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I think I read every book through Insomnia..... I felt he became somewhat self indulgent? Writing whatever he wanted and it would get published - like he wasn't even trying anymore.
My favorite by far is The Stand, with a second the short story Stand By Me.
i havent read a King book in some years now, but read all his work when i was growing up "back in the day". I'd have to say The Stand was by far the best work he did, one that ive read several times over the years and still have on the shelf to do so again in the future.
I love Stephen King and have read many of his books although I did definitely skip a few years when I didn't read anything he wrote. After reading Gerald's Game (which I didn't like), it was years before reading anything else by him. Then, I read Duma Key and Under The Dome.
I think I read every book through Insomnia..... I felt he became somewhat self indulgent? Writing whatever he wanted and it would get published - like he wasn't even trying anymore.
My favorite by far is The Stand, with a second the short story Stand By Me.
More like a novella (it ran over 100 pages, IIRC) -- and while the film based on the novella was titled Stand By Me, the story itself was titled The Body.
I've liked more of his books than I've disliked, that is for sure. My favorites are: The Stand, The Dark Tower series, The Talisman, Black House, and On Writing.
I really need to read 'Salem's Lot, seems like a lot of people love it and I think even King himself said it was one of his favorites. I saw some interview where he said his favorite books were his 'S' books: The Stand Salems Lot and The Shining.
After I read the original version of The Stand, I knew it would be one of those books that I would keep on a nearby shelf so I could re-read it every year or two. I liked the longer version when it came out as well -- THAT is the version that I ended up keeping.
I too was scared s***less by 'Salem's Lot. (It actually reminds me a lot of one of my all-time favorite books, Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury.)
Total aside: when I was on the academic job market back in the late '90s, I got an interview at the University of Maine at Orono, which is right outside of Bangor ... one of the profs who was hosting me took me by Stephen King's house. I didn't ask, he just did it -- it was like that was part of the tour!
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