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Fantastic Worlds Book Club

"You Like It Darker" by Stephen King

2025-04-02 18:30:00 2025-04-02 19:30:00 America/New_York Fantastic Worlds Book Club Hillsborough librarian David Sastre leads a fun and engaging discussion of a monthly Sci-Fi, Fantasy, or Horror read! This month, we will be discussing "You Like It Darker" by Stephen King! Hillsborough branch - Conference Room

Wednesday, April 02
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-04-02 18:30:00 2025-04-02 19:30:00 America/New_York Fantastic Worlds Book Club Hillsborough librarian David Sastre leads a fun and engaging discussion of a monthly Sci-Fi, Fantasy, or Horror read! This month, we will be discussing "You Like It Darker" by Stephen King! Hillsborough branch - Conference Room

Hillsborough branch

Conference Room

Hillsborough librarian David Sastre leads a fun and engaging discussion of a monthly Sci-Fi, Fantasy, or Horror read! This month, we will be discussing "You Like It Darker" by Stephen King!

'“You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to read. King writes to feel “the exhilaration of leaving ordinary day-to-day life behind,” and in You Like It Darker, readers will feel that exhilaration too, again and again.

“Two Talented Bastids” explores the long-hidden secret of how the eponymous gentlemen got their skills. In “Danny Coughlin’s Bad Dream,” a brief and unprecedented psychic flash upends dozens of lives, Danny’s most catastrophically. In “Rattlesnakes,” a sequel to Cujo, a grieving widower travels to Florida for respite and instead receives an unexpected inheritance—with major strings attached. In “The Dreamers,” a taciturn Vietnam vet answers a job ad and learns that there are some corners of the universe best left unexplored. “The Answer Man” asks if prescience is good luck or bad and reminds us that a life marked by unbearable tragedy can still be meaningful.

King’s ability to surprise, amaze, and bring us both terror and solace remains unsurpassed. Each of these stories holds its own thrills, joys, and mysteries; each feels iconic. You like it darker? You got it."

AGE GROUP: | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Discussion |

TAGS: | #sci-fi | #reading | #horror | #fantasy | #bookdiscussion | #Book Discussion | #book club |

Hillsborough branch

hillsborough@sclibnj.org
Phone: 908-458-8420

Hours
Mon, Apr 21 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Apr 22 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Apr 23 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Apr 24 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Apr 25 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Apr 26 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Apr 27 1:00PM to 5:00PM

Upcoming events

Sat, Apr 26, 11:00am - 2:30pm

Sat, Apr 26, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Children's Room

Mon, Apr 28, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Conference Room

Mon, Apr 28, 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Program Room AB

Mon, Apr 28, 5:00pm - 8:00pm

Mon, Apr 28, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Conference Room

Mon, Apr 28, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Program Room B

Tue, Apr 29, 10:30am - 11:00am
Program Room AB

Tue, Apr 29, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Program Room B

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Tue, Apr 29, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
New date Wednesday, April 30, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Tue, Apr 29, 5:00pm - 8:00pm

Tue, Apr 29, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
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Wed, Apr 30, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Program Room B
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Wed, Apr 30, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
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Thu, May 01, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Fri, May 02, 11:00am - 11:30am
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Fri, May 02, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
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Sat, May 03, 11:00am - 12:00pm
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Sat, May 03, 11:00am - 2:30pm

Sat, May 03, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
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Sat, May 10, 11:00am - 2:30pm

Sat, May 10, 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Sat, May 10, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Program Room B
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Fri, May 16, 11:00am - 11:30am
Program Room A

Fri, May 16, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Conference Room

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Sat, May 17, 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Sat, May 17, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
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Program Room AB

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Tue, May 20, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Program Room A

Wed, May 21, 10:30am - 11:00am
Program Room AB

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Wed, May 21, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Wed, May 21, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Program Room A

Wed, May 21, 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Wed, May 21, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
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Wed, May 21, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Thu, May 22, 10:30am - 11:00am
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Thu, May 22, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
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Sat, May 24, 1:00pm - 2:00pm