Stephen King's 11/22/63

The Twilight Zone that I remember (dimly) was when Russell Johnson (yup, the Professor from Gilligan's Island) tries to save President Lincoln. ("Back There," originally aired in the final days of the Eisenhower Administration in 1961).
 
Cainkane1 said:
That wouldn't work even if time travel was possible. The man would shoot Oswald which would change history but since JFK wasn't assinated then man wouldn't be shooting Oswald who then would shoot JFK.
Click to expand...

EventHorizon said:
Assinated?
Click to expand...


His ass moved back and to the left.


There was also a great episode of Quantum Leap where Sam jumps back and forth between Oswald's body and a bodyguard. He thinks he is there to save JFK, but eventually finds out that...

... he was there to save Jacqueline Kennedy!
 
Last edited:
Robert Oz said:
His ass moved back and to the left.


There was also a great episode of Quantum Leap where Sam jumps back and forth between Oswald's body and a bodyguard. He thinks he is there to save JFK, but eventually finds out that...

... he was there to save Jacqueline Kennedy!
Click to expand...
Yes, that was a good story and a nice twist.
 
King is very prolific.
I have have read about half of his works, so that leaves a million or so to go through.
I don't recall any that had a time-travelling theme. Perhaps someone is confusing him with Dean Koontz, who has a similar style. (eg. Lightning).

V.
 
Verde said:
King is very prolific.
I have have read about half of his works, so that leaves a million or so to go through.
I don't recall any that had a time-travelling theme. Perhaps someone is confusing him with Dean Koontz, who has a similar style. (eg. Lightning).

V.
Click to expand...

Again, maybe not a traditional "time-travel story", but The Dark Tower series has characters jumping around in time, especially in the later books.
 
ZirconBlue said:
Again, maybe not a traditional "time-travel story", but The Dark Tower series has characters jumping around in time, especially in the later books.
Click to expand...

Could be. I remember reading the first of the series and wasn't impressed. I didn't bother with the rest.
King is very fickle. Some of his stuff is very good, others are crap. There's a bunch of works in the middle ground that are just so-so.
I tend to like his short stories.
Most that have been put to film have been very disappointing. With the exception of The Stand, Carrie and of course Shining.
The cat series was very good, but I think that was just a TV production.

V.
 
Please Vote On My JFK Poll

So nobody has actually read the book yet? I was lucky enough to find it on the selves at the public library last week. It's a one week loan with no renewal because someone has reserved the book after I get through with it and I'm only up to page 478 (of 842) and it's due back in three days. :(

King's time traveler has to live in the past for several years before the assassination because the time portal always delivers you to September 9, 1958, and King takes his time getting you to Oswald and the events leading up to the assassination by luxuriating in some late 50's and early 60's pop nostalgia.

The protagonist is 95% sure Oswald is the lone shooter but he surveils Oswald in Texas and elsewhere after Oswald returns from Russia (even to the extreme of bugging his apartments) to make absolutely sure there is no conspiracy...or as sure as he can be.

I'll admit I've skipped and skimmed some of the pages before Oswald enters the story since I'm only interested in the JFK/Oswald parts of the book.

Anyway, I've started a poll related to the premise of the book over on the Conspiracy Theories Forum. It's not necessary to have read the book to vote on the poll but please read the OP on the thread before you vote. You can find the poll thread here.
 
Last edited:
I'm not sure if they fit the definition of "traditional" but I would definitely put H G Wells' The Sleeper Awakes and The Time Machine into the classic category.
 
Marduk said:
:confused:
Click to expand...

A traditional time-travel story would be one that was largely about time-travel. Someone travels in time, usually to their past, and that is a major part of the story.

While there is time-travel in The Dark Tower series, I think it's more of a device to get characters from different (fictional) time periods together. It's not what drives the story, for the most part.
 
Tomtomkent said:
I think I already saw the TV movie version. I liked the bit where Lister and Cat pushed LHO out of the window....
Click to expand...

This episode of Red Drawrf (Tikka to Ride) is one of the best.

It has a satisfying poke at JFK conspiracy theorists by having the Dwarf crew...

...muck up history to such an extent they're left with only option. They have to persuade JFK to go back in time and assassinate himself. Naturally he positions himself on a certain grassy knoll.

:D
 
Last edited:
Robert Oz said:
His ass moved back and to the left.


There was also a great episode of Quantum Leap where Sam jumps back and forth between Oswald's body and a bodyguard. He thinks he is there to save JFK, but eventually finds out that...

... he was there to save Jacqueline Kennedy!
Click to expand...
.
I didn't like that ending at all.
Save Jackie by shooting JFK... Huh?
His guide was also the smarmy know-it-all in "The Langoliers"...
 
ZirconBlue said:
A traditional time-travel story would be one that was largely about time-travel. Someone travels in time, usually to their past, and that is a major part of the story.

While there is time-travel in The Dark Tower series, I think it's more of a device to get characters from different (fictional) time periods together. It's not what drives the story, for the most part.
Click to expand...

imo there is no such thing as a traditional time travel story, authors apparently have not decided on one yet

maybe you should substitute "stereotypical", for "traditional"
:D

three ways to save JFK
1. Shoot Oswald
2. Shoot JFK yourself but only wound him
3. Shoot everyone else in the whole world
;)
 
Last edited:
I Ratant said:
.
I didn't like that ending at all.
Save Jackie by shooting JFK... Huh?
Click to expand...
As I remember it, both the Kennedys were supposed to die in the 'original' timeline. But I wasn't too happy with that ending either - it implied that Jackie would then go on to do amazing things with the rest of her life - end war and hunger, that sort of thing.
Which she, um, didn't.....
 
A couple of things to do that day in Dallas..
Call the tv and radio stations, alert them to the presence of a gunman on the 6th floor, TSBD.... after LHOLN gets to work.
Call the DPD and say the same... they might laugh you off, though.
Going into the building anonymously and tackling the guy would make you part of the conspiracy.
You could show them your cell phone to prove you're from the future.. :)
And have a copy of the Zapruder film ready to stream on it.
 
ZirconBlue said:
IMO, there is. Maybe you should not ask questions if you won't accept the answers.
Click to expand...

maybe you should learn the difference between personal opinion and facts
[scathing pedant]also might help of you learned to read, I didn't ask for your personal opinion, I asked for a link,[/scathing pedant]
Marduk said:
can you link me to a definition of "a traditional time travel story"
:p
Click to expand...
youre the second person banging on about something that doesn't exist who's failed to prove it does when asked
:D
 
Last edited:
Marduk said:
maybe you should learn the difference between personal opinion and facts
[scathing pedant]also might help of you learned to read, I didn't ask for your personal opinion, I asked for a link,[/scathing pedant]

youre the second person banging on about something that doesn't exist who's failed to prove it does when asked
:D
Click to expand...

You knew what I meant. Or, at least, you should now. Stop being an ass.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Back
Top Bottom