![]() ![]() It’s been half my lifetime since I read East of Eden, Steinbeck’s allegory of the Cain and Abel tale, but what’s stuck with me is that Cain holds so many more compelling possibilities because, compared to the golden boy who can do no wrong, he has a much bigger climb to make from the depths of disgrace toward redemption, and you root for him to find the strength to succeed. Oh look, the less-favored son is pouring his heart and soul into a thoughtful gift for Daddy, I wonder how that’s gonna turn out … where have I seen that before? *cough* Steinbeck … *cough cough* whoever wrote the Book of Genesis. ![]() ![]() The in-progress second half of my own four-book series is in many ways an Epic Fantasy East of Eden, but deconstructed and mutated a bit so the reader can’t see what’s coming from miles away, which I could in the first half of this book. This book drew me because, after The Gunslinger, I felt like it was a good place to dig deeper into the mythos of the man in black, and also because a good Cain and Abel retelling is exactly what I need right now. I’m very late to the Stephen King party, a mistake I fully intend to correct. Angels may be safe from damnation, but human beings are less fortunate things, and for them hell is always close” “He knew as well as we in our own world do that the road to hell is paved with good intentions–but he also knew that, for human beings, good intentions are sometimes all there are. ![]()
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