Stephen King Mistakes, bloopers and errors in his books

Only a slight error, but in Chapter 16, the haiku of George Seferis is quoted. Although it is a valid haiku, it is not layed out correctly.
Are these the voices of our dead friends
Or just the gramophone?
A Haiku consists of 3 lines with the following syllable lay out.
First line : 5 syllables
Second line : 7 syllables
Third line: 5 syllables
On page 7 ( Ch. 1 ), when Mike identifies his wife's body at the morgue, it says that her eyes were closed. But later, on page 215 ( Ch. 13 ), when he makes love to his wife in his "triple-dream", it says that one of her pupils were larger than the other, like it had been, when he had seen it on the monitor at the morgue. (This error was discovered by Blu Silva via B_Hansen. Thanks.)
On page 362 ( Ch. 21 ) it says that the people in the dream Mike had, parted as if they were all magnetic, and that he and Ki were positives, while the people around them were negatives. I don't believe I need to explain this error, unless you too didn't pay attention, when your physics teacher told you about magnetism. (From B_Hansen)
This is not an error, but on page 427 ( Ch. 25 ) Mike mentions that among the eighties and nineties bands, which Mattie had CD's with, was a band called Ah-Hah.
That bands name is not Ah-Hah, but a-ha. As I said this is not an error, just a wrongly remembered music-band name. (This error was discovered by Anita, via B_Hansen. Thanks.)
In "Bag of Bones", he makes a reference to Edvard Munch's painting, "The Scream", but mistakenly calls it "The Cry" (this error found by Belkiss. Thank You)

Carrie was born on 21 September 1963, but on the first page of the book, in the article from the newspaper it states that the stones fell on the White household on 17 August 1966, and that "Mrs White, a widow, lives with her three year old daughter, Carietta". In fact on 17 August 1966, Carrietta was two years, ten months and three weeks (give or take) old. She would not turn three until 21 September 1966, some five weeks later. (Thanks to Karen C for finding this!)
Carrie goes to Westover to buy material for her end-of-season dance gown. But later, when Frieda asks her where she has bought her gown Carrie says that she has made it herself and that she has bought the material for it in Andover.
According to the first message from the New England press bureau fire engines from Westover, Motton and Lewiston comes to Chamberlain to help extinguish the fire. Sheriff Doyle is quoted for saying that the only fire engines that made themself useful during the fire was two old fire engines from Westover. In the third message from the New England press bureau the journalist talks to a fire inspector from Andover. So where did he come from?
Carrie's death certificate comes from the Andover hospital, again not agreeing that the neighboring hospital was Westover.
On page 51 Mr P P Bliss is mentioned a few times, then his name is spelt Bloss, Simply a typographical error.
When Estelle Horan is interviewed by Esquire about the bikini-incident, she tells the journalist that Carrie was 3 when she walked into Estelle's back garden and that she moved from away from the town when she was 20. Later Stella Horan is mentioned as being one of the pupils that Norma Watson stood together with, when Carrie got drenched in the blood from the pigs.
On Page 69 (Part One: Blood Sport) the Owner of the Kelly Fruit Company is called Hubert, but on page 217 (Part Three: Wreckage), his name changes to Henry.
In Part One, Blood Sport we find out that Ralph White died in Feb 1963, 7 months before Carrie was born. Later when Carrie was one year old, Margaret White seen Carrie in her crib with a bottle dangling in mid air over her head, and it was only Ralph White that had stopped her from Killing Carrie then. Now it might be metaphorical - the memory of her husband made her stop wanting to kill his daughter - but then again, it might not be. (This error was sent by Lisa Escamillo after being printed in the alt.books.stephen-king newsgroup)
Speaking of name changes, on page 50 (Part One: Blood Sport) Dean K L McGuffin is mentioned as writing a paper in 1982 Science Yearbook. On page 220 (Part Three: Wreckage) his name changes to Dean D L McGuffin and he wrote the paper in the 1981 Science Yearbook.

In Chapter 18, when Arnie and Dennis are about to finish their lunch, it says that the bell rung, signifying that there were five minutes till period five started, but a few pages later Dennis talks about the next period as being period six, rather than five. (This error was discovered by Robyn Brown via B_Hansen.)
In the original book, the car had 4 doors, but this was changed to a 2-door model when it was realised that there never was a 4-door 1958 Plymouth Fury.
Although all 1958 Plymouth Furys were banana yellow in colour, the book mentions that this particular car was custom ordered Red.
When Arnie and Leigh gives the hitchhiker a ride, on page 265 (Chapter 34), it says that the hitchhiker opened Christine's rear door. But Plymouth Fury's have only two doors.(This error was discovered by Tiffany Todd and Alan Paige via B_Hansen)
On page 264-265 ( Leigh and Christine ) Leigh remarks that she should be home at eight-thirty because she and her parents were "having friends in". But later, on page 278, after Arnie and Leigh have had their argument, Leigh's mother appears in the door, wearing raincoat, rubber boots and her nightgown. So one could presume, that she had gone to bed and had risen a few minutes before, when she heard Arnie and Leigh arrive. What happened to the friends, who should have been visiting? (This error was discovered by Mike Tommervik via B_Hansen)

BOTH my books have a spelling mistake on page 50, when Donna Trenton throws Steve Kemp out for the last time. Tad's name is spelled "Tab".
In Cujo it says that Evelyn Chalmers died on the 30th of June 1980. But in Needful Things it says that she died in 1981
Vic and Roger had agreed that Vic should pick up Roger half past five in the morning (Page 87). But on page 118 Vic tells Donna that Roger and himself have agreed that he should pick Roger up at six in the morning.
On page 47 Donna Trenton's eyes are grey, but later on pages 171 and 259 they are described as being blue.
On the morning when Donna leaves to take the Pinto out to Chamber's to get it fixed,she packs a snack to take along and puts them in Tad's Snoopy lunchbox. Among some other things..."green olives and cucumber slices in foil..." (Page 164 in my paperback edition). 26 pages later..."she was still holding the Tupperware dish with the olives and slices of cucumbers inside, each wrapped neatly in Saran Wrap". Now maybe Tad's Snoopy lunchbox was a tupperware lunchbox, but one that magically changes foil to Saran wrap? (Error found by Bernd Klingl)
On page 250 it says that Donna wore tennis shoes, when she stepped out of the Pinto. But on page 260 it says that she kicked Cujo with her sandals. (This error was discovered by Amy Harvey via B_Hansen)
On Page 332, when the ambulance drivers are trying to give an injection to Donna Trenton while she is trying to revive Tad, the syringe is broken. In 1980 syringes were (and still are) made of plastic, and are REAL hard to break, even if you tried.

According to residents of Bergenfield, New Jersey, the Ridgeway-section of Bergenfield (The Prologue) does not really exist. Bergenfield County (The Prologue) Bergenfield hasn't christened the county which it is in - The county is actually called Bergen County. Bergenfield County Hospital (The Prologue) is called Bergen County Hospital, it lies a couple of miles from Bergenfield.
Page 27, the PEOPLE magazine article, states "...From his birth in Manchester, New Hampshire, to his final residence in Oxford, Mississippi, everything is there except for George Stark's interment six weeks ago at Homeland Cemetery
in Castle Rock, Maine." But on page 169, Pangborn says, "...The cemetery wasn't specifically identified, either in the photo caption or in the body of the story, as Homeland." Maybe Pangborn didn't read the story carefully...? (Error found by Lisa Escamillo)
In Chapter 8, subchapter 2, it says that Thad put the papers on which he had written "The Sparrows Are Flying Again" into one of the desk drawers. But later in Chapter 10, subchapter 2, when Thad shows Liz what he had written, it says that the papers were lying on top of his typewriter.
In The Dark Half Stephen King writes about how Delta-waves are characterising for REM-sleep. This is not true.
Delta-waves characterise Stage 4-sleep, which is either when a person is in deep sleep or unconscious. In Stage 4-sleep the brain oscillates between 1 and 4 hertz, so in Stage 4-sleep REM-sleep can not occur. What does happen is a person either walks in his sleep, talks in his sleep or is having night terrors.
REM-sleep does instead occur in what is called Stage 5-sleep. In that stage the brain has an increased neuronal activity and the brain waves produced there looks much like Beta-waves. And Beta-waves are the waves that the brain shows when it is awake.
Then the brain produces Beta-waves the brain oscillates between 12 and 24 hertz. And when that happens in a persons sleep, then it indicates that he is dreaming, i.e. he is REM-sleeping.
In Insomnia Ralph and the pharmacist discuss' approximately the same things, but their own lack of knowledge in to the subject can here be used as an excuse for the wrong information.
Page 241: Pangborn is waiting for ten minutes to pass, but it says that he waits for the *minute* hand to circle the face of the clock ten times, which would make it ten hours. Oops. Should have been second hand, right? (Error found by Lisa Escamillo)
In The Dark Half Chapter 16, subchapter 6 we learn that Alan Pangborn's boys are Todd and Toby. In Needful Things his sons are Al and Todd.
In Chapter 24, subchapter 3 and Chapter 25, subchapter 1 it says that the road Thad's summer house was on, was called Lake Lane, but in Chapter 25, subchapter 1, it is suddenly called Lake Drive.

All errors are located under the title of the latest book containing the error. This is because the second entry contradicts the first, and is thus the error.

In the beginning of The Gunslinger (The Gunslinger, Chapter 2) it says that it was a donkey that Roland led through the desert. A bit later, in the same chapter, it says that it was a mule. And the animal stays a mule through the rest of the book.
In the last chapter in The Gunslinger Walter tells Roland that atoms are composed of nuclei and revolving protons and electrons. That is not entirely true. The electrons do revolve around the nuclei. But one or more protons make up the nuclei, together with one or more neutrons (Except when it is a Hydrogen atom we are talking about. That one does only have a proton and nothing else in it), so a proton can't revolve around itself. (This error was discovered by Peter S. Winokur.)
On page 71, in The Gunslinger, chapter titled The Way Station, King describes the main character's father as "she" by accident. A quote: "There had been the recurring dream of his room in the castle and of his father, who had sung it to him as he lay solemnly in the tiny bed by the window of many colors. She did not sing it at bedtimes because all small boys born to the High Speech......" (This error sent in by Joseph Taylor - thanks)
In The Gunslinger we learn that Cuthbert and Jaime are Roland's friends. But in the other books it is Cuthbert and Alain who are Roland's friends. So, what happened to Jaime? (This error was discovered by Rob Flood via B_Hansen)
In the Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, on page 170, in "The Slow Mutants" section King tells the story of when Roland fought Cort as a kid. In the fight, it mentions that "The boy brought the edge of his hand across the bridge of Cort's nose, breaking the thin bone." When the nose does not have a bone but is made of cartilage. (This error was found by Mike Angel. Thanks!)

In The Gunslinger, Chapter 1, we learn that the stocks on Roland's guns are made of sandalwood, but in The Drawing of the Three, Prologue: The Sailor, they are mentioned as being made of ironwood, but later in Reshuffle, Chapter 13 they are again made of sandalwood.
In The Gunslinger (The Slow Mutants) Roland tries to look in a newspaper which he found in the lap of a mummified trainman. But in The Drawing of the three Roland sees, whilst looking through Eddie's eyes, men who are reading papers covered with letters and pictures. It is strange that he doesn't recognise these things as newspapers, when he himself tried to look at one in The Gunslinger.
In The Gunslinger (The Gunslinger, Chapter V) Roland sees, when he goes through Tull, three women wearing slacks. But in The Drawing of the Three (Prisoner Chapter 1, subchapter 6) he is shocked when he, through Eddie's eyes, sees a stewardess wearing trousers.
On the very last page of The Gunslinger chapter it says that Roland didn't know where Cort was. But in The Drawing of the Three (Shuffle) it says that Roland remembered how Cort died nine weeks after the Presentation Ceremonies. So Roland did know where Cort was. (This error was discovered by Kate LeChasseur via B_Hansen)
In the first subchapter of The Way Station Roland doesn't know what a tie is. But in The Drawing of the Three (The Prisoner, chapter 1, subchapter 6) Roland sees some men wearing ties. And when he sees those ties he does not seem to have any kind of trouble identifying them. (This error was discovered by Shannon Gries)
In The Drawing of the Three, in the beginning of the Detta and Odetta chapter, Stephen King quotes the Austrian psychoanalyst Alfred Adler (1870-1937). Adler is quoted for saying that schizophrenia and split personality is the same thing. But nowadays we all know better, except Stephen King, and that's a bit sad, come to think of it.
In the beginning of The Drawing of the Three, The Prisoner Chapter 1, subchapter 9, Eddie calls his boss Emilio Balazar, but later in The Prisoner Chapter 4, subchapter 7, and throughout the rest of the book he calls him Enrico Balazar.
There seems to be some confusion as to the direction of North in The Drawing of the Three. Roland does say that things in this world are not as they seem, but Travelling North, on numerous occasions west is shown to be on their RIGHT side, not left as it should have been.
In The Drawing of the Three (The Prisoner, Chapter 1, subchapter 2) it says that Roland checked if he still had Walter's jawbone in his hip pocket, with his right hand. In The Gunslinger (The Gunslinger and the Dark Man) says that he put the jawbone in his left hip pocket?
In The Gunslinger (The Way Station, chapter 1), Roland remembers that Cuthbert always laughed and that he even died smiling, but in The Drawing of the Three (Shuffle) Roland remembers that Cuthbert always asked questions and that he even died with one on his lips. I suppose he could have smiled when he asked the question.
David was called a Falcon in DT1, but a Hawk in DT2.
When Eddie and Roland arrives at The Leaning Tower, in The Drawing of the Three, The Prisoner, Chapter 4, subchapter 13, Roland tries to read the neon sign. When he does that he does not seem to know the letter H, but if the letter H was unknown in his own world, how could the following names then occur: Khef; Hax; Cuthbert?
When Eddie uses Roland's revolver at Balazar's in The Prisoner, Chapter 5, subchapter 22, it says that he vaporised the things he hit with the revolver. Likewise we learn how the bullets that Roland used had the ability to blow people apart. Now if these bullets could so easily vaporise/blow apart people, how was Roland then able to bring back two whole rabbits for him and Jake to eat in The Oracle and The Mountains?
In The Drawing of the Three, Shuffle, Eddie tells Roland that he will get some water, but when he returns a few lines later, it says that he was carrying some wood.
The Drawing of the Three, Shuffle we hear of Henry Dean being drafted to fight in Vietnam. Eddie Dean is 21 the year is 1987, and Henry is 8 years older than Eddie, therefore Henry was born in 1958.
The problem is that Henry is described as having been drafted into the US Army at 18 and sent to fight in Vietnam, where he had been wounded in action. But Henry is too young to have fought in Vietnam. When the very last American left Saigon on that famous helicopter in 1975, Henry was only 17! In fact, the draft was ended in 1973, when Henry was only 15. (Error found by Steve Lopez, sorry for the delay in crediting you Steve!)
In the beginning of chapter 2, in The Lady of Shadows, it says that two paramedics rode on the ambulance that picked up Odetta after she had been run over by the train in 1959.
Here we encounter a minor problem, because the paramedics who are mentioned in this chapter and in other chapters later on in the book, didn't exist at that point in time. Or rather, the function which they represented, didn't exist at that point as the first time paramedics were used, in the US, was in 1966 in Manhattan.
In The Drawing of the Three, chapter 3, subchapter 6, when Eddie told Odetta that he came from 1987 he also mentions that he is 23 years old. But, as mentioned above, Eddie is 21 years old.
In the first subchapter of chapter 2, in The Lady of Shadows, it says that when George Shaver arrived at the crash site at Idlewild, he saw an eyeball resting on top of a Samsonite suitcase. Furthermore he saw a teddybear lying beside a child's sneaker, which still contained the child's foot. But later that night, when he has a nightmare, it is the teddybear which is resting on top of the Samsonite suitcase, not the eyeball. (This error was discovered by Roger Seal)
Norris Weaver is caller Weaver in The Pusher, Chapter 10, bit he is called Norris Wheaton in The Pusher, Chapter 11. Each of these names in mentioned more than once.

In The Gunslinger (The Way Station, chapter II) Roland's father is called Roland the elder. But in The Wastelands (Chap. VI, subchapter 10) Roland calls himself Roland, son of Steven, when he talks to Blaine.
Yet another naming error has turned up, this one begins in The Drawing of the Three and ends in The Wastelands. In The Drawing Eddie's sister is called Selina, but in The Wastelands she is called Gloria.
Jake takes his father's automatic .44 Ruger when he runs away from home ( Door and Demon, Chapter 6 ). The problem is that Ruger has never made a .44 calibre Automatic pistol, only .44 calibre revolvers.
In The Drawing of the Three (Chapter 1, subchapter 6), Odetta's mother is called Alice, but in The Waste Lands (Bear and Bone, Chapter 1), she is called Sarah. (This error was discovered by Kate LeChasseur)
In The Waste Lands, Bear and Bone, Chapter 1 it says that Roland had brought more than 300 bullets with him, when he returned from Eddie's and Susannah's world. But in The Drawing of the Three, The Pusher, Chapter 3, subchapter 9 it says that he put four boxes, with 50 bullets in each of them, in Jack Mort's jacket pockets.
In The Waste Lands it says that Susannah, in the end of The Drawing of the Three, shot three of the lobstrosities and thus saved Roland and Eddie. But in The Drawing of the Three, The Pusher, Chapter 4, subchapter 17 it says that she shot four of the lobstrosities.
When Roland is teaching Susannah how to shoot in Bear and Bone, Subchapter 1, she blasts little rocks by fanning the hammer of Roland's revolver. Fanning can only be done with a single-action revolver. However, Roland manages to make several shots without cocking the hammer, and in Bear and Bone, Subchapter 5, Eddie releases the cocked hammer on the gun when Susannah comes up behind them. Are Roland's guns single-action or double-action?
In The Waste Lands, Door and Demon, chapter 1, Eddie sees Roland weeping when he is given the key. Eddie thinks that he never expected to see this "..if his life stretched over a thousand years." but at the end of The Drawing of the Three in The Final Shuffle, both Roland and Eddie are bawling around the campfire. (This error was found by Carol - Thanks)
When Eddie talks to Blaine after he and Susannah has arrived at the railway station (Bridge and City, Chapter 27), he tells Blaine that he and Susannah came from New York a couple of weeks prior to them meeting Blaine. But in the beginning of the book (Door and Demon, Chapter 1) Eddie remembers that he has been in Roland's world in almost two months.
Further to the problem of Henry Dean's age being too young to fight in Vietnam , the problem becomes painfully obvious in The Waste Lands, when a 19 year old Henry and an 11 year old Eddie visits the haunted house in 1977 ( Door and Demon, Chapter 22 ), trailed by an unnoticed Jake.
According to the Vietnam vet story, by 1977 Henry should already be a junkie vet with at bad leg, but he's described as an innocent - if rather immature and churlish - teenage boy.
When Jake asks Roland for something to drink, after they have left the Grays main room and entered the kitchen (Bridge and City, Chapter 37), Roland has a flashback to when he first met Jake at the Way Station. He recalls that Jake had soaked his shirt and given him water to drink through it. But in The Gunslinger it says that Jake had used a tin can to bring him water that he could drink (The Way Station).
When Susannah finishes marking all the numbers which aren't prime numbers the diamond shaped control shows that 1 is a prime number. ( Riddle and Waste Lands, Chapter 3 ) Unfortunately it isn't, so in theory The Waste Lands should have been the last Dark Tower book, because Blaine would kill them all in the middle of subchapter 3, when they pushed the 1-button.

The Prologue in Wizard and Glass is not exactly what was written in The Waste Lands. It is missing one bit of text about a teacher mentioned by Jake Chambers that was mentioned in The Waste Lands.
In Wizard and Glass Blaine has trouble answering the riddle about when a door is not a door (Part I, Ch. 3, subch. 4). But in The Waste Lands Susannah and Eddie asks him the exact same riddle (Bridge and City, Ch. 30), and there he answered it without hesitation. (This error was discovered by Jacob Pennock via B_Hansen)
It says that Susan noticed the lice hopping in Rhea's hair. (Part II, Chapter 2, subchapter 4 ) Lice can't hop, but fleas can. (This error was discovered by Wendy Stone via B_Hansen)
When The Waste Lands ends Eddie is carrying the Ruger, but in Part I, Ch. 3, subch. 4, of Wizard and Glass it says that he was carrying one of Roland's guns. But later (Part I, Ch. 5, subch. 1) Eddie is suddenly carrying the Ruger again.
(This error was discovered by Mr_Roboto via B_Hansen)
Part 1, Chapter 5, Subchapter 2 has Roland being Called Ronald - "Ronald nodded and turned to Cuthbert. 'You'll want to be on your mettle tomorrow night.". This typo occurs in a few versions. Thanks to "TheRegulator83" for this error.
When Roland and Jake are about to rub Oy's feet together in the red booties (Part 4, Chapter 2, Subchapter 5), it refers to Eddie grasping Oy's feet then of Jake and Roland patting his feet together. (This error found by Debbie - Thanks)
During Roland's confrontation with Walter/Flagg in the Throne Room in Part 4, Subchapter 7, he "thumbs back the trigger" of his .45. Nice trick, if you can manage it. (This error was found by Coinneach Fitzpatrick, thank you)
During the confrontation in Part 4, Subchapter 8, Roland goes for Jake's Ruger, which is tucked into the waistband of his jeans. Roland's right hand was mangled by the lobstrosities in DT2, and he lost his index and middle fingers. Roland's .45 revolver is still in his left hand, therefore, he drew the Ruger with his right. The Ruger's front sight snagged on his jeans, but he managed to free the gun and "pump three shots after the vanishing figure." Unless Roland switched hands, this is physically impossible. (This error was found by Coinneach Fitzpatrick, thank you)

In Part Two, Chapter One, Subchapter Four Susannah Dean thinks of 'the Gin-Puppy Saloon'. In the 10 th Stanza, Section 10 of 'Song of Susannah' it is spelt 'Gin-Puppie'
In Part Two, Chapter One, Subchapter Five, Roland draws a map that shows Castle Discordia inside Fedic. In 'Song of Susannah' 6 th Stanza, Chapter One, Mia says "Beyond it is the village of Fedic, now deserted .All I can tell you is that beyond the deserted village is the outer wall..."
In Part Two, Chapter Eight, Subchapter Five, Jake Chambers speaks about George Magruder, a friend of Callahan. The correct name of the character is Rowan Magruder from 'Wolves of the Calla'
In Part Three, Chapter One, Subchapter Seventeen, King thinks the term can-toi is from his book 'Desperation'. Nowhere in that book is that mentioned, but it IS mentioned in his unproduced screenplay of that book.
Part One, Chapter Two, Subchapter Five says the taheen are also called the can-toi. Part Two, Chapter Five, Subchapter Five states that the can-toi are the low men or taheen-human hybrids, not true taheen at all.
Zoltan is referred to as the bird from weed-eater's hut. At no point in The Gunslinger, or books after that does it give the indication that Brown, his owner, was infact a weed-eater.
Part Three, Chapter Three, Subchapter Nineteen states Rolands mother is the daughter of Candor the Tall. In the revised Gunslinger, she is said to be the daughter of Alan Verriss.
A great pair of errors from the Stephen King message board this time. In Part Two, Chapter Twelve, Subchapter One, Susannah '...leaped to her feet and ....' And HOW would she do that without feet again?
In Part Three, Chapter Three, Section Four Susannah Dean thinks, '.she'd run to the center of the bridge and fall down on her knees .' Again tough to do when you have no legs :)
In Part Two, Chapter Eleven, Subchapter Fifteen are told the fire engines are wheel-less and seem to run on cushions of air. .Subchapter Seventeen, Ben Alexander is killed by one of the non-existant huge wheels on the firetruck. Later on the same page a wheel of one of the fire trucks drops into the cellar .
In Part Five, Chapter Three, Subchapter Four Roland implies he could shoot up to 12 sneetches thrown by the Crimson King at a time. in normal times this would be true, but earlier he had given one of his guns to Susannah Dean, and was left with a single revolver, capable of shooting down just 6 sneetches at a time, not 12.
Part One, Chapter Seven, Subchapter One Flaherty says that Gabrielle deschain 'did suck John Farson', indicating that she was his lover at one point. We know that she was the lover of Walter/Marten, but what are the chances that she was ALSO the lover of John Farson? It is more likely that John Farsen is also another persona of Walter. Alas things are never easy, as Part Two, Chapter Three, Subchapter One Walter o'Dim was said to have been in the service of John Farson, the Good Man., so it is unlikely to have been the same person. Eithor John Farson is Walter, or Gabrielle Deschain turns out to be a real cheating wife...

In chapter 6, Johnny speaks, while he is still connected to the respirator. It would be impossible for him to speak, because when he got connected to the respirator, a tube was lead down his windpipe to his lungs. And with that tube placed inside his windpipe it would be virtually impossible for him to speak, because the tube blocks his vocal cords. (This error was discovered by Jay Phillippi)
In Chapter 7, Subchapter 1, when Johnny grabbs Weizack's hand, he has memories of world war II invasion of Poland including a German Tiger tank in 1939 - the Tiger tank did not enter service until late 1942, over 2 years following the invasion of Poland. (Thanks to Steve for this error).
In chapter 7 Sam Weizak asks Johnny to imagine different objects, such as a rowboat lying at the foot of a street sign, to give an example. What Weizak is doing there is what one would call a cognitive test.
Depending on whether on not Johnny can imagine these objects, Weizak wants to see if some parts of Johnny's brain has been damaged. Johnny is at the same time connected to an EEG machine. If one should believe Weizak, then those graph's from the EEG machine should, together with whether or not Johnny could imagine the objects, determine if his brain has been damaged.
Alas, an EEG machine can only give an indication of brain waves (such as awake, the types of sleep etc), not if the brain has been damaged.
In the very last line of chapter 15, it says that Johnny didn't see Sarah Hazlett for three years. At that time it was around the 18th of October 1975. But when Johnny's father marries Charlene Mackenzie in chapter 22 on the 2nd of Jan 1977 it says that Sarah attended the wedding. Johnny actually saw Sarah again one year and three months later, not three years later.
In chapter 16 subchapter 4, when Johnny goes out into the shed to look for the newspaper that had the article of Frank Dodd, it is noted that the paper is Sunday's paper from three weeks ago. On the next page right after the line, "THE DO-NOTHING COPS IN OUR....." it is said that this Sunday supplement article in now nearly six weeks old while just a couple of minutes ago it was three. (Found by James Cook)
Roger Chatsworth is called Stuart for a couple of pages in Chapter 17.
In Chapter 21, subchapter 4 it says that it was a .357 magnum that Harry Callahan had used in the Dirty Harry movies, but it was in fact a .44 magnum that he used in the movies.(This error was discovered by Mark D. Barnett via B_Hansen)
The boy, that Stillson uses as a shield, is, when we meet him the first time, called Sean (Chapter 27, Subchapter 5), then a bit later he is called Tommy (Chapter 27, Subchapter 5), and finally at the Congressional Investigation he is called Matt Robeson (Part 3, Subchapter 8). (Irrelevant and very bizarre note: In the Danish translation of the book the boy is called Tommy Robeson every time he is mentioned)

The "Eat Em and Smile" album is said to be a Van Halen album, when it in fact is a David Lee Roth album, produced shortly after he left the group.
In Part I: Chapter 1, subchapter 2 in the book Mary Jackson's hair is described as being short. But throughout the rest of the book it is described as being long.
In Part I: Chapter 5, subchapter 2 where David visits Brian at the hospital he notices that Brian lies with his eyes open. But later when Brian's mother phones him to tell him that Brian is awake, it sounds as if it is a sensation, that Brian has opened his eyes. Brian's mother is confused by this and so is Brian's doctor Dr. Waslewski, when he sees Brian open his eyes.
In Part II: Chapter 3, subchapter 5 it says that one of the Kamikaze-vultures shattered the passenger window in the truck, so it became milky. But in Part II: Chapter 4, subchapter 2 Steve looks out through that same window when he tries to find a place to park the truck. Later in Part V: Chapter1, subchapter 1 it says that Steve looked into the mirror outside the passenger window, which would be impossible.
Stephen King seems to be unable to keep track of how many people he has brought together in the old cinema. Although there are eight people in the cinema, he continues to write that there are only seven.
Mary Jackson complained that she had to 'go pee', but when quizzed by Tom Billingsley, she replied that it was OK, she had good kidneys. Most people know that urine is stored in the BLADDER and that kidneys produce the urine, not STORE it.
On page 150, Part 1, Chapter 5, Subchapter 3: "... had he ever smoked pot, had he ever in his life converted the six-ten split..." That last part of the sentence about the six-ten split looks like a bowling reference. If it is, then it is a mistake. The six and ten pins, when positioned properly on the pin deck, are situated close together, and are not considered a split, but a rather easy spare. I believe that King was refering to the seven-ten split, which is the most difficult in bowling. (Error found by Jeff D. Thanks)

In the beginning of Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption the reader is told that the prisons coveralls doesn't have pockets, except for the ones used by those working in the garage. But later on, after Andy has escaped, Red tries to figure out how Andy got rid of all the dirt from the tunnel. He ends up concluding that Andy must have made a pair of extra pockets in each trouser leg and filled them with the dirt. And then when he walked around in the prison yard he would open them with strings he had concealed in his trouser pockets. Which pockets?
Early in Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption Henry Backus is mentioned, but later on page 85 he is called Henly Backus.
In the very beginning of Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, we learn that the house, where Glenn Quentin lives is a one-story house. But just a few pages further into the story we are told that it is a two-story house, when Andy says that he watched the lights go out downstairs in the house and then saw a single light go on upstairs.
In The Body Chris shows Gordon his fathers gun and tells him that it isn't loaded, but Gordon discovers that it is, when he pulls the trigger. Chris finds that immensely funny and shortly afterwards he tells Vern and Teddie about what happened, while Gordon stands beside them. But later in chapter 18, when they are walking through the woods, Gordon wonders if Chris has told the others about the incident with the gun or if it still is their secret.
In The Body there is a person called David Chambers in Chapter 5, but I believe this was a mistake in the name and should be Frank Chambers as in Chapter 17. He is the brother of Chris and was in Jail for rape - the description for the 2 names match too close for them to be different people. The Signet edition does not contain this error, but the Futura edition does.
In The Body in chapter 5, it says that the only reason, why Gordie and the others plan, for going hiking undetected, wouldn't fail, was because Vern and Chris's parents didn't have a phone, so their parents couldn't call each other and thereby discover that their sons had lied to them. Later, in chapter 30, Gordon tells his mother that Vern's mother should have called and told her, that they had gone hiking. Gordon's mother responds that she hasn't received a call from Vern's mother, but she guess' that maybe his father has talked to Vern's mother.
At this point you could argue that because Gordon's parents didn't pay much attention to Gordon, they might also have payed as little attention to his friends. And thereby, they might not have learned that Vern's parents didn't have a phone. But in chapter 31 it says that Vern's mother called Teddy's mother. And that is an error. (It is possible, according to Joe Lamb, that they could've used a call box) (This error was discovered by Stephanie Robinson)
In The Body In chapter 2 it says that Gordie's brother was eight years older than him. But in chapter 6, it says that his brother was ten years older than him. This is the case in the Futura edition of the book, BUT the error does not appear in the Signet edition, which states both as 10 years difference.
In The Body, chapter 7, the Signet edition says one line of a song is "play your digeree, do" from the song "Tie Me Kangaroo Down" by Rolf Harris. The Futura edition of the books does not have this error, and says "play your didgeridoo."
In The Body In chapter 12, one of the song titles, which Gordie remembers, is the song "I Ran All the Way Home", which Little Anthony should have sung. But actually it was The Impalas, who performed the song, which at it's full length was called: "(Sorry) I Ran All the Way Home." (This error was discovered by Richard Jaworski).
In The Body In chapter 15, it says that Chris had finished his Coke, but later, in chapter 17, it says that Gordie drank the last of Chris' Coke. (This error was discovered by Stephanie Robinson).
In The Body there is a slight age-discrepancy, concerning Ace Merrill's age in the final chapter of the book.
First we learn that Ace was driving around with a bumpersticker saying Reagan/Bush 1980 and at the same time he should have been 32.
Second, we learn that the book was written in 1982. Because in chapter 24, Gordon tells us that he is 34. That would mean that there has passed 22 years, between his and the others hiking and the time, when he wrote the book.
Third, we know that Ace is older than Gordon and the others.
I think he is 15, in 1960.
Never the less, he can't be driving around with a bumper sticker saying Reagan/Bush 1980 and at the same time be 32. Because if Gordon saw him in 1981, driving around with that bumpersticker, then he would have been around 11 years in 1960 ( 1981 - 32 = 1949. 1960 - 1949 = 11 ). And that would mean that he would have been younger than Gordon and the others. If Gordon had seen him in 1980, Ace Merrill would have been 12 in 1960. So it would be impossible for Ace to drive around with that bumpersticker, be older than Gordon and at the same time be 32. (This error was discovered by JP09876)
The error in The Breathing Method David tells the reader that the first Christmas story he heard at 249 was the one Gerard Tozeman told, but a few pages before he mentions that he is listening to Peter Andrews telling his Christmas story.

On page 60 Dolores remembers how her father once had beaten her mother because she didn't have the dinner ready, when he got home from work.
Dolores remembers that her father had, when he got home, taken off his boots out on the stoop. After he had beaten Dolores mother he goes outside and sits down on the chopping block. When he sat down, he scared the hens away. But Dolores remembers that they soon returned to the chopping block and began pecking the ground around her dads boots.The boots he had taken off when he got home.(This error was discovered by Chris Pasley via B_Hansen). Doug comments that the chopping block may well be right on the stoop, as this is often common practice to stop you having to walk too far during the cold winters to get and cut wood. This would explain this, and make it no error.
A possible mistake is that Jessie's car did not stall after she crashed it, but when she awoke, it was stopped. Now it COULD have stalled in the meantime, but it is not mentioned.
On page 66, when she talks about Joe, she says that he is "a goddam Democrat," but at the end of the story, she says that she herself is a registered Democrat. That sounds like conflicting opinions. (This error was discovered by Joe Leopold and Michael Tilden via B_Hansen)