Hello everyone, welcome to the Stephen King cast, one man's musings on the works of Stephen King.

Each week I will review one entry in the bibliography of Stephen King in the chronological order of publication.

And this week I will be reviewing the Green Mile. I'm very excited to talk about it.

But before I get any further, just a very quick note about this particular episode.

I'm recording this episode from a different location. Usually

when I record these episodes, I'm recording, uh, from my basement. But I decided I was feeling

kind of comfortable on my couch upstairs in the living room. So I decided to just pull the

microphone, uh, upstairs and record from the, the comfort of the living room. So it might be a bit more echoy

because the space is a little bit more open. So if it just sounds a little bit different than usual,

I apologize. But this week, I will be examining a novel that I consider a high point in Stephen King's

creativity and a point to be made in the argument to anyone who will argue that he's just a

horror novelist. Clearly, I don't have to convince anyone listening to this podcast that Mr. King

is an incredibly talented individual,

but it isn't just talent that makes him who he is.

He's someone that, when asked why he chose to become a writer, has answered that this is what he was born to do.

But he isn't just content in resting on his laurels.

He's someone that constantly challenges

himself. And as you can see in the 70 plus episodes I've reviewed so far, he's someone that has

reinvented himself over and over again, as evidenced by the different phases of his career.

It's what has allowed him to be the phenomenon that he's been for the last 40 years.

The reason I bring this up is because 1996 was probably the most prolific year for an author

who had at the time been publishing for 20 years.

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