November - Guess the book/story/character game

Sorry for the delay everyone. Here's the quote:

But instead of vomit, what came out of ________ was a long, low buzz - the sound of a factory machine which has been put under severe strain. ________'s eyes bulged from his face like glass marbles and his cheeks were so taut that little crescents of shadow appeared under the corners of his eyes. It went on and on, a rumbling, rasping noise, and when it finally ceased, the genny out back seemed far too loud.

This is a bit of a cheek as I failed to post last time and I'm not sure I can really be bothered this time either, but is it The Green Mile?

No, not the Green Mile.

Hm... I'm thinking it's from one of the stories in Everything's Eventual, not sure why. This does sound very familiar though.

It is Dreamcatcher, when Jonesy and Beaver are in the cabin with McCarthy when he first shows up. It's his name I blanked out. Your go Beeg, well done.

________ gave him a final, furious glance, his lips twisting and bucking as the words bottled up behind them struggled to find their way out.

ehh, WAG It

no :)

hmmm, maybe The Gunslinger?

nope, not that either

The Shining?

Oh! Or Graveyard Shift? (I'm trying to think of a story where a character was FURIOUS with another character who held power over him...)

It's The Shining unless you want to take it back ;)

ya know jseger, since doing these quotes I'm amazed at how many times Uncle Stevie uses the same descriptions and situations. After awhile they *all* start to seem familiar.

Oh no. The Shining is my official pick. I'll always remember the first line of that book "Jack Torrence thought: Officious little prick."

I like "blows his nose and takes a peek" I'm always amazed at how many people do that.

Was it From A Chevy Eight?

it has to be the shinning. beeg i remember that exact part in the book and thinking the same thing. tons of ppl do that.

sorry for the confusion CandiBelle, Jseger won the quote and now we're just talking about our favorite other quotes from The Shinning

Pick a quote Jseger, you're up.

Sorry beeg,

I understood. I just went out to dinner and haven't had the chance to pick a quote. I'm working on it right now...

The day Hillman Brown did the most spectacular trick of his career as an amateur magician- the only spectacular trick of his career as an amateur magician, actually- was Sunday, July 17th, exactly one week before the Haven town hall blew up.

The Tommyknockers?

I never actually read it, even though it's at the top of my list of ones to read, but I know it takes place in Haven, so...

It is the Tommyknockers and it's a great book (and a pretty good magic trick too). I hope you enjoy it Swinny.

Sorry jseger for hijacking and confirming but I do love that book and couldn't resist.

Love the book so much I posted that comment twice.

Yeah, it was The Tommyknockers. I was going to blank out the reference to Haven, but thought it messed up the flow of the quote.

The Tommyknockers is one of his books that regularly gets dumped on, even by his fans and I never understood why. That one (along with Desperation and The Regulators) are a couple of my favorites, yet they all get smacked around from time-to-time.

On the other hand, Insomnia is usually praised and I didn't much like that one at all.

LOL I love how we all vary on our King books. I never liked The Tommyknockers but I don't remember why? Didn't love Insomnia either, something about those bubble headed Drs. I'm curious to see if I like the books any better at this age.

Nice, glad I was able to get one. As far as The Tommy Knockers goes, like I said I never read it, but I did read Insomnia, and I agree that it wasn't the greatest, I heard great things about it and expected more. It was good, but it wasn't one of his best. Alright, now onto the quote...

He threw her on the bed beside me and I saw that she was dead, and that's when I woke up screaming. With an erection.

Apt Pupil but then I'm not sure that's written in first person.

Duma Key?

Nope, it's neither of those.

Yup. It was Rage. Nice job beeg.

thanks, you want to choose again?

You don't want to go? Alright, I can go again than...

Her lips pressed together. Her brow furrowed, as if in concentration. Her hand came up and seemed to grab for the back of my neck, as a person falling from a cliff may grasp blindly at anything to hold on just a little longer. Then it fell away and lay limply on the grass, palm up. She trembled once more-the whole delicate weight of her trembled in my arms-and then she was still.

I'm not sure why... but I'm thinking... Cell?

nah, I think it's The Running man, Swinny is on a Bachman roll :)

Actually, it's not Cell OR The Running Man! Muahahaha I stumped beeg, yay me! :D

LOL go you!

Not Bag of Bones? Or is that too obvious?

Carrie? From Sue's book?

It is indeed Bag of Bones Booksloth. I thought it was kind of obvious too, but I guess everyone looked passed the obvious, lol. Nice job.

Yay! I'm amazing! Try this one
"There were no bad dreams that night. ------ and I went out to dinner, drank too much, went to a jazz place where we hadn't been in nearly six years, and listened to that amazing blue-eyed black man, Dexter Gordon, blow his horn until almost two in the morning."

I think that might be the The Green Mile although I couldn't say which installment.

Not The Green Mile.

Nor Black House.

A Winter's Tale: The Breathing Method from Different Seasons

Beeg got it! It is The Breathing Method. Take it away, Beeg!

I'm starting to wonder if beeg isn't somehow secretly related to Stephen in some way. HaHa! Just jealous that she seems to get these so easily when the rest of us (me) just look like morons.

I have Uncle Stevie's cell number

Well, I managed to stump beeg once, so, my life is complete, lol.

yeah, he was busy at that time ;)

ok, gonna get a book for the next quote as soon as I finish my tea.

ok, sorry, I'm going out of town so who ever checks this first gets to do the next quote.

Ok, I've got one.

"Bodice-rippers are one of my secret vices," ------ said, "Better than chocolate because they don't make you fat and the men in them are better than real men because they don't call you at four in the morning, drunk and whining for a second chance."

Misery?

That was my first guess too, but it seemed too obvious. Also, it doesn't sound like Annie to me (though I guess it could be another character in a flashback I suppose).

How about The Dark Half?

Shoot! I know there's another book or two where SK mentions that one of his characters are reading one of the Misery Chastain novels. I bet the quote is from there. Unfortunately I'm blanking on which books/characters those are...

A sort of wild guess but jseger9000 has started some faint bells ringing. Could it be Rose Madder?

Ah, there you go, Booksloth. 'Tis Anna the head of Daughters and Sisters, and jseger was right, it was a Misery Chastain novel that she was referring to. Funny how those novel interweave.

My spotty memory is a blessing and a curse.

It was a blessing for me (heh, heh, heh!)

Oooh-er. We're running out of books a bit, aren't we?

Try this'n
"A report card which did not contain all A's was an unacceptable report card. An A - was the subject of a lecture fraught with dire warnings of what life would be like digging ditches or emptying garbage cans, and a B resulted in punishment
- most commonly confinement to his room for a week."

Déjà vu, was this quote already done? And why am I relating it to The Who? WAG The Waste Lands, where Jake was worrying about his essay grade.

Nope, not The Waste Lands. I don't think it's been up before though I couldn't swear to it. As for The Who? Can't help you there I'm afraid :-(

Could it be Christine? Arnie Cunningham's parents were a bit keen for him to keep studying.

#67 angelikat, not sure about The Who but I can't read Dreamcatcher without thinking of The Rolling Stones singing We love you.

Not Christine either. Good guess though (as they say on quiz shows whenever someone gets it wrong - so, not so good, after all.)

That's okay, I was just coming back to change my mind. For some reason the short story Apt Pupil is poking at the back of my mind and whispering "pick me, pick me."

Jody I was scrolling down so excited to make my guess but you got there before me........I just know that it's Apt Pupil.

Yeah, Apt Pupil was what came to mind for me. I didn't even think of Christine, though that's a very good suggestion. Or maybe Rage...

What's wrong with using books that have been used already? i'm pretty sure a book can have more than one good quote after all.

Wow! Amazed so many of you knew it was Apt Pupil! Talk about great minds thinking alike! Congratulations!

Except that it's not Apt Pupil (tee-hee-hee-hee-hee).

Or Rage

Oh! Is it Word Processor of the Gods? I wouldn't think so only because I remember the parents being pretty dismissive...

Or It. Could be Stan's parents. This is a quote I remember reading...

How many guesses do I get any way?

Nah and nah and as many as you need.

Man, I know this quote and I can't think of it - grr. I think it just might be from an early short story.

#69 Jodyreadseverything - I can't listen to Sting's The Dream of the Blue Turtles without thinking of Cycle of the Werewolf.

Not Cycle of the Werewolf either. For me, the one that always sets me singing is The Stand. Blue Oyster Cult of course.

Or The Ramones song Pet Sematary...

Was that a guess?

Does that mean it is Pet Semetary? I was going to guess The Long Walk.

It means it is neither Pet Semetary nor The Long Walk (one of my faves).

Oh, no. Pet Sematary wasn't a guess. Just adding to the convo about Sk and music. Everyone here has heard the Ramones song Pet Sematary, right?

I don't wanna be buried
in the Pet Sematary
I don't want to live my life again...

Right now, I'm outta guesses. Once I get home I will probably have second thoughts.

Hm... The Dead Zone?

The Langoliers from Four Past Midnight. That's the totally A type business guy who is sure everyone else is just plotting to make him late for his meeting.

Sob, sob - just as things were going so well and I was feeling decidedly evil. You're right ealaindraoi - it is indeed The Langoliers - a story that pops into my mind and makes me look behind every time I take off in a plane.

Oh! Very good ealaindraoi! I never woulda got to The Langoliers!

Nah, jseger, you would have gotten there, eventually! ;p

He knew a little about damnation himself.....and he had an idea that the lessons, far from being done, were just beginning.

'Salems Lot

Little Sisters of Eluria from Everything's Eventual

Awwww, Beeg! You ruined my fun! I was sure no one would remember the little story in the DT universe but not in any DT book!

Heheheh, now YOU have to pick a quote! (no good guess goes unpunished!)

rats, I should stay out of town longer.

#94 - rats, I should stay out of town longer.

Graveyard Shift!

um, sorry, that wasn't a quote, it was just a reply to ealaindraoi, but good guess!

the quote is:

"They called him well preserved, but they used the term in a way that was uneasy rather than complimentary."

That weird old man in Bag of Bones?

not that one

#96 - Oh, I know. I was just goofing around.

#95 Lol! I got it.

#100 I know it made me laugh out loud!

BTW #97 - I keep thinking Insomnia. I know it's not that one (the description is too negative to be the description of our hero), but for some reason it's wedged in my head anyway...

no, not Insomnia

Needful Things?

nuh-uh

Popsy from Nightmares and Dreamscapes?

nope

I think it's that guy from the short story about the house that he keeps adding onto... It grows on you

ummmmmm, no

Salem's Lot maybe?

not Salem's Lot

this is an easy one you guys

The Dead Zone?

It sounds a bit like Roland to me. Anywhere near?

Or Misery?
ET fix touchstones.

yup, it's near to Roland

Si it's from a DT book (though, I suspect, not actually Roland at all, 'cos I think you're being a bit crafty there). Could the book be The Drawing of the Three? I'm now thinking maybe a description of the Pusher?

hmm, to me it sounds like a description of Walter, so I will guess that it is from The Gunslinger.

How about Randall Flagg. I'm not sure from which book that particular discription is from though.

Klarsenmd is hot

I guess that's what I get for not reading the Dark Tower books...

Song of Susannah?

it's not a Dark Tower book, so there.

Close to Roland and Randall Flagg....Not a DT and not Insomnia.

Hmmm, maybe The Stand or Eyes of the Dragon?

Yeah, it's Eyes of the Dragon, describing King Roland, I do believe. Wish I would have figured that out earlier, lol.

Eyes of the Dragon it is

(and it's not describing King Roland, it's Flagg)

I actually thought Eyes first, but then noticed no one had guessed the Stand, so figured I'd better guess that.

Oh, I'm feeling evil....

It was the most vivid dream he'd had since the age of fourteen, when three or four brilliant wet-dreams had ushered him into physical manhood. It was the most horrible dream ever, hands down, nothing else even close. What made it horrible was the sense of impending doom that ran through it like a red thread. This was true even though the dream had a weird thinness: he knew he was dreaming but could not quite escape it.

Duma Key..........jseger you've got to read the Dark Tower series they're epic!! There's also so many relations in other books (obviously).

#130 - jseger you've got to read the Dark Tower series they're epic!!

'Epic' is the problem. I'm not a fan of 'dark fantasy' type stuff. I read the first two Dark Tower books and they just didn't thrill me. That's also why I'm not a fan of The Stand or most of Clive Barker's novels (though his Books of Blood stories were brilliant).

As to the quote, could it be It?

The Shining?

I did read all the Dark Tower books, and I while I acknowledge they're quite an accomplishment, I'm not as crazy about them as everybody else. Since I've read them, it's hard to say, really, if they "cleared a lot up" from the other books. My sense is that if you read It, Insomnia, Hearts in Atlantis, and The Stand--and maybe Eyes of the Dragon, you've really got all you need to understand the "allusions" to the Dark Tower in the other books. For me, I don't think it's the dark fantasy that I don't care for. (I like Neil Gaiman when he's on his game, for instance.) I think it's the John Ford Western in them that bores me--lots of the rugged cowboy wandering alone on the prairie. Even though I usually enjoyed the books when I got into them, there always came a moment when I thought, sort of giddily, this movie's credits end with the words, "And Clint Eastwood as Frodo."

Not Duma Key, not It, not the Shinning.

I agree Bentley. I think I'd read a cereal box before a Louis L'Amour novel - so the whole lonesome prairie thing is lost on me. I read the DT books (actually I held off for a long time, I read 5,6 & 7 last year) but I didn't really love them.
The "Clint Eastwood as Frodo" comment will now make me chuckle inside every time I think of DT!

#133 - Not Duma Key, not It, not the Shinning.

You mean The Shining.

Shh! Do you want to get sued?

(That was a reference to The Simpsons if you are scratching your heads...)

Yeah, yeah the Shinning! It's all about SHINS...! The horror! The kick-ability! Oh, nos....grab your shin guards!

Yes, yes. Treehouse of Horror 5. I'm with you, seger...

Oh a classic one! Back when the Simpsons were great.

#129 - ealaindraoi, you were feeling evil and I like it, and I know this one but am not at home to find a new quote so I'm not telling.

OOOh! The Dark Half.

No, not The Dark Half.

I think Jody knows! ;)

Okay, the evilness of this seems to have stumped everybody and I will be home tomorrow so I am going to answer.

It's Stationary Bike from Just After Sunset and I just bought it the day I read the quote on LT, then reached the story in the book about an hour later so it was fresh in my mind.

I almost pulled from Stationary bike but figured not enough people had a chance to read it yet.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say I was right.

Ah, but Stationary Bike was in a collection that was released a few years ago. It is in Just After Sunset also, but it's been available for a while.

(sheepishly) It WAS evil to post it, I know. (/sheepish)

But Jody got it, so your turn, Jody.

(When ARE stories from Just After Sunset fair game?)

I've got my copy and it's been on the rack for almost a week.....so I'm pretty sure it's usable.
Also, there are some of you guys who need a little 'freshness' in the game, some of you blow my mind how fast you can guess a quote. Okay that's my two cents.

Here's my quote:

She laughed long and hard and loud. It was genuine laughter, and there was nothing mean about it, but it made ________ feel accutely uncomfortable all the same. She laughed until tears streamed down her face. He felt himself stiffening.
"I'm sorry." she said, seeing his expression. "It's just that I can't believe I'm hearing this from you, of all people."

I'm guessing Misery that sounds like the main female character

And I'm guessing definitely not Misery (did I win?). It sounds to me like one of those wife/girlfriend characters that make me think he based it on Tabitha - though maybe in a bad patch. How about Pet Sematary?

Well, Booksloth is right, it isn't Misery, but it isn't Pet Sematary either.

So I won! I did win, didn't I? Or are you telling me guesses about what it isn't don't count?

Maybe not, but I'm impressed with the psychoanalysis :).

That quote sure is familiar. I'm guessing The Stand, though I couldn't say who it was or why...

No, it isn't The Stand either.

Booksloth you definately won the guessing which book it isn't part of the game.

Ooooh, I wanta play that way too!!

I guess it ISN'T Carrie!

I guess it might be Duma Key. Because Edgar and his ex-wife had that kind of relationship.

(I did think The Stand was a good guess, because the laughing part sounded like Fran (who should never ever never be played by Molly Ringwald.)

You are right, it isn't Carrie.

And you are wrong, it isn't Duma Key.

And you are right, Molly Ringwald was not the Fran I imagined either.

Hey, two rights and a wrong. (I think there's a proverb in there somewhere....)

Here's a WAG, Bag of Bones.

For some strange reason I'm thinking It...

Not Bag of Bones or IT, sorry.

I'm gonna take a shot in the dark and say Insomnia, mostly because I don't think these people are married--at least not to each other. At best, he's talking to his ex-wife.

Oh, could it be Lunch at the Gotham Café from Everything's Eventual??

Not Insomnia and not Lunch at the Gotham Cafe.

I'll give a clue, not from a short story at all.

WAG Dark Half

nope.

For some reason, I'm thinking Thinner, so I'll go with that.

Not Thinner either, sorry.

I am going to have to fall back on my favorite guess and say 'Salems Lot - but I won't guess that it is one of the Dark Tower books.

Hm... how about The Dead Zone?

The Tommyknockers.

It is Tommyknockers so well done jseger.

It's when Gard has discovered Bobbie's spaceship and new abilities and wants her to call in the govenment and she is laughing that he of all people would suggest that, since he is usually so against them.

It came to me last night! I couldn't remember the characters names though. I figured it was the lady that owned the land talking to the drunk, but couldn't remember the situation.

I'll post a quote when I get home from work.

Here's my quote:

They waltz to the tune of "I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic E-Vap Blues Again."

guess it's from the book you're reading now ;)

I don't think it is. It's been ages since I last read SL and I'm sure I've seen that quote a lot more recently. It's going to be a wild guess as usual - maybe one of my faves, Hearts in Atlantis?

ooh, wanna make a bet?

No way! Don't think I've beaten you yet!

LOL, that's too bad I was gonna make you pick the next two quotes.

Isnt that the Stand?

Cell?

Sorry. It's 'Salem's Lot, when Father Callahan is drinking and looking out his window. I should have saved a quote from such an obvious source, but what are you gonna do?

So beeg, was that a guess or did you know it?

Beeg has the entire works of Mr King imprinted on the inside of his/her eyelids. I call it an unfair advantage myself but I guess that might be 'cos I'm a sore loser.

Her memory is so photographic her brain has Polaroid printed on it.

Okay beeg! Your turn for a quote!

no see, I didn't officially guess it out loud. I think Booksloth should chose for being a sore loser.

I couldn't do that Beeg - I'd have bothing to grumble about!

ok fine

"The road to hell's paved with good intentions, they say, and I know it's true. I know it from bitter experience. What I don't know is, why-why it is that tryin to do good so often leads to ill."

That's right!

Hey, what happened to the quotes?

ealaindraori won dunno what happened after that. why don't you pick one in the mean time.

If there's none when I get home, I'll dig one up.

Okay I'm dying here. Hope no one minds that I'm taking the plunge.

"Plus, dreams don't have to be logical, do they? Dreams are poems from the subconscious."

Good luck hope I'm not making anyone mad.

I'm so sorry! I forgot it was me and I got busy with Turkey Day stuff! It's cool, let's go with beckylynn's. (thank you!)

I'll guess Bag of Bones - lots of weird dreams in that.

I'll go for Pet Sematary though I don't really know why.

Thinner? I think the guy in that had dreams but I am also not sure why, it's been a long time since I read it.

Nope, sorry guys none of the above.
Yeah, I was having withdraws glad to see I'm not the only one! Happy Turkey Day

Is it today? Happy Thanksgiving all our American friends - I hope you're being duly thankful for LT ;-)

(adding LT and Bookmooch to list of things thankful for....!)
Thank you UK friends for your well-wishing, without you we wouldn't have a Thanksgiving! ;)

Lisey's Story?

bad becky! :)

Pretty passage, I'll give ya'll a hint - it's not from a King book.

If beeg is right (and let's face it, she is) and it isn't from a King book... I'll guess Storm of the Century? I doubt it. It doesn't sound like it comes from there. But it wasn't a King book and dreams played an important part (or I'm remembering wrong).

Sorry I didn't post like promised. Turkey Day sort of eats up everything else.

#197 Don't worry, you weren't the only one - LT was like the grave yesterday. I hope you all had a great time and are suffering for it today

#195 Nice of you to say so and thanks for the thanks but I don't think it was actually anyone on LT :)

The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer? That's the only thing I can think of that would fit the hint unless it's an introduction to something...

Ridley Pearson wrote The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer under the pseudonyms of Joyce Reardon.

(in case you wanted to know)

WAG Gray Matter

'kay, I may not be very bright but at least I'm willing to admit it. Do you mean by that 'not a SK book' that it's in an anthology? I was already confused; it's not fair to mess with my poor little brain even more,

I'm sorry. Pay no attention to me. It seems I have too much time on my hands.

I'm there with ya Booksloth, I'm a little confused to. The quote is defintley from a Stephen King Book...and no one has guessed it yet.

yeah ok, see I have it from a book of short stories, and later realized it's from his new book I don't have yet.

so there I'm guessing it without really saying it outloud

So do I give it to you without saying the title?

LOL, yeah, see my dilemma.

I went out. When I came back this seemed to have turned into a game where we all guess what it is but don't tell anyone. Just for the record, I know it too. Is it my go now?

Yeah, I know it now too.
I see beeg's dilemma - she gets ALL the quotes but doesn't want to guess because she doesn't want to have to put up a quote. Maybe we should all provide you with 2 or 3 quotes and then when you win you can just put up one of them? ;)

LOL I was trying to explain my earlier post that confused you. See what happens.

Ok the story is called "Harvey’s Dream" it's in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror Seventeenth Annual Collection. Only later I figured it's been re-released in Just after Sunset. Sorry for the confusion and my not so helpful hints.

go ahead Booksloth, it's your go.

Nice offer but you don't get out of it that easily. I'm one of the few people in the world who hasn't yet got Sunset and I didn't have the slightest idea what it was. Hoist by your own petard Beeg - your go!

I don't have Sunset either, it's on the list of course, but not up there as I already have most of the stories in other books.

here's a quote:

She looked up at him, her eyes wide and wild. "Misunderstanding?" She indicate the dried bib of blood on the front of her dress "does this look like a misunderstanding?"

okay, so I guess it doesn't matter if I confirm it or not then...

was I wrong?

I know this quote. It's right on the tip of my tongue, and yet my brain WILL NOT retrieve it. AARRGGG!

Well beeg, have you stumped us all or did I miss something? My guess, although I know I should know this, is Cell.

and you're right.

guess it fell off the tip of your tongue - good thing you were wearing a bib.

Wow! Really? I haven't gotten one in a really long time. I'm surprised there weren't more guesses, but I'll attribute that to too much turkey and just be happy. I'm at work now and will try to find a stumper when I get home tonight!