Under the Dome - Review

I have to confess that I was a little late coming to the party. I didn't read my first Stephen King Book until I was in College. Someone recommended "Misery". Of course I was hooked. I always thought he was a hack. He may be. With the speed that he puts out books, it's certainly easy to see him that way, but I think that is underestimating him.

His newest Novel "Under The Dome" weighs in at 1100 pages, and I have a hard time putting it down. It's one of those "What would happen if..." books. The concept is simple, an invisible force field strangely appears, covering only the town of Chesters Mills. Any other town in America, might make it for a few days without falling apart, but with "Big Jim Rennie" as one of the towns selectmen, it only takes two days before Martial Law is instituted and people start dying.

I know that some of the imagery in this book is a little trite, but the man wrote 1100 pages in 9 months. With that output speed you are going to have some ugly language, but it's so damn addictive. I think that counts for something.

If you are a Stephen King fan, pick up a copy of this book!

Also this month, there are new comic book additions to "The Dark Tower" saga, and also "The Stand". I'm pretty sure that his only role in the comics is to approve the story, and I've only ready the first part of the Dark Tower comics, but they were ok.

I just found out that there is also an free online game based on The Dark Tower, Discordia.

Busy guy.