The Stephen King Thread - Part 1

[Victarion]

Those "interlude" chapters that show how the rest of the country responds to the disaster are truly horrific.

 

[Sawyer]

I loved the whole thing.

The. Whole. THING.

 

[jonathancrane]

Speaking of Flagg, I was tickled to discover he was the antagonist of 'Wind Through The Keyhole.'

 

[Marvolo]

Starting the Stand today.

 

[jonathancrane]

You are in for a good read. I just finished re-reading 'Secret Window, Secret Garden' for a lecture I will be giving.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

I loved the whole thing.

The. Whole. THING.

Larry's backstory/introduction always seems like it drags on forever but aside from that I've never found it dull. And I've read the uncut version 5 or 6 times.

 

[Teelie]

It's been so long since I read The Stand I can't remember if it was the original or abridged version.

edit: Complete and uncut edition. I thought it might be since I remember it was over 1000 pages.

 

[Marvolo]

The paperback edition of the Stand (complete and uncut) that I've got is 1439 pages! This will be the longest book I've ever read.

 

[DeGenerate10]

The only backstory I really don't care for so far is Fran and the military guy (the name is slipping my name). I love Stew and Nick's. While Larry I'm indifferent on so far.

 

[Teelie]

I just finished You Know They've Got A Hell of a Band which is another decently adapted short story in the Nightmares miniseries about famous rock stars who died and end up in a town called "Rock 'N Roll Heaven".

Also bizarrely coincidental that I've just learned Paul Walker died as well. While not a rock star, he is closely related to it as a movie star.

 

[Brother Jack]

The paperback edition of the Stand (complete and uncut) that I've got is 1439 pages! This will be the longest book I've ever read.

That's what you get into when you read a King book. Guy overwrites like nobody's business.

 

[Marvolo]

I wish King could focus his stories a little more. I'm up to the point where Randall Flagg literally walks into the story. Its 200+ pages into the paperback copy I'm reading, and I feel like a third or more of what I've read so far wasn't necessary for the story to function. Hell I'm not even sure what the story is yet other than the outbreak. I couldn't tell you who the main characters will be but I'm getting an idea. And what the hell was up with that random side story about the idiot criminals and their heists?

I'm longing for the simplicity and small cast of characters like I found in Pet Cemetary. Granted The Stand is a vastly different beast and the scope is infinitely larger, but King IMO from qhat I can tell of him so far functions better on the smaller more personal scale. He seems to ramble with the grander scale.

 

[Tanin]

The Moving Finger

Creepy story. It's about a finger that comes out of a man's bathroom sink drain. And it only gets creepier from there.

One of my favorites:
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[Teelie]

I did not know it had been adapted to a television episode before. Cool.

 

[DeGenerate10]

I'm loving The Stand but my God was he still on drugs when he wrote some of this? Specifically the chapter about Mother Abbigail.

 

[Sawyer]

THE BEST DRUGS EVER!

 

[Piper Maru]

I'm loving The Stand but my God was he still on drugs when he wrote some of this? Specifically the chapter about Mother Abbigail.

Stephen King was on a drug and alcohol binge for a big chunk of the eighties.

 

[Teelie]

Home Delivery

Zombie story. Nothing spectacular or out of the ordinary. It takes place mostly on an island, the incurrence of zombies is originated from space. There's more to it I think that could have been made into a full length story.

 

[Marvolo]

Stephen King was on a drug and alcohol binge for a big chunk of the eighties.

Drugs is the only way I can explain the existence of Trashcan Man and The Kid and what transpires between those two. I know King can go dark, but that was just vile.

 

[Victarion]

I'm loving The Stand but my God was he still on drugs when he wrote some of this? Specifically the chapter about Mother Abbigail.

Which chapter was that?

I wondered the same when I read about the Black Panthers in pink thongs doing lottery style executions.

 

[redhawk23]

You might be in for a wait. The Stand places a lot of emphasis on character stuff...kicking in the plot does not take priority.

King admits to getting a bit lost in the woods on that one. It took an explosion for him to kick it into gear.

 

[Man in the Suit]

King joined Twitter today. http://***********/StephenKing https://***********/StephenKing

 

[DeGenerate10]

Which chapter was that?

I wondered the same when I read about the Black Panthers in pink thongs doing lottery style executions.

I really can't remember the specific number but it's in the early 40's I think.

 

[Victarion]

I know he was tripping when he wrote the climax of IT (not the ******** in the sewers). And I loved it.

 

[:eek:]

Description of Mr. Mercedes

Posted: December 10, 2013, 10:32:50
Section: Book » Mr. Mercedes

Here is a short description of Mr. Mercedes from Simon & Schusters site.

In a mega-stakes, high-suspense race against time, three of the most unlikely and winning heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from blowing up thousands.