Any Stephen King fans?
Any Stephen King fans?
Hey... so I'm currently going through a bit of a Stephen King phase right now. I read 'It' and 'The Stand', and absolutely loved them. I'm currently reading 'The Regulators' right now, but am not enjoying it as much as the other two. I think the thing I liked about 'It' and the 'The Stand' were that they were large in scope, and had multiple main characters. 'The Regulators' is a little too compact for my taste.
So my question for you all is if you are a Stephen King fan, which novel is your favorite? And which would you recommend considering I'm a big fan of his larger in scope novels?
So my question for you all is if you are a Stephen King fan, which novel is your favorite? And which would you recommend considering I'm a big fan of his larger in scope novels?
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Early King for the win. His quality control starts to go down as the page counts go up...
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The "Everything's Eventual" collection of short stories is quite good, now reissued heavily emphasizing that it contains "1408."
If multiple main characters and lack of compactness is what you like, then for God's sake read The Dark Tower series. I don't think scope gets much bigger than that. And I would have to disagree with Zisteau about the first volume, I thought it was great, in a stripped-down Man With No Name kind of way.
If multiple main characters and lack of compactness is what you like, then for God's sake read The Dark Tower series. I don't think scope gets much bigger than that. And I would have to disagree with Zisteau about the first volume, I thought it was great, in a stripped-down Man With No Name kind of way.
Hang on to your ego.
I have to say that Survivor Type is one of his few good stories. I'm just not much of a fan. Some of his earlier stuff like the Shining is good of course, but I just can't read King without thinking to myself...man this guy is trying too hard to be Lovecraft.
His style may have changed in recent times, I'll admit that I haven't read anything of his recently. I'll also admit that my ex-wife was a huge fan of King, so by default I hated his stuff after I found that out from her...so that may have made me a bit biased.
His style may have changed in recent times, I'll admit that I haven't read anything of his recently. I'll also admit that my ex-wife was a huge fan of King, so by default I hated his stuff after I found that out from her...so that may have made me a bit biased.
I was always fond of "Salem's Lot". I believe that was my first ever exposure to King, both in the original 3 hour TV movie from 1979 and in book form.
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Originally posted by Sir Auros
The only book of his I've read is The Shining. I just haven't tried the other stuff because I'm usually always reading something else.
That's my favourite. Does he still bitch about the Kubrik film changing the ending a 1981 film could never have done convincingly?
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Originally posted by Ackula
I have to say that Survivor Type is one of his few good stories. I'm just not much of a fan. Some of his earlier stuff like the Shining is good of course, but I just can't read King without thinking to myself...man this guy is trying too hard to be Lovecraft.
Have you ever even read Lovecraft? His style, the mood he sets, the way he describes things, the plots, nothing at all like Lovecraft. Not even remotely.
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Did anyone else see the story about King shopping in a Australian bookshop and spontaniously signing a few copies of stuff for people only to get hauled up by security for vandalism? Classic.
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Only semi-related, but: -
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Z11B9L2awVA
That's a genuinely clever piece of work.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Z11B9L2awVA
That's a genuinely clever piece of work.
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That is actually quite clever.
Bit like this (totally unrelated to topic) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiKBoLXg5Cw
NSFW!!
Bit like this (totally unrelated to topic) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiKBoLXg5Cw
NSFW!!