{"id":2076,"date":"2019-06-04T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/?p=2076"},"modified":"2019-05-31T10:10:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T14:10:00","slug":"if-you-want-to-understand-the-last-three-years-in-american-politics-read-stephen-kings-1985-novella-the-mist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2019\/06\/if-you-want-to-understand-the-last-three-years-in-american-politics-read-stephen-kings-1985-novella-the-mist\/","title":{"rendered":"If you want to understand the last three years in American politics, read Stephen King\u2019s 1985 novella \u201cThe Mist\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">This is, by no means, any sort of endorsement of any of the film\/TV\/radio-drama adaptations of this work\u2014all of which either entirely miss what gives this story its lasting power, or convert a fundamentally profound work about kitchen-table American politics (i.e., the only kind that actually matters) to a moderately stupid and lazily nihilistic creature features.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Ifb3lg\">novella<\/a> (which is also the first story in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2W6EVoK\"><em>Skeleton Crew<\/em><\/a>\u2014a whole book of classic King shorts that costs just a couple buck more than the standalone novella\u2014and is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.nyu.edu\/darknessspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3674\/2016\/04\/King-Stephen-The-Mist.pdf\">bootlegged here<\/a>).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Ignore the monsters and the titular mist; watch the people.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>And never lose sight of the final word in the story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=daverinel-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1982103523&amp;asins=1982103523&amp;linkId=48ebbd6c661bc18c20bfb95962e7efcb&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\u00a0\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=daverinel-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1501143506&amp;asins=1501143506&amp;linkId=abc7b426e16961617c9e0fe4800a0e91&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is, by no means, any sort of endorsement of any of the film\/TV\/radio-drama adaptations of this work\u2014all of which either entirely miss what gives this story its lasting power, or convert a fundamentally profound work about kitchen-table American politics (i.e., the only kind that actually matters) to a moderately stupid and lazily nihilistic creature &hellip; 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