Like the title says, who here is a fan of Stephen King? I've read Firestarter, Dreamcatcher, The Tommyknockers, Under The Dome, Blockade Billy, Desperation, Gerald's Game, Duma Key, Joyland, Black House, From a Buick 8, 'Salem's Lot, Christine, 11/22/63, The Eyes Of The Dragon, It, and the entire Dark Tower series.
Overall, I have to say that he's at his best when he's writing things other than horror stories. My favorite works by him tend to be in the science fiction and fantasy genres.
Who here reads Stephen King?
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Who here reads Stephen King?
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I've read The Dead Zone, The Shining, Misery, and IT.
But The Stand is my favorite by far.
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But The Stand is my favorite by far.
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Not quite a Constant Reader.... but I enjoyed The Bachmann Books when I was still in school. Had to buy a well-thumbed second hand copy to get all four stories because it seemed someone had taken one of them too literally.
I read all of The Dark Tower series and loved it for being a fantasy novel that wasn't about fucking wizards and elves, but having a proper, desolate and intriguing worldbuilding behind it.
My copy of The Stand however, was left unfinished on the back seat of a No. 19 bus....
I read all of The Dark Tower series and loved it for being a fantasy novel that wasn't about fucking wizards and elves, but having a proper, desolate and intriguing worldbuilding behind it.
My copy of The Stand however, was left unfinished on the back seat of a No. 19 bus....
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Quickly now.
I have read that. Wasn't a big fan though, because I thought it was just too anti-intellectual.
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Different Seasons is a favorite of mine. I'm unlikely to read any of his stuff soon but I have been meaning to find a copy of The Stand for a while.
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It's an appropriate time to start reading it, what with the Ebola outbreak and such.
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Outside of the Dark Tower series, I haven't read much of his fiction. The only book of his I actually own is On Writing.
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I decided to read The Green Mile before watching the movie, and ohmygoodness was it rewarding. It wrapped up a little better in my opinion, despite the movie being great.
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After I saw that movie I remember I sat down and figured out
Kinda freaked me out.
Also ties into how all of King's books are centered around the horror inherent in nostalgia. They're all about losing touch with some past golden age or treasured relationships.
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how long Edgecomb would live, assuming that the extension of his life scaled to the extension of Mister Jingles' life. Given the average lifespan of a mouse, Paul could live for anywhere from 4,000 to 8,000 years. Even if the extra life he was given just adds extra years instead of multiplying his lifespan he's easily looking at another hundred years to go.
Kinda freaked me out.
Also ties into how all of King's books are centered around the horror inherent in nostalgia. They're all about losing touch with some past golden age or treasured relationships.
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That's one of his greatest strengths, I feel: the ability to pull horror and cosmic implication out of the most mundane things.
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Just finished up The Shining within the last week or so. Read The Dead Zone earlier this year as well. The only other King novels I've read are The Stand and The Green Mile, which I read as a kid 15-20 years ago. Plan on reading some more later this year after I read some books by other authors.
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Not having read every single thing he's ever written, I consider It to be the quintessential King, followed closely by Christine. The Shining falls in with The Tommyknockers, The Dark Half and some of his more personal works focusing on addiction and inner conflict over the violence in his writing. He's a deeply humanist writer and during his most productive and observant period I think he created a string of novels that will catch on and be studied far into the future when some of the more literary stuff favored by his critics has been dismissed as self indulgent.
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I've always been interested in reading Stephen King's books. Actually, I guess I've been interested in reading more literature in general. But for someone who's only seen snippets of the It mini-series, what would be a good starting point?
It seems that The Stand is his most acclaimed novel, so I'll read that at some point. I'm looking for a book that serves as a good introduction to King, so... It? The Green Mile? Cujo?
It seems that The Stand is his most acclaimed novel, so I'll read that at some point. I'm looking for a book that serves as a good introduction to King, so... It? The Green Mile? Cujo?
The Stand is pretty ponderous and, for lack of a better term, very 70's.
I'd begin with a book of his short stories. He's a master of the form. Skeleton Crew would probably be best to start.
I'd begin with a book of his short stories. He's a master of the form. Skeleton Crew would probably be best to start.
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I only read the first novel of The Bachman Books, which is Rage, the first novel by Stephen King, my cousin owned a copy of the novel in French.
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Pet Sematary stands as my favorite novel of his. The movie is also my favorite adaptation of his work.
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The last line of that book is up there with 1984.
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Statistical fact: Cops will never pull over a man with a huge bong in his car. Why? They fear this man. They know he sees further than they and he will bind them with ancient logics. —Marty Mikalski
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