Stephen King is awesome

[devilstrap]

He makes his stories so life-like that it almost seems possible that those unusual unrealistic happenings can happen to any everyday normal person.

[Va_treehugger]

Yup. I got that feeling when I read Cell. Am now listening to Blood and Smoke, 3 short stories on Audio CD. Creepy...

[StephenKingman]

Yep, just like Elvis, you cant argue with the King.

[Carla Hurst-Chandler]

One of my favorite authors!

Gave us a tease about the upcoming sequel to the shining recently Dr. Sleep...but no release date...

Can't wait!

[Jacob]

One of my favorite authors!

Gave us a tease about the upcoming sequel to the shining recently Dr. Sleep...but no release date...

Can't wait!

Yes, I heard about that. Really don't know what to think about it, I thought being frozen in an storm would finish you off for good!

[Carla Hurst-Chandler]

Loved Full Dark No Stars!

-- 29 Feb 2012, 08:55 --

One of my favorite authors!

Gave us a tease about the upcoming sequel to the shining recently Dr. Sleep...but no release date...

Can't wait!

Yes, I heard about that. Really don't know what to think about it, I thought being frozen in an storm would finish you off for good!

The ending you are talking about is Stanley Kubrick's screenplay...not the book.

In The Shining Danny's father is killed but Danny is still alive. The sequel is suppose to deal with how Danny turns out (psychologically) after his ordeal at the Overlook as a child. I can't wait!

[StephenKingman]

^ Although i am looking forward as well to Dr Sleep, i cant help but be wary. Many readers are going to be expecting the same thrills and quality of writing as The Shining, and we all know that book was written by a very different King and in the 70s so no doubt a lot of fans will be disappointed. Its an interesting plot though so i will remain open minded.

[Connie_88]

Wow I hadn't heard about this sequel to The Shining. I'll definately read it but I'll go into it with an open mind because The Shining is one of my top 10 books ever, so I'm likely to be disappointed

[Jazminsdaddy]

Full Dark, No Stars was, I thought, one of his best in years. But he is one of my favourites and I love Salem's Lot and The Stand.

[Carla Hurst-Chandler]

I really liked Full Dark, No Stars...becase he took the time to remind us...the monster isn't always under the bed. Sometimes it is lying next to us.

[Ghostwalker117]

I don't know about you but IT the film didn't really scare me that much when I saw it but when I read the book ok before the sadly anticlimatic ending of IT being a giant spider I thought the concept of a demonic clown scary in fact to this day I am scared of clowns because of IT.

[Carla Hurst-Chandler]

@ Ghostwalker I agree. Lovd the book...right up to the end. The giant spider was lame.

[Gannon]

@ Ghostwalker I agree. Lovd the book...right up to the end. The giant spider was lame.

Got to agree with both of you as well. I thought "It" was brilliant, some of King's best characters he has ever written. Then came the ending with the spider. It was almost as if he had written himself into a wall and did not know how to get out of it, so he went with the spider. Terrible, terrible ending which Imho destroyed what could have been one of his best books, up there with "The Stand", and Ghostwalker I too am scared (a little bit ) of clowns to this day as well.

[StephenKingman]

^ Yeah, I agree, IT was a fantastic and terrifying concept but the ending really let it down, has nobody mentioned the 'Turtle'?? It was the spider and the turtle at the beginning of everything, and not only was that a bizzare explanation for good and evil, Im not even sure King himself knew what he was talking about when he referenced them, just a ridiculous part of the story and like Gannon says, King has sometimes made huge epic novels with no idea how to end them with satisfaction (Under the Dome). At least he is back on track with 11.22.63.

[Carla Hurst-Chandler]

^ Yeah, I agree, IT was a fantastic and terrifying concept but the ending really let it down, has nobody mentioned the 'Turtle'?? It was the spider and the turtle at the beginning of everything, and not only was that a bizzare explanation for good and evil, Im not even sure King himself knew what he was talking about when he referenced them, just a ridiculous part of the story and like Gannon says, King has sometimes made huge epic novels with no idea how to end them with satisfaction (Under the Dome). At least he is back on track with 11.22.63.

SKM...watched a commentary about the book where Stephen King admits he tossed his ending of 11-22-63 for something his son wrote which was (in his opinion) a much better ending...