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Wed Feb-20-08 04:56 PM
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| Anybody else reading Duma Key? (no spoilers) |
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It's a bit on the different side for King but I'm enjoying it. Quite the visual book. In the right hands, it would make a really great movie.
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Wed Feb-20-08 05:06 PM
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| 1. Duma is the angel of silence in hebrew myth |
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does that have any import?
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Wed Feb-20-08 05:27 PM
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| 2. No. I don't think saying it's a place would spoil anything. |
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Wed Feb-20-08 07:05 PM
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Typical King...good character development, good dialogue, good scare waiting for you just around the corner..
Enjoy!
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Wed Feb-20-08 07:10 PM
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I ask because Duma shows up in Neil Gaiman's "Sandman". He is notable as the recipient of the Key to hell.
I know that King is a fan of Gaiman and has read "Sandman" so I thought there might be a connection.
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Wed Feb-20-08 09:22 PM
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| 5. If there is, it is well hidden and maybe only |
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a homage to Gaiman by King. For Duma Key is anything but silent.
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