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gidget
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Stephen King Books
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Jun 26 01:43 UTC 1994 |
I think that most people would agree that Stephen King is probably the
greatest horror writer to ever live. Most of his books have been made into
movies, not every writer gets that chance even once! So come on Stephen
King fans! Let's talk about the Titan of Terror!
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sun
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response 1 of 87:
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Jun 26 03:08 UTC 1994 |
Okay. BUt then again, he has ALSO written one of the BEST scifi/fantasy books,
The Eyes of the Dragon.
He is a pretty good author
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kentn
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response 2 of 87:
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Jun 26 03:26 UTC 1994 |
No, I wouldn't agree he's the greatest horror writer to ever live.
He's okay, but certainly not the greatest.
Gave up reading Stephen King many years ago when he started getting too
hackneyed to put up with (including a number of inane movies). You're
quite welcome to enjoy his work yourself, though.
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jdg
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response 3 of 87:
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Jun 26 10:41 UTC 1994 |
Mr. King once said of himself, "I'm the Big Mac of horror fiction."
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gidget
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response 4 of 87:
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Jun 26 13:52 UTC 1994 |
Maybe I should change what I said. Saying that he is the greatest horror
writer is taking it too far. He is ONE of the best.
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kentn
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response 5 of 87:
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Jun 26 19:26 UTC 1994 |
I'm sure more people will agree with that, depending on how they
define "best."
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gerund
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response 6 of 87:
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Jun 26 19:42 UTC 1994 |
He's pretty good at horror. I'm convinced he could really get something
going if he'd get moving with his "Dark Tower" series.
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kami
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response 7 of 87:
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Jun 27 21:06 UTC 1994 |
I'm not much into horror, but what about H.P. Lovecraft? Or Poe?
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remmers
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response 8 of 87:
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Jun 27 22:20 UTC 1994 |
I've never read any of King. Question to King fans: What do you
consider to be his best three horror novels?
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gerund
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response 9 of 87:
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Jun 28 00:07 UTC 1994 |
Pet Semetary.
'Salem's Lot.
and I don't know after that.
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omni
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response 10 of 87:
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Jun 28 02:48 UTC 1994 |
The Stand
Pet Sematary
Needful Things
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gerund
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response 11 of 87:
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Jun 28 16:30 UTC 1994 |
yeah, yeah...
Pet SemAtary....
:-)
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gidget
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response 12 of 87:
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Jun 28 19:29 UTC 1994 |
Personaly, I liked "It".
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omni
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response 13 of 87:
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Jun 28 19:43 UTC 1994 |
IT was long, and boring in the first part, then it got going, but it took
like 600 pages to do so. I liked The Dark Half and 4 past Midnight.
as well as The Talisman co written by Peter Straub. That was fantastic.
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sdj
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response 14 of 87:
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Jun 28 20:06 UTC 1994 |
The Stand
It
Christine
Night shift (best collection of short stories.
The gunslinger and the dark tower best series
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remmers
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response 15 of 87:
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Jun 29 01:41 UTC 1994 |
I liked the TV miniseries version of "It" - found it pretty scary,
and horror movies don't usually scare me easily. But if I try
reading a Stephen King, I think I'll make it something that I
haven't seen the TV or movie version of (and I've seen quite a few).
_Salem's Lot_ or _Pet Semetary_ look like good candidates.
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chelsea
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response 16 of 87:
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Jun 29 04:29 UTC 1994 |
_The Stand_ and _Cujo_ were my favorites, both of which never
made a faithful transition to film. I especially liked the
ending in _Cujo_.
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gidget
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response 17 of 87:
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Jun 29 15:11 UTC 1994 |
You mean where they blew away the dog? Yeah, I liked that part, too. :)
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sdj
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response 18 of 87:
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Jun 29 16:39 UTC 1994 |
Not only did they blow away the dog but didn't the little boy die in the
book?
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gidget
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response 19 of 87:
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Jun 29 18:57 UTC 1994 |
I never read the book, I only saw the movie.
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greenops
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response 20 of 87:
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Jul 1 05:08 UTC 1994 |
I am an alumnus of King's alma mater- U.Maine at Orono.
I used to drive by his "mansion" in Bangor every day on
my way to school. I liked The Shining, but I'm not
much of a horror fan.
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sun
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response 21 of 87:
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Jul 3 00:46 UTC 1994 |
I never got into IT...but I liked Misrey and Eyes of the Dragon A LOT though
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sdj
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response 22 of 87:
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Jul 7 19:05 UTC 1994 |
RE#20
The shinning was a good book also, it was one of the first books of
his that I read. Even better was the fact that the movie with Shelly
Duvall and Jack Nicholson did the book justice.
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greenops
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response 23 of 87:
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Jul 23 18:20 UTC 1994 |
Redrum, redrum!
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b11
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response 24 of 87:
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Jul 29 18:01 UTC 1994 |
I have only read the talisman, but i quite enjoyed it.
Does anyone know where i might order the french translations of hisn
work?
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