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Stephen King's book connections

posted 8 years ago by bobbiekaye69
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One of the best things about Stephen King's books is that there are frequently connections between otherwise unrelated books. For example, two of the children from It appear in 11/22/63.

I just noticed that the old guy's name in The Shining was Richard Halloran. Wasn't Dick Halloran a friend of Mike Hanlon's father in It? Wasn't he one of the soldiers who started the Black Spot, a popular military-oriented nightclub that was run by African-American soldiers, that was burned to the ground by white supremacist jerks?

Was there ever any mention in The Shining of Halloran having served in the military? I think he told the boy what it meant to have "the shine." Was he the same Dick Halloran in It?

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[–] YlwRoseAll 8 years ago

Yes he was the same Dick Halloran from It and The Shining. He told Danny in the book that while he was a cook in the army that he began to smell oranges and just knew his brother was killed in a train accident. He was over seas at the time and by the time he got the call through to his mama she told him about his brother passing.

[–] gottaluvafriend 8 years ago

Here are some of the connections in the Stephen King universe...

https://www.buzzfeed.com/louispeitzman/these-stephen-king-connections-will-blow-your-mind?utm_term=.jkxP4qYZ7#.cjLvP3oay