Stephen King books
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It, Christine, and Salem's Lot were all great books. My favorite Stephen King book was The Talisman written with Peter Straub. The Dark Tower series was pretty good too.
Have faith in yourself; amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic.
I'd agree with all those. The Stand and The Shining are good as well (plus I quite like Desparation).
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Hi. I'm now going through my first SK book, 'The Shining'. I think it's great and I've never been so hooked on a book ever since I was a kid reading Jules Verne and Karl May. Have you read Stephen King? Which are his best ones?
Dark tower dark tower dark tower dark tower dark tower love it, was totally hooked. finished reading number 6 a year or so before the 7th (and final) came out. Was an agonising wait. I love how it interconnects with many of his other books. He draws common threads from other books into one with the Dark tower. There was a great image with all the interconnections mapped out here[^] but the site seems to be down.
Simon
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I love the Dark Tower series and the Bachman Books (a collection of his works written under the name Bachman). The only problem I have with him is his damn endings :P He tells a magnificent story and the ending always seems to be a bit of a let down, but do really enjoy his work :D
originSH wrote:
The only problem I have with him is his damn endings
...yeah, he creates these nice, likable characters, and then he kills them all. The older I get, the more it upsets me. If you've seen the latest movie they made of one of his stories 'The Mist', you'll see that. The ending of that movie was unforgiveable...the short story was okay. Maybe he's getting more bloodthirsty in his old age.
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Hi. I'm now going through my first SK book, 'The Shining'. I think it's great and I've never been so hooked on a book ever since I was a kid reading Jules Verne and Karl May. Have you read Stephen King? Which are his best ones?
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Quitters, Inc.
Citizen 20.1.01
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'
Is that a real SK book or are you saying everyone should try and quit SK?
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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Hi. I'm now going through my first SK book, 'The Shining'. I think it's great and I've never been so hooked on a book ever since I was a kid reading Jules Verne and Karl May. Have you read Stephen King? Which are his best ones?
I've read two of his works and only thought the one where some mad fan drove over him was good... oh wait, that was a news story and actually happened... You'd think if you were going to intentionally run someone over that you'd get the job done right eh... (Ah, I'm just kidding. I think the guy is harmless. Totally formulaic books and I can take him or leave him, rather spend my time reading other authors.)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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Is that a real SK book or are you saying everyone should try and quit SK?
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
6 of one...;P Actually, i think it's a short story. Been years since i read it, but it stuck with me as one of the more enjoyable SK titles i've read. IMHO, he has a terrible problem with novel-length stories, frequently filling them with miles of painful dialog and repetitious events. But he can pull of a half-decent short story.
Citizen 20.1.01
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'
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I've read two of his works and only thought the one where some mad fan drove over him was good... oh wait, that was a news story and actually happened... You'd think if you were going to intentionally run someone over that you'd get the job done right eh... (Ah, I'm just kidding. I think the guy is harmless. Totally formulaic books and I can take him or leave him, rather spend my time reading other authors.)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
Paul Watson wrote:
drove over him
Without spoiling it for those who want to read it, but that event also occurs in one of the Dark tower books. Yes, he included himself as one of the minor characters, and fictionalised real events from his life, suprisingly it worked ok)
Paul Watson wrote:
other authors
Like who? I need something new to read. Just finished reading Hyperion (Dan simmons), definatly recommend that. I saw the ending coming, but the way it was written was so good that it didn't matter. The scale of what happens is awsome.
Simon
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Paul Watson wrote:
drove over him
Without spoiling it for those who want to read it, but that event also occurs in one of the Dark tower books. Yes, he included himself as one of the minor characters, and fictionalised real events from his life, suprisingly it worked ok)
Paul Watson wrote:
other authors
Like who? I need something new to read. Just finished reading Hyperion (Dan simmons), definatly recommend that. I saw the ending coming, but the way it was written was so good that it didn't matter. The scale of what happens is awsome.
Simon
Hyperion is a fantastic read, one of my favourites.
Simon Stevens wrote:
Like who? I need something new to read.
Phillip Roth is very good. A good non-fiction book that reads like fiction is Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile. Also reading Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb which is fascinating. Lately it has been parenting books for me though. What To Expect When You Are Expecting etc.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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Paul Watson wrote:
drove over him
Without spoiling it for those who want to read it, but that event also occurs in one of the Dark tower books. Yes, he included himself as one of the minor characters, and fictionalised real events from his life, suprisingly it worked ok)
Paul Watson wrote:
other authors
Like who? I need something new to read. Just finished reading Hyperion (Dan simmons), definatly recommend that. I saw the ending coming, but the way it was written was so good that it didn't matter. The scale of what happens is awsome.
Simon
Ah, just remembered that I read some decent sf recently by Ken MacLeod.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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Hyperion is a fantastic read, one of my favourites.
Simon Stevens wrote:
Like who? I need something new to read.
Phillip Roth is very good. A good non-fiction book that reads like fiction is Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile. Also reading Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb which is fascinating. Lately it has been parenting books for me though. What To Expect When You Are Expecting etc.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
Cool, thanks. Will give them a try.
Paul Watson wrote:
Lately it has been parenting books for me though
Trust CPians to go all geeky and start revising. Now where can I find a copy of 'Pro C#ildbirth 2008 and the .Parent platform'. :) Good luck!
Simon
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Hi. I'm now going through my first SK book, 'The Shining'. I think it's great and I've never been so hooked on a book ever since I was a kid reading Jules Verne and Karl May. Have you read Stephen King? Which are his best ones?
I've never read a Stephen King book. I find that he writes them faster than I can read them. :~
BDF A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool. -- Moliere
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Hi. I'm now going through my first SK book, 'The Shining'. I think it's great and I've never been so hooked on a book ever since I was a kid reading Jules Verne and Karl May. Have you read Stephen King? Which are his best ones?
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I've never liked Stephen King. His anti-science, pro-mysticism p.o.v. just turns me off.
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What does it matter where he's coming from if its a good story? Pet Sematary is definitely up there (cue the Ramones) and I hated Dark Tower I but stuck with it through books 2 and 3 and by then I was hooked - like someone else said I couldn't wait for the next one to come out.
Apathy Rules - I suppose...
Its not the things you fear that come to get you but all the things that you don't expect
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What does it matter where he's coming from if its a good story? Pet Sematary is definitely up there (cue the Ramones) and I hated Dark Tower I but stuck with it through books 2 and 3 and by then I was hooked - like someone else said I couldn't wait for the next one to come out.
Apathy Rules - I suppose...
Its not the things you fear that come to get you but all the things that you don't expect
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Hi. I'm now going through my first SK book, 'The Shining'. I think it's great and I've never been so hooked on a book ever since I was a kid reading Jules Verne and Karl May. Have you read Stephen King? Which are his best ones?
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Steve_pqr wrote:
What does it matter where he's coming from if its a good story?
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Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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I agree but it was a genuine question not a dig. PS Has the 'Add Selected Text' button disappeared or is it just me?...
Apathy Rules - I suppose...
Its not the things you fear that come to get you but all the things that you don't expect
Steve_pqr wrote:
I agree but it was a genuine question not a dig.
I guess I am made uncomfortable by the whole new-age/wiccan/Gaea thing. I like fantasy okay, but the kind that has pretty well defined rules of the supernatural. When the basic concept seems to be that science is bad (the man-made plague wipes almost everybody out, but a little old blind lady who might be (a) god saves what's left of the world from the devil by sending people off to do they know not what) just isn't my cup of tea. I grew up cutting my reading teeth on the likes of Heinlein, Anderson, Niven, Pohl et al. That kind of rigorous science, and rational universe is just where I am comfortable.
Steve_pqr wrote:
PS Has the 'Add Selected Text' button disappeared or is it just me?...
As you can see, I used it twice.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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Hi. I'm now going through my first SK book, 'The Shining'. I think it's great and I've never been so hooked on a book ever since I was a kid reading Jules Verne and Karl May. Have you read Stephen King? Which are his best ones?
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Steve_pqr wrote:
I agree but it was a genuine question not a dig.
I guess I am made uncomfortable by the whole new-age/wiccan/Gaea thing. I like fantasy okay, but the kind that has pretty well defined rules of the supernatural. When the basic concept seems to be that science is bad (the man-made plague wipes almost everybody out, but a little old blind lady who might be (a) god saves what's left of the world from the devil by sending people off to do they know not what) just isn't my cup of tea. I grew up cutting my reading teeth on the likes of Heinlein, Anderson, Niven, Pohl et al. That kind of rigorous science, and rational universe is just where I am comfortable.
Steve_pqr wrote:
PS Has the 'Add Selected Text' button disappeared or is it just me?...
As you can see, I used it twice.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
I grew up on Clarke and Asimov myself, I never liked Heinleins style personally and I only ever read Nivens Ringworld books which I thought were a brilliant idea (still waiting for the Ringworld RPG). I never got to grips with fantasy either except for LOTR of course but everyone has to read that whether they like it or not right? I think I like SKs style of writing as much as anything else and I never got the 'science is bad' thing from his books, Koontz maybe, Kings more of a 'bad things are out there that you don't know about and if they happen to you you're on your own' kind of guy I think - its a while since I read them but thats the gist of It, Pet Sematary, Christine and probably most of his others too. The Stand would be an exception being a standard good vs evil/god vs devil battle. I just think they're good, well written stories but with, as someone already said, slightly dodgy endings! PS the 'Add Selected Text' button has definitely gone...
Apathy Rules - I suppose...
Its not the things you fear that come to get you but all the things that you don't expect