anybody a stephen king fan?

i thoroughly enjoy stephen king books
ive read tons of em and im only 16. my favorite is the gunslinger series. anybody else on here like SK?

 

I am. Delorious Clayborne and IT blew me away.

 

The last Stephen King book I read was The Regulators. That was an interesting read.

 

i like the movie johnny depp starred in

 

Im gettin ready to start the fifth dark tower. I've been readin stephen king forever he's one in his own

 

I went through a phase when I loved Stephen King and read a lot of his books. Haven't read anything from him in years though...

 

"i liked the movie johnny depp starred in"

hah. i think u only liked it cuz of JD. Secret window was a good story and i thought the movie was a really good playout of it and matched the story almost flawlessly.
ive read all the dark towers
desperation
the long walk
the stand
the eys of the dragon
insomnia
firestarter
the tommyknockers
all of his short story collections
and tons more i cant remember

 

I've read a couple of the newer compilations too...but they don't compare to the novels I think.

 

for sure. i defeneltey prefer a long story wher ei can get into the characters more. in a shor tread if one dies im jsut like oh well the story goes on but in the lengthy books you get almost depressed when a loved character kicks the bucket

 

my favorite book by far is the long walk

other than that i think firestarter is my favorite

 

I read "Dreamcatcher"


i didnt like it. Was that a particularly bad one of his, because it put me off any of his other works.

 

Man, if you want to talk to a Stephen King fan just look me up. I made a vow a few years ago that I would read every stephen king book ever written, and so far I've read over thirty only a few more to Go!!!! Write now I'm reading the last dark tower book, The Dark Tower. I don't want to spoil it for anyone that hasn't read it so I will just say that some of the events that have taken place so far make me want to cry. My favorite characters, man! Anyway. My favorite book (probably of all time) is definitly IT. This book left me speechless for about an hour. The Stand was good, but not as good as IT.

 

I've been a King fan for more than half my life now --- I'm currently reading the last Dark Tower book --- trying to relish it and limiting myself to about 100 pages per day --- Although I still think I'll have all eight hundred and some pages read within the week.
I think the thing I like most about his books is his ability to reach right into a person's being and pull out all the *hit and yet, in spite of it, you love the character anyhow -- Even hideous and weird ol' Annie Wilkes (believe that was her name)and her strange non-cursing in Misery --- I just kind of ended up feeling like she was someone you couldn't hate in spite of her incredibly negative behavior. Maybe just me.
ON THE OTHER HAND ---- There have been very few movies made based on King stories that have been worth the time, money and energy spent on them. I generally don't watch them. In fact, I generally avoid them like the super-flu.

Keep on "Dear Constant Readers"....
Gina.

 

I liked The Talisman, the best.

 

i've read the stand 4 times.. scariest thing about that book.. is when you're sitting on the bus or standing in line and someone sneezes..
you start to think about germs and super flu getting you..
RUN!!

 

i read Hearts in Atlantis two summers ago and fell in love with it

 

im digging the dark tower series...gotta get the last one...they're so good. anybody else read them?

 

I'm currently on book 5 of the dark tower series. He's always been a favorite of mine, and have to agree that "the long walk" has always been a favorite. But, to be honest, most of his books are favorites. His writing style and story formats are so different yet at the same time unmistakedly Stephen King. I've been slacking as of late with his recent releases, but I see that problem dissolving as I can't put the current one I'm reading down. I am thouroughly amazed at how he has connected the dark tower saga with his other works, almost as if he planned it years ago while writing 'Salem's Lot, the Stand, Insomnia....although I know that at first that the DT series had no pre-planned destiny...just that he was writing off the cuff.

I have to agree that there are VERY few movies that have done justice to his books. I also tend to stay away from them. At least I read the book before viewing the movie.

For those who enjoy his work, I would like to suggest reading some Clive Barker if you haven't already. Amazing & eerie stories, and very akin to King's writing style, with Barker's own unique flourish. "Imajica" & "Weaveworld" are extremely wonderful books, and both are seperate, single stories. However I would also suggest "The Great & Secret Show" & "Everville", which are 2 of the 3 in the Books of the Art. The third has yet to be published. Worth checking out if'n you have the time

Peace,
Robby

 

I love King--he's a writer's writer. Even on the rare occasion that I've read something he wrote which seems a bit inferior story wise, I read happily because I read him not only for the story--I read him for the writing, too. He has a way of describing things, even mundane things,that makes you think of them in a whole new way. He's wonderful. He takes you right back to the time when you were a kid, lying in the dark in your bed, certain that you'd just seen the closet door open just a little bit. His talent is astonishing.
In the mid to late 80s I contemplated moving to Maine just because he was teaching Creative Writing at the University of Maine at Orono and I wanted to learn from him, but my kids were set on finishing school with their friends in Brattleboro, so I gave the idea up.
I love so many of his books, but I think I would have to say that IT was my favorite. That book had so many characters that you just had to care about.
I agree that as a rule the movies don't live up to the books, but IT was an exception to that rule. It was a damn good movie, too. So was The Stand.

 

I just love Hearts in Atlantis, I read it three years ago during the summer holidays. It was great, made me so interested in the sixties and it also made me read Lord of the Flies, which is one of the best books I've ever read.