Best of Stephen King

[Luger]

Then I read Needful Things, which was great until the ending, which was the worst ending in the history of storytelling. Seriously, the ending was so terrible that they had to completely change it for the movie.

I've also heard from other people that the endings of his other books suck as well. Particularly "It"

Even though King does have some bad endings, Koontz is far worse with endings.
His are literally laughable with how bad they are. With one book, I did not even get annoyed it was so poorly done that I found some entertainment in it.

 

[Luger]

Pet Cemetery is the most disturbing book/movie of all time. Gage....

Hubert Selby did much more disturbing books. One called The Room is especially disturbing.

Here is one reviewer talking about it on goodreads:

i read this a long time ago, but i remember it being so disturbing that i wondered if it was even legal to have this freely available in a pubic library. i was also fully convinced that there was no possible way hubert selby jr wasnt a serial killer.

 

[Deleted member 429137]

11/22/63
From a Buick 8

 

[ticho123]

11/22/63
From a Buick 8

You liked the Buick? Really? :icon_chee

I read it when I was like 11 and thought it was cheesy as fudge :icon_surp
Somewhat charming though, like The Mangler movie

 

[Deleted member 429137]

You liked the Buick? Really? :icon_chee

I read it when I was like 11 and thought it was cheesy as fudge :icon_surp
Somewhat charming though, like The Mangler movie

lol yeah, King kept me riveted even when nothing was really going on for 3/4 of the book. I'm reading the Tommyknockers right now and it's really an effort of discipline to get through it. Kind of like the Dreamcatcher.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

You liked the Buick? Really? :icon_chee

I read it when I was like 11 and thought it was cheesy as fudge :icon_surp
Somewhat charming though, like The Mangler movie

you were 11, so you're like 22 right now?

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

go and read Christine, Carrie, The Shining, The Stand (extended edition), the Talisman and BlackHouse.......Rose Madder, Misery....good books.

 

[ticho123]

lol yeah, King kept me riveted even when nothing was really going on for 3/4 of the book. I'm reading the Tommyknockers right now and it's really an effort of discipline to get through it. Kind of like the Dreamcatcher.

I read the Dreamcatcher when I was very young as well and I thought it was the coolest shit ever lol
Still remember it fondly even though I know it's pretty crap objectively

Goes to show how much state of mind matters to the personal experience

you were 11, so you're like 22 right now?

23 going on 24 actually so I might be wrong with the exact year
The Stand is a cool book. The Shining is good as well, but I prefer the creative changes of Kubrick, maybe because it was the version I was exposed to first.

 

[chickenluver]

Another thing I don't care for about King as I get older is his dependency on horrible shit happening to kids in his books. Read the Library Police or whatever it was called and see what I mean. Who writes shit like that?

That's the one where the little kid got raped right?

 

[saugeye killah]

Anyone ever read his short story "The Rage"? It's under the Bachman books.

 

[saugeye killah]

go and read Christine, Carrie, The Shining, The Stand (extended edition), the Talisman and BlackHouse.......Rose Madder, Misery....good books.

Great choices there.

 

[Kais11]

I have read,

Pet Sematary
On Writing
11/22/63
Dr. Sleep

I liked Pet Sematary and on writing. his other works are boring to me.

 

[Luger]

I have read,

Pet Sematary
On Writing
11/22/63
Dr. Sleep

I liked Pet Sematary and on writing. his other works are boring to me.

I have read The Shining but not Dr. Sleep. Isn't Dr. Sleep basically The Shining #2?
Does it work on its own, as you have not read The Shining?

 

[Devout Pessimist]

The Bachman Books are really good. Especially:

1. Rage
2. The Long Walk
3. The Running Man

I believe it is hard to find a copy of The Bachman Books that contains the story RAGE in the U.S. because it contains a school shooting.

 

[Seano]

The Bachman Books are really good. Especially:

1. Rage
2. The Long Walk
3. The Running Man

I believe it is hard to find a copy of The Bachman Books that contains the story RAGE in the U.S. because it contains a school shooting.

I have a copy of the Bachman Books with Rage in it. I don't really remember the story so well.


The Long Walk is pretty fucked. Its like I pointed out earlier, bad shit happening to kids must make King hard or something.

 

[Kais11]

I have read The Shining but not Dr. Sleep. Isn't Dr. Sleep basically The Shining #2?
Does it work on its own, as you have not read The Shining?

give it a read, you might like it. i watched the movie and tv series movie of The Shining,

 

[osudude]

I tend to agree that King does better with short stories (at least compared to his more recent novels). I think King has really good ideas for stories, but they must rarely be fleshed out enough for full novels so when he just does them in short form they really shine. The Jaunt is great.

Not that his novels are bad, in fact many are great. Just that they tend to be hit or miss IMO. The Dark Tower series suffered for it. The last two books were hot, hot garbage, although the very very ending I thought redeemed it a little (I know I must be in the minority in thinking that, but I thought it was perfect). I barely made it through the first book; books two and three were riveting; I HATED Wizard and Glass; Wolves of the Calla excellent; Song of Sussanah was among his worst ever, if not THE worst; and the Dark Tower just didn't satisfy aside from the ending we weren't supposed to read.

I also think he's not as good since his accident, I believe it took something out of him.

 

[Brampton_Boy]

give it a read, you might like it. i watched the movie and tv series movie of The Shining,

Dr. Sleep was an enjoyable read - very different tone than the Shining and it can definitely be read as a stand alone novel.

With that being said, it is nowhere near the same quality as the Shining. While I love King, he peaked early in his career IMO

 

[xTommyBoyx]

1. Darktower
2. Insomnia
3. Dreamcatcher
4. Salems Lot
5.Hearts in Atlantis

 

[saugeye killah]

Yeah I think he kind of renounced "Rage" after Columbine. I had that version of the Bachman books but not sure what happened to it..