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/lit/ I need your help. For those who have read "It" by Stephen King only. All others disregard. I DL'd the audiobook from Demonoid and there are 778 seperate sections. They are all numbered obviously. I listened to the first hour or so and was a little confused so i looked up the synopsis on Wikipedia to gain a better understanding but the problem is what I read and the Wiki didn't match up. The first part in which George gets his arm torn off matches up but then it jumps to the investigation of the two homos who were killed (Sorry, not very good with names) and then after it explained their sentences, it jumped to the two Jewish kids and ended after the woman discovers the husband dead in the bathtub after slitting his wrists. This seems to jump around too much and doesn't match up with the Wiki. Is this really the order in which the book is or did the audiobook get fucked up when i downloaded it?

>> No.1574974

Sounds like the correct order.

>> No.1574997

>>1574974
Thanks mate.

>> No.1574999

That's it. King jumps from scene to scene a lot, especially in his earlier novels.

>> No.1575012

>>1574967
>by Steven King only
I've read "It" by King, but I've also read "It" by Theodore Sturgeon, so I'll stay out of this thread.

>> No.1575020

>>1575012
But you didn't stay out.

>> No.1575021

>>1575012
Hey Tofu what do you think of Sturgeon? I fucking love him personally. His prose is just amazing as hell, probably my favorite science fiction author. YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> No.1575022

>>1575020
>For those who have read "It" by Stephen King only.
I've read that, but I've also read lots of other books, so I'll stay out.

>> No.1575024

>>1575021
Sturgeon? Who's Sturg-- oh, I see. I was just joshing. I never read, "It", either.

>> No.1575026

>>1575022
You'll stay out? You won't go back in the closet again?

c:

>> No.1575042

>>1575026
>"It" by Stephen King only
I've read "It," by my copy was edited by someone else, implying that some of the credit belongs to someone other than Stephen King, thus in good conscience I can't say it's entirely by Stephen King, so I'll stay out.

>> No.1575046

>>1575024
Tofu you make me sad, man. Why do you have to do that. Why'd you do that, man.

>> No.1575054

>>1575042
OP Here
When I said "It" By Stephen King only, I really meant only people who have read the Stephen King novel.

>> No.1575056

>>1575042
I bow to you. It's hard to find ambiguity in such a detailed statement.

>> No.1575057

>>1575046
For the joke. You're the Iraqi peasant to my predator drone. Sorry.

>> No.1575059

>>1575057
It's a funny joke, honestly. Read some Sturgeon, he's rad.

>> No.1575067

>>1575059
Tell me where to start. I'll order it off amazon.

>> No.1575085

>>1575067
Check out this short story and see if you like it: http://strangehorizons.com/2009/20090413/lostsea-f.shtml

If you like that, I guess More than Human is his best novel, but really Sturgeon is at his best in short stories. Find a decent collection and go to town. Particular good short stories are Slow Sculpture, A Saucer of Loneliness (beautiful), The World Well Lost, And Now The News. I guess that's what I'd recommend.

>> No.1575118

>>1575085
will do