Any fans of Stephen King?

Alex927 · 11-06-2009, 01:41 PM

You name it, I've likely read it (including anything under his pseudonym Richard Bachman of course).

My favorite is probably the Dark Tower series.

Any other SK admirers up in here?

ioreks_mom · 11-06-2009, 01:47 PM

i LOVE stephen king! i am in the process of reading the wolves of the calla again now. the end of that series just made me so very sad for roland. ka is a wheel

besides the dark tower series i think that it and the stand are my favourite. i have read it over and over and over again. i haven't read it in years, i think that i will have to read it again once the series is done.

i just LOVE how he writes.

chul3l3ies1126 · 11-06-2009, 01:51 PM

Obsessed with him

LoL I am... sigh I have WAYYYY too many of his books. I dont have enough shelf space to put them up haha!

Actually, Pet Sematary was the first real novel I read in only 3rd grade. I FELL IN LOVE INSTANTLY!

Faves
1. Pet Sematary
2. The Green Mile
3. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
4. Misery
5. Carrie
6. Desperation
7. The Tommyknockers
8. IT

OH MAN and sooo many more! I really appreciate his early work. I have not been able to get fully into the Dark Tower series... but then again, I do not have much time to read anymore.
Nessa

ioreks_mom · 11-06-2009, 01:53 PM

oh Nessa, you have to give it another try. he mixes in so many of his other stories. they are so good. we almost named iorek roland.

if we ever get a blue eyed dog i will name him roland.

zimandtakandgrrandmimi · 11-06-2009, 02:14 PM

there was a book of his...I read it when I was like 8 or something...I've wanted to read it again as its the only book to ever actually scare me(im pretty sure the reason for this is because I was 8) but I can't remember the title.

there's a king and when his son is born he has to either eat a dragon's heart or something like that..and theres this really evil nasty wizard who crushes a spider in a cup.

that's all I remember.

Alex927 · 11-06-2009, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ioreks_mom

i LOVE stephen king! i am in the process of reading the wolves of the calla again now. the end of that series just made me so very sad for roland. ka is a wheel

besides the dark tower series i think that it and the stand are my favourite. i have read it over and over and over again. i haven't read it in years, i think that i will have to read it again once the series is done.

i just LOVE how he writes.

"ka is a wheel" so true.

I remember the first time I read the DT books...at the time only 1- 3 were out, the last one being "The Waste Lands" as I got closer to the end of the book I kept thinking..."wth, he cant possibly tie this all up in the last hundred or so pages."

Then I finished Waste Lands only to read ....to be continued...

I frantically searched for the next book only to find that there was NO NEXT BOOK! I just about flipped out. I WAITED YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS for Wizard and Glass (which was also awesome I felt.)

The Drawing of the Three was easily my absolute favorite out of all of them. I loved the first four books...enjoyed but didnt love the next two...and the last one tied it all together nicely.

I was absolutely stunned to find ...*spoiler ahead, highlight the following lines if you want to read them but you've been warned!*

I was absolutely stunned to find that the last words of the final book were the first fateful lines of the very first book. "The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed..."

amazing. btw, I've read The Gunslinger, The Drawing of The Three, The Waste Lands, & Wizard & Glass about 3 times each. The others that follow only once.

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Originally Posted by chul3l3ies1126

Obsessed with him

LoL I am... sigh I have WAYYYY too many of his books. I dont have enough shelf space to put them up haha!

Actually, Pet Sematary was the first real novel I read in only 3rd grade. I FELL IN LOVE INSTANTLY!

Faves
1. Pet Sematary
2. The Green Mile
3. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
4. Misery
5. Carrie
6. Desperation
7. The Tommyknockers
8. IT

OH MAN and sooo many more! I really appreciate his early work. I have not been able to get fully into the Dark Tower series... but then again, I do not have much time to read anymore.
Nessa

great list for sure.

Aside from the DT series, The Stand is definitely up there for me.

Have either of you read any of the Bachman books?

One of my favorites is a story called, RAGE. Truly disturbing.

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Originally Posted by zimandtakandgrrandmimi

there was a book of his...I read it when I was like 8 or something...I've wanted to read it again as its the only book to ever actually scare me(im pretty sure the reason for this is because I was 8) but I can't remember the title.

there's a king and when his son is born he has to either eat a dragon's heart or something like that..and theres this really evil nasty wizard who crushes a spider in a cup.

that's all I remember.

I think you're talking about "The Eyes of the Dragon" another amazing book that had completely slipped my mind.

I'm going to find it and read that one again. I forgot it takes place in the realm of the Dark Tower!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eyes_of_the_Dragon

I do recall loving that one as well. BUt your age at the time is probably why it scared you. But then again....SK can be creepy.

DJsMom · 11-06-2009, 03:21 PM

The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon is one of my fav reads ever - if not my very fav!

FilleBelle · 11-06-2009, 03:37 PM

I've read The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, From A Buick 8, and am currently attempting The Mist. I feel like I read one other SK, but I cannot for the life of me remember the title...maybe it isn't King's work at all! It was an apocalyptic story, if I remember correctly, where survivors of some sort of disaster all converge on this farmhouse in a cornfield.

At any rate, I am not a huge fan, from my small sampling. I see from this thread, though, that I haven't read his most well-known or best-loved stories, so I'll keep trying!

Alex927 · 11-06-2009, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by FilleBelle

I've read The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, From A bUick 8, and am currently attempting The Mist. I feel like I read one other SK, but I cannot for the life of me remember the title...maybe it isn't King's work at all! It was an apocalyptic story, if I remember correctly, where survivors of some sort of disaster all converge on this farmhouse in a cornfield.

At any rate, I am not a huge fan, from my small sampling. I see from this thread, though, that I haven't read his most well-known or best-loved stories, so I'll keep trying!

regarding the post-apocalyptic story, it sounds like you read The Stand...which is one of my favorites. But it's all good...not everyone's a fan. My wife does not like SK at all! haha

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The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon is one of my fav reads ever - if not my very fav!

really?!?! you're not a Boston Red Sox fan are you? We might not get along. haha...kidding.

I'm actually a Met fan. The wife, on the other hand...she's a rabid Yankee fan. Sometimes I dont know how I live with her.

ioreks_mom · 11-06-2009, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by FilleBelle

I've read The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, From A bUick 8, and am currently attempting The Mist. I feel like I read one other SK, but I cannot for the life of me remember the title...maybe it isn't King's work at all! It was an apocalyptic story, if I remember correctly, where survivors of some sort of disaster all converge on this farmhouse in a cornfield.

At any rate, I am not a huge fan, from my small sampling. I see from this thread, though, that I haven't read his most well-known or best-loved stories, so I'll keep trying!

the book you are talking about is The Stand. i LOVE it. i read both the cut version and the complete and un-cut version, and the longer one (more than 1800 pages) is MUCH better.

oops, we must have posted at the same time!

meandean · 11-06-2009, 06:11 PM

not a huge fan of SK, but the shining and carrie are obvious must reads. i'm more of a literature guy... ****ens and london are my faves.

lol, why did it blank out mr. Charles DI(C)kens?

pugmom · 11-06-2009, 06:40 PM

I go back an forth....sometimes I'm really into him and then I get board sometimes...I have a few favorits that I have read over and over.
here are the ones I can think of off the top of my head that I have read

Salem's Lot
The Stand
The Dead Zone
Cujo
The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger
Pet Sematary
Cycle of the Werewolf
The Talisman
Skeleton Crew
Misery
The Dark Half
Four Past Midnight
Needful Things
Gerald's Game
Dolores Claiborne
Insomnia
Bag of Bones
Dreamcatcher...(bold ones are my favorites)

You can see I've kinda lost interest in the new books....

Sonn84 · 11-06-2009, 07:54 PM

I love love love Stephen King! I have all of his books and cannot wait to read Under the Dome

My top 10 are

The Dark Tower Series
It
Cell
The Shining
Misery
Cujo
The Green Mile
The Talisman
Insomnia
The Dark Half

Max's Mom · 11-06-2009, 10:19 PM

I love SK books. He is so descripive in his writing that you feel like you are right there in the story. My favorite is The Stand.

FilleBelle · 11-06-2009, 11:15 PM

Gah...what is going on here?!? I spent most of The Stand waiting for something to happen and felt like it never did. I'm not even totally sure what the story was about.

I'm not a total idiot...I'm an ENGLISH TEACHER, for goodness' sake! Maybe I need to re-read it.

Alex927 · 11-07-2009, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by meandean

not a huge fan of SK, but the shining and carrie are obvious must reads. i'm more of a literature guy... ****ens and london are my faves.

lol, why did it blank out mr. Charles DI(C)kens?

haha..I happen to love Di(c)kens as well but Ive only read Oliver Twist and Great Expectations. Twist was great but I really loved Great Expectations.

I think Ive read one of London's books..or at least part of it. If I'm not mistaken he was a huge dog lover...unless I'm mixing him up with someone else.

Though a huge fan of SK my absolute favorite book of all time is one by Marie Henri Beyle (or was it Boyle) aka Stendahl. It's called The Red and The Black. Amazing amazing story and writing.

Currently trying to read The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky but I'm really struggling with it so I think I might come back to it when mentally prepared.

Thinking of reading The Life of Pi in the interim.

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I love SK books. He is so descripive in his writing that you feel like you are right there in the story.

Yeah I love his style. Not only do I love his descriptive ability but his (this might sound wierd) use of vulgarity is genius too.

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I love love love Stephen King! I have all of his books and cannot wait to read Under the Dome

Under The Dome? I'm going to have to keep an eye out for that. I haven't heard about that one.

meandean · 11-07-2009, 03:00 PM

Yes! Most of London's writing focuses on dogs, the arctic/alaskan wilderness, and northern california. His most popular works are White Fang, and Call of the Wild.

DJsMom · 11-07-2009, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex927

really?!?! you're not a Boston Red Sox fan are you? We might not get along. haha...kidding.

I'm actually a Met fan. The wife, on the other hand...she's a rabid Yankee fan. Sometimes I dont know how I live with her.

LoL! No, I'm not a fan of either team actually. The book was just a really good read.

pittsabowawa · 11-07-2009, 10:38 PM

I really like his stuff. The only books of his I've read so far are the Shining (which scared me to my soul) and Cujo (which I affectionately call Bella)... oh and Christine but I didn't finish it.

I only really got into King in the last year or so but since starting college (and discovering the Twilight series) I haven't had enough time to read more of his stuff.

I started Tommyknockers over the summer but never finished so thats my next project.

I LOVE the movie The Green Mile but I haven't gotten the book yet but I'm sure its much better than the movie.

ioreks_mom · 11-07-2009, 10:49 PM

the green mile was fantastic! i had it when it came out in little sections. i really like that story.

i really enjoyed tommyknockers too. another one that i really like but never really remember is needful things.

oooh! i just remembered, i LOVED rose madder

great book!

so, after i finish the dark tower series again i will start it, then go onto the stand, and then rose madder. i am going to be busy for a while!