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Stephen King's next...
This seems odd. Which for King is saying something.
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08-12-2011, 11:25 AM | #16 | |
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Apparently it's a week for Stephen King news:
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08-12-2011, 11:40 AM | #17 |
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Steven King must have more money than Davy Crockett.
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Looking forward to this. I thought Lisey's Story and Under The Dome were both exceptional books. Certainly worthy to stand next to some of King's best.
I didn't mind the end of Under The Dome at all. Not sure what else I would have/could have expected from the end. Felt right to me. |
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08-12-2011, 02:16 PM | #19 |
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The last 100-150 pages of under the dome were among the worst things I've read in recent memory.
I don't mind the size and length of King's books. In fact I like long books, but the man just can't seem to stick the landing, for whatever reason. I can't think of a single King novel where I haven't felt let down in the end, and that includes The Stand, which is one of my overall favorite reads. Maybe Salem's Lot, although it's been a few years since I read it. But in general, the endings seem to wither and die. I've long been someone who has agreed with King about outlining (i.e. don't need it) but I'm starting to wonder if maybe that's not the issue. In the end. |
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Have to agree with this. Survivor Type is is one short, instant, fireball of pure emotion (for me as a reader). One of my all time favorites.
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08-12-2011, 02:57 PM | #22 |
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That was gross and wrong, written back when King still had his full power.
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Until Tommyknockers I didn't have a problem with his endings. After that though...yeesh.
Still not as bad as Koontz though, he just goes along until he stops. I got to where I couldn't read him anymore and haven't in years now. |
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And yet the character was so ****ing deadpan it was brilliant. You're right, that was King being King. If people wanted him to have an editor to keep him from being "too crazy" back then, this story would never have been published.
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That's cool. I can understand it. Maybe I just lowered my expectations enough with his work that I wasn't bothered.
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Different Seasons, Bachman Books, Four past Midnight etc. etc. were all full of great short stories. Dude was cranking out goodness back then.
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Not to answer for Keg, but for me, it felt like he just got really lazy with it. The story was actually clicking along pretty well, then it just felt like he told himself to wrap it up post haste, which is what it felt like he did.
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11-10-2011, 10:20 AM | #29 |
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Just picked up the audiobook. I'll let you guys know what I think. Eventually. It's 30 hours long.
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A couple of hours in now, and it's started really well. And really strangely. Wouldn't call it horror so far, which is fine. Kind of what I expected (in that sense).
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