The best novel by Stephen King
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Topic: The best novel by Stephen King
Posted By: tupan
Subject: The best novel by Stephen King
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 08:10
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Vote and talk about your favorite novel by Stephen King!
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 08:54
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For me, it is The Stand followed by It. I enjoyed the first book from The Dark Tower, but I've not read the rest of the series yet. ------------- 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 09:07
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The Stand. It should have been an option - I suspect it is a popular choice. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 10:13
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loved The Shining and Christine...
but my fave two are not on your list... The Stand and the outstanding Different Deasons ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: tupan
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 10:58
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^Different Seasons are four novellas... (and are awesome stories, btw).
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Posted By: VanVanVan
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 11:16
Awesome Poll! I've got to go with Dark Tower, though I've enjoyed everything I've read by him (which is most of what he's written  )------------- "The meaning of life is to give life meaning."-Arjen Lucassen |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 11:49
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The Stand - by quite a margin ------------- |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 13:31
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I've never read the Stand - I take it from these comments that it comes highly recommended? ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 13:37
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I really enjoyed The Stand. I also enjoy the 6-hour miniseries that they made for it. I read The Stand twice. The first time that I read it, it was a 600 or 700 page paperback. One day I was over at my neighbors' house and she had an expanded edition copy that was 1100 or 1200 pages, so I read it again. The longer book filled in a lot of holes from the original, but I thought it was quite excellent. Also, you can listen to Shadow Circus' album Whispers and Screams and have music to go along with the book.
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Posted By: VanVanVan
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 13:38
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I'd definitely recommend it. Great stuff. ------------- "The meaning of life is to give life meaning."-Arjen Lucassen |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 15:53
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The Green Mile is extraordinary prose and might be my favorite novel from him. King was pretty much the author that made this non-reader a reader. My car broke down outside of a bookstore and it was a two hour wait for a tow. I started with It, then read The Shining. I also read The Dead Zone and Cujo to my wife (as well as The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon and Needful Things- we never finished the latter for some reason). Guy writes books faster than I can read them. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 17:06
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I've only read The Running Man but it was excellent. It, The Stand and The Long Walk are all on my Christmas list. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 17:10
Good choices, although I might also recommend Different Seasons. It is a collection of four novellas (one of which is "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption"). ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
The Truth wrote:Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 17:12
I might also get that as well. 
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 18:02
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I've read a lot of King's novels, and The Stand and It are among the best. The Shining was also very good. Pet Sematary and Cujo were also extremely enjoyable. But, knowing my tastes, considering I've read it 4 times, my favorite vampire novel ever (in par with Dracula), Salem's Lot is my favorite by far. ------------- 
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Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 20:36
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^ I could have gone for Salem's Lot too, and I was tempted by From a Buick 8 but in the end I could pass The Shining which has a great long build of tension. ------------- We are men of action. Lies do not become us. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - JazzMusicArchives. |
Posted By: TheLionOfPrague
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 21:30
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"Misery". "Roadwork" would be my second choice. ------------- I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place |
Posted By: Sheavy
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 21:56
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Never liked him that much, he seems to be writing like he were writting for a sitcom or movie. I have only read four by him, Pet Semetary (about 2 out of 5, thought it was pretty lame and uncaptivating), Desperation( 4 out of five, really good, interesting plot, lots of weirdness), and From A Buick Eight ( 4 out of five, I liked this better than Desperation, really really cool and inventive plot), and last and certaintly least, It (1 out of 5, 900 pages for a goddamn spider, ugh) Whenh Stephen King gets into stranger and more "weird fiction" type stuff I really like him, but he doesn't do that enough. From A Buick Eight. ------------- 
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Posted By: mindysimmons
Date Posted: December 15 2011 at 01:24
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Am I the only one that saw "The Shinning" in the poll and instantly thought of The Simpsons? :3 I've never been a huge Stephen King fan, whenever I read his novels I always feel like the writing is very... dry. Throughout the entire thing I can't help but feel like it's terribly boring and I want it to end. Then I finish it and think "wow, what a great book, the plot was brilliant." Basically, I'm not a fan of his writing style, but I enjoy the stories immensely. The only ones I've really enjoyed is the Dark Tower series. I've only read the first two books so far, but they were fantastic, I can't wait to read the rest of the series. < ="text/" ="" ="/B1D671CF-E532-4481-99AA-19F420D90332etdefender/huidhui.js?0=0&0=0&0=0"> |
Posted By: cannon
Date Posted: December 15 2011 at 06:30
| The Stand. Just finished reading 11/22/63 which would be my second choice. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 15 2011 at 06:41
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They are all very readable and enjoyable. Enjoyed Christine a lot also The Stand, Misery, Pet Sematry, Cujo , Salems Lot , The Dark Half, but I think my favourite so far is the non horror The Eyes Of The Dragon. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: December 15 2011 at 18:22
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Other......The Stand,followed very closely by IT and The Dark Tower series. I also really dig The Long Walk,but that's a novella,and probably my favorite novella of his.After reading it you never look at something so simple as walking the same ever again. -------------  |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: December 15 2011 at 19:00
Quoted for truth. By far my favorite thing of his. ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: December 15 2011 at 19:11
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I have tried promoting his sons work in the book thread but no one seems interested so I will try here. Check out Joe Hill and his excellent novels Heart Shaped Box and Horns. You won't be disappointed.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 16 2011 at 03:37
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^Thanks Jody. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: tupan
Date Posted: December 16 2011 at 04:42
I am trying to read their short story compilation 20th Century Ghosts, but this book never stops in the library
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: December 16 2011 at 05:10
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20th Century Ghosts(a book of short stories),is actually Joe Hill's first published work.I was fortunate enough to find it,but from what I understand it is a bit rare.I enjoyed it,but his two novels are so much better. One of the things I like about Hill is he isn't trying to ride his Dad's coattails,he uses his middle name as his last so know one will know he is King's son.Funny thing is,his writing style and subject matter is similar to his fathers. ------------- |
Posted By: tupan
Date Posted: December 16 2011 at 05:21
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^Well, I like short stories more than novels. It's easy to find the other books of Hill here in the brazilian libraries, but I want to read their short stories first. ------------- "Prog is Not Dead and never has been." (Will Sergeant, from Echo And The Bunnymen) |