And while we’re on the subject!
Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog - books: Stephen King has a shining talent
n short, King’s ability to reflect contemporary US society - and (thanks to his huge fan base) to affect it - is as powerful as any other writer around today. And if that isn’t impressive literature… Well, you tell me.
Actually this post is a pretty good defence of the phenomenon that is Stephen King. I really don’t get why there is so much snobbery around certain types of writing, which is mostly aimed at anything genre related.
I’ve enjoyed most of the Stephen King stuff I’ve read. Some of it didn’t float my boat like Geralds Game, which I must have read when I was 14 so I probably missed some significant meaning. And Dolores Claiborne probably rates as my favourite books ever - at least on the grounds that I have never tired of re-reading it.
I guess it’s the difference between liking French films and watching the new Die Hard. Now don’t get me wrong I love smoked salmon but I’d rather have fish and chips.
