There are some striking similarities between the clown Stephen King created for his novel, Stephen King’s Pennywise the Clown from IT, versus Tim Powers’ Horrabin. If so, what do you think?This is utterly frocking ridiculous. While developing the book, however, he eventually turned the demonic creature into the clown.Stephen King is apparently also a voracious reader, sometimes reading a few books per day.

In other interviews he has said that he initially intended the creature in the sewers to be a troll, like the monsters that stake out bridges for their territory in old fairy tales. Le 21-9-1947, Stephen King (surnom: The King of horror) est né à Portland, Maine, USA. There’s no clear answer as to why he chooses to dress up as a clown. Harrigan’s Phone, The Life of Chuck, Rat and the title story If It Bleeds — each pulling readers into intriguing and frightening places.

There is no way you could read these two books and come away with the idea that one inspired the other unless you were a complete gibbering moron.So, you can clearly see that I did not at all say that one book inspired the other — the stories are distinct. There are some striking similarities between the clown Stephen King created for his novel, It, and a clown villain found in a book by author Tim Powers. There are some striking similarities between the clown Stephen King created for his novel, It, and a clown villain found in a book by author Tim Powers. )In 1983, a Fantasy novel by Tim Powers was published called The evil magician is a master of a guild of street beggars — there are some passing similarities to the character of Fagin from Charles Dickens’ book, Strangely, Horrabin dresses as a clown, which renders him all the more awful.

"The Treehouse: An Essay Reflecting on Life, Family, Neighborhood, and Memories" - by James P. Blaylock Both live down in the sewers below their cities from where they may emerge to get children. My musings here are certainly conjecture, and correlation definitely does not equate with causation. 1982. Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947, the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King.

8vo. Maître incontesté de l’horreur et du suspense, Stephen King enchaîne les succès planétaires depuis 1974, date à laquelle il publie son premier roman. _____, Del Rey – Ballantine Books, New York, NY.

He has collected a crowd of children to use as beggars to profit from. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durha… Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. Both have supernatural powers.

“Appropriation” has sometimes been used to describe imitation of artistic elements in a criticizing manner, but the truth is that artists have riffed off of one another’s works across the entire history of time, and there should be no shame involved with that.I could easily be wrong — there are instances where similar story elements arise among writers independently. Each of the books comprise unique and interesting stories. Copyright © 2020. He has sometimes recommended reading to aspiring writers as a source of inspiration, too.

It’s quite conceivable to me that King could have picked up a copy of Powers’ book shortly after it was released, found the description interesting, and read it through. est écrivain, anno 2020 célèbre pour Carrie, Salem's Lot, The Shining, The Dead Zone.

Both are evil. Stephen King is apparently also a voracious reader, sometimes reading a few books per day.

King has said before that he “doesn’t know where he gets inspiration”. Argent Leaf Press. Both are done up as clowns, perhaps to first confuse children into coming nearer to them. et mère(?) Perhaps it’s to initially belie that he’s a criminal, or to initially lure children into his clutches where he may exploit them.It virtually goes without saying, but Horrabin is depraved and evil. Paperback advanced reading…Welcome to Argent Leaf Press, publisher of A Comprehensive Dual Bibliography of James P. Blaylock & Tim Powers, by Silver…"The Treehouse: An Essay Reflecting on Life, Family, Neighborhood, and Memories" - by James P. Blaylock