The Mist (novella) Puns

Read the short story over the previous few days. It is amazing and honestly so much of it was spookier than a lot of King’s stuff. Without a doubt one of the more fun reads I’ve had in a while.

I loved the novella and was rather intrigued with how it ended. I loved the Dark Tower suggestions and relevance.

I just finished watching the movie. Overall, I was very pleased with how true to the story they were, with a few minor adjustments throughout the story. I felt that a few of the adjustments were probably to make it easier to follow for the casual viewer. The fact that they directly explain the alternate universe theme from Project Arrowhead probably was a good choice for the general movie goer.

The ending change was absolutely gut wrenching and let’s just say that the “monster” that comes David out of the mist was of course the absolute most horrifying monster in the entire movie. The soundtrack playing at this point made it even worse. It was overall a very good adaptation but it is a very emotional movie.

So, the movie The Mist has always been one of my favorites. A good argument could be made that while I loved horror before it was released, the movie may have kickstarted a love for the “creepier” horror (i.e.: weird unknown military experiment causes rip in space-time, maybe Hell? who knows.)

I feel bad knowing I neglected the novella it was based on for so long. Been on my reading list forever. I finally read it today and loved it. I forgot how creepy this story is.

I realize the movie was pretty spot on, at least in the middle of the story. The beginning was left out and end was obviously, wildly different, and I dare say the movie has a OMG moment that was done surprisingly well when, “the movie is as good as the book or better,” is rarely said. In fact, it is probably one of the top 5 saddest endings I’ve seen.

Anyway. Just wanted to give some love for this story that was beautifully done. I wish the tv adaption wasn’t awful. I feel like if done by a talented group of people, what happens after they leave the market could have been a crazy ride.

What do you think happened after the end of the mist (Novella Edition) with Hartford I think it is a city with the military for the surviving people in the USA.

I have read Stephen King's The Mist a few times, and loved the overall story. I wish they had made the TV series more as a sequel of sorts to that story, rather than the mixed bag of sci-fi and supernatural that it turned out to be. I despised the movie ending by the way, just putting that out there.

The series should have been sort of an 'on the road' where the father, son, and other escapees from the supermarket and people they meet/rescue, make their way in the new landscape, learning about the now mixed-realities of Earth and the 'other-world' that let the horrific creatures raid our landscape and take over.

Of course, there was an unknown fate for the wife of the main character, who was left back at the lake house while her husband and her son made their ill-fated trip to the supermarket ahead of the mist's incursion. Once they escaped the supermarket/shopping center in the novella, they could not make their way back to the lake house to find her for reasons I can't recall, but likely blocked roads from the creatures and abandoned cars.

Anyway, one detail that caught my eye in a re-reading was a mention of a power company repair truck passing the protagonists house when they were leaving for the supermarket.

My theory is that off-page somehow the power co. employee was able to avoid the creatures of the mist once the edge reached their repair site, and get in their truck and ride back down the road to escape the area. On their way, they rescued the mother and made their way out of the area, ahead of the mist, not able to reach town to meet up with her husband and son.

So the TV series would cover several plots, one for the father/son/allies to continue to try to escape, explore, and evade danger in the mist, discover both the cause of the mist (Project Arrowhead), and the solution (stopping Project Arrowhead), while also trying to rendezvous with the mother before they were all killed.

It could have been a great way to turn the show into a Land of the Lost (in Maine) meets Otherworld meets Lost meets various other shows I can't remember as a parallel. Monsters, mixed civilizations, and man vs man conflict stories abound.

Seeing that the movie is generally well regarded in these parts, I think it might be interesting to weigh up the relative merits of these two versions of this particular story: the original novella by Stephen King which first appeared in the 1980 anthology Dark Forces, and that Frank Darabont movie adaptation. (It appears that there was also a short-lived TV series on some streaming service or other, but nobody alive today seems to know anything about it.) I’m particularly interested in hearing from others who knew the story prior to seeing the movie, so that their reading of it wasn’t contaminated by Darabont’s spectacle.

For my part, I’ve loved the story since I first read it back around 1980 or so, loved it no less when I re-read it much more recently, and now consider it one of those uncanny perfect achievements in horror writing, a flawlessly sustained and executed feat of the imagination that should stand the test of time alongside the very best of Poe, Lovecraft, etc. King’s narrative skills are at their peak, the writing has unstoppable forward momentum, and yet every scene is rendered with incisive detail and perfect, rounded clarity; reading it it is as spellbinding as hearing a series of remarkable linked anecdotes delivered by a master raconteur. He is able to manage a large, distinct and constantly shifting ensemble of major and minor characters with a seeming effortlessness that I can only imagine must intimidate the hell out of anyone trying to make a living from penning fiction today. And the strength of the storytelling is sustained right through to that perfect, perfectly ambiguous ending (the ending that Darabont abandoned for, well...).

One of the great touches of the original story is that we never really learn what the mist is, which only adds an extra dimension to its fearsomeness. There are increasingly sinister hints of secret military experiments, but nothing is ever confirmed, and both the nature of the horror that has engulfed the supermarket and its true extent or limits, if any, remain terrifyingly mysterious. There is a sense of awe as well as fear evoked by the hints of horrors unseen and unimagined, of incredible, literally earth-shattering transformations of the landscape, of an utterly alien and monstrous world being interposed on our own, all within that dense, impenetrable, unearthly mist.

Darabont ultimately abandons all of that. He transforms the King story into a clumsy allegory and treats the mist more as metaph

I just finished reading the novella and found out that the movie had a different ending.

Most of what I've read favors the ending of the movie. Even mentioning that Mr. King liked the ending of the movie -- that he hoped he was the one who worte that ending.

But personally, I liked the ending of the novella more. It made me feel more that humanity does not have a chance against what invaded Earth. The movie ending, for me, is more of a prank or an "in-your-face" ending to the main character.

Any thoughts on the ending of both versions?

You think it was the source for how the monsters came about? Also, I kinda like it how King doesn’t fully explain what it was, keeps you guessing. Lastly, I believe King perhaps correlates “The Arrowhead Project” to the atomic bomb and “The Manhattan Project.” The bomb is something that humans created but if released uncontrollably, it can potentially result in the world coming to an end, sort of like the creatures in The Mist.

Jaws changed a character's fate and the way the shark dies. In the book, Hooper is eaten in the cage scene and the shark, as it swims toward Brody to attack him, simply dies due to the the harpoon wounds it has received.

In the film, Hooper lives and the shark is killed by Brody with a rifle, saying the classic line "Smile you son of a bitch!"

The Mist novella had David hear an encouraging word over a radio.

In the film, David and the other 3 adults agree to all be killed by David, his young son included. Unfortunately, David has only 4 bullets left for the 5 people and, in a heart-wrenching scene, David sobs inconsolably and screams for the monsters to come kill him after he has killed the other passengers. Minutes later what sounds like another monster in the mist is actually revealed to be military tanks, helicopters and convoy vehicles (holding survivors). What a devastating ending. I sat alone in the theater with my mouth open through the entire credits.

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I've been listening to King's audiobooks and giving them my personal ranking 10 at a time. I posted at 10, 20, 30 and 40. I've now finished 50. This list includes everything from Carrie through Dreamcatcher.

This is my 2nd time going through King's work in publication order. The 1st time I started in 1990 and caught up somewhere around Needful Things. I've read everything after as soon as it was published.

From least favorite to most favorite:

50 Roadwork

49 The Langoliers

48 Christine

47 Cycle of the Werewolf

46 Rage

45 The Running Man

44 Secret Window, Secret Garden

43 Carrie

42 The Breathing Method

41 The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

40 Apt Pupil

39 Thinner

38 Why We're in Vietnam

37 Blind Willie

36 The Sun Dog

35 The Tommyknockers

34 The Regulators

33 Firestarter

32 The Dark Half

31 Rose Madder

30 Cujo

29 The Library Policeman

28 Desperation

27 Heavenly Shades of Night are Falling

26 The Dead Zone

25 Insomnia

24 Dreamcatcher

23 Gerald's Game

22 Bag of Bones

21 Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

20 Hearts in Atlantis

19 Dolores Claiborne

18 The Long Walk

17 The Talisman

16 'Salem's Lot

15 The Eyes of the Dragon

14 The Mist

13 The Body

12 The Green Mile

11 Low Men in Yellow Coats

10 Misery

9 The Shining

8 Pet Sematary

7 The Stand

6 The Dark Tower 1: The Gunslinger

5 Needful Things

4 The Dark Tower 2: The Drawing of the Three

3 The Dark Tower 3: The Wastelands

2 The Dark Tower 4: Wizard and Glass

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What are your favorites from this list?

I think that Erin Hunter should make a super edition or novella about Emberdawn and Silverhawk. I was so interested in finding out about them but there isn’t a lot of material for them. I would love to know more about how Silverhawk got into the dark forest.

I was just wondering why Colorado Kid (33,859 words) was allowed to be counted as a novel, when it is half the length of Apt Pupil (72,864 words). Also, Low Men in Yellow Coats, The Langoliers, The Library Policeman and Apt Pupil must count as full-length novels. They are all over 70,000 words long!

Here are the word counts to prove my point:

(NOTE: In bold are ones officially recognised as novels. The others are all novellas.)

89400 - Low Men in Yellow Coats

88399 - The Langoliers

84177 - The Long Walk

80001 - Joyland

78327 - The Library Policeman

72864 - Apt Pupil

72264 - Blaze

65812 - The Running Man

62546 - The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger

61654 - The Sun Dog

61413 - The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

60581 - Carrie

59274 - The Body

58361 - Secret Window, Secret Garden

55568 - Hearts in Atlantis

53994 - Rage

51282 - 1922

50350 - The Mist

40535 - Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

40150 - Big Driver

33859 - The Colorado Kid

Any thoughts on why some where published in collections whilst others were not?

and emotinoally scared because Bristlefrost is gone forever and my man Graystripe died.

But I honestly did love the book though when it was reveal the Rootspring's Voice was actually Firestar I litterally started tearing up and dancing of happiness and excitement and then when he killed Darkstripe I was like FINALLY.

I knew that Bristlefrost was going to die because I accidently saw a post here saying it but the way it happened in my oponion was great plus this was the first time we had a charater die while it was in there perspective as long as I can remember (Did Ravenpaw has his perspective when he died?). Except for Redtail in his novella but thats different. But the way it happened I think was good I am sad though she can't live in starclan.

Also I am wrecked by Graystripes death because he was one of my favorite he was the last of his generation (Firestar/Sandstorm/Dustpelt/Ravenpaw/And Him) But he is such a troll friend though by saying to Firestar in Starclan when he was alive, "You always talked like a Soppy Kittypet" and I was like bruh why. (the good natured bruh). But yeah I just absolutely love Graystripe and I can't call him the next Mistystar anymore.

But yeah I honestly loved the book espessially when Firestar was taunting Darkstripe basically in Rootspring's body that was hilarious in my opoion and having his perspective just one last time.

#Part 5 – Mists of Pandaria

This is the fifth part of my write-up about World of Warcraft. You can read the first four by clicking the links below.

• Part 1 - Beta and Vanilla

• Part 2 - Burning Crusade

• Part 3 - Wrath of the Lich King

• Part 4 - Cataclysm

An Unexpected Trademark

It was mid-2011. The final patch of Cataclysm was on its way, and Blizzcon was just around the corner. The subject of World of Warcraft’s next expansion had begun to gain traction once again, and as was tradition, the internet became awash with leaks. Some promised Old Gods, some foresaw Kul’Tiras or Zandalar or Nazjatar, Tel’Abim or Suramar or Sargeras – in short, players made every possible prediction in the vain hope that one of them might be proven right.

But none of them were.

No one could have predicted Pandaria.

It wasn’t until the user ‘Mynsc’ went wading through the US Patent and Trademark Office website in search of info about Titan – Blizzard’s ‘open-secret’ new game in development – that they stumbled upon a recently-filed trademark by the name of ‘Mists of Pandaria’. Among all the theory-crafting and scavenging for information, it had been there a week, out in the open where anyone could find it, and yet completely overlooked.

It was immediately dismissed by many users as a book, a figurine, an in-game microtransaction perhaps. They cast it aside and turned to the more realistic leaks. But upon further inspection, the trademark was for a game, distributed on CD-ROMs with instruction manuals and guides. It had to be WoW content.

Okay, the community said. Then it was a patch.

>”they don't trademark patches. If they never did before, why now?”

Then it had to be some kind of trading-card game spin off. Definitely not an expansion.

>”The international class used in the trademark is the same as they used for previous expansions. The timing and information for the Mists of Pandaria trademark matches that of The Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, and Cataclysm. If this i

I apologize if this has been posted before, but I’m watching The Mist (based on Stephen King’s novella) and Carol, Dale and Andrea are all in it.

I've been struggling with reading lately despite wanting to read, I've been doing a lot of re-reading and I think my issue is of the commitment variety. The problem is I have a lot of long on-going series that I'm reading and am leery of starting more. Plus I also have quite a few series and just very long books in my to-read pile but I really just don't have that much time atm so I'm looking for some bite-sized suggestions that don't need more than 2 to 4 hours of commitment (100ish to 250ish pages probably). I want a couple of easy win books basically, I want to read but I want the conclusion to not be drawn out over 500+ pages or multiple books!

I prefer supernatural horror and adore creature horror and outbreak stories, and I have a special love of zombie outbreak stories but honestly, I'll read pretty much anything that's short and griping that isn't slasher type horror so hit me with your best!

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I'm wrapping up ReDawn now and it's just an absolutely amazing experience.

I am always incredibly skeptical of reading content that is considered non-essential. I usually write them off as fluff that might give some good insight into character motivations but doesn't move the plot forward. I'm also skeptical of co-authored books.

But damn. In these first two novellas SO MUCH HAPPENS that it's a mystery to me how they can be considered side content at all. I have no idea how Cytonic is going to get away with skipping this content.

I've been at the edge of my seat the whole book and I've never read anything faster in my life.

If you were skeptical - here's my ringing endorsement.

DISCLAIMER: I'm not gud. I've had lots of problematic moments at various points in this game, but my encounter with Mist Noble was not one of them. Did I unwittingly dodge a bullet, or am I just not in on the joke?

edit: thanks for the answers friends. glad my suspicions were warranted :)

For the past several years, we’ve gotten a novella compilation released alongside the main series entry in the spring. For reference, Legends of the Clans released with Shattered Sky April 2017), Path of a Warrior with Lost Stars (April 2019), A Warrior’s Spirit with Veil of Shadows (April 2020), and A Warrior’s Choice with The Place of No Stars (April 2021).

River, the first book in the A Starless Clan arc, was announced several months ago for a release date of April 2022, but so far, there’s been no word on another novella compilation.

Do you think they’re holding off on announcing the new novellas because one of the novellas might be a spoiler for A Light in the Mist (TBC #6)? Or do you think the Erins are taking a temporary hiatus from novellas, like between A Vision of Shadows and The Broken Code? Do you think the negative reception of recent novellas has anything to do with it?

This movie is phenomenal and quite engaging from start to finish...seriously no dull moments at all.

Dont watch too much horror movie and went in blind..holy smokes, I was literally jumping the entire time. Movie was scary. Spiders have always given me the creeps. The movie just took it to another level...FUCK!

The ending was messed up! Just read it was changed by the director (will absolutely binge all his films) from the original ending of Kings novel...Wow! Honestly this is how you do a horror psychological thriller.. suspense, character driven with awesome performance from the actor mixed with religious misconception. ..you have an incredible movie. Also the music at the end.....so good!

Captain Holt should have listened and stayed

Cody- Pride
Pac- Wrath

Those 2 were simple. They already exhibited those traits but have really amped up since getting hit with the mist.

Dante- Envy

He wants to get to the top. He wants to use others to get there. He made an open challenge to get his name out. After getting misted he used Lio to get into FTW and used FTW to be in the last of the battle royale.

Julia Hart- Lust

It's early to tell right now but it's a natural parallel. She's a cheerleader and many view cheerleaders as sexy and lust after them.

The only sins left are Sloth, Greed, and Gluttony. Sloth would easily be OC, but he has yet to be misted and I'd hate to see him leave Best Friends. The other 2 will be interesting if I'm correct and the 7 sins of AEW are in the House of Black.

I haven't seen it brought up here and couldn't find it when searched for. If it has been discussed, I apologize.

For me..

The Hedge Knight:

Then came a voice. “I will take Ser Duncan’s side.” A black stallion emerged from out of the river mists, a black knight on his back. Dunk saw the dragon shield, and the red enamel crest upon his helm with its three roaring heads. The Young Prince. Gods be good, is it truly him? Lord Ashford made the same mistake. “Prince Valarr?” “No.” The black knight lifted the visor of his helm. “I did not think to enter the lists at Ashford, my lord, so I brought no armor. My son was good enough to lend me his.” Prince Baelor smiled almost sadly. The accusers were thrown into confusion, Dunk could see. Prince Maekar spurred his mount forward. “Brother, have you taken leave of your senses?” He pointed a mailed finger at Dunk. “This man attacked my son.” “This man protected the weak, as every true knight must,” replied Prince Baelor. “Let the gods determine if he was right or wrong.” He gave a tug on his reins, turned Valarr’s huge black destrier, and trotted to the south end of the field.”

The Sworn Sword:

“Ser?” Egg stood beside him. “Ser, if we mean to go, we’d best be gone, in case the widow comes.” The boy was right. If we linger, we’ll be trapped here. Yet still Dunk hesitated. “Let them go, Bennis.” “What, lose our valiant lads?” Bennis looked at the peasants and brayed laughter. “Don’t you lot be getting any notions,” he warned them. “I’ll gut any man who tries to run.” “Try, and I’ll gut you.” Dunk drew his sword. “Go home, all of you,” he told the smallfolk. “Go back to your villages, and see if the fire’s spared your homes and crops.” No one moved. The brown knight stared at him, his mouth working. Dunk ignored him. “Go,” he told the smallfolk once again. It was as if some god had put the word into his mouth. Not the Warrior. Is there a god for fools? “GO!” he said again, roaring it this time.” “Take your spears and shields, but go, or you won’t live to see the morrow. Do you want to kiss your wives again? Do you want to hold your children? Go home! Have you all gone deaf?” They hadn’t. A mad scramble ensued amongst the chickens. Big Rob trod on a hen as he made his dash, and Pate came within half a foot of disemboweling Will Bean when his own spear tripped him up, but off they went, running. The Melons went one way, the Beans another, the Barleycorns a third. Ser Eustace was shouting down at them from above, but no one paid him any mind. They are deaf to him at least, Dunk thought.”

The Mystery Knight:

“Enough!” Lord Peake’s

What is your favorite cosmere novella.

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So, the movie The Mist has always been one of my favorites. A good argument could be made that while I loved horror before it was released, the movie may have kickstarted a love for the “creepier” horror (i.e.: weird unknown military experiment causes rip in space-time, maybe Hell? who knows.)

I feel bad knowing I neglected the novella it was based on for so long. Been on my reading list forever. I finally read it today and loved it. I forgot how creepy this story is.

I realize the movie was pretty spot on, at least in the middle of the story. The beginning was left out and end was obviously, wildly different, and I dare say the movie has a OMG moment that was done surprisingly well when, “the movie is as good as the book or better,” is rarely said. In fact, it is probably one of the top 5 saddest endings I’ve seen.

Anyway. Just wanted to give some love for this story that was beautifully done. I wish the tv adaption wasn’t awful. I feel like if done by a talented group of people, what happens after they leave the market could have been a crazy ride.

I started reading KIng in publication order in 1990. I cought up with him somewhere around Needful Things. Lately I've decided to do it again, this time with audiobooks. When I got through the first 10 I ranked them here on reddit. Then again after 20 and 30. Now I've finished 40.

This list includes everything from Carrie through Desperation. It's getting harder to judge the further I go and I've started to second guess some of my earlier decitions, but I'm sticking with them so far.

I'm trying to judge these solely on the stories and not the performances of the narrators, although there are many great readers.

Obviously I'm a big fan or else I wouldn't be doing this, but I should say that I still think many of the lower ranked books are fantastic. Something has to be last afer all.

Anyway, here's my ranking of King's first 40 published novels and novellas. Let me know what you think.

From least to best:

40. Roadwork

41. The Langoliers

42. Christine

43. Cycle of the Werewolf

44. Rage

45. The Running Man

46. Secret Window, Secret Garden

47. Carrie

48. The Breathing Method

49. Apt Pupil

50. Thinner

51. The Sun Dog

52. The Tommyknockers

53. Firestarter

54. The Dark Half

55. Rose Madder

56. Cujo

57. The Library Policeman

58. Desperation

59. The Dead Zone

60. Insomnia

61. Gerald's Game

62. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

63. Dolores Claiborne

64. The Long Walk

65. The Talisman

66. 'Salem's Lot

67. The Eyes of the Dragon

68. The Mist

69. The Body

70. The Green Mile

71. Misery

72. The Shining

73. Pet Sematary

74. The Stand

75. DT1: The Gunslinger

76. Needful Things

77. DT2: The Drawing of the Three

78. DT3: The Wastelands

79. IT