rsu@cbscc.UUCP (Rick Urban) (01/02/85)
Didn't Edmund WHITE write "Nocturnes for the King of Naples"? As for "The Talisman", I finished it a few weeks ago, and was too disappointed. I wouldn't say it was a complete failure, however...I found the middle of the book, with Wolf and the Sunlight Home, to be the most inteesting. And although I thought of this primarily as a Stephen King book, I found the ending smacked of the sort of aimless, out-of-control exposition of Straub's folly, "Floating Dragon". But cheer up, King fans: His new book of short stories, "Skeleton Crew", is coming from Putnam in April or May. I hear it contains a novella, "the Mist", which is a great little gem. Rick Urban ...ihnp4!cbscc!rsu
wfi@unc.UUCP (William F. Ingogly) (01/05/85)
Stephen King's novella, 'The Mist,' has already been published in an anthology called 'Dark Forces.' This anthology contains several nice modern horror pieces in addition to King's novella, and was edited (I think) by Charles Grant. I don't know if it's available in paperback, but it was a Science Fiction Book Club selection a few years ago.