I would just like everyones opinion on Stephen King.
I know people who can't stand him, and I know people who would pay money to lick his nuts.
Personally, I haven't read too much of his work(Dark Tower series, The Stand, Secret window/garden, and currently in the middle of Langoliers)but from what I have read, I generally enjoy the over all stories, but a lot of the content and just some of his writing habits annoy the hell out of me.
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Anonymous2009-09-14 2:59
Liked his earlier works,the green mile is something you have to enjoy regardless of what you thought of the movie,Cujo I also enjoyed, The Shining and Pet Semetary as well.
It's when he overshoots the violence that I can't stand him.
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Anonymous2009-09-14 3:33
He is a good author who just can't do an ending worth a damn. He can build up some great stories and than you get to the end of the book and just think WTF WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT.
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Anonymous2009-09-14 4:46
COMMALA COMMALA
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Anonymous2009-09-14 5:01
>>3
This.
Case in point: The Crimson King.
Leads him up to be this half demon, uber powerful being that rides on his own personal stormcloud and became undead by swallowing a sharpened spoon, and just being the epitome of evil,
and then it turns out he was a pissed off santa with a box of grenades.
The guy is really an expert at filling hundreds of pages with absolutely nothing. Case in point: The Stand. I'm only little over halfway through at the moment, but I swear nothing has happened in the past 400 pages. Someone encourage me to keep reading... (I just got past the part where LLoyd's party crucified some kid) Just tell me if this story is going somewhere.
I've probably read mostly King, though I did grow slightly tired of his stlye. Books I really liked by him were:
The Talasiman
Everyhing's Eventual
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Anonymous2009-09-15 9:11
>>9
Do you mean that most of what you've read is King or that you've read most of King? Because if the former, you might want to branch out a bit with your reading.
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Anonymous2009-09-15 9:17
>>10
Yeah it is the former. I've read fair few classic stuff too (from the millenium library). I guess I will branch out though.
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Anonymous2009-09-15 19:41
I really couldn't get into the Dark Tower. I liked Salem's Lot and It though.
I will admit his style gets tiresome after a while.
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Anonymous2009-09-20 3:15
Randall Flagg totally went out like a bitch.
"Oh hai thar, I seemingy appeared out of nowhere due to magic, but oh look, turns out I'm not magic at all. Now I'm gonna eat mah PB&J like a mong and then die without a fight."
Also Stephen King writes at least one of these 3 things into every book.
1) A retarded character
2) Someone farting
3) Someone touching someone's boobs
A Guaran-fucking-tee you no matter what King you read, it will have at least one of those, and in a few cases a combo of 1&2.
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Anonymous2009-09-20 17:08
I think King is a very decent novelist. He's pretty good, really.
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Anonymous2009-09-20 22:02
>>13
Also Stephen King writes at least one of these 3 things into every book.
1) A retarded character
2) Someone farting
3) Someone touching someone's boobs
You say this like its a bad thing.
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Anonymous2009-09-23 10:26
The Dark Tower series is pretty good though, say thankya!
Also, the fucking guy is pure shit at writing dialogue.
example: The Langoliers.
British guy tells whats her tits to talk to his dad and tell him about the daisies(which is obviously code for something)
At the end when everyone is all super happy about being alive and they say almost these exact things
Whats her tits: "I've got to go to some village in Britain and talk to a man called The Gaffer."
Albert: "what are you talking about lol"
Whats her tits: "Daisies lol, I'm talking about daisies*insert trollface*."
I liked The Shining and Dreamcatcher, but his realistic shit overshadows the good stuff. IT is good but it's damn long, basically all boils down to just, thing kills kid, kids wonder what thing is, kids grow up, kids kill thing