The Stephen King Thread

[Manic]

You'll never guess which 7 book series I'm still on. I'm finding it hard to maintain interest in these last 100 pages.

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

I got into King pretty late... the very first book I read was IT when I was 17 or 18, and I'm 24 now. After Terry Goodkind, he's one of my favorite authors now. I'm reading the Dark Tower series for the first time, I'm on the third book right now

 

[redhawk23]

I got into King pretty late... the very first book I read was IT when I was 17 or 18, and I'm 24 now. After Terry Goodkind, he's one of my favorite authors now. I'm reading the Dark Tower series for the first time, I'm on the third book right now

while his books are absolutely readable at a younger age, its not like King is writing YA, I wouldn't consider 18 "late" at all.

 

[Goku Goes Crazy]

well the revised version is still out there you know.

At this point, I don't have anymore interest to.

 

[Crockett]

So I'm going to start reading more Stephen King books, the only one I've read up until now is The Body but that was when I was twelve. I picked up The Stand since that's one book most people recommend, read a few chapters and it's great stuff so far.

 

[LOBO3315a]

It's too bad his story "Rage" is out of print. That was 1 of the stories he did as Bachman. An excellent, if somewhat disturbing read.

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

At this point, I don't have anymore interest to.

Just saying that while The Gunslinger is definitely a little dry, things get alot more interesting in the second book.

 

[Lantern Venom]

I'm starting my yearly rereads of all the Dark Tower books and all tie-in stories. I'm currently on Insomnia and I'm finding it as enjoyable as ever.

I've come to really respect King's work on the character of Ralph Roberts. He's introduced as a sad, average-joe widower who is just waiting for his life to run out. Then he finds something extraordinary within himself. Roberts is certainly a different kind of protagonist. Well done, Steve.

 

[squeekness]

It's too bad his story "Rage" is out of print. That was 1 of the stories he did as Bachman. An excellent, if somewhat disturbing read.

I was lucky enough to have bought that in a hardcover Bachman collection shortly before Columbine. I'll be hanging on to that one for a long time.

 

[Manic]

Okay, I finished the final Dark Tower book. I even shouted "Stephen King, you son of a *****" when I reached the point where I could've stopped and King asks the reader not to continue. I continued anyway, and I still like the ending.

 

[Bruce Banner]

Okay, I finished the final Dark Tower book. I even shouted "Stephen King, you son of a *****" when I reached the point where I could've stopped and King asks the reader not to continue. I continued anyway, and I still like the ending.

You're lucky at least. I was spoiled the ending of the book before I even starting reading The Gunslinger.

 

[bored]

My brother guessed the ending long before the last book came out, and didn't let anyone hear the end of it when he was right.

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

I'm on the 4th book, and I'm doing my best not to spoil anything.

 

[Manic]

The way people vaguely complained about the ending without spoiling it for me, I assumed it was all going to end in complete and utter unbelievable mind-blowing tragedy on all sides. However, when I got there, I thought what happened to Roland was completely fitting for what we'd read about him throughout the series.

 

[Bruce Banner]

After already having it spoiled I have to say that I find the ending to be something I would enjoy and be like "yikes, really?" at the same time.


I am about to read the uncut version of The Stand for the first time, but currently watching the 2004 version of Salem's Lot while doing homework.

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

I read The Stand a couple months back, so when the ka-tet arrived in Topeka and saw the newspaper headlines, I was like "What!!"

 

[Crockett]

I finished the revisited/uncut edition of The Stand a couple of days ago, it's a great book to say the least.

 

[squeekness]

JUst finished Desperation. I had read it a long time ago but forgot a lot. It all came back to me with its yummy goodness. Never met a King or Bachman story I didn't like.

 

[Bubonic]

I finally finished Dreamcatcher the other day, I really had to force myself past the first couple hundred pages.
The language King creates for his characters is often unbearably bad. All the insults that Beaver invented were so awful and I wonder why King does this... Must be because he has created hundreds of characters and needs to make them unbelievable in order to keep them fresh?
Him writing a character with down syndrome was also painful. I never encountered one that hard to understand.
The book is still a masterpiece compared to the garbage movie made out of it... Lawrence Kasdan is brave or stupid to have dared try to adapt something that difficult... It would of been better edited down and made into a grindhouse flick.

On a more positive note, started Duma Key, really great stuff so far.

 

[:eek:]

Here's the new short story, Herman Wouk is Still Alive

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/05/herman-wouk-is-still-alive/8451/

 

[Whiskey Tango]

On a more positive note, started Duma Key, really great stuff so far.

Duma Key is amazing, I really think it's one of his best ever.

 

[Yurka]

I'm still on Wolves of the Calla, and cant find myself getting through it, anyone else have this problem?

 

[Bubonic]

Duma Key is amazing, I really think it's one of his best ever.

It was the King book I needed to get enthusiastic about him again. Glad to see that someone who read the whole thing found it to be his best, read on I will.

 

[LOBO3315a]

Duma Key was very good. I thoroughly enjoyed it as well.

As for Wolves of the Calla, I don't remember having much issue with reading it. Maybe that had more to do with me being ravenous for another Dark Tower at the time.

 

[Sawyer]

double post