Stephen King

Been re-reading The Shining- partly in preparation for the release of Dr Sleep, partly for a GR discussion group. It reminded me that the man who went on to kill John Lennon (Mark Chapman) earlier approached King at a book-signing. I have nothing against Mr King (other than I wish he'd stop producing wedges of bloated text & go back to tight, suspenseful plots) but it made me think about Creative Design. If such a notion really existed, don't you think an assassin would have targeted Paul McCartney? Or even more obviously Yoko Ono. Over 40 years of Yoko Ono and no more John Lennon- yeah, that's intelligent.