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04-23-2014, 08:54 PM
The Stand. Can't recommend it enough.
My personal favorite is Wizard and Glass, but since it's book #4 of the Dark Tower it's a little hard to recommend to people.
Most of his books tie in to The Dark Tower in some way, shape, or form. Salem's Lot, The Stand, It, The Eyes of the Dragon, Desperation, The Regulators, Hearts In Atlantis, Everything's Eventual, From A Buick 8, The Shining, and probably others.
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04-24-2014, 10:17 PM
Finished "Firestarter" tonight.
Great read, but the nature of the story prevented any more gore than was had at the end.
All that being said, it was a bit long in the tooth.
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04-25-2014, 10:31 PM
The Dead Zone! Just an absolute gem. I liked the Stand the most but it was so long, Dead Zone is really quick and enjoyable.
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04-26-2014, 09:02 AM
Pet Sematary is probably my favorite King book, of the ones I've read. The Dead Zone right behind it.
I remember reading Cujo, too, which I liked better than Carrie - although that was an entertaining read also.
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04-26-2014, 10:00 AM
Great thread. I always hated reading until I picked up Misery to read when I was 16 to fulfill a requirement in school...hooked. Misery, Needful Things, Pet Sematary, Salems Lot, On Writing, all those short stories...
My favorite, and this is a little-known book...The Long Walk. My bro in law and brother, both fans, found it too disturbing to read. I loved it. He wrote it under Richard Bachman.
I actually find his short stories and novellas great because, obviously, they're quicker. His more recent short stories book, Full Dark No Stars...all 4 of those stories are gold Jerry, solid gold. Shit I'm gonna go buy it on amazon and re-read it.
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04-26-2014, 10:04 AM
^ Yeah, sometimes I think he did his best work as Richard Bachman.
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04-27-2014, 01:15 AM
My favorites of his:
Desperation
The Dark Half
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04-27-2014, 01:47 AM
Question for the Stephen King fans.
I remember reading/hearing years ago that Stephen King in his young days did exhaustive analysis of best selling/critically acclaimed fiction and basically wrote himself a giant cheat sheet regarding how to structure a plot, themes, character types, etc.
Anyone have any info on this or links to similar things?
Certainly I don't think book formulas are that simplistic, but I'm curious on the overall breakdown.
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04-28-2014, 08:19 AM
Quote: (04-27-2014 01:47 AM)LeBeau Wrote:
I remember reading/hearing years ago that Stephen King in his young days did exhaustive analysis of best selling/critically acclaimed fiction and basically wrote himself a giant cheat sheet regarding how to structure a plot, themes, character types, etc.
I don't think so. He was hi on drugs and drunk for much of his early writing. Besides that, if you read his books you know it's not formulaic. He wrote a short story called
Autopsy Room Four about a guy in a coma...literally a guy with his thoughts. Great story and ends hilariously. (Really short story, I think you can read it free if you google it)
Point is, he doesn't follow a formula, he's just an unbelievable story teller.
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04-30-2014, 03:17 AM
Picked up "Christine" and "It" today, while netting the Bachman books from my Dad.
"It" has been good so far.
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04-30-2014, 03:57 AM
I had no idea about his past. I think I like his books even more.
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04-30-2014, 05:56 AM
The Talisman is my all time fav book ever
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05-02-2014, 08:17 PM
The Mist is one of the all time best short stories.
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06-25-2014, 10:13 PM
Dark Tower series is what made me want to become a writer. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon is one of my favorites. It is okay but it's really really out there toward the end.
I sort of enjoy everything he's written to some extent.