Big fan here. Haven't read the dark tower series yet myself , have heard it's some of his best stuff tho. I agree he is not as good a director as a writer . I did like silver bullet , misery and the shining.
Any Stephen King fans??
by lola28 32 Replies latest jw friends
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Stealth453
I am. I have read most of his books, but the only one that I couldn't finish was Gerrald's Game....disturbed me deeply.
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owenfieldreams
Pet Semetary was one of the scariest movies that I ever saw. It was one of his few novels that were made into a very successful movie, in my opinion.
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Tara
No. He creeps me out. Years ago I was newly married (1979), husband was away from the house for a week on his job so I was alone. One night I picked up The Shining to read and it scared me to death. I threw it across the room and it stayed there forever til I got up the nerve to throw it away.
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lola28
Tara give him another chance, trust me it's not that bad.
Lola
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Tara
LOL. I don't know about that.
I have watched some of his movies on tv, though not being a book fan, I thought they were really good.
I loved The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption movies.
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tnangel73
I used to read his books a lot. Not so much now. It was probably more fun when I was younger and they were "off limits."
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mrsjones5
Love the Dark Tower series, you won't regret reading the first book. I still have to finish up reading the last two.
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lola28
Tara,
The movies made from his books are total crap, the books are a billion times better. Give hima try, trust me it's not that bad, just uh make sure you read with the lights on.
Lola
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John Doe
I think a misconception is that all King writes is horror. He does write some horror, but he had some very good books that are not horror--he's multi talented. That being said, "From a Buick Eight" was the crappiest book I've ever read. I guess everyone does something crappy from time to time. ;-)