Poll of the Day > I've never read a Stephen King book.

(+) Yeah! (+)

Should I?
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Yeah, or some short stories. His short stories give you his strengths and takes away his issues with not ending the story quickly enough.

No. Books are for fools, why do we even have books anymore? Everythings online, should just close down the libraries and recycle all that shit.
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tommyknockers
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Start with "The Stand".


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why do you want him to hate reading, po
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I have only read Shawshank redemption
I have The Green Mile but never completed reading it.
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Different seasons is a good place to start
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the dark tower series was ok
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HellHole_ posted...

why do you want him to hate reading, po

Because I am fueled by hate, and I enjoy making other people as miserable as I am.





I actually enjoyed reading The Stand, though. Even if it is endless and somewhat overpadded.


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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Start with "The Stand".

Well look at me agreeing with PO about a thing
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

HellHole_ posted...

why do you want him to hate reading, po

Because I am fueled by hate, and I enjoy making other people as miserable as I am.





I actually enjoyed reading The Stand, though. Even if it is endless and somewhat overpadded.

Yeah do not read the unabridged version

it's too fucking long
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The Stand is by far his best book, and my favorite of all time, but it's not always for beginners. It's over 1000 pages. But if you do have the courage, I would recommend it.

If not, I'd say go with The Shining, Salems Lot, Pet Semetary, or Misery. Or some of his short stories.

But to answer your question yes, you should check him out. He's my favorite author.
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The Green Mile and The Shining are both pretty dang good, IMO
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Currently reading It. It's about 1200 pages.
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What does everyone think of that novel where that English teacher goes back in time to stop the Kennedy assassination?
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I like his non-fiction personally.
Dane Macabre is good if you skip around.

EclairReturns posted...

What does everyone think of that novel where that English teacher goes back in time to stop the Kennedy assassination?

I loved it. IMO it's probably his best of the past decade, maybe even 2 decades.

Also, like usual it has some big connections to past books, especially IT.
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I've read IT, The Shining, Desperation, Dream Catcher, and Cujo

Firestarter is a very good book to start with.

The stand is great, but yeah, might not start there.

For a short story, his The Long Walk (under Bachman) is my favorite all time short story.

The shining is good, but the movie was great, so you might not need to read it.

It was also quite good, they are remaking it into a movie/mini series (already been done but the first time blah).

The Talisman isn't bad, and is more fantasy oriented.

I'd hold off on the Dark tower series tbh, it's not for everyone, especially some of the books.

So many of his books where made into decent movies with great soundtracks as well. I love reading the Stand for instance, but the mini-series was just perfect for me. Loved the sound track for that, for maximum overdrive and a few other of his adaptations.

For the most part all of his older stuff is worth reading at least once.
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Yes, you should.
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Most of his novels suck, but he's got decent stories in his anthologies. Granted, practically all of his stories have been adapted to film -- albeit not always faithfully -- so you might want to focus on a story that hasn't been turned into a movie or an episode of a tv show. The Long Walk is one example.

FrozenBananas posted...

The Stand is by far his best book,

No, The Long Walk is clearly his best book.

wolfy42 posted...

For a short story, his The Long Walk (under Bachman) is my favorite all time short story.

While SK is long-winded, 384 pages is not a short story >_>
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Well if you want a taste of King I know they have the first half of the audio book to IT on YouTube. You could always listen to it to see if you like his style.
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Zeus posted...

Most of his novels suck, but he's got decent stories in his anthologies. Granted, practically all of his stories have been adapted to film -- albeit not always faithfully -- so you might want to focus on a story that hasn't been turned into a movie or an episode of a tv show. The Long Walk is one example.

FrozenBananas posted...

The Stand is by far his best book,

No, The Long Walk is clearly his best book.

wolfy42 posted...

For a short story, his The Long Walk (under Bachman) is my favorite all time short story.

While SK is long-winded, 384 pages is not a short story >_>

Zeus, this is me your talking to. 384 pages is almost the average length of one of my posts!!
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not TC but i like these sugestions aswell

will try and read some of these aswell
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Zeus posted...

Most of his novels suck, but he's got decent stories in his anthologies. Granted, practically all of his stories have been adapted to film -- albeit not always faithfully -- so you might want to focus on a story that hasn't been turned into a movie or an episode of a tv show. The Long Walk is one example.

FrozenBananas posted...

The Stand is by far his best book,

No, The Long Walk is clearly his best book.

wolfy42 posted...

For a short story, his The Long Walk (under Bachman) is my favorite all time short story.

While SK is long-winded, 384 pages is not a short story >_>

while it isn't a short story it is a short story. 384 pages is nothing
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

Zeus posted...

Most of his novels suck, but he's got decent stories in his anthologies. Granted, practically all of his stories have been adapted to film -- albeit not always faithfully -- so you might want to focus on a story that hasn't been turned into a movie or an episode of a tv show. The Long Walk is one example.

FrozenBananas posted...

The Stand is by far his best book,

No, The Long Walk is clearly his best book.

wolfy42 posted...

For a short story, his The Long Walk (under Bachman) is my favorite all time short story.

While SK is long-winded, 384 pages is not a short story >_>

while it isn't a short story it is a short story. 384 pages is nothing

To be honest, I call it a short story as I originally read it in a collection of Bachman books which listed it as one of 4 (I think), short stories. Might have only been 3 (or they re-released it with just 3 and removed Rage).

I have a digital version that I read now, so never pull out the original (didn't really like The Running man, Rage, or ....was The Raft in there as well?) The raft if it was in there.

So yeah, it's kinda long but it was initially called a short story and I just stuck with the description.
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Zeus posted...

No, The Long Walk is clearly his best book.

It's really not.
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I've read the Dead Zone and the one where the kid and his mom were trapped in a car because of a rabid dog. Forgot what that one was called.

I enjoyed the Dead Zone very much, but the other book was kinda lame
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Needful Things.
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joemodda posted...

I've read the Dead Zone and the one where the kid and his mom were trapped in a car because of a rabid dog. Forgot what that one was called.

I enjoyed the Dead Zone very much, but the other book was kinda lame

Cujo, and I never liked the book or movie myself.

Few others I didn't really like either, but for the most part I liked all his early stuff. Everything after his accident has been meh for me though, but I have not read many of them to be honest.
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joemodda posted...

the Dead Zone

Oh wait, I've read this.

Guess I have read a Stephen King book.
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GanonsSpirit posted...

joemodda posted...

the Dead Zone

Oh wait, I've read this.

Guess I have read a Stephen King book.

The dead zone was made into a movie and then a TV series as well.

I believe I saw both, but remember almost nothing about any of them (book, movie, or shows).

Old age blows.
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Foppe posted...

Needful Things.

This.It's one of my favorites.

Shining and Misery are up there as well.Better in terms of suspense,but Needfull Things is a bit more entertaining in my opinion.
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