The other day I read Stephen King’s *Apt Pupil* and I can’t seem to make my mind up as to what is the most disturbing scene out the following:

1) the description of Todd’s first wet dream in *Apt Pupil* which he has while fantasting performing medical experiments on a Jewish girl in a concentration camp.

2) the awkward sex performed by members of the Loser Club after defeating It the first time round in *It".

3) or the short story *Dedication* which  involves a writer spending the majority of time masturbating, for reasons I have forgotten he is holed in motel. He allows his mess to cover the sheets etc and a maid who is pregnant decides to consume the dried semen in belief this will impart creative talent in to unborn child.

4) or finally, the slight misogynist statement in *The Tommyknockers* which describes Ruth McCausland’s masturbatory session as “grim and joyless” as no penis was involved in the climax.  Out of the four this is probably the least disturbing but…

  • @CaptainKickass
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    -32 months ago

    Wowsers dude, you left out War and Peace and Moby Dick!

    Your literary superiority is too superior for me! 🤣

    • NimoOP
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      -32 months ago

      Moby Dick is overrated.

      • ekZeppM
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        2 months ago

        More likely overstuffed. He added whole chapters of (fictional) dictionaries description and so on, but in the long run that help building up the story atmosphere and give more impact to the main arc.