met at some time and / or had a relationship with another female character, namely Carol Gerber.
N.B the 2001 movie entitled 'Hearts in Atlantis' has little / nothing to do with the story of the same name. It is in fact a contraction of the stories 'Low Men in Yellow Coats' and 'Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling.'
A consequence of the changes is that the film's title is completely impenetrable to those unfamiliar with the book, although a snatch of dialogue attempts to remedy this: Ted remarks that childhood is a lost city like Atlantis.
OT -
I am glad that the 'injuries' to your hands were nothing more serious than red ink. If you are interested in having the story read and / or proof-read then drop me a line and let me know, as I promise to commit some time to it, even if you are only looking for some honest and constructive criticism.
Think it over and let me know.
Back 'On Topic': I sincerely recommend the story 'Hearts in Atlantis' from the book. It strikes a chord with me as I went through some of the same dramas while I was supposed to be getting an education (but like I say I never really played cards.)
Cheers for now.
Hey, Mr E, I don't know why I didn't think about looking it up on Wiki until after I posted to you but afterwards I did so and found what
Hearts is about. Silly of me, I know. I bet I might like it, as I liked the DT series and it sounds quite similar to that.
Right now, I'm waiting for a friend who is a pilot to fill me on on some technical aviation details and while I'm waiting on that, I'm typing what I have in longhand into the word program in my new laptop. I can do the legal stuff (Hostage negotiations, interviewing witnesses, etc.) as well as the guns (of course!) pretty well, as some of my background and interests is in that stuff.
Looking back on the red ink thing, it is really rather amusing. From their standpoint a chap comes into their clinic with very red hands, and they react like medical people are supposed to react. The fountain pen had a bad leak and I sent it back to the repair facility in New England, (in fact, I had just posted it not more than ten minutes before) and they fixed it under warranty, but I have to remember to store it upright.
Be that as it may, in between the Cornish writer, Colin Wilson, and his fascinating true mysteries, and a couple of other books, I am currently reading the version of
The Stand that takes place in 1980. It dispenses with much of the wordiness of the 1990 full version, but like the C&U version, it is poorly edited, if at all, and it has stuff that if you have not read the C&U version, you likely would not not know what in the hell SK is talking about.
Still,
The Stand remains my favorite SK book. SL is a close second, however.
PS I'll let you know via PM when I get the story I'm working on ready, and then you can read it if you want.
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elmadman_99
8 years ago
Hi Gary,
I'll let you know via PM when I get the story I'm working on ready, and then you can read it if you want.
OK, that is fine and good any time you are ready, just drop me a PM, when you want. I promise to commit some time to the work, and to have something constructive to say.
Cheers for now.
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gary_overman
8 years ago
Mr. E, you will shortly get a PM from me.
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elmadman_99
8 years ago
Thanks, Gary, I am on it now.
Cheers.
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Jefbecco-1
8 years ago
Wow. Okay I'll have a go. I'm going to include the Bachman Books
READ
The Stand
The Shining
Night Shift
Dumas Key
The Dead Zone
Dreamscapes and Nightmares
The Regulators
Desperation
Skeleton Crew
The Bachman Books
Different Seasons
Four Past Midnight
IT
Hearts In Atlantis
Full Dark No Stars
Danse Macabre
The Green Mile
Cell
Watched
Salem's Lot (1979 & 2004)
The Shining (1980 & 1997)
The Stand
The Langoliers
Carrie
Lawnmower Man
A Good Marriage
Desperation
Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
Mist
11/22/63
IT (1990 mini-series)
Needful Things
Dreamcatcher
Bag of Bones
Silver Bullet
Hearts In Atlantis
Rose Red
Thinner
The Mangler
Stand By Me
Dolores Claiborne
Misery
Pet Semetary
Christine
Children of the Corn
The Night Flier
Secret Window
1408
Apt Pupil
Kingdom Hospital
Storm of the Century
The Tommyknockers
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gary_overman
8 years ago
Recently watched 11.22.63. It was pretty good and it also reasonably faithful to the book. The major differences seemed to be a greatly expanded role for Bill Turcotte and one scene was changed from Derry, Maine, to a small town in Kentucky.
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elmadman_99
8 years ago
I recently watched the 1984 movie 'Children of the Corn' and I have to say I enjoyed it as a kid, but recently thought of it as one of the most BORING horror movies ever.
All the kids in the town of Gatlin NE murder the adults in the town within the first 5 minutes of a 92 minute movie.
Burt and Vicky (trainee doctor and fiance Peter Horton and Linda Hamilton respectively) come across the body of a recently murdered boy, and then for reasons known only to themselves, and for bizarre rules that govern horror movie screenwriting, they completely refuse to leave and...
NOTHING happens for almost 75 more minutes.
Then the demon / false god / entity referred to as 'He who walks behind the rows' puts in an appearance and destroys the whole place. Our adult heroes and two 'good' kids walk away unscathed.
And lest we not forget all of this has happened to ensure a successful corn harvest.
Big deal.
Excuse me for stating the extremely obvious here but CotC has my vote for the single most BORING horror move ever made.
So there.
Deal with it.
Cheers for now.
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elmadman_99
8 years ago
I recently watched the 1984 movie 'Children of the Corn' and I have to say I enjoyed it as a kid, but recently thought of it as one of the most BORING horror movies ever.
All the kids in the town of Gatlin NE murder the adults in the town within the first 5 minutes of a 92 minute movie.
Burt and Vicky (trainee doctor and fiance Peter Horton and Linda Hamilton respectively) come across the body of a recently murdered boy, and then for reasons known only to themselves, and for bizarre rules that govern horror movie screenwriting, they completely refuse to leave and...
NOTHING happens for almost 75 more minutes.
Then the demon / false god / entity referred to as 'He who walks behind the rows' puts in an appearance and destroys the whole place. Our adult heroes and two 'good' kids walk away unscathed.
And lest we not forget all of this has happened to ensure a successful corn harvest.
Big deal.
Excuse me for stating the extremely obvious here but CotC has my vote for the single most BORING horror move ever made.
So there.
Deal with it.
Cheers for now.
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