The little I know of The Dead Zone is from the book jacket and the TV series Anthony Michael Hall was in (and I'm sure that's not much to go by...I only ever saw a couple of episodes anyway).

I'm really starting to think I'm reading too damn much (16 books so far this year) because I can't for the life of me think of what you're referring to in 11/22/63.

I really like On Writing because it was kind of one big Constant Reader letter and sometimes I think those are my favorite parts of his books.