Stephen King releases his much anticipated "From a Buick 8" today. I read an interview with Mr. King yesterday in the current issue of entertainment weekly, apparently this article had pissed off a few of my employees, so I gave it look. Basically he comes off as a tired, cocky artist, chock full of cynism, and bitterness towards celebrity. In his ranting against the pros and cons of his celebrity he made the announcement that many people have dreaded: Mr King plans to retire from publishing, hell its his choice, its obvious the man doesn't need the money and with his new book, he feels that he has reached a point of saturation as far as ideas are concerned (eg: Christine). A graceful bow out should be respected. There are plenty of books in that genre to be read, its just a matter of picking up the books and reading the back or judging it by its cover whatever it takes. Let the man retire, hell VC Andrews is dead and her books have been coming out bi on a monthly basis for years since her demise! Stephen King is truly a master of the mind tweak, and he didn't say Richard Bachman or any other psuedoname of his rendering would stop publishing, just good Ol' Stephen King. When you get down to it Mr. King is just saying "Let them eat cake".