Attention superCao
Attention superCao
Bens Tom Cullen comment lead me to believe Game of Thrones Hodor is a direct rip off of Tom, Hodor ?
Benwahwah wrote:Calo speaks nothing but the truth. The Stand in my opinion is Stephen King's masterpiece. I know a lot of people claim that The Dark Tower series is his best work, but I found it too long winded.
The Stand (The Extended Edition) is absolutely phenomenal. It successfully builds up an image of a post apocalyptic world and the people that are trying to survive in it.
I'm starting to run out of superlatives now for the book so I'll finish with a message from Tom Cullen (one of the characters from the book) "M-O-O-N that spells, read this book."
Yeah I hear a lot about the Dark Tower series but honestly I couldn't really get into it. I really wan to thank the responses from Ben and the superCalo imp.
WHat else do you guys recommend from King aside from the Stand. I find his demons and addictions fascinating and how it affected a few of books.
I only read maybe half the first dark tower book, wizard & glass ?
was it even the first book or did I read the wrong one to start with
However I seldom start a book and don't finish it despite how bad it may be
Could not get into that at all, very long winded.
Steven King
Different kind of book entirely :
Hearts in Atlantis
Its actually 3 stories that are interconnected
From wikipedia or someting
"Hearts in Atlantis (1999) is a collection of two novellas and three short stories by Stephen King, all connected to one another by recurring characters and taking place in roughly chronological order.
The stories are about the baby boomer generation, specifically King's view that this generation (to which he belongs) failed to live up to its promise and ideals. Significantly, the opening epigraph of the collection is the Peter Fonda line from the end of Easy Rider: "We blew it." All of the stories are about the 60s and the war in Vietnam, and in all of them the members of that generation fail profoundly, or are paying the costs of some profound failure on their part."
Not a book to cheer up oneself, at all, in fact if you were born of that time would tink very depressing
But I like that interconnected stuff
was it even the first book or did I read the wrong one to start with
However I seldom start a book and don't finish it despite how bad it may be
Could not get into that at all, very long winded.
Steven King
Different kind of book entirely :
Hearts in Atlantis
Its actually 3 stories that are interconnected
From wikipedia or someting
"Hearts in Atlantis (1999) is a collection of two novellas and three short stories by Stephen King, all connected to one another by recurring characters and taking place in roughly chronological order.
The stories are about the baby boomer generation, specifically King's view that this generation (to which he belongs) failed to live up to its promise and ideals. Significantly, the opening epigraph of the collection is the Peter Fonda line from the end of Easy Rider: "We blew it." All of the stories are about the 60s and the war in Vietnam, and in all of them the members of that generation fail profoundly, or are paying the costs of some profound failure on their part."
Not a book to cheer up oneself, at all, in fact if you were born of that time would tink very depressing
But I like that interconnected stuff
i'm not really into horror stories
so prefer his non horror stuff
The Green Mile - see the film it takes less time
so prefer his non horror stuff
The Green Mile - see the film it takes less time
'11/22/63' is very good. A bit of time travelling and a very brilliantly subtle nod to his book 'It'. I don't want to say too much about the book as I will give too much away. It is a much quicker read than 'The Stand' so you could use it as a warm up book.
superCalo wrote:i'm not really into horror stories
so prefer his non horror stuff
The Green Mile - see the film it takes less time
yes I like Shawshank and Stand by Me(the body) as well. Not sure if you ever read the Novella Mist they made into a movie but i thought that was excellent!
My biggest letdown was the final chapters of Gerald's Game that is one his least popular but being a little claustrophic myself that only was a fear.
That affliction is not only about "small spaces" but about "having lack of control"
Benwahwah wrote:'11/22/63' is very good. A bit of time travelling and a very brilliantly subtle nod to his book 'It'. I don't want to say too much about the book as I will give too much away. It is a much quicker read than 'The Stand' so you could use it as a warm up book.
Excellent Ben I might give that a spin first. I read a great interview recently and i think he said he was really proud of that one.
I have to take of something quick but I wwould like to discuss his addcitions he suffered from and how they affected his writing and life. I always find that interesting.
The TommyKnockers was an example of his dealing with a substance abuse problem, namely cocaine and you can see by the unnecessary extra chapters that don't anything to the plot.
have not read the 11/22/63 One
but I like his storytelling of stuff he experienced somewhat the time, the place, etc
but I like his storytelling of stuff he experienced somewhat the time, the place, etc
Super KO, is reading for dummies?
Anyone read the TommyKnockers? it is routinely labeled as one of his worst books. He was going through the worst time with his addictions and the book read like a basic cry for Help. It was after this were I think he decided to commit to sobriety wuth the help of his wife Tabitha King.
He even said that there probably is a good book there somewhere is cut down the fat and eliminated 300 pages.
Misery was a metaphor for cocaine addiction IIRC correct as well.
I believe the last time he used a substance to influence his output for a book was after he was hit by that truck and almost died. He was taking lots oxycontin at the time and I believe the book was the dreamcatcher. many people hated it and he agrees.
The problem with opiates is they help with creativity at first until they destroy it. It all happens very subtle. Look at superCalo
's post for a perfect example.
King probably felt at the time it was great when in reality it was trash.
He even said that there probably is a good book there somewhere is cut down the fat and eliminated 300 pages.
Misery was a metaphor for cocaine addiction IIRC correct as well.
I believe the last time he used a substance to influence his output for a book was after he was hit by that truck and almost died. He was taking lots oxycontin at the time and I believe the book was the dreamcatcher. many people hated it and he agrees.
The problem with opiates is they help with creativity at first until they destroy it. It all happens very subtle. Look at superCalo
's post for a perfect example.
King probably felt at the time it was great when in reality it was trash.
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