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Stephen King

I know. It's not one I reccomend to most people. I also forgot to mention that The Talisman is one of my favorites too. I never finished Black House because my dog is evil and he ate the last few pages. Seriously.
 
haha seriously? that is insane.....The Talisman was ridiculously good but I have not read Black House yet because I lent it to my older sister and she has failed to return it haha
 
The one Loki ate was a library book. :( I have a lot of problems with the library over my animals.

Are they making a movie or one of those miniseries things based on The Talisman?
 
I think I have read everything King has written with the exception of The Dark Tower series. I have this thing about westerns... hate them. I guess it is from the old westerns that used to run all weekend long when I was a kid (in the 50s and60s). I just have not been able to imagine getting worked up about a "western". I am kinda hoping someone will tell me the series is worth getting into. It would be a whole chunk of King to enjoy (unless it is all western: bang bang, ride the horse, ride the horse... yawn).
 
gonewiththewind said:
I think I have read everything King has written with the exception of The Dark Tower series. I have this thing about westerns... hate them. I guess it is from the old westerns that used to run all weekend long when I was a kid (in the 50s and60s). I just have not been able to imagine getting worked up about a "western". I am kinda hoping someone will tell me the series is worth getting into. It would be a whole chunk of King to enjoy (unless it is all western: bang bang, ride the horse, ride the horse... yawn).
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I didn't want to get into Dark Tower because I thought, "ugh, Westerns... " But you know, it's not like that at all. I finally got into it in 2004 and ate up the first four books in a month.
They're amazing. It's more fantasy and maybe 10% western (and I'm not really into fantasy either, but this was great).
If you do a tag search for "The Dark Tower," You'll find nine threads that all suggest how awesome the series is.
If you liked The Stand, you'll definitely like this. Definitely worth your time.
 
How about "The Tommyknockers"? Just picked it up... I've seen mixed reviews of the story, so I thought I'd ask.

Definitely a fan of Duma, and that novel saved King for me.
 
For the most part, The Tommyknockers isn't a bad choice. The main problem is the book's length. I think it would have been better had 100 pages or so been edited out. As is, it's a decent novel that just needed the presence of a firm editor.
 
Hahahahaha, the Dark Tower series is so not a western...it is fantasy...more like Lord of the Rings than anything....so go ahead, read it, lol. I have read EVERYTHING by him including the non-fiction Danse Macabre and his book...On Writing. lol.
 
Robert said:
Alright Stephen Kings fans. What, in your opinion, are his best novels.
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Standard answer:

1. The Stand (1978/1990)
2. Hearts In Atlantis (1999)
3. Carrie (1974)
4. Dead Zone (1979)
5: Pet Sematary (1983)

Though It, The Long March and The Shining aren't exactly cat piss either. Neither is the Dark Tower series for that matter, even if it works better as a series than as individual novels.
 
I like It, Hearts in Atlantis and The Pet Sematary. I haven't tried the Stand, yet. Thinner was the one that I liked the least.

Any others?
 
I like most of Hearts in Atlantis. The third section is a bit rough, yes, but the other stories were more engrossing. I think my favorite part of the book was the title story.
 
I like the older works much more than the recent ones:

Salem's Lot (I watched the movie as a child and it scared the *beep* out of me. Later I loved the book just as much.)
The Stand (There were a few thing I didn't like but overall it's one of those books never forgot)
Rose Madder and
Dreamcatcher (I guess it was the first time ever that I sat in a train laughing while reading a King book. The writing partly was so different from what I was used to read by King that made the book unique from a different perspective than just looking at the plot.)
 
Hearts in Atlantis

I think I just liked the first section. It was sweet and sad. Isn't that what the movie was based on? Just the first part, maybe the end of the third?
 
I love most SK books, but for me IT, Needful Things and Desperation probably come top of the list followed closely by The Stand and The Dark Tower series. Controvertially I liked Cell (even though it does have a lot of similarities with The Stand) and From a Buick 8 which a lot of people didn't seem to like.
 
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