this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2024
24 points (92.9% liked)

Horror Lit - Books Reviews, News and Discussions

424 readers
1 users here now

Horror book discussion, requests, news, trivia, best of, worst of, etc.

All-inclusive horror literature community.


For more books Communities in the Fediverse:

!books@lemmy.world

!lovecraft_mythos@lemmy.world

!bookstodon@a.gup.pe

https://literature.cafe/c/fiction

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

The other day I read Stephen King's *Apt Pupil* and I can't seem to make my mind up as to what is the most disturbing scene out the following:

1) the description of Todd's first wet dream in *Apt Pupil* which he has while fantasting performing medical experiments on a Jewish girl in a concentration camp.

2) the awkward sex performed by members of the Loser Club after defeating It the first time round in *It".

3) or the short story *Dedication* which  involves a writer spending the majority of time masturbating, for reasons I have forgotten he is holed in motel. He allows his mess to cover the sheets etc and a maid who is pregnant decides to consume the dried semen in belief this will impart creative talent in to unborn child.

4) or finally, the slight misogynist statement in *The Tommyknockers* which describes Ruth McCausland's masturbatory session as "grim and joyless" as no penis was involved in the climax.  Out of the four this is probably the least disturbing but....

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

More likely overstuffed. He added whole chapters of (fictional) dictionaries description and so on, but in the long run that help building up the story atmosphere and give more impact to the main arc.