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Re: Stephen King
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Mine as well...and I came away with much the same feelings. Terrifying and yet somehow sad and beautiful. It turned me on to a lifetime of reading his worksymanthagattis13 wrote:Carrie was the first Stephen King novel I ever read, I was really young like 12 but something about it stuck with me. It was beautiful and symbolic and terrifying and inspired me to search out and read more of his work.
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Give his new stuff a try. Full Dark No Stars and Mr. Mercedes are both pure psychological thrillers...no fantasy/ghouls, ghosts or goblins (or aliens). Just human beings being monsters. Much scarier.RenaissanceWoman wrote:I liked Stephen King up until about Dreamcatcher. I guess that was around the time of his accident or perhaps when he announced his retirement. Either way, I stopped reading his work and I've never gone back. Perhaps I should. Nonetheless, I was a Huge fan of 'The Stand' and 'The Talisman' (with Peter Straub).
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I love every thing about it.
from the way he takes something that a lot of people cant live with out, and uses it to basically cause society to crumble in the most horrible way. I love that is has almost a zombie feel to it, but instead of the most common undead version you see in movies and most books, this "zombie" apocalypse is living people who have there brain wiped clean except for rage.
and then later begin to flock, and become like one being.
I also really enjoyed the characters.
from the main character, whose sole mission is to find his wife and son, who are in a different state.
and the teenage girl whose only way of being able to cope with every thing around her is to hold close to a tiny baby sneaker tied to her wrist.
and finally what I love about this book is that instead of creating a happy ending where love conquers all which is completely unrealistic. he makes it believable and the main character searching for his son dies in the most horrible way imaginable.
if you haven't read it, and you re a fan of Stephen king, zombie, horror/suspense books, then this is one I suggest you pick up.
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The first book by him I ever read was Cycle of the Werewolf when I was...10 or 11?
My favorites, I would say, are Cell, Carrie, The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands, The Wind Through the Keyhole and IT. I also really enjoyed the short story collection Everything's Eventual.
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If you want high fantasy and Stephen King shoot for that one. Its not like his normal introspective stuff, or his brutal honesty, (which is really what I go for when I look for a good author.) I love it with authors branch out from their comfort zones, and Stephen King continuously tries to do that.
I thoroughly enjoy Stephen King. However, I think he's a tad overrated. His talent is measured in his sheer volume and consistency. I never particularly considered him a writer of great depth. If you want the same kind of grotesque, brutally honesty brevity that leaves you empty and yet thoroughly amazed -- reach for a Chuck Palahniuk.
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Try some of his newer stuff. I suggest Mr. Mercedes or the Compilation of short storiesThinkswithink wrote:My dad is a subscriber to the Stephen King mailing list. He has all his books, except for one that I read in high school. "The Eyes of the Dragon."
If you want high fantasy and Stephen King shoot for that one. Its not like his normal introspective stuff, or his brutal honesty, (which is really what I go for when I look for a good author.) I love it with authors branch out from their comfort zones, and Stephen King continuously tries to do that.
I thoroughly enjoy Stephen King. However, I think he's a tad overrated. His talent is measured in his sheer volume and consistency. I never particularly considered him a writer of great depth. If you want the same kind of grotesque, brutally honesty brevity that leaves you empty and yet thoroughly amazed -- reach for a Chuck Palahniuk.
Full Dark No Stars. Neither book has the fantasy or ghouls and goblins...just psychological thrillers. Where the guy next door is the monster. Nice change of pace for this author.
BTW...I LOVE Chuck Palahniuk!!!
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It
The Long Walk (Richard Bachman)
Carrie
Firestarter
Thinner (Richard Bachman)
I will have to stop there ?