Stephen King

Stephen King

Long Walk / Thinner

The Long Walk: In the near future, where America has become a police state, one hundred boys are selected to enter an annual contest where the winner will be awarded whatever he wants for the rest of his life. The game is simple - maintain a steady pace of four miles per hour without stopping. Three warnings, and you're shot to death.
Thinner: Billy Halleck commits vehicular homicide when his lack of attention to driving results in the death of an old lady on the street. Overweigh Halleck is a lawyer with connections, though, and gets off with a slap on the wrist. After his trial, a gypsy curses him with a single word, "Thinner." Halleck begins to lose weight uncontrollably and must pursue the band of gypsies who are responsible for his dwindling condition.


Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Stebbins

Stebbins seems like knows what he's doing, and has remained fairly consistent throughout the story so far. Garraty is annoyed, and sometimes scared by, He has a good technique going, but I think it's mostly mental rather than physical. He also far-fetched philosophies that seem to pertain exactly to the situation. When he is talking to Garraty about Olson, he says, "'But suppose you told the housewife; today you must walk sixteen miles before you can have your supper.' Garraty nodded, 'She'd be exhausted instead of tired.' Stebbins said nothing. Garraty had the perverse feeling that Stebbins was disappointed in him." He also seems to enjoy these riddles, that make Garraty think.
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