| It wasn’t really ‘updated,’ in the sense that new material was written, but at some point in the early 90s it was re-issued with a bunch of stuff that was cut for space the first time – basically reflecting King’s ascent from ‘sells enough to be allowed to publish a book considerably longer than editors usually permit,’ (which the first version was) to ‘sells enough to do any fucking thing he wants.’ I think the only thing actually changed was the dates; the longer version has the action set in the early 90s rather than in the 80s. I remember reading it at a train station and realizing that day was the actual date given for whatever point I was at in the book.
I liked it, but admittedly I’m a sucker – I read very fast, and although I do read some dense complicated serious shit, I also like some easier-reading entertainment, and it’s very hard for me to find anything that fits that bill that I can’t finish in a matter of hours.
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