McCarthy has horrific gas that is expelled from both ends, and initially it’s assumed that he is just sick – but in reality he is infected with an extraterrestrial parasite that has taken up residence in his lower intestine. Jonesy and Joe "Beaver" Clarendon first encounter a strange man named Richard McCarthy who emerges from the woods claiming to have been lost, and they give him shelter in their cabin. Unfortunately, the group ends up splitting into pairs, and discoveries that each pair make quickly see circumstances go from bad to worse. The characters come together for what they hope is a peaceful hunting trip after one of them, Gary "Jonesy" Jones, successfully rehabilitates after being struck by a car (there’s no telling where King got inspiration for that little plot development). There are elements of the supernatural at play, as each of the protagonists possesses a unique psychic gift that is given to them by a mentally challenged pal that they rescued growing up in the town of Derry, Maine. Originally titled Cancer (which his wife Tabitha King demanded he change), the book has echoes of “The Body,” IT, and Hearts In Atlantis, in that it is in part about childhood friendship and the adults that those children turn into.
And I was pretty stoned when I wrote it, because of the Oxy, and that’s another book that shows the drugs at work. And I couldn’t work on a computer back then because it hurt too much to sit in that position. As he recalls in a 2014 interview with Rolling Stone, his usage of the drug had an impact on the development of what was his next novel: Dreamcatcher. He had proudly written 1991’s Needful Things as his first book without the use of narcotics and alcohol, but after being struck by the van he was given a prescription for the opiate Ox圜ontin. The pain he experienced was so substantial that his long maintained sobriety was forcibly interrupted. King chronicles a first-hand account of what happened in 2000’s On Writing, which he started writing before the accident, and finished after – composing the invaluable tome in short spurts due to excruciating pain from his shattered hip. After being taken to the local hospital and then airlifted to the Central Maine Medical Center, he underwent five operations in 10 days, and Constant Readers around the world held their breath awaiting news of his condition. About a month after the publication of the novel The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, the author was walking along the shoulder of a road in Lovell, Maine, and a distracted driver ran into him with his minivan. On June 19, 1999, Stephen King was nearly killed. (Image credit: Warner Bros) What Dreamcatcher Is About
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