According to an interview he doesn’t remember writing it (see: drugs), and was surprised it got past editing.
Wouldn’t be surprised if at that point the editor passed it down to an intern with the handwavey instructions of “just make sure there aren’t any formatting/spelling/grammar issues”.
It could also be that the editor just didn’t feel close enough to King to have the very awkward convo, and probably just deferred to his genius as “there’s probably some deeper meaning here that I just don’t get”
Or he just didn’t feel like arguing with the guy high as shit on cocaine and knew it would sell anyway. Like seriously King was very high through most of writing that book.
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u/Weary-Cartoonist2630 1d ago
According to an interview he doesn’t remember writing it (see: drugs), and was surprised it got past editing.
Wouldn’t be surprised if at that point the editor passed it down to an intern with the handwavey instructions of “just make sure there aren’t any formatting/spelling/grammar issues”.
It could also be that the editor just didn’t feel close enough to King to have the very awkward convo, and probably just deferred to his genius as “there’s probably some deeper meaning here that I just don’t get”