Read of Stephen King

Submitted by shan2001 on Thu, 08/11/2005 - 11:07
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  • Books Read

  • Rage (1977)
  • the Long Walk (1979)
  • the Dark Tower I: the Gunslinger (1982)
  • Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption (1982) from the collection: Different Seasons
  • the Body (1982) from the collection: Different Seasons
  • It (1986)
  • the Eyes of the Dragon (1987)
  • the Dark Tower II: Drawing of the Three (1987)
  • the Dark Half (1989)
  • Four Past Midnight (1990) - includes "the Langoliers". The movie is a guilty pleasure of mine.
  • the Dark Tower III: the Wastelands (1991)
  • Gerald's Game (1992) - the bloody wrist slide, ewww
  • Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993)
  • the Green Mile (1996)
  • the Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass (1997)
  • Storm of the Century (1999)
  • the Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)
  • Black House (2001)
  • the Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla (2003)
  • the Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah (2004)
  • the Dark Tower VII: the Dark Tower (2004)

  • Books I Really Want to Read (When I Get Brave)

  • the Shining (1977)
  • the Stand (1978)
  • the Talisman (1984)
  • Misery (1987)
  • Insomnia (1994)
Author Comments: 

As you'd notice, I haven't read many of the popular novels such as "the Stand" or "the Shining". That's because I saw the films first and they creeped the living heck out of me. Scary books are usually worse than scary movies for me, so I said nevermind for now. :-p

Bold means it's a favorite.

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bertie09/03/2005

I strongly recommend It . There's a main character who's black - if that makes a difference - and one who's female.

shan200109/04/2005

I read It, actually. It was a while ago, like when I was 9 or 10. :-p I barely even remember it, but I know I read it before I saw the movie!

bertie09/06/2005

For me, It is his best novel. The plot is so cleverly constructed and the children's episodes are so vivid and memorable.

Btw, what do you think of the movie/mini-series. I have it on DVD (extra scenes).

shan200109/08/2005

I barely remember that also. I saw it when I was a kid too, and I remember being scared for weeks afterwards!

192201/09/2006

The Shining is a terrific novel, but you're right: It's even creepier than Kubrick's excellent movie.
As for Misery, the book is by far superior to the film, and at times unbearably thrilling.
The Stand is hard stuff too. But for some reason I stopped reading somewhere in the middle, and never finished it. Unfortunately.

I highly recommend you one of his best and most underrated novels, Desperation. Once you'll have read it, you'll also want to check out the parallel novel Regulators King published under his pseudonym Richard Bachman.

I still have Black House unread on my book shelf. Would you recommend it?

shan200101/14/2006

I do recommend reading Black House. It isn't one of his best, but it's still pretty chilling. I'll add Desperation to the list of King novels I need to read too!