tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post175151645179019246..comments2023-10-20T16:03:03.157+01:00Comments on Devouring Texts: Devouring Stephen King: The PlantLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-30972770394899835072014-01-28T23:12:20.755+00:002014-01-28T23:12:20.755+00:00King seems to have been spending the past few year...King seems to have been spending the past few years reworking ideas he's been holding onto for decades (Under the Dome, 11/22/63, Joyland) -- so who knows, maybe he'll get the bug for The Plant again at some point soon.<br /><br />Personally, though, I don't mind that it's unfinished. I mean, seriously, there are, what, fifty or so finished King novels? Call me crazy, but I kind of like the fact that there's also an unfinished one. It'd be different if it was unfinished due to his death; instead, this seems to be one that he simply couldn't crack all the way open. He was chugging along fine, and then just hit a wall of some sort. That makes it unique and interesting, and so it's special for those reasons.<br /><br />Maybe that's just my superfan side trying to rationalize it, I dunno.Bryant Burnettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189356171455609865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-47174885256340054972014-01-28T21:39:27.401+00:002014-01-28T21:39:27.401+00:00But but but what if he never finishes it and you n...But but but what if he never finishes it and you never read it and gahhhhh! Although, I mean, I guess we'll know if he's finished it or not when he dies (NOOOO) and THEN you can make your decision. Because apparently I'm taking your 'nope' as a 'maybe'. Weird...Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-69256009145815787842014-01-28T21:37:43.101+00:002014-01-28T21:37:43.101+00:00I have seriously never seen anyone else talking ab...I have seriously never seen anyone else talking about it, so hiiiii!<br /><br />I am very very impressed that you printed out all of the pages and had them made into a book- now THAT'S dedication. I just have it on my kindle, but there you go. I definitely agree that The Plant isn't GREAT, but it has a lot of potential so it's disappointing that it is (and will probably remain) unfinished. Because things just. got. interesting. You know?Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-64018824147248016682014-01-28T18:21:04.879+00:002014-01-28T18:21:04.879+00:00"I'm not going to try to impress you...bu..."I'm not going to try to impress you...but be impressed." Ahahahaha good job.<br /><br />I'm thinking if King decides to finish this I'll read it. Otherwise I'll just get annoyed that it took so long to get going and then when things get interesting the story stops. Do not like.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-52225518561374346142014-01-28T07:46:26.928+00:002014-01-28T07:46:26.928+00:00Hey, cool! Someone talking about "The Plant&...Hey, cool! Someone talking about "The Plant"! I didn't think anyone ever talked about this book anymore.<br /><br />I'm a huge King fan, and read the installments of the novel when they were released. Once all six were out, I printed the whole thing out -- front-to-back, no less -- and had it bound into a library-style hardback (like the kind they sometimes bind collections of magazines into). And there it sits on my shelf to this day, right between "On Writing" (one of the very best King books) and "Dreamcatcher" (one of, I would have to agree, the very worst).<br /><br />Which seems appropriate, both chronologically and quality-wise. I don't think "The Plant" is a great novel, by any means; but it's got its charms, and I'd love for King to return to it one of these days.Bryant Burnettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189356171455609865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-75268569518249318562014-01-28T07:05:59.976+00:002014-01-28T07:05:59.976+00:00Okay but if it leaves me twitching and not sleepin...Okay but if it leaves me twitching and not sleeping because of all the not knowing then I'm hounding you with emails and tweets at 4am. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259549933849264277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-73838367151751574852014-01-27T22:25:26.829+00:002014-01-27T22:25:26.829+00:00GAVE AWAY your copy?! I may hate it, but I feel li...GAVE AWAY your copy?! I may hate it, but I feel like I *need* to have all the books on my shelves for, um, posterity or something? I might just be crazy.<br /><br />And yep, unfinished. I'm not sure we can rely on SK to ever finish it, but it's still a fairly good read on its own. Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-21330031136495764342014-01-27T22:23:09.112+00:002014-01-27T22:23:09.112+00:00You definitely should! I mean, it's free and n...You definitely should! I mean, it's free and not very long, so even if you don't like it, you haven't really lost very much money/time.<br /><br />Dreamcatcher annoys me SO MUCH. I think because it *could* be good (like, at the start, the relationship between the four dudes has SO MUCH potential) but no. Nope. It's mostly just fart descriptions. And pooping. Interesting that the movie is good (or just better?) though, I might have to check it out.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-47215091158919131362014-01-27T16:22:27.886+00:002014-01-27T16:22:27.886+00:00Oh yes, the Dreamcatcher! I hated that one, too. I...Oh yes, the Dreamcatcher! I hated that one, too. I think it's the worst SK book, I even gave away my copy... <br />So, unfinished? It does sound interesting though, so if he ever finishes it...Caycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17878030813967203887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-31687697157145849732014-01-27T15:05:48.991+00:002014-01-27T15:05:48.991+00:00I have never even heard of this one, and I thought...I have never even heard of this one, and I thought I knew King pretty well! I am going to have to check it out!<br /><br />BTW, Dreamcatcher is my least favorite book by King (at least of everything that I have read so far, which is about 2/3). It is the one case that I prefer the movie to the book actually!Tif Sweeneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06015299390676538748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-80644922558966510182014-01-27T12:43:10.742+00:002014-01-27T12:43:10.742+00:00But in the wondering, you can make up your own sto...But in the wondering, you can make up your own story and decide what would/should happen and there's no one there to MESS IT UP (I feel like this is a bitter thing to say, when mostly I just take books as they are, and don't really go 'well, that clearly shouldn't have happened etc') But yeah. I was unsure about it too, but I ended up pretty much enjoying it. But maybe that's just because it was better than Dreamcatcher haha.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-51232725718090511792014-01-27T11:07:24.346+00:002014-01-27T11:07:24.346+00:00I kind of want to read this because woooo King, bu...I kind of want to read this because woooo King, but only half a book that is unlikely to ever be finished? I'm pretty sure it'd end up driving me mad with all the wondering.<br /><br />But then again, free and a tale about ambition and botany...but then it isn't finished...It'd be like waiting for the next season of BB and then AMC canceling 6 eps in. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259549933849264277noreply@blogger.com