whats your fave stephen king book
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If it's okay to name collections, my favorite is NIGHTMARES & DREAMSCAPES, particularly "Crouch End." My second favorite would be The NIGHTSHIFT.
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Since the Short Stories were mentioned, I want to shout-out to the
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Yeah, it was pretty good. King has a very good handle on Lovecraft's tone.
He did another story similar to Lovecraft's work in NIGHTSHIFT. I forgot the name, but this one is actually set in HPL's era. Pretty good as well.
He did another story similar to Lovecraft's work in NIGHTSHIFT. I forgot the name, but this one is actually set in HPL's era. Pretty good as well.
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First King book that I ever read and it is what got me hooked. It might actually be the first book I ever read. I was 10 and my grandmother gave it to me after she finished it one day while visiting her.
First King book that I ever read and it is what got me hooked. It might actually be the first book I ever read. I was 10 and my grandmother gave it to me after she finished it one day while visiting her.
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I've enjoyed his non supernatural stuff the most. Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption most of all but The Long Walk and especially Apt Pupil have stuck with me for decades. Apt Pupil was just haunting. Among his supernatural stuff 'Salem's Lot and The Stand are the cream of the crop.
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Pet Sematary is my favorite Stephen King book (the movie tries but doesn't quite capture the gruesome from the book, although it's not bad by any stretch). It was pretty good too, Tommyknockers was tedious and ultimately unsatisfying, still want to read The Stand. -kd5-
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Just my .02 cents worth, -kd5-
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I read The Regulators and really liked it. I've also read the Dark Tower parts I & II, & Delores Claiborne, which I also enjoyed. I just started Under the Dome.
For some reason haven't gotten around to reading any of his more popular books like Carrie, the Stand, Salem's Lot, etc........
For some reason haven't gotten around to reading any of his more popular books like Carrie, the Stand, Salem's Lot, etc........
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I read The Regulators and really liked it. I've also read the Dark Tower parts I & II, & Delores Claiborne, which I also enjoyed. I just started Under the Dome.
For some reason haven't gotten around to reading any of his more popular books like Carrie, the Stand, Salem's Lot, etc........
For some reason haven't gotten around to reading any of his more popular books like Carrie, the Stand, Salem's Lot, etc........
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Yeah, another vote for Chronologically. You can probably leave the Dark Tower books aside for the end, but be aware that MANY of his books reference the Dark Tower world, or are involved in some way. So if you save those til last, you are missing a lot of cool references in other books.
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I've come across a lot of online posters who claim that when Stephen King got sobered up he lost his edge a bit and I might have agreed with them after comparing his early short story collections to his recent ones. But from what I've read about The Tommyknockers it seems like his addictions were seriously effecting his work in the worst way for that project. I only saw the tv movie which I thought was exceptionally good but everyone else says the book is awful.
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The first Stephen King book that I read was Carrie, back in its second paperback printing which included photos from the film. It seemed like everybody at my high school was reading it.
When 'Salem's Lot came out, I saw the paperback in the grocery store's paperback rack, but I had no idea what it was about, so I passed on it...until a friend of mine told me that he was reading it and that it was about vampires. I bought it the next time I went to the grocery store, and it's still probably my favorite overall King novel.
Pet Sematary is the book of his that scared me the most (although 'Salem's Lot was terribly frightening, too). As several people have mentioned, On Writing was a great read, as was The Eyes of the Dragon. Even though my favorite novel is 'Salem's Lot, my favorite piece of writing of King's is the middle, "Hearts in Atlantis" section of Hearts in Atlantis. The rest of the book is very, very average, but that middle section soars, in my opinion, like nothing else he's ever written.
When 'Salem's Lot came out, I saw the paperback in the grocery store's paperback rack, but I had no idea what it was about, so I passed on it...until a friend of mine told me that he was reading it and that it was about vampires. I bought it the next time I went to the grocery store, and it's still probably my favorite overall King novel.
Pet Sematary is the book of his that scared me the most (although 'Salem's Lot was terribly frightening, too). As several people have mentioned, On Writing was a great read, as was The Eyes of the Dragon. Even though my favorite novel is 'Salem's Lot, my favorite piece of writing of King's is the middle, "Hearts in Atlantis" section of Hearts in Atlantis. The rest of the book is very, very average, but that middle section soars, in my opinion, like nothing else he's ever written.
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For my money, you can't go wrong with his first three books, Carrie, Salem's Lot, and The Shining. I'm also very partial to The Dead Zone.