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I haven't read any SK in forever, I think the last thing I read by him was when Needful Things came out. My favorite book was IT, skeered the shit out of me. Loved Thinner, The Boogieman, Apt Pupil, and Shawshank, too.
Didn't care much for Misery, the Dark Tower stuff or the one where the guy had the visions, forget its name.
Yep, Richard Bachman was his psudonym (sp?) while he was in college; some of those books are just as good, if not better, than what he wrote in his later years under his real name.Quote:
Originally Posted by Weedhound
But yeah, he's my absolute fav, always has been; I'm such a horror buff of any kind. John Grisham is a close second; Dean Koontz, he's ok, I guess.
I absolutly love the three part movie rose red by steven king it takes place in seattle. one of the best movies.
YES STEPHEN KING IS A LITERACY GENIUS
I really like Stephen King, and I have read a lot of his books. But I don't think he is a literary genius. Even HE doesn't think he is a literary genius. I saw an interview with him once and he said something like, My writing is not like a gourmet meal. It's more like McDonalds. It's pretty good and pretty reliable. I think that is about right.
One of the things that I noticed about his books is that they are great most of the way through, then near the end they seem to wander a little bit, and then they can end kind of weak. I read his book about writing and about his own personal writing process, and now I think I understand why this happens. He said he does not begin with a plot. He starts with some kind of image or scene in his mind, and then he tries to form characters and the begining of the story to fit with the image or scene. After that he just lets the characters work off each other and lets the story develop as he writes it. I think at some point he just runs out of steam and decides he needs to end it, and he just comes up with some way out of the story. If you read the Stand, I think you will see what I mean. If you ever get the sense that a Stephen King novel is not really going anywhere, you are probably right. I guess you just have to treat it as a journey, not a destination. It's usually a pretty good journey.
im getting my wife the new book dumakey next tuesday
I just can't get into any of Stephen Kings stuff. It just seems like a struggle to read. I read a lot of horror and the only thing I liked from Stephen King was Nightmares and Dreamscapes as it was short stories. I like his ideas but I don't like his writing. Just a personal choice I guess.
Wow. Alot of posts about King and almost none about the Dark Tower series, his best work by far. The Stand was very good, but The Dark Tower is an epic story. Some may say that the end of the last book is weak, but just think on it for awhile and you'll see how it works out, unfair to poor Roland but it works. "The man in black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed." Great line and i was hooked ever since.
For the record I liked everything i've read of his also, and i love the way he ties together alot of his books like they are all just parts of one massive story.
The dark tower series was amazing. My favorite of his works and I've read pretty much all of them. Got to meet him at a book signing while I was living in Maine which was fun. I'd love to have a house like the one he has around bangor.
Duma Key was pretty badass.. I want to get the Stand soon.
The Stand was awesome!!!Some of my other favorites by him are-
The Shining
Carrie
It
Pet Sematary
Christine
The Talisman
Different Seasons
Misery
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