I love JKR, but Stephen King is also one of my favorite writers. I love how his writings actually put you into the story. My favorite Stephen King book is either The Stand, or Carrie. I like The Stand because something like that could actually happen someday, and it justs makes you wonder. I think Carrie is really good because it shows that what goes around comes around, or Karma. So does anyone else like Stephen King?

Fawkes

I used to read Stephen King all the time..right up until Pets Semetary...I couldn't sleep for a week it was terrifying. So now I just watch films of the books at least then I can hide behind a cushion.

Yes, Pet Cemetary was kind of frightening. I like the books better than the movies, it is the same way with the Harry Potter stuff too though.

Fawkes

Stephen king is great and an amazing Writer he is awesome and his storys and so like dark and weird it is great. like i would rather read something with a little darkness to it then reading some thing with rainbows in it and stuff like that and that is why Harry Potter books are the best they are pefect.

Wow, I have read some of your other posts and man, me and you agree on a lot of things. Yeah I hate the whole rainbows and bunnies crap. I love writing that you can actually realate too!


Fawkes

I lied a bit in my last post, I have read other Stephen King novels after Pet Semetary. I read the Langoliers and a book he wrote in collaboration with someone else the name of which escapes me now. My favourite things he has written I've actually on ly seen the movie adaptations of, they include The Shawshank Redemption (amazing) and The Green Mile (equally amazing). It's just the horror stuff that freaks me out.

I love stephen king!!
Well i started to read The Stand and it was amazing!! I didnt finish it because i lost my book but what i read was amazing!!

By the way did they make Langoliers into a movie ..because if they did i think i watched that...


D.A

Yeah, I The Langoliers was a TV movie.

I love most of King's books. I loved The Stand. The mini-series was good too, but Mother Abigail really got on my nerves! That bit at the end was especially corny.

A couple of weeks ago I read Cell. It was good, but sometimes it was almost as if he was regurgitating ideas from The Stand. In it, people who are on their cell phones go nuts! Some go suicidal, some go homicidal. Later, they flock like birds, endangering only those people who are still sane. So instead of some dread disease carrying almost everyone off, some weird pulse in the cell phones makes most of the world insane.

I do like the way he takes these situations, though, and focuses of just a few people, people you come to know and like and root for. It focuses mainly on this guy from Maine who is in Boston when it happens, and his efforts to get home to his son.

This is going to sound really dumb, but I have a problem with his 'Salem's Lot. I cannot have it in my house, I swear bad things happen when I have that book in my house! Is that corny and superstitous, or what?

On another note--if you guys like King, try Dean Koontz! That guy rocks so much! I have especially enjoyed his Watchers and The Bad Place, though the second one is definitely not for kids!

I feel the same about Pet Semetary. I couldn't even sleep knowing that book was in the house. It's been years since I read it though but still parts stick in my head as though it were yesterday. I guess that's a sign of a great writer, that what the have said stays with you, I just wish it hadn't been something so scary though. Mind you Shawshank was amazing and I still have a note book of Andy quotes somewhere around here!!

What are you doing up, girl? Isn't it about 4:30 in the morning where you live?

I read Pet Semetary too, and it's weird, the things one remembers, because for me it's been a long time!

In both 'Salem's Lot and Pet Semetary, the parts that creeped me out the worst, and the ones I remember best, were both related to children! The idea of children, even infants, as vampires was a horrid concept to me! Also, when I read Pet Semetary, I was a new mom, and the thought of losing a young child was just overwhelming to me--but to have a dead child come back, only not as he used to be? Made me shudder!

I have to confess, I didn't read a lot of King's later stuff. Cell is the first thing I've read of his in ages! I'm not sure why.

Does anyone remember a short story of his, about a fog? A fog rolled in and left people stranded in a grocery store, because in the fog were creatures that attacked--only they weren't like any creatures anyone had ever known. I can't remember the title now...

It's now 5.10, I can't sleep and the birds are singing!!

That's the part of Pet Semetary that sticks with me too...real creepy.

I haven't read much of his later stuff either. The Green Mile and Shawshank being the exceptions.

Langoliers was freaky, I think I read that before I saw it on TV, which was just as well because the little girl was played by Kate Mayberly, who was in a screen adaptation of The Secret Garden and I couldn't picture her out of period costume. Strange how we see people. Anyway my point is that if it had been the other way around I would have lost the point of the story. It was hard enough to grasp as it was.

Is Cell his most recent?

Ah i like Stephen King a lot! His writing is brilliant! I have a book with 14 of his stories, i have read pretty much all of them. I love the story with the devil, the one where an old guy narrates a story, it was brilliant! I also like the one with the damned painting...His way of writing is really weird, the idea of death is so visible in his stories. He makes me wonder how we live normal lifes...

I have one of those short story books I don't have it to hand, it's away in a box some place, I can't for the life of me remember what it's called...argh! I hate it when that happens...it'll be on google somewhere!

I read the blurb on the back of 'Cell' today. I not so sure I would like it so I didn't buy it. Shame I really could do with something good from the master himself.

Edit: The book I have...in the attic is called Night Shift Stephen King.com is amazing!

Alkisti, do you know the title of your book? I wonder if that's the one with the fog story in it.

Elaine, I could always mail you my copy of Cell, then you don't have to pay for one. I really enjoyed it, don't get me wrong. In fact, I pretty much did nothing for 2 days but lie around in my nightgown, reading, reading! lol It was a bit like getting a new HP book! The story was just similar to The Stand in ways, such as the prophetic dreams.

The weirdest thing to me about Cell was that, in it, people used their cell phones and a 'pulse' wiped their brains clean. And then about a week later, I read an article that suggests that perhaps the reason for the massive die-off in honeybee populations might be the radioactive waves from cell phones! It says that there are so many cell phones now that the waves in the air from them could be disorienting bees, making it impossible for them to navigate back to their hives! Makes sense, after all, it took the longest to get cell phone service to rural areas, so it wouldn't have affected the bees right away...this could have dire consequences for us, because we depend on bees to pollinate many crops. It could cause massive die-off in us!

Stephen King has a mind that 'works' issues that are new to people, like the idea of cell phone communication...in the The Stand, well, he wrote that right around the time that man-made viruses were in the news. It's like he takes the news and thinks, "What's the worst possible thing that could happen?" His stories reflect our fears!

Aethonon it is called Everything's eventual, i just looked for it! It is one of these bell editions books you find at festives etc. What is the fog story you are talking about? It may be in it...

Also, what you said is sooo true! He is like the ultimate prophet and his way of writing makes our fears look worse! I would not want him to be my friend you know...

Alkisti, I did a google search and found out it's called "The Mist." It's in a book titled Skeleton Crew. I don't recognise the title you've got, I'll have to look for that one!

I think I've read Night Shift--in fact, I'm sure I have, something in it with an abusive supervisor who 'gets his?'

I had a look last night through a pile of books I have gathering dust, and Everything's Eventual is amongst them. I like Stephen Kings short story compilations. They give you a quite thought provoking hit of the heeby jeebies

Just mooching away from the books for a second, did you ever watch Kingdom Hospital? Cripes, that used to scare the living daylights out of me. I used to watch it with acushion, not because of what I could see but because of the atmosphere.

I have started many Stephen King books but have never been able to get into them. I read about 300 pages in the unabridged version of the stand and got severly bored. I borrowed Cell from a friend and am on the second page or so.

My Mum loves Stephen King. I tried to read one, Thinner I think it was called, and got so bored I didn't finish it. I love scary movies and stuff but I'm not a scary book fan. Mum loves that stuff though, her bookcase is full of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, horror writers. She got one of my sisters into Stephen King too and they keep trying to make me read them but I'd get bored too easily. I even get bored reading HP so what does that tell you?

My favourite Stephen King novel would be Christine although I have not read many of his novels.

My partner, however is the biggest Stephen King fan I know, he has read all his books, (that we are able to get our hands on) and has read Cell and Lisey's story at least twice each. He also has read the Dark Tower series. My partner's obsession started at an early age when his grandparents gave him a copy of Misery for Christmas.

I usually love everything Stephen King but I took out Lisey's Story and couldn't finish it..it's the first S K book I have not been able to finish
I think my all time fave book is Gerald's Game..I've seen the movie but never read the book to Pet Cemetary..I'm off to see if I can nab a copy from the library for this weekend.

Stephen King is an amazing writer. Don't get me wrong, though, Jo is an amzing writer too.

I would definately recommend the Dark Tower series. There are seven books in all (hmmm, sounds familiar). I think that the opening line in the first book (The Gunslinger) is probably the best opening line for a book, ever.

"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed."

He summarizes the whole book in one sentence, while not giving anything away. It's brilliant writing.

Sorry, I went off on a bit of a tangent there. Well anyway, I like Stephen King's writing a lot, and The Dark Tower Series are definately my favorite books of his.

Poopy!! I have just read Cell, coutesy of Darcy, thanks mate, and I'm so frustrated by the end. I know it had to be written from one perons point of view. Imean SK always writes from one persons PoV doesn't he, but I wanted to know what caused the darn pulse in the firts place. Was it a fluke? Was it terrorism? A glitch in a computer system? Arghh, no fair, and I wanted to know if what he tryed at the end worked (sorry, I don't want spoil it for those who haven't read it yet).

Frustrating!

I like Stephen King books. I think he is a good author. I have read only a few of his books. Cant remember the two books I read!

I love Stephen King! My favourite two books are: Secret Window, Secret Garden and The Green Mile. I love the movies too! He's a great author .. I just love him.

I really like Stephen King. I went through a spell many years ago where all I read was Stephen King. I read every book by him that I could get my hands on. This went on for a few months so I have read quite a few of his works. Although I like the Stephen King movies, I just don't feel that they are able to do the books justice. He is able to add depth and description beyond what the movies portray. Oh well, what do you expect. The books are always better!

Apparently one of Stephen King's stories from the book i had read is going to be a movie. It will be released around July. It is the story called "1408"; it is about a haunted hotel room where people fall like flies. So a writer i think wants to see what is so special about it and decides to stay there for a night. Well, let me tell you this: this movie will be one of the craziest ever and i feel that people will be more sceptic when it comes to booking a hotel room... Haha!
It is a pretty nice story and i trust Cusak for the leading part. I only hope the special effects won't be too exaggerated. But i guess Stephen King wouldn't let his story become a film if he knew it would be horrible...

That's a pretty big leap of faith. One word comes to mind, "It". Great book but absolutely horrible in the transition to a movie. It was a four hour movie that needed a minimum on eight.

There have been some very good translations of his books. The best in my opinion is The Stand. At eight hours, they did the book justice. They had a good script and a good group of actors. Misery, The Green Mile and Needful Things also were good movies. Some others like the remake of the Shining were ok at best. King himself wrote the screenplay for the remake and I believe Kubrick's was far superior. Of course Kubrick had Jack Nicholson and King got stuck with goofy Steven Weber. And who here was not cheering for Jack when he was trying to hurt Shelley Duvall on that staircase while she was swinging the bat?

I have the book that 1408 is in and have never gotten around to reading it. After seeing the trailers for the movie, I think it will be my next book to read. It looks very promising.

Well, yeah you're right. I forgot about "It". Actually i have been trying to forget it as a whole. I hate spiders and clowns are creepy, so this movie is like the ultimate tribute to my fears... But then again, i have not read the book, so i can't really compare it to the movie. But still, the atmosphere of the film was rather dark and i think close to Stephen King's style.
I guess we'll have to wait until July to judge the next movie!

Stephen King wears his name with right!

I read several books and Duddits and Salems Lot is awesome.


Greets

Meredith Meadows

He doesn't always write from one person's P.O.V. Look at The Stand, he wrote from multiple P.O.V.s and you ended up knowing exactly what happened, how the superflu spilled, and what went wrong.

It's just that Cell is never from the P.O.V. of whoever caused it.

Anyways...I Stephen King! He is my favorite author. I've read everything of his that I can get my hands on (which still leaves missing two books, alas!). My favorite book is The Stand, but I like almost all of them. The only ones that I didn't particularly like are ones like Gerald's Game and Cujo, although the last one is just because I think it's sad that that happened to the dog.

Speaking of Gerald's Game, did that book strike anyone else as weird? I mean, the original part of the plot was good, her having to get free, but then that one guy was introduced and it just kind of ruined the book for me, about figuring out was he there...was he her imagination...was he there some of the time but not really there the other times...say what? I think maybe that book would have worked better as solely a novella. You know?

And I love Stephen King, but he does have the problem of rambling on a little too much sometimes... LOL

I admit that I love the Dark Tower series, too, though, and the first line of The Gunslinger. That is one of the best opening lines I have ever read.

I've never actually gotten round to reading a Stephen King book. I've seen a lot of the film adaptions of his books and I found them very messy and the plot wasn't too easy to understand. I'd read a book before I judge it but I'm hoping the films simply suffered from Hollywooditis.

I love Stephen King! I haven't read a lot of his books, but I have some of them stashed in my book drawer so I can read them xD

Currently, I'm working on The Stand. It's been about a month since I've read it, so I'll have to start all over again. I love how his books scare the crap out of you though. Mystery and Horror are my favourite (:

did Stephen King write "Watchers", or was that Dean Koontz?
'cause I just finished that book, but I always get those two authors mixed up

My mother is a fan of the Stephen King books and I hear he's pals with J.K. Rowling, but I would REALLY hate to meet him. You never know if he's cookin up a plan to kill you off or not. He must really have a lot flowing through his head to think of the things he does...


I've recently watched Dreamcather because I'm a big fan of Jason Lee and that movie was really weird. I'm not a huge fan of Alien movies, but that one was freaky. I didn't want to go to the bathroom for a while.

I remember watching Rose Red a really long time ago. I was super young, so it scared the crap out of me!! And Pet Semetary is one I actually like. I didn't like it at first, but the more I watch it, the more ok I am with it, if you get what I'm saying.

I think that's all I've watched.

Dean Koontz wrote Watchers.


I would LOVE to meet Stephen King. It would be a dream come true. I love his books and his style of writing. And I actually like how he puts SO much description in. That's the kind of book I like to read--I hate when people don't describe things and events the way I want them to lol.

I Love Stephen King. He is one of my favorite authors... I really Love Misery, because he has that way of writing that makes you fear for the protagonist. Recently, I finished Just After Sunset, and I Loved it. His short stories, I think, are amazing.

I kind of feel the same way about Stephen King as I do Chuck Palahniuk-I'd consider it an honor to meet him, but I'd be a bit afraid to.

It was Dean Koontz. I've been trying to get that book for over a year but apparently, the publisher stopped printing them. I may have to resort to going to the library.

I'm a fan of Stephen King. The first Stephen King book I read was Insomnia and it creeped me out so much. That's always been my favourite. I also love Carrie, Shawshank Redemption, Pet Semetary, Dreamcatcher an. the Shining. Hell, I love all of his books I've read so far.

I just had to reply because Insomnia is the first Stephen King book I read, too! It is creepy, isn't it? I love the little bald doctors...I do think that book drags a lot towards the end, though. Like it's good, but some of that didn't need to be in there or something.

I agree. I read Insomnia (or, most of it...) and I ended up getting so bored. I didn't even really care how it ended, honestly, I just put it down and grabbed another.

I just finished On Writing, his memoir, and it was great. I love his style of writing, for the most part, and it was funny as well, which is one of the reasons I love him. (:

I haven't read many Stephen King books...but I love them! I've collected 20 or so and plan on reading them all!

I'm trying to read every novel ever written by Stephen King in chronological order, excluding short stories. I've so far read Carrie and Salem's Lot.

I'm half way through The Shinning, and can't seem to get into it. Is it slow at the start? Does it get better as you read?

I think Salem's Lot is extremely underrated novel. I loved it, it built the tension up until the end even though the basic plot was very predictable the end was really surprising. Does anyone else feel this way?

Anyone read Stephen King At The Movies? It's just a collection of short stories...my favourites were The Shawshank Redemption (which reminds me of lamb shanks hahah), and Hearts in Atlantics: Low Men in Yellow Coats.

I've seen the film adaptations of The Shawshank Redemption , IT, Misery, and The Green Mile, all of which I liked a lot. And I've definitely heard of him but never read any of his works. I just finished Misery this past summer, trying to get into him, and I really enjoyed that.
Since then, I haven't had time but I'm thinking of reading The Shining. Would anyone who has read it tell me if it's worth the time?