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 Posted: 10/23/03 - 14:27 Post subject: Fav Stephen King book...
My other post got me thinking about all of his books and which one was my favorite.
I'd have to go with:
It
The Stand
Cujo
all in no particular order. Cujo probably isn't his finest work, but it was the first book of his that I read, and I was completely hooked after that. Read the Dead Zone, Firestarter, Christine, all immediately after finishing Cujo.
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Posted: 10/23/03 - 14:28 Post subject:
Different Seasons
The only other ones i've read are:
The Gunslinger
The Drawing of the Three
The Wastelands
I did like his short story "The Little Sisters of Eluria", though. That was the first King i read.
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Posted: 10/23/03 - 14:28 Post subject: Re: Fav Stephen King book...
| coachmarkos wrote: | My other post got me thinking about all of his books and which one was my favorite.
I'd have to go with:
It
The Stand
Cujo
all in no particular order. Cujo probably isn't his finest work, but it was the first book of his that I read, and I was completely hooked after that. Read the Dead Zone, Firestarter, Christine, all immediately after finishing Cujo. |
Bag of Bones
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Posted: 10/23/03 - 14:31 Post subject:
It. I reread it every year. Absolute fave. A close second is Four Past Midnight.
edit: I forgot Rita Hayworth & the Shawshank Redemption -- more favorite than 4 Past Midnight. Love the movie as well.
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Posted: 10/23/03 - 14:31 Post subject: Re: Fav Stephen King book...
| Maddie's Wench wrote: | | coachmarkos wrote: | My other post got me thinking about all of his books and which one was my favorite.
I'd have to go with:
It
The Stand
Cujo
all in no particular order. Cujo probably isn't his finest work, but it was the first book of his that I read, and I was completely hooked after that. Read the Dead Zone, Firestarter, Christine, all immediately after finishing Cujo. |
Bag of Bones |
another great one.
I liked Insomnia too.
I pretty much liked them all.
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Posted: 10/23/03 - 14:35 Post subject:
The Stand is my all time fave. Am I the only one who thought the movie sucked?
Bag of Bones
Misery
The Dark Half
All of the short stories.
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Posted: 10/23/03 - 14:36 Post subject:
| Pug wrote: | Different Seasons
The only other ones i've read are:
The Gunslinger
The Drawing of the Three
The Wastelands
I did like his short story "The Little Sisters of Eluria", though. That was the first King i read. |
wolves of the calla (dt #5) comes out in November.  Looking forward to getting it!
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Posted: 10/23/03 - 14:38 Post subject:
Nightmares & Dreamscapes - just a collection of short stories.
Needful Things
The Dark Half
The Stand
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Posted: 10/23/03 - 14:38 Post subject:
| akern wrote: | The Stand is my all time fave. Am I the only one who thought the movie sucked?
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I thought the movie Rocked!
it wasn't nearly as good as the book, but no way could you pull that book off in movie form...just too much stuff to cover.
I thought they did a great job or representing it.
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Posted: 10/23/03 - 14:50 Post subject:
| brie k wrote: | | Pug wrote: | Different Seasons
The only other ones i've read are:
The Gunslinger
The Drawing of the Three
The Wastelands
I did like his short story "The Little Sisters of Eluria", though. That was the first King i read. |
wolves of the calla (dt #5) comes out in November. Looking forward to getting it! |
I still haven't read Wizard and Glass. Maybe i should...it's just been so long since the Wastelands (that is the third one, isn't it) that i almost need a refresher...problem is, i don't want to re-read the books.
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Posted: 10/23/03 - 15:22 Post subject:
My favorites are:
The Stand
Salem's Lot
Pet Semetary
Black House
The Tommyknockers
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Posted: 10/23/03 - 15:37 Post subject:
Never read anything of his. To be fair to him, I could count the number of fiction works I've read since college on one hand. Thank you, 12th grade English Lit. class.
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Posted: 10/23/03 - 16:11 Post subject:
In no particular order:
The Stand
The Talisman (and The Black House, but not as much as The Talisman)
The Gunslinger Series
Bag of Bones
Insomnia
Hearts in Atlantis
And I can't wait for Wolves of Calla!
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Posted: 10/23/03 - 16:21 Post subject:
| gretriever wrote: | | Never read anything of his. To be fair to him, I could count the number of fiction works I've read since college on one hand. Thank you, 12th grade English Lit. class. |
He's lying. He has a whole collection of Harlequins in the study. I've seen them.
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Posted: 10/23/03 - 16:49 Post subject:
Salem's Lot
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