Stepehn King's Hearts In Atlantis

[Ghost2004]

Stephen King's Hearts In Atlantis

Cleaning out my closets the other day I came across a Stephen King( along with Anne Rice He's one of my fave fiction authors) book, Hearts in Atlantis, that I had read awhile back, and started reading it again. Damn good book!

With all the political talk, talk of the draft ect,the 2nd part of the book, entitled "Hearts in Atlantis" really gets me, plus thoughts of my own Uni days, esp the 2 yrs I spent in Uni in NJ, when a good many of my mates there fell vicitm to our own versions of "hearts mania" and "hunting the bitch".

( For those who don;t remember one of the 4 interconnected stories in the book, "Hearts In Atlantis" concerns a group of draft age college kids @ the U of Maine, who become addicted to a card game called Hearts, and many of whom flunk out because of it, and the flunking out changed a LOT of their lives, esp with the draft going on)

I was wondering what other readers of this book thought.

Ghostie

 

[TicklishSinner]

OMG I agree Excellent book, I got it on DVD and it is by far one of the best movies, but the book is better than the movie..as always

 

[EvlJester]

I still need to see the movie and read the book, and then i will give a report on it

 

[crydun]

loved the book, have the movie, haven't watched it yet.

 

[WraithTickler]

Well, I've been reading a lot more Stephen King of late. I've only red the first part of Hearts in Atlantis due to how it tied in with his Dark Tower work. Still need to see the movie.

*A few spoilers below, so read with caution*

Recently into Book 7 of the series. Ted shows back up again, playing a very major role in the plot- also having a lot more of a back story (you learn his history) and he fills you in on what he does as a Breaker- seeing what happened to him after the Low Men took him. Also coincidentally enough Jake from Dark Tower is almost an identical match for Bobby Garfield when he was younger.

 

[Strider]

Liked the book a lot.Definately one of his most personal works.