I know it's been said already, but The Stand and It were my favorites. I didn't like Cell. Loved the Shining as a book, and hated the movie. Most of
the movies that have been made from his books are crappy and don't do the book justice.
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The Official Stephen King Novel Thread
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Posts: 10551 (11/20/07 2:05 PM) Registered user |
I didn't read this thread but I just thought this was a good place to point out that contrary to popular belief The Stand is not one of the great American
novels.
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Posts: 22938 (11/20/07 2:16 PM) Registered user |
I couldn't finish Cell. His short story collections are ok. I find his novels tedious though.
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Posts: 951 (11/20/07 2:21 PM) |
Cell was great and brought me back to the old days of the Stand and Salem's Lot
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Posts: 324 (11/20/07 2:57 PM) Registered user |
The Mist is a bunch of giant bugs in some fog and people trapped in a supermarket. They don't know if it's just in their area or world wide.
I won't see the movie because the army wasn't in the actual story which tells me it will be a bunch of contrived bullshit on top of an entertaining little story. |
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Posts: 3418 (11/20/07 3:32 PM) Registered user |
Lessee..giant bugs in the Mist or ghost pirates in the Fog.
I ain't afraid of no ghosts. I'll take the fog. |
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Posts: 13396 (11/20/07 4:36 PM) Registered user |
I want to see The Mist, but agree that it is bound to suck a bit.
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 izad |
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Posts: 3946 (11/20/07 4:50 PM) Registered User |
The Stand (unabridged)
Insomnia Eye of the Dragon Bag of Bones The Green Mile I wasn't really crazy over The Body and Rita Heyworth (the novellas) but I really enjoyed when they were turned into movies. |
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Posts: 1324 (11/20/07 5:59 PM) Registered user |
I just read The Stand last week because I'd heard such good things about it. The only other Stephen King book I ever tried to read was Insomnia and I had
to give up a couple hundred pages in on that one. I really loved The Stand but now I don't know if the one I read was abridged or not. What's the
difference? What parts are missing?
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ProbstFan123 |
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Posts: 6098 (11/20/07 6:00 PM) Registered user |
I like his short stories better than his novels.
Everything's Eventual is a good collection. I think he has another short story collection coming out next year. I haven't really enjoyed any of his novels since The Green Mile. |
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Posts: 342 (11/20/07 6:02 PM) Huge apathy
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The stand was good. Robert Mc Cammon wrote a very similar book which I thought was just as good if not better. It was called swan song
The Gunslinger books were Kings best. |
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izad |
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Posts: 3947 (11/20/07 6:05 PM) Registered User |
Laura, the unabridged one is over a thousand pages.
I'm still holding out on The Dark Tower. I'll start when he finishes the last book. And I wish he'd continue with the online The Plant (very Little Shop of Horror-ish) collection. That was pretty good.. sucks that he stopped after 6 installments. |
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IndifferentCow |
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Posts: 344 (11/20/07 6:07 PM) Huge apathy
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He finished the last book
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izad |
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Posts: 3948 (11/20/07 6:09 PM) Registered User |
aaahhhh okay... should I buy all of them as a set? (I hate having many different inconsistent book covers)
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ProbstFan123 |
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Posts: 6099 (11/20/07 6:09 PM) Registered user |
Yes, he did. Unfortunately he didn't do a very good job of it.
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Posts: 4013 (11/20/07 6:11 PM) Guttersnipe |
shrew laura, did the one you read have a character named 'the kid' that drove trashcan man in a very distinctive car and a largish section devoted to
their trip? if so, then it was the unabridged version.
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IndifferentCow |
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Posts: 345 (11/20/07 6:12 PM) Huge apathy
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Yeah, you should. The ending was, well not so good. He wrote a foreward that said he did it on his own terms and he knew he's get pissed fans, but I had to
read it. I loved that set
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PennyMontana |
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Posts: 1359 (11/20/07 6:13 PM) Registered user |
shrewlaura wrote: Just to show how OCD I was.... when the unabridged version came out I went page by page before reading it and highlighted the parts that were not in the original. Since having a child I spend my time differently now. |
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Posts: 4014 (11/20/07 6:22 PM) Guttersnipe |
re: the dark tower series: was there any ending that would have both satisfied fans and wrapped everything up in a nice little package? the ending did
frustrate me but i think that was his point. much better than thomas harris's obvious 'fuck you' to the fans.
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IndifferentCow |
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Posts: 347 (11/20/07 6:23 PM) Huge apathy
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I guess everyone wanted the happy little ending, but I like that he did what felt best.
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