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* ''[[Cujo]]'' - Mother and son trapped in [[The Alleged Car]] by the titular rabid dog. Made into a movie by Lewis Teague, who would go on to direct ''Cat's Eye''. By this point, King's substance abuse was so bad that he ''cannot remember'' writing this book. |
* ''[[Cujo]]'' - Mother and son trapped in [[The Alleged Car]] by the titular rabid dog. Made into a movie by Lewis Teague, who would go on to direct ''Cat's Eye''. By this point, King's substance abuse was so bad that he ''cannot remember'' writing this book. |
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* ''[[The Dark Tower (Literature)/The Gunslinger|The Dark Tower]]'' - First in ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' series starring a protagonist that embodies that [[The Gunslinger|exact trope]], searching for the ultimate truth. |
* ''[[The Dark Tower (Literature)/The Gunslinger|The Dark Tower]]'' - First in ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' series starring a protagonist that embodies that [[The Gunslinger|exact trope]], searching for the ultimate truth. |
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{{quote|The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.}} |
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* ''Different Seasons'' - Anthology of four novellas with [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming|Idiosyncratic Episode Subtitling]] |
* ''Different Seasons'' - Anthology of four novellas with [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming|Idiosyncratic Episode Subtitling]] |
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** ''Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (or, Hope Springs Eternal)'' - Hope springs eternal, even in prison. [[Frank Darabont|Made into]] [[The Shawshank Redemption|the number one movie on IMDb's Top 250]]. |
** ''Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (or, Hope Springs Eternal)'' - Hope springs eternal, even in prison. [[Frank Darabont|Made into]] [[The Shawshank Redemption|the number one movie on IMDb's Top 250]]. |
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* [[Skunk Stripe]]: Nadine in ''[[The Stand]]''. |
* [[Skunk Stripe]]: Nadine in ''[[The Stand]]''. |
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* [[Squick]]: Invoked in ''Danse Macabre'' when King describes his method. |
* [[Squick]]: Invoked in ''Danse Macabre'' when King describes his method. |
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{{quote|I recognize terror as the finest emotion and so I will try to terrorize the reader. But if I find that I cannot terrify, I will try to horrify, and if I find that I cannot horrify, I'll go for the gross-out. I'm not proud.}} |
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* [[Take That]]: Often toward ignorant right-wingers or educated snobs. |
* [[Take That]]: Often toward ignorant right-wingers or educated snobs. |
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* [[Teens Are Monsters]] |
* [[Teens Are Monsters]] |