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Post by Peek on May 18, 2007 10:23:52 GMT
I know there're a lot of you out there who enjoy books with a major amount of depth , with heartfelt storylines and possibly a few passionate embraces thrown in....but let's hear it for the horror and sci fi writers too!
I have read and re-read Stephen King's books over many years, and I still enjoy them. I also love a good Peter Straub and Dean Koontz, plus many others.
Don't get me wrong, I do read other types of books, including biographies, but when I want pure escapism, King's are the books for me.
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Post by cheesygrin on May 18, 2007 10:37:35 GMT
Yeah, I love Stephen King, I particularly liked his Dark Tower series which seemed to go on forever. As you says King's books are pure escapism, I find he tends to ramble which is why his books are like house bricks but I don't mind that.
Also like Dean Koontz's later stuff (odd Thomas, The Taking, etc) and I read James Herbert's latest one recently called the secret of Crickley Hall which I thought was really good, a kind of spooky ghost story.
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Post by Mo Termouth on May 18, 2007 18:27:31 GMT
I love Stephen Kings books. I think I may have read most of them and yes The Dark Tower series did go on for ever but was a really good read. Saying that I just cant get into his latest one 'Lisey's Story'.
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Post by scoo on May 20, 2007 20:02:44 GMT
Have you read James Herbert, a lot of his stories are on the same theme as Stephen King
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Post by Peek on May 20, 2007 21:37:05 GMT
Have you read James Herbert, a lot of his stories are on the same theme as Stephen King Yes, I read a lot of his earlier books like The Fog, and Rats...but I don't know of any of his more recent ones. Can you recommend any Scoo?
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Post by Jim Possible on Jun 23, 2007 8:42:01 GMT
I have most of Steven Kings books and like Peek read and re-read over a period of time, there is a period in his career when he blatantly got big enough so that editors felt reluctant to cut irrelavancies out of the work. However sometimes these little diversions are enjoyable in themselves.
I only got 3 books into The Dark Tower series but have been unable to find time to go out and buy the rest of this series.
The best thing about King is that in nearly every single book he finds a way of mentioning a character or event from another of his works somewhere....all of his books have such mentions if you look hard enough. It's actually quite fun trying to spot them in some books.
Got to say my favourite so far is The Stand, I read it the first time when I was in my final year at uni and PMP was pregnant with TYG1, started in on the first day of term and finished it in January just before she was born. Perhaps the book is special to me because one of the main characters was pregnant and also gave birth in January, I don't know.
At the time I first read it I was going through a phase of listening to Bon Jovi on my walkman and the song These Days seems to link in with the themes in the book quite well. I also think Jon Bon Jovi would have made a good Larry Underwood in a celluloid version.
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Post by Uncle Bulgaria on Jun 29, 2007 10:48:11 GMT
I've always enjoyed Stephen King books - especially The Stand and It. You really get to know the characters - good in a book but you can't get that from the screen versions.
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Post by Peek on Jun 29, 2007 11:24:29 GMT
I've always enjoyed Stephen King books - especially The Stand and It. You really get to know the characters - good in a book but you can't get that from the screen versions. No, apart from Carrie and The Shining, Stephen King's stories don't translate to screen very well, IMHO. I also like the way he uses characters from one book then into another, just a little wink as it were, and that he uses Maine as a base too.
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Post by adamzappel on Jun 29, 2007 12:00:35 GMT
Absolutely agree about The Stand, a brilliant book and always worth a re-read.
As for the films, don't forget The Green Mile and, for me one of the best films ever made, The Shawshank Redemption.
I appreciate that Shawshank was from a novella and wasn't horror, but still great work by a master of his craft.
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Post by Peek on Jun 29, 2007 12:15:00 GMT
I've not seen the Green Mile Adam, and have only recently seen Shawshank for the first time, and enjoyed it immensely.
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Post by Jim Possible on Jun 29, 2007 21:54:51 GMT
I daren't watch either in case they don't live up to my expectations.
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Post by ivy noidea on Jul 1, 2007 10:15:42 GMT
I daren't watch either in case they don't live up to my expectations. I have not read either book but have seen both films and they are excellent. In fact I have seen Shawshank several times.
My son is a big Stephen King fan and he also thinks The Shawshank Redemption is a wonderful film.
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Post by Jim Possible on Jul 2, 2007 21:21:07 GMT
I do like the film Stand By Me (The Body) but again thought the book was better.
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