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I liked GREEN MILE, HEARTS IN ANTLANTA, ShawShank, The original version of The Stand ( I haven't read the revised version), DEAD ZONE and some I have forgotten. I have disliked some of his books intensely- - - PET SEMETARY, CHRISTINE and CUJO.
Shawshank Redemption was my favorite SK movie. The Dark Half and Bag of Bones are my favorite books I think. Gerald's Game took me a while to get into, but that book was the only one of his that scared the crap out of me. I did not want to drive at night alone for about a week after reading that. LOL.
Stephen King seems to have gone through many phases... his older stuff under his pen name (Richard Bachman??) were psychologically weird, his old SK stuff like Christine, Carrie, Cujo was creepy and gorey...these I didn't like (other than the Shining!). The later stuff was much better IMO. LOVE The Stand, and Tommyknockers is probably the scariest book I've read (other than Helter Skelter).
What, did he have a stroke or something like 10 years ago? His writing changed again after that... and I don't care for the "new" stuff as much either.
SK is all over the place...so if you didn't like something of his you read, it by no means you won't like something else!
Oddly enough, Lolagranola, I like that King seems to be all over the place, but I can understand how that might be frustrating for many of his fans. I feel as if he is always trying something new, and I enjoy his nonfiction and autobiographical pieces as well.
It used to be that I couldn't wait for a new King work, and would read one in a single day or two, but I have had Blaze on the shelf for some time now, and have a copy of Duma Key waiting on me, too.
I also read two of his wife's works, and wondered if he used her name as a pen -- their styles are largely similar. Her book entitled something to do with Candles, and was a collaborative effort, I found disappointing -- the story never seemed to go anywhere, or perhaps, not where I expected it to go.
I have been intending to read his son's work too, but seem to get sidetracked.
Some of my favorites over the years have dealt with women -- Delores Clairborne, in particular, and the kooky No. 1 Fan from Misery.
I have been reading King since I was about 15 and love all of his books.
My favorites are The Stand, The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, The Talisman and The Dark Tower series.
I currently own 21 of his books in hardback and one of these days I will make the 2 hr. trip to Bangor to do the nosey fan thing.
I'm glad I stumbled on this message board. I have been reading Stephen King since I was 12. Amazing - the last one I read was Lisey's Story and loved it. I don't know how he does it but he is an intense writer. I too want to go to Bangor and do the nosey fan thing.
You have two choices to get yourself in a position to meet King now, as I understand he spends his time between Bangor, Maine, and somewhere in Florida?
He is also involved, or he used to be, in a number of great projects -- in a band, working with other writers promoting 'literary' benefits. Does he still work in film?
That was how I got to meet him as a young man, when he was in Wilmington, NC, working on a film project. He was friendly, personable, even autographed several works for me (after I cut his collection in Skeleton Crew to the core as a local book reviewer).
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