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malmsteensplectrum t1_j6h90wa wrote

Yes is the short answer. However i find his worldbuilding to be part of his charm. The Tommyknockers is a book of his that could easily be half as long. You can tell he was.. ahem, over stimulated while writing it.

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AbbyM1968 t1_j6ieqeq wrote

Hee-hee-hee. I haven't read it, but over on r/todayIlearned, it says that he barely remembers writing Cujo for the same reason. (I think his family did an intervention during or after it)

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OverallSummer9121 t1_j6kn7oc wrote

Tommyknockers is actually the first book he wrote after getting sober. It’s his least favorite book. He says it felt like he completely forgot how to write and his wife had to push him on sentence by sentence

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malmsteensplectrum t1_j6mhi6a wrote

Needful things was the first sober book i think. Tommyknockers came out in 1987. King didnt get clean till 1988/89.

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[deleted] t1_j6iew2r wrote

Overestimated on what? Is Steven a king a blowhead?

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MojoMomma76 t1_j6ife2u wrote

He was famously into coke, pills, weed and alcohol

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JokeySmurf0091 t1_j6is618 wrote

He’s been clean and sober for over 3 decades now.

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MojoMomma76 t1_j6j9tu4 wrote

Yep, talks about it in On Writing for those who want to hear about his decision to get sober.

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[deleted] t1_j6ihv6o wrote

Ah. Makes sense. I've always found him deranged and uninteresting. Don't downvote just my opinion.

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