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Stephen King

Ummm... I don't find anything particularly crazy about it. It's different, sure... but nothing to freak out about. :rolleyes:

I think it's nice. It'll be a nice surprise to whomever purchases that particular book.

By doing it that way, there's no favoritism. Just random.
 
I'm new to the forum and King is one of my favorite authors.

I will admit that I have been unable to finish reading Gerald's Game (it sits on my bookshelf taunting me as the only book I've started and not finished:mad:) and, to many's surprise, was not a big fan of The Stand. However, I have read nearly every other novel he's published as King or Bachman and, though some obviously are not as gripping as others, I have found them all to be a worthy read. My favorites by far are It and The Shining, but I am also a big fan of Bag of Bones, Insomnia, Salem's Lot, Pet Sematary and Misery.

I'm currently reading Lisey's Story and, though it didn't grab me when I first started it, I'm entranced now and will likely finish it tonight or tomorrow night (if the poker game is still on for tonight).
 
I really liked Gerald's Game. I thought it was a very suspenseful story. I didn't like the way
the main character was written after breaking free but the rest of the book was great.

Like you, however, I don't think The Stand is one of his finest efforts. Keep in mind that I've only read the original version and not the extended one. I'm sure the edition that's in stores is excellent but I don't have the time (and very little interest) in seeing if I agree with that idea or not.
 
Stephen King has always been a favorite of mine, but he is a lot of people's favorite.

I just finished his most recent, Blaze, and thought it was awesome.
 
I have reached page 219 in Song of Susannah and one phrase keeps running through my mind: "This is so stupid." But then again that same thought was present during Wolves of the Calla. It's like King sat down and tried to think of how many whack plot twists he could use and he's so totally pimping himself and his early books in this book.

I just hate to quit a series when I'm nearly at the end so I press on for this reason.
 
Prepare to holster a gun at your side and make your way towards his home after finishing the final book, then. The actual IDEA of the ending is great, fits the story perfectly, but the execution...bleh. For his "magnum opus," he sure half-assed the final pages of the book. Oh, and the little jump in he does before the final scene? Yeah...he knew he effed up.
 
Favorites:

I -- Not perfect, but totally and utterly surreal

II -- The beach walking got annoying after awhile, but the imagination was on overdrive here

III -- It rocked

VI -- Only because I myself really liked the pacing

Not so much favorites:

IV -- It just...dragged. There were some great points in it, but still, listening to Rolands backstory should have been just a tad more entertaining. However, I know a lot of people love this one, so yeh

V -- Dragged. Dragged. Dragged.

VII -- Loved it, loved it, loved it...until he started getting lazy with how to tie things up. Not just the story (I find the proposition of it ingenious), but how he decided to tie up character strings, plots between characters and villains...etc.
 
My least favorites in the series: II and VII. I wasn't crazy about Book II because certain sections seemed to go on forever, plus I was much more interested in Roland's world than what was going on with Eddie and Odetta.

With Book VII I felt the final fight between Roland and the Crimson King was lazily written and I thought Susannah made some out-of-character choices. And that ending . . . my god(s). I also could have done without King's epilogue/lecture about not wanting fans to visit him. Relax, Stevie, I didn't plan on going all the way to Maine just to congratulate you.

My all-time favorite in the series: III. Very suspenseful and well-written. I enjoyed the next few (yes, even parts of the final book) but none of them were on the level of Book III.
 
I Hated IT, it was pretty wacked out. Christine wasnt so bad you could tell that King's imagination was insane at the time, Cell is scary as hell cause of when its placed and what happens, Now the Tower series... I- good, II- neat idea using doors into peoples minds, III- first half was weird, second half was like WWII, IV- Clears up a bit of Rolands past, V- the fight was utterly spectacular but the rest was messed up, VI- the ambush chapter is really good same with the ending of it, VII- Awesome book, I like the way he ties everything together and stuff but it happens WAY to quickly. TommyKnockers read it 3 times never understood it, Dreamcatcher was cool, Dark Half was ok, Needful things hmmm now theres a slow plot if i ever read one. Eyes of the Dragon was a good suspense novel surprisingly, The Talisman kinda creeped me out a little the twinners concept was very weird.
 
I just started reading Salem's Lot. I have heard good things about this book and I am looking forward to reading it. The timing is perfect to with it being so close to Halloween :D
 
I love The Dark Tower series. They're fantastic as a whole, but it's true that the last few books dragged a little. I'd been a fan of King for years, and I'd always seen The Gunslinger on the shelves, but didn't really think a fantasy western was my cup of tea. I was wrong. :D

Since finishing the 7th book though, I've been on a mission to read every book and short story that ties into the series...it's quite a mission. Other than The Dark Tower books...my favorite books by King are Cell (which I almost stopped reading on the second page because of what happened to the dog), IT, Insomnia, and Different Seasons.
 
EnderSSoGC said:
I love The Dark Tower series. They're fantastic as a whole, but it's true that the last few books dragged a little. I'd been a fan of King for years, and I'd always seen The Gunslinger on the shelves, but didn't really think a fantasy western was my cup of tea. I was wrong. :D

Since finishing the 7th book though, I've been on a mission to read every book and short story that ties into the series...it's quite a mission. Other than The Dark Tower books...my favorite books by King are Cell (which I almost stopped reading on the second page because of what happened to the dog), IT, Insomnia, and Different Seasons.
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One of your favorite Stephen King novels is Cell??? Why?
 
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