Hookland 8/8/18 5:27:20

@carcassi12 @catvincent @atters1000 It gets its own entry in the A-Z of Hookland Influences mainly for being something that taught me, even as an 11-year old, how place should be used as a character.

Hookland 8/8/18 5:33:11

@catvincent @carcassi12 @atters1000 It was also one of the first books I read that so pissed on the shows of its TV/movie adaptation that I realised that sometimes you really do need to go back to the source.

Hookland 8/8/18 5:36:10

@carcassi12 @catvincent @atters1000 King‰Ûªs technique of grounding the magic is up there with the best. Too much mundane and you smother, not enough and you lose the sense of place, of actuality.

Hookland 8/8/18 5:44:17

@BohemianLaxity @catvincent @carcassi12 @atters1000 I have made the kids I mentor in writing read Talisman and Salem‰Ûªs Lot. A huge number of teaching points as well as fun in those two.