Is anyone picking this up? I'm meeting Stephen King tomorrow at the Dundalk, MD Walmart. I'm hoping to knock out a decent chunk of it while waiting in line from 10pm to 10am.
Under the Dome
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Malergion
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DreamNeonBlack
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King is a terrible writer, tell him I said so.
Whenever I see the book cover for Under the Dome (or even hear the title) I think of the Simpsons Movie.
Whenever I see the book cover for Under the Dome (or even hear the title) I think of the Simpsons Movie.
Malergion
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He pretty much started sucking after his accident. I liked the earlier stuff when I was a kid. Haven't read the Dark Towers published after that with the exception of Wolves of the Calla.
DreamNeonBlack
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in his defense, he started writing the book since before Creepshow came out
Understood. But he has "tweaked" it since. And since he sucks I'm sure it will suck.
DreamNeonBlack
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The hatred stems from the fact that he sucks and all my life people have been trying to convince me otherwise. So I read another story and that too sucks. More time goes by and people say " oh, but you need to read (insert crappy book title) it is his best!" and then THAT one sucks.
Face it, he is a shitty writer.
Face it, he is a shitty writer.
Lordlucid
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The Dark Tower series is fairly decent. The last book seems to me like he rushed it.
Jace_Mereel
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Of all the places he's going... Dundalk? What time is the meetery? I got be around there tomorrow anyway, it'd be cool to meet him.
Lunar Still
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I'm on the "he sucks" side. At least, most everything recently. I still do like all of the "classic" King stuff i.e. The Shining, 'Salem's Lot.
Lord Foul
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He writes perfectly servicable short stories, but his novels do indeed suck. Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption and The Body are his best works IMO.
neal
wizard in black
the film versions of shawshank and the shinning are excellent, but i have no idea how true to the originals they are.
dreaming neon darkspot
natures' retard
short stories ftw - night shift, skeleton crew. 'salems lot, too. i really haven't read as much of his stuff as i feel i "should have," but then i'm too busy with leisure horror authors and random horror fiction i pick up at thrift stores. lesser-known authors ftw!
Malergion
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I did see C. Dean Andersson's book in a store once. It was the basis for Bathory's "One Rode to Asa Bay" but I can't remember the name of it. Thought about getting it, but I decided on something slightly more literary because I felt like being a douchebag that day.
Lord Foul
I don't spank men
I'm not much of a horror reader but I enjoy what little Clive Barker I have read. I'm also a fan of a little known Thai author who writes under the name S.P. Somtow. He's done vampires (contemporary with, but much nastier than Rice's weepy, effeminate bullshit), werewolves in the old west, zombies in the civil war, and a couple excellent short story collections. It's all fairly hard to find in print nowadays.
Malergion
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Lord Foul
I don't spank men
I never really got too much into the urban horror/fantasy stuff, but it seems to be pretty big business now. I'm surprised nobody has tapped the Anita Blake IP for a movie or TV series yet.
Malergion
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I don't know. Things that seem fresh in some other medium often seem stale and overdone when they get put on film.
Case in point. Resident Evil. Games were awesome. I waited for years to see that movie come out and when it finally did, it was a crock of shit, and I said so quite loudly.
Case in point. Resident Evil. Games were awesome. I waited for years to see that movie come out and when it finally did, it was a crock of shit, and I said so quite loudly.
Lord Foul
I don't spank men
Video game to movie translations are pretty much always a crock of shit though, aren't they? I guess the only worse thing is movie to video game translations. Or video game to movie to video game translations. Street Fighter 2: The Movie: The Game anyone?
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