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Stephen King's next...
This seems odd. Which for King is saying something.
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11-11-2011, 04:35 PM | #31 |
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Everything he wrote up until Misery (1987) was great. After that, I tried to read The Tommyknockers and fought my way through it, not enjoying it. That was pretty much the last King stuff I read. He's like the bitch who writes the "Garfield" comics: he should've stopped about 20 years ago, when it stopped being about making a good product and started being about making money.
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11-30-2011, 09:14 PM | #32 |
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I just finished it. And I have to say he really, really stuck the landing in a way I don't think he has in years, if ever. I think this is my new favorite Stephen King book.
It's hard to describe what it is. It's not horror, although there are some horrific moments, but it's not what you'd generally expect when you hear the name Stephen King. It's alternate history mixed with science fiction mixed with romance (hell, the romance may be the biggest part of it all), and he handles all of it exceptionally well. I found it to be a very good read (or, well, listen, in my case) and an extremely moving novel at times. |
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11-30-2011, 09:24 PM | #33 |
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I look forward to the Frank Darbont movie in 5 years.
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11-30-2011, 09:26 PM | #34 |
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I'm about 60-70" done with it, liking it quite a bit so far. Different than his usual for sure, and thats a nice change.
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12-16-2011, 05:07 PM | #35 |
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Not quite half way through it and I really love it. Good work, Stevie!
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12-16-2011, 05:26 PM | #36 |
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BANGOR, Maine — Horror author Stephen King's efforts to raise money to help low-income Maine residents pay their heating oil bills this winter have exceeded goals.
King announced last month that his foundation would match up to $70,000 if listeners of the three Bangor-area radio stations he owns donated that amount, for a total of $140,000. Listeners donated $24,000, the Lerner Foundation pitched in $46,000 and the foundation kept its promise. On-air personality Pat LaMarche says an anonymous Californian then promised another $50,000, if King matched it. The Maine native agreed, bringing the total to over $240,000. King tells the Bangor Daily News he's "grateful" to everybody who helped. The federal government told the state it should expect $23 million in heating oil assistance this winter, down from $55.6 million last winter. ___ Information from: Bangor Daily News, http://www.bangordailynews.com http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/456992.../#.TuvTT3o1Rtg
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Say what you want about the guy... I think he's pretty awesome.
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12-29-2011, 03:40 PM | #38 |
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Stellar novel. I'm not sure if it's my absolute favorite King novel, but it's top 5 easily. Maybe even top 3.
And, yeah, the ending is perfect. Big fan. |
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I'm about 60 pages in and I'm in awe. I have read every SK book, short story, etc... I've really struggled with some. last one I read was Under The Dome and it is TERRIBLE. so bad in fact that I've sat on this book for a while not really interested in starting it. wow. this is good stuff.
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I listened to the audiobook and it was fantastic. They guy reading it did an incredible job. I'm a big Stephen King fan, but I've got to say, I'm really growing tired of him injecting his politics into his books. Republicans BAD! Democrats AWESOME! It's getting tiresome.
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barring short story collections....what's wrong with it?
The Stand is #1. the end. I really dug all 3 of these. me personally....I think I'd probably have The Talisman in my top 3. but to each his own. I AM curious though. what's your top 3?
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