Talk:The Outsider (King novel)

Title should be "(novel)" not "(King novel)"
See subject line. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.203.107.40 (talk) 05:41, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
 * There are several novels with that title. Sundayclose (talk) 17:31, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

similarity to The Dark Half
The set up of The Outside is virtually the same as in King's The Dark Half. An innocent man is seemingly exonerated by a perfect, irrefutable alibi despite being "framed" by perfect, seemingly irrefutable evidence, including fingerprints in particular.

An evil doppelganger has committed a terrible crime. . . etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:18A:8301:A3C0:F0D4:E10F:BEF6:1802 (talk) 01:59, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
 * What's your point? Sundayclose (talk) 17:32, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Holly Gibney series?
I am puzzled as to how this novel has been designated part of the "Holly Gibney series". Gibney is a character in five of King's works, but three of those are the Bill Hodges trilogy. Who decided that The Outsider and the novella If It Bleeds are part of a "series"? Has King used this description? Has it been identified as the Holly Gibney series by numerous critics? Or is this just one Wikipedia editor's decision? Sundayclose (talk) 02:11, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Story origin
Is there any info on King's origin of the creature? I just watched a video on missing 411 stuff and there's a story that fits the baddie from the story to a tee. A real life example.Halbared (talk) 18:05, 24 December 2021 (UTC)