Steven King

[dean]

anyone here like to read some of his books or watch some of his movies/tv series. i have read Dreamcatcher which was an awesome book, but they really made a crappy movie out of it. i started another one of his books called Black House which sounds pretty good. i've seen his movie Rose Red, i've seen it a few times and still have no idea what its about and it seems like that is pretty normal for movies based off his books. i also watched one of his tv series called Kingdom Hospital and i think it aired on ABC or something and that was a pretty crazy show, a lot of his work is definately twisted. i also saw a movie preview for a movie based off another book of his called 1408 and that one looked REALLY good, will probably have to see that one. anyways, anyone watched his movies or shows or read his books?

[MS39047]

Stop reading "Black House" and find a copy of "The Talisman" to read first! GREAT books and the Talisman is the beginning. I had that book for years (I collect King books) and couldn't bring myself to read it because it was different than his other books. After reading some of the Dark Tower series, I finally read "Talisman" and those two books are now favorites. What I really like about King's writing is he writes about the strangest and most impossible things...but you end up believing it. (Can you tell I'm a big fan?)

[dean]

i like his style of writing because the language he uses is so different than a lot of other authors. he ideas are also so far out there and sometimes confusing if you miss or dont pick up on a couple of things. i havent read many of his books yet, but Dreamcatcher will likely be one of my favorite books for quite a few years simply because the language that he uses is so descriptive that it puts an image in your head without even really having to think about it.

[Cookiely]

One of my favorite authors. Some of my favorites:
Eyes of the Dragon
Cell
Gerald's Game
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Lisey's Story
The Stand
Rose Madder (My second favorite after the Green Mile).

[gtalum]

I like a lot of his older stuff, but haven't been too impressed with most of his newer stuff. My two favorites of his works are "IT" and "The Stand". I also like all of the Richard Bachman books.

[Cookiely]

I like a lot of his older stuff, but haven't been too impressed with most of his newer stuff. My two favorites of his works are "IT" and "The Stand". I also like all of the Richard Bachman books.

I also liked the Bachman books. I told my mama that he "was almost as good as King"!

[alicia-w]

i love all of his books. they reach that little place in the back of your psyche where you really werent aware of certain fears. Hec, after I read Cell, I didnt touch my cell phone for a week. seriously.

Needful Things, Bag of Bones, Lisey's Story, The Shining, goodness, what great literature! And it isnt his fault that people cant write screenplays worth a hoot when trying to convey his thought to the silver screen.....

[JenBayles]

The Green Mile was the only screenplay of a King story that was worth a darn. It's still one of my favorite movies. So much of what King writes works only in our imaginations - where the nightmares live.

[gtalum]

He's too graphic and his stories are too epic to make good movies. Our imaginations do a better job at creating the scenes.

IMHO the Shining was pretty good as a movie, though. No one can play a psychopath quite like Jack Nicholson.

[TexasStooge]

The Sci-Fi channel seemed to be hosting Stephen King weekend, because I've seen "The Stand" and "The Shining" (The Miniseries Version).

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

By Stephen King I have read or seen the movies of:
part of Kingdom Hospital
The Langoliers
Part of Rose Red
Insomnia
The Shining