"Hell is repetition": Stephen King and the infinite loop
“There they stood, ranged along the hill-sides, met To view the last of me, a living frame For one more picture! in a sheet of flame I saw them and I knew them all. And yet Dauntless the slug-horn to my lips I set, And blew. Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came.'' Robert Browning, 1855 Stephen King hardly requires any introduction. He is probably one of the most famous American novelists of our age, and his books are read by passionate fans all over the world. King, born in 1947 in Portland, Maine, is mostly known for his horror novels. His production is huge, varying from novels, short stories, screenplays, and even an essay about the creative process, On Writing (2000). What is really astoni...