The message from Martin Ridgley rises higher:
 =-> Quoting KENNETH ABRAMS to MARTIN RIDGLEY re: King Crimson/Stephen King:
 KA> I've got a small collection of King's books and I just checked various
 KA> notes in them concerning the author. It appears his earliest works are
 KA> those now known as the Bachman books, which include Running Man and
 KA> Thinner, now movies.  Those books were written in the late 60's to
 KA> early  70's. The first one published under King's name, Carrie, came
 KA> out in 74.
 KA> So, yeah, it would certainly appear far more likely that King based
 KA> The Crimson King on the band than vice versa.
 MR>
 MR> Thanks, Kenneth.  Yeah, I was pretty sure about that.  Stephen King
 MR> is known to be a big rock music fan and has quoted song lyrics in his
 MR> books.  I haven't read much of King's work, but between that fact and
 MR> the related chronology of the respective careers, it seemed logical.
echolyn quoted (maybe paraphrased) King in their "The Cheese Stands
Alone" song from their album _As The World_: "Come on down/You've got
nothing to fear/It's a plain simple fact/We all float down here."  I
don't know if that's an exact King quote, but the idea is definitely
from his novel, "It."
Just throwing in a little something to the conversation.
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