Of course it's been so long I dare say I wouldn't recognize most of them, but as nothing in this list sounds familiar (apart from the Children of the Corn thing because of the movies, not that I've seen any, and then indeed the "stopping in a deserted town in Nowhere, U.S.A." thing that he does so often), it's probably a safe bet I haven't read them. Not sure I want to, to be honest, after reading your descriptions... and yet I liked the King stories I read back in the day well enough. Maybe my taste changed, or maybe I would enjoy them if I read them after all.

Also, I'm rather disturbed by your comments on the smoking thing. I can be as fascist as the next guy with regards to smoking (there was a guy standing right behind me on the tram stinking of smoke like you wouldn't believe, and suddenly I found myself thinking about the merits of banning all smokers from public transport and, while we're at it, all public places that aren't outdoors), but your comments, I dunno, probably my sarcasm meter is faulty.

Also also, I was under the impression that Harry was a perfectly normal abbreviation of Henry - what else is Harry supposed to be short for? Surely there can't be many - if indeed any - Harry's whose real name is Harold or so.