Stephen King Fans discussion

SSteppenwolff wrote: "Night Surf in this collection is my favorite short story by King ."

I felt Night Surf was one of the weaker stories in what otherwise was a great book.It was too vague for my liking.On that note I hated The Stand too, so maybe apocalyptic tales don't generally appeal to me.

You hated The Stand??????? Noooooooo!!!!!!!! One of my all-time favorites!!! It's okay, though. Not every book is for everyone. :)

Kathryn wrote: "I'm reading Different Seasons by King and still working on A Game of Thrones."

Love Different Seasons possibly the best collection of novella ever,the only novella collection that can match it would be The Sherlock Holmes book containing all 4 Holmes novellas.But I still felt Night Shift edges out Different Season as the greatest collection of King stories.

Kathryn wrote: "You hated The Stand??????? Noooooooo!!!!!!!! One of my all-time favorites!!! It's okay, though. Not every book is for everyone. :)"

The only King book I have hated so far.Some other users of this group were equally shocked when I said & I agree that to each his own.

What ruined the book for me was the fact that it had too many unnecessary secondary characters that added to the page count but not the plot in any meaningful manner,a severe identity-crisis that the book suffered from.I am still not sure if it wanted to be an age old tale of good triumphing over evil with a healthy dose of spirituality or a sci-fi post-apocalyptic human drama.The worst part was the weak ending which was a huge sin for a book over 1000 pages long.

Ultimately King's writing was good as always but the plot was just awful.

I'm actually planning on reading Night Shift in October! :) Glad to see you enjoyed Different Seasons so much. I have only read a few pages of it, and am already really liking the Rita Hayworth story.

Kathryn wrote: "I'm actually planning on reading Night Shift in October! :) Glad to see you enjoyed Different Seasons so much. I have only read a few pages of it, and am already really liking the Rita Hayworth st..."

If you like King you would probably enjoy Night shift.Shawshank is good but the movie was much better though.
Here is my review of Different Seasons check it out if you ever get the time
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I start The Stand at least once a year and I can't finish it because I've seen the movie. The movie plays in my head every time I try to read the book. One of these days, I'll start and finish the book.

I'm reading

Jacob, great collection. As the title suggests, it is a set of dark tales. Enjoy!

Robert wrote: "Stolen Prey by John Sandford. Just can't stop reading the "Prey" series."

I love the series, also.

Finished reading DOG SOLDIERS by Robert Stone ...Now reading LITTLE BROTHER by Cory Doctorow ...

Kathryn wrote: "Jacob, great collection. As the title suggests, it is a set of dark tales. Enjoy!"

Thanks, Kathryn. I'm almost finished the first story, it's great so far.

Aaron wrote: ""

Cool ... I am reading WOOL right now among other things ...

I'm currently reading The Talisman.

Kathryn wrote: "I'm actually planning on reading Night Shift in October! :) Glad to see you enjoyed Different Seasons so much. I have only read a few pages of it, and am already really liking the Rita Hayworth st..."

I loved Rita Hayworth, one of my fave SK stories :)

Aaron wrote: ""

Are they any good?

Rachel wrote: "I'm currently reading The Talisman."

I really enjoyed The Talisman. I ought to re-read it one of these days.

I finished Firestarter and have now started The Well of Ascension.

Just started the Shining in preparation for Dr Sleep. Though I have seen the movie several times, I wanted to read the book.

Robert wrote: "Just started the Shining in preparation for Dr Sleep. Though I have seen the movie several times, I wanted to read the book."
It's a great book, way better than the movie in my opinion. Hope you enjoy it.

Rachel wrote: "I'm currently reading The Talisman."


I liked the Talisman, but I think I liked Black House better. Read them out of order, that didn't help. Tried to read other Peter Straub novels but couldn't get through them, although King says he's an excellent writer. When you run out of king, best thing to do may be to re-read.

Nick, if you want a Straub book that has the feel of Talisman and Black House you should try Floating Dragon.

Jacob wrote: "Aaron wrote: ""

Are they any good?"

Yeah really good!!!

Christina wrote: "Nick, if you want a Straub book that has the feel of Talisman and Black House you should try Floating Dragon."

Thanks Christina. Once I finish the books I'm currently into I'll give it a try.

Nick wrote: "Rachel wrote: "I'm currently reading The Talisman."


I liked the Talisman, but I think I liked Black House better. Read them out of order, that didn't help. Tried to read other Peter Straub novels..."

I really enjoyed Ghost Story by Straub. It's the only thing I have ever read by him but I wouldn't mind reading more if they were like that one.

Thanks Kathryn. I'll add that to my list. I need to learn everything I can about ghosts.

I just finished The Valentine's Card By Juliet Ashton and I am now currently reading Digital Fortress By Dan Brown.

Just starting "Everything is Eventual" a collection of short stories.. its been on my shelf for about five or so years... Just finished 22/11/63... a mammoth sized hardcover..it was good.. I have read most of King's books in the mid 80's but have forgotten most of them, except for Pet Sematary and the Shining. Just starting to read him again. I stopped reading after I got tired of all the children he was killing off in his books...so I left it for many years.

just finished reading "In the Garden of Beasts" this morning, now reading The Devil in the White City... Both books written by the brilliant Erik Larson.

Everything's eventual contains some great short stories (I particularly loved the man in the black suit). Hope you enjoy it Eileen.

Felipe wrote: "Everything's eventual contains some great short stories (I particularly loved the man in the black suit). Hope you enjoy it Eileen."

I will read that story first then... will let you know what I think later

;)

Battle Royale it's absolutely awesome so far

I've been on a Tintin binge!

Re-read in anticipation of Doctor Sleep

Is it similar to the movie, Jacob? I watched battle royal a few months ago and I would like to read the book some day. I just want to know this because I still can remember most of the scenes from the film, so maybe I need to wait a little bit longer in order to forget about the movie.

Felipe wrote: "Is it similar to the movie, Jacob? I watched battle royal a few months ago and I would like to read the book some day. I just want to know this because I still can remember most of the scenes from ..."

Not the Kubrick/Jack Nicholson one. the TV re-make King scripted is closer.(but not a better movie.)

No, no, I'm talking about Battle Royale by Koushum Takami.
Sorry about that, on my Ipod the last comment was the one by Jacob -in fact comments were all messed up because of the pictures- but now I see on my PC that the last who made a comment was Aaron. :/ sorry!

Jacob wrote: "Battle Royale it's absolutely awesome so far"

Really cool book . Hunger Games doesn't have a thing on this book . When asked , the Suzanne Collins said she never heard of or read this book . Yeah right ...

Aaron wrote: "



Re-read in anticipation of Doctor Sleep"

Can't wait for DOCTOR SLEEP . Just got a NOOK and this will be the first full length book I will be purchasing on my reader ...

SSteppenwolff wrote: "Jacob wrote: "Battle Royale it's absolutely awesome so far"

Really cool book . Hunger Games doesn't have a thing on this book . When asked , the Suzanne Collins sai..."
I've read the manga. Is the book more psychological? Because the manga was kinda splatter.

I just started reading Change of Heartby Jodi Picoult

@Costas DON'T read the manga because it is NOTHING compared to the book. Battle Royale is amazing....the manga and the movie didn't do justice fir the book

I am currently rereading The Stand...well only the part which Nick Andros in it.

Novia wrote: "@Costas DON'T read the manga because it is NOTHING compared to the book. Battle Royale is amazing....the manga and the movie didn't do justice fir the book"

Right ... Anyone who knows anything about fiction should know that a manga version of a book isn't going to be a true representation . The manga was meant to be "splatter" published for a "splatter" audience .

What the feck is manga?

@SStepen The manga is too echi, a bit porn that aims more to highschool girls looking sexy. I was so disappointed when I read the manga and didn't want to finish it.

@Aaron Manga is Japanese comic. We manga readers rarely calls it as Japanese comic/graphic novel, we always call it in its Japanese term: Manga (just like we call Japanese animation as anime)

@Novia well yes it's more graphic than most manga, but I like darker, more mature manga. Especially nowadays when most manga are about high school comedy/romance, or action/shounen.

In case you are interested, at the end of the manga there is an interview with the author of the book and the mangaka. Takami doesn't seem displeased with the manga.
http://mangafox.me/manga/battle_royal...

Anyway thanks for your input, I'm very interested in reading this now! I do have several other books in my 'to-read' list though.