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If you and King got stuck in an elevator what would you do or talk about?
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Apr 22, 2008 03:09PM
ME I WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF ...SO I'LL PAST OUT...that would be soo awesome to see king in person. someday i will...
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Living in New England I have thought of that. I think would want to ask him what he was thinking with that hole gang bang in "It". I would also like to ask him about the Dark Tower series. What he meant by the ending, and how it ever occured to him to write himself into the story. It was simply brilliant. However, I am sure I would be to star struck and just trip over my tongue. It wouldn't be pretty.
I would ask him if he could tell a ghost story, preferably one about being stuck on an elevator with a famous horror writer. Hearing The Master tell a story himself would be too cool.
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He's already autographed my copy of Bag Of Bones, so that's out. :) We could swap our experiences reading the Harry Potter series, which he has publicly raved about (and hinted at in certain parts of The Dark Tower!).I like Shane's idea above the best.
if he would tell me a ghost story i would never go on an elevator again!...I guess the stairs are good for your health : )
I would let him know how I believe he is the hardest working writer in the world and I love him for it.
I would hope that I would make intelligent conversation, ask what he's been reading, if he's been working on anything lately, and tell him how much I loved his books! But I'm afraid I would be a babbling idiot and make a fool out of myself. :(
I would try to do my best at being a ventriloquist (which I never tried), and make him think I was talking to him via the Shining. Also, I would tell him the Dark Tower is better than anything ever, even Futurama.
I would simply tell him I enjoy his work and leave it at that.
I would just stare with my jaw dropped. I would be in shock that I am meeting (in my opinion) the best writer ever! Then, I would ask him where he gets his inspirations to write his novels. I would also tell him that his books are awesome. Oh, and (if I had one of his books with me) I would have him sign it. =)
I don't think I'd be able to speak. I would hope I would not gape at the man with my mouth open and eyes like deer-in-headlights. I would want him to know I've been a fan of his for over 20years.
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Well if i could speak without sounded like a tard id probably just chat with him he's gotta be just as wacky as me!lol
Well, of course I would be awestruck! I would NOT ask where his ideas come from. I would like to tell him that his novels have been a huge part of my life since I was about 10 or so. They have entertained, and allowed me to escape countless hours when this was really needed. I look forward to each work he publishes like a treasured gift and will be eternally grateful to him for sharing his talent with me (among the millions!!)
I’ll be just as happy if it never happens, because I think I would lose mental or physical control or both. Steve, it’ll be better all round if I just love you from afar. :)
I've actually been thinking about this question hoping I'd try to sound really intelligent and well read and blah blah blah...then I realized if I were stuck in an elevator with Stephen King any conversation we had would probably end up devolving into us discussing our theories on Lost...yeah I'm a little obsessed with that show right now and I know he's a fan.
What I would say to Mr. King would depend on a few things. -Is he wearing a clown suit?
-Am I wearing a clown suit?
-Is he going to show me that he does indeed have the mind of a small child in a jar?
I would ask him whom his agent is. I'm working on becoming an author. I'd also compliment him on being the most important horror writer of the 20th century, for bringing horror into mainstream, a kind of literary Michael Jordan, getting people into horror that don't usually read.
I like his work, but I'm not someone who would die if I met him. I'd tell him I thought The Stand was the best novel I've read and that my mother was a huge fan. I'd then proceed to ask if he could get us the hell out of the elevator. Lol.
Actually- I had no idea where else to put this, so I'm writing it here. Apparently King's words for Stephenie Meyer was - "Can't write worth a darn- she's not very good."
MEOW!! Kinda catty and obnoxious on Steve's part, right? Better not to say anything at all to him on the elevator.
I would chalk it up to jealousy, but I know he loves JK Rowling, so that can't be it.
It can't be jealousy. He's right. Her skills, as far as writing go, are not very good, but her ideas are excellent! I think that's okay, because she's really just starting. You can learn skills, but you can't really learn imagination.
Well- I agree that her writing was a bit stilted in her first book. Characters were rolling their eyes at the end of every paragraph in the book, and Edward glittered ad nauseam. But I really think her writing improved a hell of a lot in the later books, imho.
Haha, Rob. Get out from under that rock! ;)She wrote the Twilight series... You might have seen screaming hordes of 14 year olds clogging the arteries of B&N for them? Sound familiar?
Salma wrote: "Actually- I had no idea where else to put this, so I'm writing it here. Apparently King's words for Stephenie Meyer was - "Can't write worth a darn- she's not very good."
MEOW!! Kinda catty..."
Wow. If he said that I love him even more! I'm sure the reason he said it is because...well, it's true. Ugh. I seem to be in the minority but I can't stand Twilight, what a horrible excuse for a piece of writing.
I actually went to a Motley Crue concert on Monday night, so my head is still ringing with "rock". (I'm getting to old for that crap! ;)
I'd probably give him an inspiration to write a book about being stuck in the elevator. I've been stuck in elevators twice and each time, I freaked out. LOL.
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No. I didn't even know he had one. I would also just about die to hear the Rock Bottom Remainders. What radio station?
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Hey, Thanks! I knew there was a good reason to be in this group!
Ive always got my mouth running but would end up being a bunch of babble Im sure not that it isnt anyway! lol
I would tell him all of my creepy dreams, and become partners on a book and movie deal, and become rich, rich, rich! LOL yeah right...instead I'd ask how he felt about those Twilight books! :)
Assuming i could talk at all, i'd ask about The Dark Tower series. Why didn't he let Roland off the hook? At the end i got the feeling that wasn't Roland's first rodeo with the Tower. And worse he was doomed to do it again, because he didn't have the Horn of Eld. I know in his rebirth he had it on him, but why make him go through it yet again? And did Roland always have the same ka-tet? I would hope so, but their have been others that think he gets a different group every time. And tell him how much i've love his work, and my favorite books. The Gunslinger books, IT, The Stand. How i love all his books.
Oh don't think i won't! And i'll ask him if he thinks he's writen a bad book. Of course i've pushed the stop button by now, & coming close to being a kidnapper, but what the hell right? Why is it called kidnapping? Not all the people getting kidnapped are childern.
Probably tell him not to fart in the elevator or I will stop belieiving in God and hope he cracks up laughing.
What a great question! There are so many things I'd love to ask him about...of course providing I had a coupla xanax with me. I would be a writer groupie if I could. As a group, there are none that I think more of except maybe the Mother Teresa-types. I find the entire process of writing nothing short of magic. I'm less concerned with where he gets his ideas than with what happens during the process of putting them down on paper. Think about it...a person can write a book/story/poem...etc and just reading it makes you feel something, whether pleasure or pain or sadness or joy. The written word can inspire, depress, or move people to action. Maybe I sound weird saying that, but it really blows my mind. I would definitely ask him about that.BTW, Lori...if you do find yourself in that position don't tell him you're his "biggest fan". You will likely scare the hell out of him!
OK no biggest fan, & no where do you get your ideas. Oh hell Rob i'd forget how to say "Cockadoodie", and just be like "Damn, Ohshit, Unfingbelievable."Going off topic for a minute ok. Who is sick of hearing about Tiger Woods whores? I only ask because i'm in the computer/mother-in-law room (had to let her come live with us) home alone, but they left the tv on in the living room, and it keeps screaming about Tiger Woods whores. So what, he's human, he finally fell from grace, off of his pedestal, boom. It's done now get on with other stuff. His wife, & kids don't deserve to have to listen to all this crap. It's everywhere. I hope his wife burns him a new asshole! Now their saying something about a sex tape. Who cares?
I'd ask him 'how the hell do we get out of this lift?'!
I was kind of thinking about this tonight over dinner since I am planning to go see Joe Hill in Feb, and I don't want to be the typical "OMGILOVEYERDADSOMUCHHEISMYFAVORITEAUTHOROFALLTIME!!!!" groupie. LOL (Althought that's probably exactly what will happen anyway.)So... I don't know what will come gushing out of my mouth when I stand there with my book. All I know is that my chances of looking cool are running right around 0.000000000000000000000001%.
But it will still be probably the greatest day of my life. :)
I would probably breathe really, really deep when in his presence. Not only to keep from fainting, but just to breathe the same air. How weird is that?!
Not. Not to me anyway. I really can't imagine what I'd say. After about 5 minutes of my silent staring (O_O), he'd probably start praying that I'm not an axe murderer or something.
And then when the OHMYGODILOVEYOURBOOKSSOMUCHYOU'REMYFAVORITEAUTHOROFALLTIMEs start, he'd probably then start wishing for death.
Well, I could literally pass out in his presence. I told you I almost did when I got to see William Shatner, had to put my head between my legs, and he thought it was so cute he blew me kisses. THEN I could have died happy:-D
Hahaha! Awwww. Well you are cute anyway!
