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Question about Stephen King

Posted: 15 Nov 2010, 19:15
by Sophius
I'm a big Stephen King fan, and have read many of his books. However, I have come to fear that I have exausted the qualitative works that he has produced. They are:

Carrie
Salem's Lot(my third favorite)
The Shining
The Stand(my second favorite)
Firestarter
The Dark Tower, The Gunslinger( I didn't like it much so I didn't go on to the others)

Pet Sematary
It(my favorite)
Eyes of the Dragon
The Tommyknockers
The Dark Half(I really didn't like so I quit part of the way through)
Needful Things
Insomnia(part of it at least. I ended up losing it. It was alright.)
The Green Mile
The Regulators
Different Seasons(the first story was okay, but the second one sickened me so much that I had to put the book down)

Four Past Midnight

Are there any other good ones out there, or are the rest merely decent to poor? Just so you know I prefer supernatural horror as opposed to the more realistic kind, with the exception of "Secret Window, Secret Garden". And another question: I've heard that Stephen King's writing got goofy after his accident, is this true?

Posted: 15 Nov 2010, 19:18
by Sophius
I'm afraid my previous post was unclear, and for that I apologize. When I say "They are" I mean that the list following are the books of his that I read. I also forgot to put down Desperation, which is my fourth favorite.

There really should be an edit post button.

Edit: Oh **** I just saw that there is. That's embaresing. Sorry about that.

Posted: 16 Nov 2010, 10:53
by Fran
Sophius wrote:I'm afraid my previous post was unclear, and for that I apologize. When I say "They are" I mean that the list following are the books of his that I read. I also forgot to put down Desperation, which is my fourth favorite.

There really should be an edit post button.

Edit: Oh **** I just saw that there is. That's embaresing. Sorry about that.
Don't worry ... we've all done that anyway Stephen King fans can be forgiven almost anything on this site. :wink:

Posted: 19 Nov 2010, 18:26
by Adaengkantada
I am also a Stephen King fan, but I prefer watching his movies rather than reading them. Maybe it all started when I was just a budding reader. When I was 11, I attempted to read Needful Things, but was overwhelmed by it. Eversince, I haven't picked up a Stephen King book, but I do loove the movie adaptations. :)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010, 16:35
by Hazelrah
Gerald's Game and Hearts in Atlantis are both REALLY good. I think his most recent stuff is kind of average (Lisey's Story, Duma Key, Cell), but Under the Dome is a return to form.

Also, for non-fiction, you can't go wrong with On Writing.

-Shane

Posted: 06 Dec 2010, 11:53
by StephenKingman
Any further comments about Stephen King can be directed to the Stephen King thread, thanks people :D