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Old 11-14-2011, 03:04 PM   #301
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Re: Stephen King: A Constant Reader's Thread

Are we just trying to pin down the 10 most popular?
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    Re: Stephen King: A Constant Reader's Thread

    If so, if you replace Under the Dome with The Green Mile, I'd say that's a fairly accurate list of the ten most popular.


    edit: Eh, I don't know how popular The Dark Half is. There's a movie, directed by Romero, but I don't know how many people saw it. Cujo might be more popular than The Dark Half.
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    Old 11-14-2011, 03:05 PM   #303
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    I really should read DT... I tried starting The Gunslinger once, but never got momentum.
    This happened to me too, I read the first book and thought it was kind of 'meh' so never moved on.
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    Ive tried getting into The Gunslinger about 5 times. Cant do it. So Ive given up on the series.
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    Someone should make a poll with the Top 10 most popular King books and see what wins
    In semi-order:

    The Stand
    Carrie
    The Shining
    The Green Mile
    IT
    Misery
    Pet Semetary
    Christine/Cujo
    ‘Salem's Lot
    Different Seasons (contains stories that inspired the films The Shawshank Redemption, Apt Pupil and Stand By Me)
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    Old 11-14-2011, 03:49 PM   #306
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    Let's talk about the man, his work, and how much it has affected our respective lives.

    The first book I read by King was actually read to me in grade school by my teacher. It was The Eyes of the Dragon. That was in 1991, I believe. The next book I read (on my own) was Pet Semetary, and it remains my favourite King novel. Possibly my favourite novel ever. It is definitely his scariest. The horror really creeps in the story, which starts out quite idyllically.

    Well, over the years I have consumed pretty much everything else by King. Some of my favourite books of his include: Pet Semetary, The Eyes of the Dragon, The Dead Zone, Different Seasons, Everything's Eventual, Hearts in Atlantis, Insomnia and Dolores Claiborne. With regards to the film adaptations of his various works: The Shawshank Redemption, The Mist, Secret Window and Stand by Me are probably my favourites. Misery is not bad either, until the end, that is.

    For reference, this is a list of all the King/Bachman I have read. The only 2 books missing are: Faithful (his collaboration of the Red Sox's 2004 winning season) and Danse Macabre (his horror genre treatise), both of which I have either not read or finished.

    NOVELS

    1974 Carrie
    1975 ‘Salem's Lot
    1977 The Shining
    1978 The Stand
    1979 The Dead Zone
    1980 Firestarter
    1981 Cujo
    1982 The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger
    1983 Christine
    1983 Cycle of the Werewolf
    1983 Pet Sematary
    1986 IT
    1987 Misery
    1987 The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
    1987 The Eyes of the Dragon
    1988 The Tommyknockers
    1989 The Dark Half
    1991 Needful Things
    1991 The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
    1992 Gerald's Game
    1993 Dolores Claiborne
    1994 Insomnia
    1995 Rose Madder
    1996 Desperation
    1996 The Green Mile
    1997 The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
    1998 Bag of Bones
    1999 The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
    2001 Dreamcatcher
    2002 From a Buick 8
    2003 The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
    2004 The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
    2004 The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
    2005 The Colorado Kid
    2006 Cell
    2006 Lisey's Story
    2008 Duma Key
    2009 Under the Dome


    COLLECTIONS

    1978 Night Shift
    1982 Different Seasons
    1985 Skeleton Crew
    1990 Four Past Midnight
    1993 Nightmares & Dreamscapes
    1999 Hearts in Atlantis
    2002 Everything’s Eventual
    2008 Just After Sunset


    MISCELLANEOUS

    1999 Storm of the Century
    2000 On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

    2000 The Plant, Book 1: Zenith Rising
    2009 Ur


    AS RICHARD BACHMAN


    1977 Rage
    1979 The Long Walk
    1981 Roadwork
    1982 The Running Man
    1984 Thinner
    1996 The Regulators
    2007 Blaze


    WITH PETER STRAUB

    1984 The Talisman
    2001 Black House


    (Plus various short stories, including Premium Harmony, The Reploids, Morality, The Blue Air Compressor, I Was a Teenage Graverobber, Jhonathan & The Witches, The Killer, The King Family and the Wicked Witch, Man with a Belly, The Night of the Tiger, Throttle (w/ Joe Hill), The Crate, Skybar, Slade, Weeds, The Hotel at the End of the Road, I’ve Got to Get Away, The Other Side of the Fog, The Stranger, The Glass Floor, The Cursed Expedition, Never Look Behind You, Before the Play.)

    Lastly, in all the interviews I've seen King in, he comes across like an Average Joe. This demeanour seems to show up in his work, too. His characters are mostly people I can relate to, at least in motivation. And finally, in speaking of his work, he is a master at plot pacing and character development. I do find he seems to have difficulty ending longer works though which is why I usually prefer his shorter works; they seem to narrow his focus and leave less to the whims of chance.

    A reviewer once called Stephen Edwin King, "The Shakespeare of the 20th Century", and while I believe that sentiment to be over-dramatic at best, there is no denying that he has a lot of more say in his stories than most give him credit for. Aside from his tales covering multiple-genres, his main message, at least to me, seems to be that the monsters, especially those in human form, are only as scary as we believe them to be. They may win the battle but they will ultimately lose the war. As for his purpose for writing, from the dedication page of It (a note to his children): Fiction is the truth inside the lie, and the truth is the magic exists. (Might be a slight paraphrase.)

    Only Stephen King book I've read
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    Only Stephen King book I've read
    Hey, it's a great book.
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    Old 11-14-2011, 04:23 PM   #308
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    Hey, it's a great book.
    Defiantly was. I'm sure i'll read more of his work after back-reading this thread and picking out some books that are suggested
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    Re: Stephen King: A Constant Reader's Thread

    So are we doing the novel poll or +/-??? Let's get this going!!!!!
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    Old 11-17-2011, 03:50 PM   #310
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    I'm nearly to Chapter 14 of 11/22/63. It's not bad. A tad bit slow at times, but that's King for you, especially with his longer novels. Obviously I'll reserve final judgement until after I'm finished. I have a long way to go.
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    So are we doing the novel poll or +/-??? Let's get this going!!!!!

    Let's do it! I would be way interested.

    Also just started reading 11/22/63. So far so good. Only through the first 5 or so chapters.
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    Grrrr. Chapter 15 and still the story is crawling. Hope it speeds up soon.

    I suppose he can't hit one out of the park everytime.

    I usually don't have a problem with his slow building of characters and suspense. But this one is reminding me of Gerald's Game in its languidness.

    Sigh.
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    I really enjoyed the Frank Dunning/Derry/Al Templeton sections though. Everything before that little sleepy town near Texas.

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    I really enjoyed everything before that little sleepy town near Dallas.
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    The Stand is still my absolute favorite. Just got done with IT. Kind of let down by the end but for the majority of the book I was extremely creeped out.
    I just finished reading this one for the first time, I found the first 1/2, which is a lot of pages, was pretty hard to read. Reminded me a little of the struggle it took sometimes to get through The Tommyknockers middle section.

    However I really enjoyed the last half.

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    If no DT, I'd pick Desperation or Insomnia, then probably The Stand.
    Insomnia is so good, I re-read it when I was in between DT IV and V as well as reading Black House which after a fairly slow beginning ended up also being pretty good.

    If it could include co-written I'd have The Talisman way up there, always been one of my favourites. Deperation was 10 times better than The Regulators I thought, I wish I'd read them the other way round. Very scary that book.

    I think Salem's Lot, Pet Sematary and Desperation were probably the books that scared me the most.

    Have never read Duma Key. May read that one next as I will be waiting until Christmas for 11.23.63
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    Old 11-18-2011, 03:21 PM   #316
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    Insomnia is amazing. I should reread it next year.
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    http://whatculture.com/film/top-5-st...ike-to-see.php
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    The Long Walk would be TITS, especially if done by Darabont.
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    I'm on Chapter 23 now. Man, this melodrama between Jake and the librarian is wearing thin. I just don't give a shit.
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    Keep the faith my friend.... there will be a payoff.
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    Keep the faith my friend.... there will be a payoff.
    Chapter 26 now. Man, Jake is fucked up. I wonder what he's going to do? November 22 is coming soon!
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    The Long Walk would be TITS, especially if done by Darabont.
    I so agree with this, brilliant book that would make an amazing movie
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    I'm into Chapter 28. The story has accelerated. But I fear it's still going to end up being a Bottom 10 book from King for me I still couldn't give two shits about this Sadie character.

    Actually, I feel that, aside from Dolores Claiborne, King really doesn't write women all that well.
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    Actually, I feel that, aside from Dolores Claiborne, King really doesn't write women all that well.
    What about Franny in The Stand?
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    What about Annie Wilkes?
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    Chapter 26 now. Man, Jake is fucked up. I wonder what he's going to do? November 22 is coming soon!
    Agreed, after that incident, the story picked up significantly.
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    Finished 11/22/63. I'll give it a 3/5. In the end, I just didn't care about the whole romance in Jody subplot.

    But the whole thing got me thinking - of course - of what have been. In my life and in the past that I can only read about.
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    What about Franny in The Stand?
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    What about Annie Wilkes?
    I forgot about them. But, yes, they're great, too. I dunno, maybe that is a statement I need to reconsider? I also forgot Rachel Creed.
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    Good rebuttal by King in The New York Times.
    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/op...wald.html?_r=2
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    Finished 11/22/63. I'll give it a 3/5. In the end, I just didn't care about the whole romance in Jody subplot.

    But the whole thing got me thinking - of course - of what have been. In my life and in the past that I can only read about.
    I finished as well, thought the end was fitting, was terrified at what he came back to. Could you imagine??
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