Off topic: I see this all the time when I'm browsing Reddit... The title of a post asks a question, and the post itself links to an outside article that answers the question... Meaning the OP wasn't actually looking for an answer, yet all the comments are people giving answers, because of course they are! When you see someone ask a question, your instinct is to be helpful and answer it... Nobody IRL ever just walks up to other people, asks them all a question, and then answers it themselves*, so why does it happen so dang often online...?

I know I can't stop this trend, it's too common and happens in basically every subreddit I visit... But I feel like expressing my frustration about it rn, so here we are... 🤷

Is it just me, or does this frustrate other people too?

^(* The exception being teachers, I guess... But in a classroom or seminar, etc, you understand the context... You're all there to learn from the person asking the questions and giving the answers...)

Usually authors do this because it gives them creative freedom. They are not burdened by the brand name they have created. I think King said something in those lines.

The Wikipedia article explains the whole thing, and cites Stephen King's own official explanation. You might want to start there.

When I was in high school, friends recommended that I listen to Circa Survive, and The Fall of Troy, amongst others. Delving into the meaning of some of their songs like The H[]ly Tape, You Got a Death Wish Johnny Truant, I found that both artists had songs about the book House of Leaves, bought it and fell in love with it.

Oh what a bummer. I think the dehumidifier made a big difference. Thanks!

And ironically, a major newspaper wrote in review of these books, "This is how Stephen King would write if Stephen King knew how to write."

Because he was writing alot early in his career but publishing houses weren't convinced that someone can write more than one great book a year, thus he needed to publish some of the books under a different name.

At least this is what I read few years back.

The Eye of The Tiger.

I’m with you. As I recall, that’s what Stephen King himself wrote in the foreword of The Bachman Books compilation I had as a teenager. Or it was something akin to that, anyway.

Has anyone read The is the end, baby by K Webster? If so, what happens to Hannah, Gabe, Baylee, War and the rest of their family in the end?

He wanted to prove he could write well. His early writings are a reflection of his coke/addiction days.

I thought I read somewhere that he wanted to prove he was a good writer, and would be able to sell books based purely on his storytelling ability, not just because of his name. I could be completely wrong though

‘All the light we cannot see’ by Anthony Doerr.

This happened about 40 years ago. I think I went to a restaurant instead of a bar. I don't remember the book titles. I remember the box, though. It was a real score.

Ah let me not forget all the text books I found there that really helped me out as a college student 😵‍💫

My neighborhood has several Little Free Libraries that has prompted me to read books that I probably wouldn’t have chosen from a wider selection: Push by Sapphire, It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover, Wonder by RJ Palacio and the sequel. I returned most of the books to the library when I finished, and have added some of my own books over time. Little Free Libraries are awesome and I encourage anyone to open them in their neighbor or contribute to preexisting ones!

The oddest place I purchased a book from was a garden nursery we'd gone to for dog food. We were in the UK for my sister's wedding, and were staying with the groom's parents for a few nights to get to know them. It was the only place they could get the large bag of the kind of food they bought, I think.

Anyway, there were other things sold there, which was strange to me. I found a book on researching family history online, and since I was volunteering in church archives at the time, I bought it. This was nearly 10 years ago, so it's probably wildly out of date by now, lol.

What book was it?

Ah, yea I see, kind of an odd discovery.

Well I guess that counts. You found the book randomly and liked it. Nice.

Hm, yea that seems mysterious. Did you think the book was better than the movie?

Awesome. Did that book meet your expectations when you read it finally?

I'm not familiar with him but reading through his biography, it's interesting he was able to pivot from being an art historian to a writer. Well, they must be great books if some of them became movies. I know I've heard of the movie Big Short at least.

Hm, I haven't heard of him. Reading his biography now. I especially like a quote by him about writing books, it says: "Until it is written a book is merely smoke on the wind." Do you remember which book of his it was?

😅 it’s over 400 pages but it was a nice soft paperback. I was mostly startled, and then blown away that it was the one it was. It certainly didn’t hurt me enough to keep me from buying it. 😂