Ur with Chuck Tingle
Episode 208, Dec 06, 2023, 11:00 AM
Our favorite saucy, but sweet, author Chuck Tingle (Camp Damascus, Space Raptor Butt Trilogy) returns to The Kingcast to discuss one of King's more obscure short stories: Ur. This one's all about an otherworldly Kindle and serves as something of a dry run for 11.22.63. We talk about that as well as country music (for some damn reason), the ethical question of stealing work done by your clone, what authors would we immediately search out if we had access to one of these fancy magic pink Kindles, and we also dip a little bit into the many, many Dark Tower connections this story has.
Ur was controversial upon release. It's King's short story all about a very special Amazon Kindle initially only available to read on Amazon Kindles! There was some outcry at the time of release about the story being nothing more than a thinly veiled commercial for Amazon, but a closer look shows something with a lot more meat on its bones. A Kindle that has access to all stories and authors across all known multiverses? Sign us up!