whats your fave stephen king book
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re: whats your fave stephen king book
It
The Stand
Salem's Lot
I have to give love to The Long Walk as Bachman as well. Does Darabont still have the rights to that?
The Stand
Salem's Lot
I have to give love to The Long Walk as Bachman as well. Does Darabont still have the rights to that?
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Funny, my first post on a DVD forum ends up being about books!
I was introduced to Stephen King through film, as I assume most 90's kids were. I read The Shining when I was 12, and I liked it but most of the themes went way over my head. Didn't get back to King until a year ago after a discussion of IT at work. My dad collects King (and Koontz, and Straub, and Asimov, and Morrell, and....) so I borrowed his paperback of IT, and read around 10 more of King's books within a year.
Misery is my favorite. I read it in a single day. It's really a book about writing popular novels. Doesn't hurt that it's also scary as Hell. He's really good at describing claustrophobic situations. Which leads to another favorite, and one I believe is overlooked, Gerald's Game.
Pet Sematary, 'salem's Lot, and The Shining naturally round out the top.
I was introduced to Stephen King through film, as I assume most 90's kids were. I read The Shining when I was 12, and I liked it but most of the themes went way over my head. Didn't get back to King until a year ago after a discussion of IT at work. My dad collects King (and Koontz, and Straub, and Asimov, and Morrell, and....) so I borrowed his paperback of IT, and read around 10 more of King's books within a year.
Misery is my favorite. I read it in a single day. It's really a book about writing popular novels. Doesn't hurt that it's also scary as Hell. He's really good at describing claustrophobic situations. Which leads to another favorite, and one I believe is overlooked, Gerald's Game.
Pet Sematary, 'salem's Lot, and The Shining naturally round out the top.
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I haven't read a lot of his books, but I'm surprised that Bag of Bones hasn't been mentioned at all (unless I overlooked it somewhere)... It's my favorite...
#60
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I gotta go with Pet Sematary and It. PS was the first book of King's that I read and it scared the pants off of me.
As for It, that's just an excellent book all around. There are very few authors that write children as well as King.
As for It, that's just an excellent book all around. There are very few authors that write children as well as King.
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The Mist is my favorite story, and if you haven't you owe it to yourself to check out the audio version. It's really fantastic.
I just started The Stand - Uncut, and it's almost ridiculous how much information is packed into this book. I usually don't like books that are this long winded, but The Stand is working for me so far.
I just started The Stand - Uncut, and it's almost ridiculous how much information is packed into this book. I usually don't like books that are this long winded, but The Stand is working for me so far.
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I seem to be the only fan of Thinner around here!
My favorites include Thinner, Christine, Misery, The Green Mile, and The Mist.
My favorites include Thinner, Christine, Misery, The Green Mile, and The Mist.
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I will say that The Jaunt, The Long Walk, and Rage were fantastic. My personal favorite is The Stand. And this will sound stupid to many people, but I really enjoyed Rose Madder. Especially when a few characters from Desperation (I believe) showed up.
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I want to read all of his books. Would you go through them chronologically or picking out the best and reading those first? I want to leave The Stand and the Dark Tower series for the end, as they are so long.
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I've been a King fan for many, many years. I truly envy your virgin status. You are in for a wonderfully entertaining ride. So, do it right . . . chronologically.
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The second book in the Dark Tower series is probably my all time favorite King book, followed closely by Salem's Lot.
Currently I'm chewing my way through It. I'm really enjoying the book so far, but it's a much longer read than I'd anticipated. At this point, it's in my top ten, and we'll see if it cracks the top five.
Currently I'm chewing my way through It. I'm really enjoying the book so far, but it's a much longer read than I'd anticipated. At this point, it's in my top ten, and we'll see if it cracks the top five.
#72
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Another vote for Talisman.
This thread makes me want to revisit some of his older books. I haven't read much of his recent stuff, just hasn't seemed up to his glory days. Cell was just barely ok.
This thread makes me want to revisit some of his older books. I haven't read much of his recent stuff, just hasn't seemed up to his glory days. Cell was just barely ok.
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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.