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re: Best Stephen King book you have read
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:07 pm to magildachunks
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:07 pm to magildachunks
quote:Neither of those were books per se
Now queue all the responses including Shawshank and Green Mile.
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Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:07 pm to GCTiger11
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Well shite, which one am I thinking of? I thought Children of the Corn, The Langoliers, and Secret Window were all together.
They are. It's a collection of his short stories. Most were originally published in magazines.
He has a few collections of them.
Secret Window is in Nightmares and Dreamscapes though, I think. It's in the one with 1408
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:09 pm to magildachunks
Found it. I was right. Except Children of the Corn was in Night Shift like you said.
^^^ I remember reading that.
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Four Past Midnight is a collection of four novellas by Stephen King, published in 1990. The four stories are "The Langoliers"; "Secret Window, Secret Garden"; "The Library Policeman"; and "The Sun Dog".
^^^ I remember reading that.
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:09 pm to GCTiger11
quote:frick it's not even Skeleton Key, it's Skeleton Crew.
Nope. I'll google it.
That's one of his short story collections I've never gotten around to reading.
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:10 pm to genro
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Neither of those were books per se
Agreed.
Most will pick them though. I can't blame them, he is a hard writer to muscle through.
I say Salem's Lot because it was the first book of his that I read without putting it down for a while. Most of the time I get halfway through the book and just don't care anymore.
He has a way of dragging shite out. Still have not been able to finish IT.
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:11 pm to genro
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frick it's not even Skeleton Key, it's Skeleton Crew.
This is the one with the Mist I think.
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:11 pm to GCTiger11
I feel like I've missed out by not reading any King. I went through a phase where I read some Grisham-type novels like 1 per week, then after I got tired of that I decided to give King a try. I did some research on which books to buy and narrowed it down to Dead Zone and Skeleton Crew. I know IT and the Stand are awesome but I don't have time for thousand page novels.
I went with Skeleton Crew and made it like a quarter of the way through before quitting. The Mist was good but the rest was forgettable. I will say, maybe the problem was it wasn't a continuous story and was instead a collection, so maybe it was harder to get into. I might give him another shot soon.
What do yall recommend?
I went with Skeleton Crew and made it like a quarter of the way through before quitting. The Mist was good but the rest was forgettable. I will say, maybe the problem was it wasn't a continuous story and was instead a collection, so maybe it was harder to get into. I might give him another shot soon.
What do yall recommend?
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:11 pm to magildachunks
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Still have not been able to finish IT.
Jesus H, talk about excessive writing.
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:12 pm to GCTiger11
Misery 
The Shining is a very effective horror story but completely different from Kubrick's film (which I love). I can see why King had some gripes about it.
The Shining is a very effective horror story but completely different from Kubrick's film (which I love). I can see why King had some gripes about it.
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:13 pm to WG_Dawg
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What do yall recommend?
Salem's Lot.
See above as to why. I have the same problem you have with his writing.
Does not seem as long as the novel is. Also his second, which is impressive as hell.
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:14 pm to WG_Dawg
quote:Dreamcatcher, The Stand, Misery are all awesome.
What do yall recommend?
I haven't read "It".
Some of the ones that were made into movies aren't that great of a book. Cujo, for example, is probably the worst book of his I've read.
This post was edited on 1/24/13 at 6:15 pm
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:14 pm to WG_Dawg
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What do yall recommend?
What I did was start with the shorter ones and worked my way up.
I read Carrie first. Then Salem's Lot. And then The Shining. After that, I started getting into the longer novels.
The Shining is the only book to ever give me nightmares. I thought it was bullshite to get nightmare from reading a book until I read that novel.
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:17 pm to GCTiger11
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The Shining is the only book to ever give me nightmares. I thought it was bullshite to get nightmare from reading a book until I read that novel.
Read it this Halloween. It's funny how your mind will scare you more than anything.
I kept looking at the window while reading it expecting to see a face staring back at me.
Don't know why that book made me fear that.
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:18 pm to magildachunks
Idk but it was very strange. I probably would have gotten more of a scare from it had I not seen Kubrick's movie, but it still scared me nontheless. There are some pretty big differences between the two.
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:19 pm to GCTiger11
Under the Doom..... very well written..... its looks long but once you get into it, it's hard to out down.
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:20 pm to GCTiger11
I highly recommend reading his short stories. He writes beautifully and his range is really extraordinary.
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:22 pm to GCTiger11
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There are some pretty big differences between the two.
The book is an allegory for addiction. The movie is about psychosis.
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:23 pm to GCTiger11
The Shining, only book that has ever truly frightened me.
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:23 pm to Bellabama
He creates characters so well. So much other fiction you read and either every character all sounds the same or like some stereotype. But he nails it every time.
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:24 pm to GCTiger11
Different Seasons and Everything's Eventual. I'm a big fan of the novellas in general.
Absolutely, and I mean absolutely, hated every bit of Gerald's Game.
Absolutely, and I mean absolutely, hated every bit of Gerald's Game.
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