Stephen King Finds Hope in the Mystery of Death with ‘Elevation’ [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

What happens when we die? This age-old question has confounded philosophers and religious experts alike while occupying our thoughts to an unhealthy degree. The irony is that each of us will one day have the answer, but will not be able to pass on what we find. As an author of horror fiction, Stephen King has been exploring this concept for the past 50 years with novels that run the gamut from thrilling and tense to downright nihilistic and cruel. For example, this month’s The Monkey is a blood-soaked romp through the reality of death brought to life with the icy humor of director Oz Perkins. On the opposite end of the spectrum is King’s 2018 novel Elevation. At just shy of 150 pages, this slim story explores the beautiful possibilities of leaving this world and what we can accomplish before saying goodbye.

This breezy jaunt follows web designer Scott Carey, a lonely divorcee with a strange medical condition. Though he looks exactly the same as the day before, he’s begun to lose weight with unnerving rapidity. Some mysterious force is causing him to become untethered from the Earth and the day when his bathroom scale hits 0.0 pounds will arrive in a matter of months. Set in King’s legendary Castle Rock, Scott vows to confront an element of the town’s hidden darkness before he quite literally floats away.

In the latest episode of The Losers’ Club: A Stephen King Podcast, co-hosts Jenn Adams, Julia Marchese, and Dan Caffrey dig through the lightest entry in King’s vast chronology. What is King telling Constant Readers about social justice and allyship? How has his daughter’s life influenced the story? Is this the dark twinner to Thinner (released under King’s pseudonym Richard Bachman) and how does King handle the topic of weight? They’ll sort through these complex topics and more while highlighting the copious references to King’s larger world.

Stream the episode below and start reading next month’s not-so-slim read The Institute. For further adventures, join the Club over long days and pleasant nights via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS. You can also unlock hundreds of hours of content in The Barrens (Patreon).

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