It was mentioned as a book that was removed from publication by Stephen King due to concerns that it could be used as an instruction manual for school shootings. It was also discussed as a book that King wrote when he was younger and was not very proud of.
Uh quote unquote manual for say or a schematic for like a nuclear power plant, you know, is that uh, Would that make it easier to say carry out a terrorist attack? On said plant to know how the infras...
— Episode: Should Any Books Be Banned?
Episode: Should Any Books Be Banned?
It was mentioned as a book that was removed from publication by Stephen King due to concerns that it could be used as an instruction manual for school shootings. It was also discussed as a book that King wrote when he was younger and was not very proud of.
Uh quote unquote manual for say or a schematic for like a nuclear power plant, you know, is that uh, Would that make it easier to say carry out a terrorist attack? On said plant to know how the infrastructure works from the ins and outs
We talked about that book, uh, stephen king Removed from publication of his own accord Uh the rage Rage, yes. That's the one. Yeah, he removed rage because He was concerned that rage describes a school shooting as planned in advance premeditated and king was worried that his Instructions his depictions were close enough to how you would actually do this Successfully that it would function as an instruction manual.
It's also apparently not very good. It's not It's not my favorite. I think that was part. I mean, I I appreciate the the benevolence there, mr King, but I did also get a sense that he was embarrassed by it Just as a work because it was like when he wrote it when he was like Still really young.