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pipi_k

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5. I also think

Sat Apr 6, 2013, 09:15 AM

Apr 2013

it's one of his best works and enjoyed it immensely, especially since I remember what life was like back then.

I didn't quite "get" the ticker-taker guy, but that's OK.

The ending, I thought, was bittersweet.

If you're into time travel stuff, another good one of his is "Hearts In Atlanta", which sort of brings together the present and the past with lots of little intertwining threads of his characters' lives. It has a rather boring beginning, and is a bit confusing at first, but eventually takes shape.

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Stephen King's 11/22/63 [View all] Frank Cannon Apr 2013 OP

I enjoyed it too Ron Obvious Apr 2013 #1

King DOES have a problem with endings. Frank Cannon Apr 2013 #2

Agreed on the atmosphere... Ron Obvious Apr 2013 #6

Under the Dome was the worst offender with this smackd Apr 2013 #7

Remember what happened to Marty McFly ... dmr Apr 2013 #10

Goodness... Ron Obvious Apr 2013 #11

The beginning is exceptionally boring a la izquierda Apr 2013 #3

I have always enjoyed reading Stephen King. In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #4

I also think pipi_k Apr 2013 #5

Hearts in Atlantis Roland99 Apr 2013 #8

Thanks! Just downloaded to my Kindle... Sekhmets Daughter Apr 2013 #9

I love Stephen King Demo_Chris Apr 2013 #12

I've been planning to read this TuxedoKat Apr 2013 #13

I think "11/22/63" and "The Dome" are two of King's best novels. Paladin Apr 2013 #14