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Monstrous Books => New Publications & Authors => Topic started by: prezhorusin04 on August 09, 2005, 12:00:03 PM
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He's one of my, if not my favorite, author. I've read about 95% of everything he's published, though right now i'm reading Tommyknockers for the first time, and still need to read Dolores Claiborn, and a small handful of others..
Out of all of King's works, i'd say my personal favorites, in no order, are 'The Darktower Series' (Especially the Wastelands), Salem's Lot, Eyes of the Dragon, Gerald's Game, The Green Mile, Dance Macabre, The Regulators, and the Bachman Books (especially Roadwork, and The Long Walk). He's also produced a lot of great short stories in various books like Skeleton Crew, Four Past Midnight, and Everything's Eventual...
What are some of your guys favorite works from King? Movies count as well... :D
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Thats a tough one. Stephen King has a lot of great books. My mom has read the Tommyknockers, she said it was really good. I like all of his books. I don't think I have a favorite book.
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My wife liked Rose Madder alot. She has read a lot by him too and enjoys most of them. I've read The Stand and thought it was good, a little long though. Sometimes he gets a little over descriptive.
ZRY
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My wife said the book was a lot better than the movie.
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I like King a lot, and I just recently read Salem's lot. That's the best so far, because first I didn't even know it's about vampires. The cover just said something like an evil force is coming to bury Salem's lot or something like that...
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I started reading King when I was a little kid. (I couldn't sleep so I read. A lot!) and when I ran out of material, I started writing my own books.
It's been my experience that all of King's books start out really good and scary and then degenerate into nonsense and lose their momentum so by the time you see the monster or it is revealed, you no longer care. (see IT!)
The only one that didn't was Salem's Lot. That still scares me.
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Salems lot the movie on yesterday
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I should see the movie... I wonder if it's good
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the old David Soul version, not the new one!
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The Dark Tower Series by far for me, but i have only read It and Needfull things in his horror category and i have found that they get boring and then exciting and boring which causes me to not read them for several months while I read something better.
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Stephen King's son stays away from horror in debut book
JERRY HARKAVY
Associated Press
http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050814/LIFE/508140336/1004
Published: 08/14/05
BANGOR, Maine - Owen King may share his father's liberal politics and fervent support for the Boston Red Sox, but the two break ranks when it comes to ghouls, vampires and other denizens of the dark side.
There's no hint of the supernatural in King's debut novella and short stories. Nor is there any mention that the author is the younger son of horrormeister Stephen King and novelist Tabitha King. Instead, the title tale in "We're All in This Together" is an imaginative and absurdly humorous tale of political partisanship run amok, laced with quirky characters whose bizarre behavior offers an object lesson in the perils of zealotry.
The book jacket purposefully makes no mention of the author's parentage and contains not a word of accolade from Stephen King, long known for his generosity in trumpeting the books of others.
To Owen King, 28, this reflects a desire to cut his own path and see his work accepted or rejected on its merits. But an even stronger motive, he says, is to dispel any assumption that he is writing in the same genre as his dad.
"I don't think it's fair for Stephen King fans to be deceived, and I know I'm a Stephen King fan," he says in an interview outside the Bangor Public Library. "The last thing I want to do is to present something as 'Stephen King, Part II' and have it be something that's a big disappointment."
He considered using a pen name but was put off by the idea of going by an alias when meeting people or having a go-between handle details of his professional life. The prospect seemed too complex and strange.
Despite his family's fame and wealth, King attended public schools and enjoyed as close to normal a childhood as possible for someone born to the privilege and advantages he enjoyed. Bangor, a city of 31,000 that's rich in history and short on glitz, was the ideal place for a kid looking to sidestep celebrity.
King played Little League and American Legion baseball. He was on Bangor High School's state championship baseball and basketball teams, although never as a starter. And he mowed ballfields during the summer at minimum wage.
King gravitated toward the family business of writing while in high school, working on the student newspaper and contributing to the literary magazine.
His older brother, Joe, 33, also has dabbled in fiction and has collaborated on a screenplay with Owen. The only sibling as yet untouched by the writing bug is sister Naomi, 35, whose career has evolved from restaurateur to Unitarian minister.
"I didn't feel drawn to anything else," Owen King says. "I wasn't good at the sciences; I wasn't a good enough athlete. The only thing I could do was mow lawns. So I thought that writing or teaching was what I wanted to do."
King acknowledges that his book is grabbing more attention than would a first-time effort by a writer without comparable lineage, but he seems to have made a conscious effort not to capitalize on his father's fame.
"I think the model that I look at is someone like Jakob Dylan, whose dad is obviously every bit if not more famous than mine," King says. "He's a guy who sought to build a career on his own, doing something that's a little bit different than what his father does."
After receiving his undergraduate degree from Vassar College, King went on to a Master of Fine Arts program in writing at Columbia University, where he met his fiancee, novelist Kelly Braffet. The two now live in an apartment in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"We're All in This Together" generally has received a positive response from critics, with Kirkus Reviews calling King "a talent to watch."
His novella was an outgrowth of his despair at the outcome of the 2000 presidential election and the role played by the Supreme Court.
King's message: People are seldom all bad or all good, and a lot of screeching and craziness isn't helpful. He says it's time to move beyond the invective of the talking heads on cable TV and begin to reason with one another.
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I enjoy the majority of King's writings, particularly The Dark Tower saga, Salems' Lot, The Stand, and a lot more.
For those of you who like fantasy more, I recomend The Dark Tower saga, The Talisman, Black House, Eye's of the Dragon, and The Stand.
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The Stand, rules 8)
The Avian Flue will be like a sequel/reality show because of Hollywood.
My all time favorite including that race car that keeps resurrecting to kill people. :lol: can't remember the name. :?
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My all time favorite including that race car that keeps resurrecting to kill people. :lol: can't remember the name. :?
Christene 8)
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the old David Soul version, not the new one!
That one is the 1979 version with David Soul and Geoffrey Lewis
One of kings novels IMO that turned out pretty good, a novel always beats the movie version
But this was a good creepy version....to me one of the most memorable moments of this flick is when Danny Glickman showed up at Marks window
Danny- Open the window... Mark..... Open the window... Mark... Please
Let me in.... It's OK... Mark... I'm your friend
Danny sees Mark start to open window, but he then stops
Danny- No..... Mark
Mark turns and picks up a cross from his table model of a churchyard
He holds it up to danny at the window
Danny.... Aghhh
Mark...... Go away.
Danny then disappears into mist
Salems Lot had to be my favorite of the batch.... but all his books are great
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There is a short story of his called "Beachworld" which was first published in 1972, six years before "The Stand"; it was later published as part of "Night Shift". It is a much more realistic portrayal of the world post-flu, and surprisingly far more terrifying than The Stand.
I did, however, fairly enjoy The Stand, my main criticism being that, as Voo and a few others have pointed out, it is over-long and padded out with dross. If I had been King's editor in 1978, I could have shaved several hundred pages and a dozen plot threads from that book, and believe me it would have been so much better. Also, in his novels you are somehow constantly aware of the presence of the writer (just as he always appears in the films) and he comes across as pretty smug. I'm not sure I'd enjoy drinking beer, watching the game or hanging out with this guy. I'd probably end up punching him.
That's one of the reasons I prefer his short stories. But the greatest work of his, IMHO, is "Danse Macabre". If you haven't, read it - it is non-fiction, subtitled "The Anatomy of Horror", and is a fascinating and razor-sharp study of horror - movies, novels, TV.
~ Viper ~
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I know it's an old topic, but I like the subject and I adore Stephen King and until Buick 8 I considered him as my favorite author. He knows how to use words and how to make things low in one's stomach clench and beg for more.
The Stand was good, but too long. I'd have given the book a few long cuts now and then, but I'm not editor.
The Last Rung On the Ladder, out of the Nightshift, is a real masterpiece.
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Im reading Pet Semamtary and my Dad told me that 'IT' is a pretty good book as well, Oh and the Shining.
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Stephan King isn't my favorite, but I will admit that "IT" was the only book I've read that gave me nightmares!
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pet cemetary, cujo, it, sleepwalkers-movie Luv them!!!
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the gunslinger series...all of them
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eh, I'm not a fan of him, but I think that might just be the popularity syndrome's effect on me.
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For some reason, that post makes me want to meet Bob the VI. :laugh:
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Okey Doke :laugh:
I liked SK "IT" as well
I liked all of them but after reading "IT" that was one that really stood out
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A favourite of mine would have to be Pet Sematary.
ALthough i am fond of his other books, such as IT, Duma Key, The Eyes of The Dragon, The Shining and Misery.
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There is a short story of his called "Beachworld" which was first published in 1972, six years before "The Stand"; it was later published as part of "Night Shift". It is a much more realistic portrayal of the world post-flu, and surprisingly far more terrifying than The Stand.
I did, however, fairly enjoy The Stand, my main criticism being that, as Voo and a few others have pointed out, it is over-long and padded out with dross. If I had been King's editor in 1978, I could have shaved several hundred pages and a dozen plot threads from that book, and believe me it would have been so much better. Also, in his novels you are somehow constantly aware of the presence of the writer (just as he always appears in the films) and he comes across as pretty smug. I'm not sure I'd enjoy drinking beer, watching the game or hanging out with this guy. I'd probably end up punching him.
That's one of the reasons I prefer his short stories. But the greatest work of his, IMHO, is "Danse Macabre". If you haven't, read it - it is non-fiction, subtitled "The Anatomy of Horror", and is a fascinating and razor-sharp study of horror - movies, novels, TV.
~ Viper ~
Actually, there's an abridged version that is significantly shorter, and cuts out a lot of the separate storylines and cutaways. I prefer the unabridged version myself. THe addition of all of this lends it some reality, and a more human feel that is missing in the abridged version. Also, it is my opinion that those who like the abridged version usually have little patience in reading, and want everything to happen much more quickly.
sleepwalkers-movie
You mean "The Tommyknockers", which is based on his novel by same name. If you like that one, try his short story "The Langoliers", and then watch the made-for-TV movie. It'll send you to bed shivering, as will "IT" - both the book and the movie.
But if you want a REALLY good scare, read his short story "The Flexible Bullet". If it doesn't make you doubt your own sanity, you have no imagination.
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salems lot, christine, the stand..
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My two most favorites from Stephen King, and I've read a lot of his books, would be Talisman, which he has written in collaboration with Peter Straub, and Duma Key.
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my all time fav is still 'The Green Mile' but 'Shawshank Redemption' is always a classic. I love IT but that was my first scary movie I have ever watched and I was 2. I like his movies sometimes better because I can never get past the first few chapters but once it gets going its good. 'Salem's Lot' was always scary to me but I dunno the whole vampire thing creeps me out sometimes. No offence to anyone but I just do get scared of them sometimes. All his stories are classics to me anyways. I thought 'Dream catcher' was unique though. I love how he can write from so many perspectives and uniqueness. It's never really the same stories cept that they are all his nightmares.
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Still, my number uno is Pet Sematary.
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The black tower series.
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I haven't got the Gunslinger yet so I haven't read them, but they sound cool, I'll give em a try in the US.
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i like most of his movies however the only book of his i enjoyed was Bag of Bones, easy to follow, genuinely creepy ghost story and it actually left a bit of a chill in my spine, i suppose i'm too much of a Barker girl.
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Oh I forgot that one. It's one of the best.
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Thinner...the movie was good and the booke was even better.
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Always loved The Stand, after that, Black House w/ Peter Straub.
Duma Key was good at least I read the entire thing.
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My two favorites from him are 'Salem's Lot and Carrie.
And my favorite movie from him... that would have to be Rose Red.