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Roland of Gilead · 12-28-2011, 10:34 PM

Glad I discovered this forum - this is my first post.

I've been a Stephen King fan for years; back in the late '80's-early '90's, I read all of the books he had written up to that point (up to Gerald's Game), and really enjoyed most of them.

However, I lost touch with his books over the years and hadn't read anything new by him in about ten years....until I heard about 11/22/63. I picked up the HC from the library recently, and just finished reading this....Wow...What an amazing book! This is a real page-turner, and even though it's 800+ pages, it went by very quickly. Truly superb in every way, and even though I don't agree with all of the opinions King presented here, this is a great sci-fi time-travel novel:

- SK obviously did his research re: the TX settings, etc. (which he mentioned in the afterword), and it really showed.

- The 1950's/early 1960's settings/attitudes/limited technology were seemingly described very accurately; though this was before my time, you really felt as if you were right there with the characters.

Side-note: If you liked this book & also liked Oliver Stone's JFK film (1991), check out the 1973 film Executive Action. Great movie, which presents a different take on this subject.

12-28-2011, 10:34 PM	#64
Roland of Gilead Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 74 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: None	Glad I discovered this forum - this is my first post. I've been a Stephen King fan for years; back in the late '80's-early '90's, I read all of the books he had written up to that point (up to Gerald's Game), and really enjoyed most of them. However, I lost touch with his books over the years and hadn't read anything new by him in about ten years....until I heard about 11/22/63. I picked up the HC from the library recently, and just finished reading this....Wow...What an amazing book! This is a real page-turner, and even though it's 800+ pages, it went by very quickly. Truly superb in every way, and even though I don't agree with all of the opinions King presented here, this is a great sci-fi time-travel novel: - SK obviously did his research re: the TX settings, etc. (which he mentioned in the afterword), and it really showed. - The 1950's/early 1960's settings/attitudes/limited technology were seemingly described very accurately; though this was before my time, you really felt as if you were right there with the characters. Side-note: If you liked this book & also liked Oliver Stone's JFK film (1991), check out the 1973 film Executive Action. Great movie, which presents a different take on this subject. Last edited by Roland of Gilead; 12-28-2011 at 11:03 PM.