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urgeok 02-14-2005 09:37 AM

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Originally posted by tom-tom
SK does not write crap!
yeah he does ...

any of the Peter Strawb collaberations, It, Desperation,
oh hell, pretty much all of them

Angra 02-15-2005 11:47 AM

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Originally posted by nine9
Hmmmmmmmmmm. That is hard, Shit .........the one about the aliens and the farting thing............... I forget it right now.......very disappointing.

You are thinking of "Dreamcatcher".

I loved the first half of that book. Thought it was hilarious and entertaining as hell.:D


I hated "The girl who loved tom gordon". Thought it was terrible boring. After reading that one i thought it was the begining of the end for old King.

But the i read "Dreamcatcher"....;)

Wendigo 02-16-2005 02:08 PM

"Tommyknockers" was rather boring. I didn't like "Gerald's game" too.
On the contrary I liked both "Cujo" and "Christine".

In general, I prefer the old King to the recent one, but there are some exceptions ;)

zwoti 02-16-2005 02:18 PM

always preferred his short stories over his novels

The Mothman 02-19-2005 06:52 PM

Stephen King is a pretty wierd dude. I heard an interview with him on the radio. at the end he sang "Stand By Me"

nine9 02-19-2005 09:00 PM

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Originally posted by Angra
You are thinking of "Dreamcatcher".

I loved the first half of that book. Thought it was hilarious and entertaining as hell.:D


I hated "The girl who loved tom gordon". Thought it was terrible boring. After reading that one i thought it was the begining of the end for old King.

But the i read "Dreamcatcher"....;)

Yes that was it..the first half was good.....then it went to shit!

I really don't like it when SK tries to write books that are not horror. He is a good writer. As a horror writer he is one of the best.......but he hasn't got the talent to be a classic writer. Just is not in that league. Those mostly fall short, except for ShawShank maybe.

In horror though.....he rules..........stick to what you do best SK!

lee challenger 02-19-2005 11:34 PM

STEPHEN KING AT HIS WORST.
 
THE REGULATORS (writing as Richard Bachman)

BLACK HOUSE (written with Peter Straub)

THE TOMMY KNOCKERS

I could never get into The Dark Tower series of novels and gave up after a couple.

nine9 02-20-2005 06:46 AM

Re: STEPHEN KING AT HIS WORST.
 
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Originally posted by lee challenger
THE REGULATORS (writing as Richard Bachman)

BLACK HOUSE (written with Peter Straub)

THE TOMMY KNOCKERS

I could never get into The Dark Tower series of novels and gave up after a couple.

I liked two of those books, but haven't read Dark House. That is supposed to be a sequel to The Talisman and I loved that book. I think it may even be my favorite. Why didn't you like them? The Regulators was not fantastic, but ok.

Za'afiel 02-20-2005 11:37 AM

Check out "The Gunslinger". And the contuning series of that book.

tom-tom 02-22-2005 12:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by urgeok
yeah he does ...

any of the Peter Strawb collaberations, It, Desperation,
oh hell, pretty much all of them

Don't talk shit...The Talisman was an amazing story...so was It, Desperation (Can't wait to see the movie)! Damn, every story he ever wrote displays his genuis...


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