Insomnia Query

 > On page 667 (add them together and you get... 19!) Lois is standing
 > aside from Ralph and the little bald doctors when the owner of a
 > "green and somehow sunken light" (or aura) tells Lois to "see [him]",
 > to "come into the light".
 >
 > In the next chapter it is then revealed that this "green man" told
 > Lois to give her earrings to Ralph with which he then fights the
 > Queenfish and Ed.
 >
 > No further mention is made of him if I'm not mistaken. Does anyone
 > have any idea who this person might be? Has he/she/it been mentioned
 > in another novel by King?
I think there is a "green man" elsewhere, but can't remember.

I've thought that green (the opposite of red (Crimson)) man was some
kind of anti-Crimson King.

I have been waiting ever since for some other explanation since, without
one, this is the worst f--king dues ex machina in the history of modern
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"deathboy" <tom RemoveThis @deathboy.com> wrote in message news:<BfqdnYHd1a1PMy-iRVn-jA RemoveThis @comcast.com>...
 > "Anrie van Dyk" <celebrian0206 RemoveThis @yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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  > > Hello all,
  > >
  > > I've just did my annual re-reading of Insomnia
 >
 > Ouch I'm sorry. You shouldnt be so hard on yourself.
 >

Hey, some of us think that it's a bloody brilliant book, you know? It
is a bit weird though, how everyone seems to either love it or hate
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"Anrie van Dyk" <celebrian0206.TakeThisOut@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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 > "deathboy" <tom.TakeThisOut@deathboy.com> wrote in message
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  > > "Anrie van Dyk" <celebrian0206.TakeThisOut@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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   > > > Hello all,
   > > >
   > > > I've just did my annual re-reading of Insomnia
  > >
  > > Ouch I'm sorry. You shouldnt be so hard on yourself.
  > >
 >
 > Hey, some of us think that it's a bloody brilliant book, you know? It
 > is a bit weird though, how everyone seems to either love it or hate
 > it.

"As I told you, I HAVE written plotted novels, but the results, in books
like Insomnia and Rose Madder, have not been particularly inspiring."

Stephen King, On Writing Pg. 169

You are right though, theres people who like everything. I know at least 1
adult male who for some reason thinks Britney Spears is brilliant. go
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 > "Anrie van Dyk" <celebrian0206 RemoveThis @yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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   > > > "Anrie van Dyk" <celebrian0206 RemoveThis @yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
   > > > news:4aebb4fd.0311121156.59fe0213@posting.google.com...
   > > > > Hello all,
   > > > >
   > > > > I've just did my annual re-reading of Insomnia
   > > >
   > > > Ouch I'm sorry. You shouldnt be so hard on yourself.
   > > >
  > >
  > > Hey, some of us think that it's a bloody brilliant book, you know? It
  > > is a bit weird though, how everyone seems to either love it or hate
  > > it.
 >
 > "As I told you, I HAVE written plotted novels, but the results, in books
 > like Insomnia and Rose Madder, have not been particularly inspiring."
 >
 > Stephen King, On Writing Pg. 169
 >
 > You are right though, theres people who like everything. I know at least 1
 > adult male who for some reason thinks Britney Spears is brilliant. go
 > figure.

Well, I'm pretty sure she doesn't write her own music. Therefore, she
can't be judged on the music. I'd say there are some other categories
for which she could rightly be called "brilliant" so I think that
adult male is right.

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 > You are right though, theres people who like everything. I know at least 1
 > adult male who for some reason thinks Britney Spears is brilliant. go
 > figure.

I miss Wojo.

Tina<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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There I was, minding my own business, when Tina said...

  >> You are right though, theres people who like everything. I know at
  >> least 1 adult male who for some reason thinks Britney Spears is
  >> brilliant. go figure.
 >
 > I miss Wojo.

Ah!

 >
 > Tina

That is all
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"Tina" <clairdelune.TakeThisOut@sbcglobaloo.net> wrote in message
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  > > You are right though, theres people who like everything. I know at least
1
  > > adult male who for some reason thinks Britney Spears is brilliant. go
  > > figure.
 >
 > I miss Wojo.
 >
 > Tina
 >
 >

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  > > "Anrie van Dyk" <celebrian0206.DeleteThis@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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   > > > > "Anrie van Dyk" <celebrian0206.DeleteThis@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
   > > > > news:4aebb4fd.0311121156.59fe0213@posting.google.com...
   > > > > > Hello all,
   > > > > >
   > > > > > I've just did my annual re-reading of Insomnia
   > > > >
   > > > > Ouch I'm sorry. You shouldnt be so hard on yourself.
   > > > >
   > > >
   > > > Hey, some of us think that it's a bloody brilliant book, you know? It
   > > > is a bit weird though, how everyone seems to either love it or hate
   > > > it.
  > >
  > > "As I told you, I HAVE written plotted novels, but the results, in books
  > > like Insomnia and Rose Madder, have not been particularly inspiring."
  > >
  > > Stephen King, On Writing Pg. 169
  > >
  > > You are right though, theres people who like everything. I know at least
1
  > > adult male who for some reason thinks Britney Spears is brilliant. go
  > > figure.
 >
 > Well, I'm pretty sure she doesn't write her own music. Therefore, she
 > can't be judged on the music. I'd say there are some other categories
 > for which she could rightly be called "brilliant" so I think that
 > adult male is right.
 >
 > -Aaron

allow me to rephrase, he means her music (no matter who may have wrote it)
is brilliant. sure i'll look at the pictures in the booklet that comes with
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Anrie van Dyk <celebrian0206.TakeThisOut@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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 > Hello all,
 >
 > I've just did my annual re-reading of Insomnia and have a question.
 >
 > On page 667 (add them together and you get... 19!) Lois is standing
 > aside from Ralph and the little bald doctors when the owner of a
 > "green and somehow sunken light" (or aura) tells Lois to "see [him]",
 > to "come into the light".
 >
 > In the next chapter it is then revealed that this "green man" told
 > Lois to give her earrings to Ralph with which he then fights the
 > Queenfish and Ed.
 >
 > No further mention is made of him if I'm not mistaken. Does anyone
 > have any idea who this person might be? Has he/she/it been mentioned
 > in another novel by King?
 >
 > Anrie
 >
 > --
 > Consciousness: that annoying time between naps.
I finished Insomnia last night, took me weeks. Hated it. *almost* enough
to put me off King for life. I wasn't that fond of IT either. I've begun
Night Shift today and hope it's better than the last two.
Sooz
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 > I finished Insomnia last night, took me weeks. Hated it.
I wonder if the negative reaction to Insomnia comes from several places:

1) This is King's attempt to write about being old. He's done childhood
and adulthood to death (no sick pun intended), so we wanted to go after
being old, and worked too hard on the concept instead of working on a
good story.

2) He was trying too hard to tell a DT story, but one where the reader
didn't need to have read any DT books to get (don't think he succeeded).
(On a side note, I thought there was too much DT stuff in Insomnia for
it to stand on its own as a novel...then I read Black House and saw what
a *real* DT tie-in looked like).

3) It was too long. Too much time is spent developing Ralph and not
enough on the story. Now that I think about it, this novel could have
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 >3) It was too long. Too much time is spent developing Ralph and not
 >enough on the story. Now that I think about it, this novel could have
 >been better if it was of the Rose Madder / Gerald's Game length.

I liked Insomia... thought Ralph and Lois were interesting characters although
I did think that the CK scene was too cartoonish.

Stacey
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Voodoo Lady wrote:
 > I liked Insomia... thought Ralph and Lois were interesting characters although
 > I did think that the CK scene was too cartoonish.
Yeah, gotta go with you on that one. I can't really recall what
happened. Wasn't Ralph flying into an airplace, then met the CK and
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 >I can't really recall what
 >happened.

You did fine

The climax wasn't too much to my liking but I thought there were some pretty
interesting characters. Of course, I was mainly interested in Insomnia because
I was curious about post _It_ Derry.

Stacey
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