Anyone ever heard this Stephen Lightfoot guy and his theory that King killed John Lennon?

No. What's the story?

No. What's the story?

Well, there's this guy named Steven Lightfoot and he thinks Stephen King really killed John Lennon.

I kid, but his theory is that King and Mark David Chapman look a lot alike and that King was actually the one sitting on the park bench reading "Catcher in the Rye" and after Lennon was shot he pretty much just walked away and they already had Chapman lined up to be the willing patsy. I don't remember who's supposed to be pulling the strings in this conspiracy, but King was supposed to be the real enforcer.

I've read everything he's put out and found that he is very hit and miss. By hit and miss I don't mean the difference between bad and good. For me it's more of a difference between good and great. I don't think I've ever read one of his books where I wasn't entertained by at least some portion of it. For example, I consider the final 3 books of the Gunslinger series as "good" stories. They are nowhere near the calibre of the first 4 but I absolutely loved the part where Roland and Eddie actually go to Stephen Kings place and meet him. I remember having to put the book down for a second and saying "how cool is that?"
Like I said, I've read em all and I have to say the pinnacles of his work to date for me are Wizard and Glass and The Green Mile.

dark tower, the stand, it, and a few others are 'classics' to me, and i love them dearly. however i have to say his 'spark' has fizzeled as he got longer into the story. i know he had his accident, and basically 'phoned it in' but to me that was the beginning of the end of my readers love affair w/ king

when i found FPW it was like i had found king...the king i always thought he SHOULD have been.

i know this sounds like ass kissing, but honestly, you blow king out of the water mr wilson, and even though he 'broke the ground' YOU 'built the tower' in my mind

"The Stand" was my first Stephen King book and since then, I've read everything he's ever written. I especially loved his shorter stories i.e, "Thinner", "The Long Walk", etc.

My first post here also and I think it's appropriate since Mr. Wilson is fast becoming my favorite # 2 (maybe it should be favorite #1B) author. I look forward to any new writing I can read from FPW and have already sarted re-reading the RJ series.

Thank you FPW- you bring many hours of pleasure to my life.

"The Stand" was my first Stephen King book and since then, I've read everything he's ever written. I especially loved his shorter stories i.e, "Thinner", "The Long Walk", etc.

My first post here also and I think it's appropriate since Mr. Wilson is fast becoming my favorite # 2 (maybe it should be favorite #1B) author. I look forward to any new writing I can read from FPW and have already sarted re-reading the RJ series.

Thank you FPW- you bring many hours of pleasure to my life.

Welcome aboard, Parabellum. You'll find the gang here neat and petite.

I've read everything he's put out and found that he is very hit and miss. By hit and miss I don't mean the difference between bad and good. For me it's more of a difference between good and great. I don't think I've ever read one of his books where I wasn't entertained by at least some portion of it. For example, I consider the final 3 books of the Gunslinger series as "good" stories. They are nowhere near the calibre of the first 4 but I absolutely loved the part where Roland and Eddie actually go to Stephen Kings place and meet him. I remember having to put the book down for a second and saying "how cool is that?"
Like I said, I've read em all and I have to say the pinnacles of his work to date for me are Wizard and Glass and The Green Mile.

The only complete King work I've read entirely is The Running Man story. It was terrific, and I couldn't help but think about the climax on September 11, 2001.

The only complete King work I've read entirely is The Running Man story. It was terrific, and I couldn't help but think about the climax on September 11, 2001.

I've thought about that as well. It's ironic that King self-censored any further publication of Rage after Columbine et al, but the parallel between The Running Man and 9/11 has gone unremarked upon, as far as I can tell.

BTW, in case you don't have a subscription to Esquire, they have King's newest story on their website:

http://www.esquire.com/fiction/fiction/s...ality-0709

The only complete King work I've read entirely is The Running Man story. It was terrific, and I couldn't help but think about the climax on September 11, 2001.

What? I haven't read the "Running Man". Do me a favor, PM me with what you're getting at here. (I assume it has spoilers)

Really? The Running Man was very (very) loosely adapted into a movie of the same name. The only thing they have in common is the name and the fact that it's a rigged tv game show where contestants are supposed to run for their lives.

The climax of the book has the main character [spoiler]fly a plane into the side of a building.[/spoiler]