Talk:Hearts in Atlantis

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Thought: Given that "Why We're in Vietnam" takes place in 1999, could the glove have come through to Sully as part of Roland's quest, and freeing the breakers? I'm still not sure how it got from Blind Willie, but that story takes place 16 years earlier.

Low Men Vehicles

Aren't the vehicles the low men drive linked to the car in From A Buick 8 and even possibly Christine? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.110.112.2 (talk) 19:59, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

There is no such implication in the movie

According to the article here, "Bobby's mother claims to be worried that Ted might be sexually abusing Bobby". I had seen the movie. I hadn't noticed any kind of sexual relationship between the two in the movie. After reading the Wikipedia article, I watched the movie again to see if I was wrong, but I did not notice anything sexual in the movie. Am I wrong? 81.214.171.169 06:49, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

There is no such implication in the movie. But, there is in the book, which is what this article is about.

Neither it is in the book; in fact, only Liz thinks that way.

The article's claim is correct, though: Liz does think Ted might be abusing Bobby, especially after she herself was raped by her boss. While Ted's and Bobby's relationship is completely honest, Liz is unable to think clearly. This is clearly stated in the book. 201.231.81.53 (talk) 20:06, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

"Liz claims to be worried that Ted might be sexually abusing Bobby, though in fact she feels guilty about neglecting her son." It is clear while reading the story that Liz doesn't feel guilty at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.51.181.175 (talk) 18:16, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:12, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Heavenly Shades... in the article intro

Is it accurate to say that Bobby Garfield's life is "in ruins"?

He's got a lovely wife who's a professional photographer, three lovely grown children, a lovely old dog with bad hips and a good disposition, and an old house which is always in desperate need of repairs, which is ironic because he's a carpenter-and no complaints about his life that I saw. I'm just going to delete that bit unless someone has a case otherwise.

Polajum (talk) 05:13, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

This para needs some work...

... but I'm not exactly sure what.

"One event catalyzes the resistance to the war, when a message spray-painted on a campus wall contains a (then-scandalous) suggestion to "F*CK JOHNSON" and a call for the U.S. to leave Vietnam. It is flanked by peace signs, which draw the attention towards Jones, who is apparently trying to wake up the students to the atrocity of the war. Riley and his compatriots in the dorm, which has been suffering a rash of student failures and withdrawals due to failing grades (by this time, he says, they were "majoring in Hearts") and Riley is taken by surprise when Carol announces she will be leaving school. She explains by telling him about Bobby, what he did for her, and that her decisions are forever influenced by what Bobby did for her. She and Riley make love for the first time in his car, and she leaves the next day, leaving a note describing why she did what she did, and that what happened the previous night was special for her...and a warning: "Get out of that card game." He reads the note, then breaks down; despite Carol's firm belief that "hearts don't break...they only bend," Peter wonders about the hearts of those who were still protected in innocence: "What about hearts in Atlantis?""

Trialex (talk) 23:09, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Is it Diefenbaker or Diefenbacker?

Both occur in the article. -- UKoch (talk) 19:35, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Seems to have been fixed. -- UKoch (talk) 17:22, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

What are the novellas?

The page says it is "a collection of two novellas and three short stories" but doesn't say which is which.

Then here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_King_short_fiction_bibliography#1990s

Under 1999, it says Hearts in Atlantis, Low Men in Yellow Coats and Why We're in Vietnam are the novellas, that's three not two.

(https://stephenking.com/works/ lists four novellas and one short story.)

I understand there are differences of opinion of what makes a novella, but the Wikipedia pages for Hearts in Atlantis should at least agree, and it'd be handy to have a breakdown table (like is featured on other King collections, identifying the short stories and the novellas) 2A02:C7C:5FCA:C100:69FE:726F:685:498F (talk) 19:01, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Interesting… on the SK site, can you easily refer to which are labeled which by title? To make things even more confusing the SK page for the collection at https://stephenking.com/works/collection/hearts-in-atlantis.html says they are all novellas… -2pou (talk) 19:20, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

You can refer to Stephen King short fiction bibliography: the three novellas are: Hearts in Atlantis, Low Men in Yellow Coats, and Why We're in Vietnam; and the two short stories are: Blind Willie and Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling. Jmj713 (talk) 20:19, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Technically, Low Men in Yellow Coats and Hearts in Atlantis are novels, Blind Willie and Why We're in Vietnam are novelettes, and Heavenly Shades of Night are Falling is a short story, just all put together in collection. Jeremyeyork (talk) 23:22, 18 September 2024 (UTC)