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Anyone here a Stephen King fan? If so, what are your favs?

For me:

The Shining
Salem's Lot
The Stand

Fav movie/tv movie adapts:

The Shining (The one with Jack Nicholson, NOT the one with that loser from Wings)
DreamCatcher
The Langoliers
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I havent read many of his books but the ones i did i enjoyed, and i actually would like to read some of his other work (mainly 'The Dead Zone' and 'The Green Mile' as I thought both of the movies from them were good/interesting)

the books i read were

The Running Man
Rage
The Long Walk

they were all contained in a 4 book volume that also included 'Roadwork' which I wasnt able to get into when I read it...Maybe Ill try again though.

I think out of those 'The Long Walk' was my favorite. I also enjoyed 'The Running Man' it was much different (better) then the movie.

-Darth Simon

ps. this site might be of interest for this thread http://www.horrorking.com/books.html
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My favs are:

The Stand
The Dark Tower series

Movie adaptations:

Haven't seen them all, but the most awesome one is:

Maximum Overdrive

What a great flick!!! More one liners than you can shake a stick at.....

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Dark Tower series?

Where the hell have i heard that series before...was it a bbc show in the 80's
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haha, I remember that movie (though vaguely) I think i caught it on the sci-fi channel once. Didnt realize it was Stephen King

Another movie based on his work that I like is Firestarter, I've been meaning to read the book for a while now...I really need to do that at some point.

-Darth Simon
Why Anakin really turned to the dark side:
"Anakin, You're father I am" - Yoda
"No. No. That's not true! That's impossible!" - Anakin

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Drew Barrymore with the creepy powers.
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Hey i just checked up that the Dark Tower series that i saw as a child turns out to be a show in the U.K

that starred not only Peter Mayhew as the Knight....what a damn surprise.
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Originally posted by: Jedikev
Drew Barrymore with the creepy powers.


yeah, they should have used her for the part in that Sci-Fi mini-series/sequal...though the girl they used was pretty good looking if my memory serves me correctly...but i think im starting to veer off topic.

Which of his book would you most recommend? As i've said i have read The Long Walk, The Running Man, and Rage and want to read Green Mile, Firestarter, and The Dead Zone. Are those books better than their movie adapations (i kind of expect they would be) but would be your suggestions for someone that wants to start reading his books?

-Darth Simon
Why Anakin really turned to the dark side:
"Anakin, You're father I am" - Yoda
"No. No. That's not true! That's impossible!" - Anakin

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Green Mile & Stand by me. Hey Darth Simon did u remember that show in 90's "The Tommyknockers".... ..........

man that was scary for me as a kid.
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Dont think ive seen it (this it?)

I was never really big in the horror type stuff actually, though I watch more of it now than I used to, but its still not one of my fav genre's
Which is why i didnt really read much Stephen King, but after I read the books I mentioned I got more into the thriller thing, and really enjoyed the stories (except the one i couldnt get into) so wanted to read more. Then there are the movies based on his work that I enjoy so I want to read the books, mainly because the differences between the movie and book of the Running Man and the change in the story.

-Darth Simon
Why Anakin really turned to the dark side:
"Anakin, You're father I am" - Yoda
"No. No. That's not true! That's impossible!" - Anakin

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Originally posted by: Jedikev
Drew Barrymore with the creepy powers.


yeah, they should have used her for the part in that Sci-Fi mini-series/sequal...though the girl they used was pretty good looking if my memory serves me correctly...but i think im starting to veer off topic.

Which of his book would you most recommend? As i've said i have read The Long Walk, The Running Man, and Rage and want to read Green Mile, Firestarter, and The Dead Zone. Are those books better than their movie adapations (i kind of expect they would be) but would be your suggestions for someone that wants to start reading his books?

-Darth Simon


I personally liked Needful Things (and I liked the movie...Max Von Sydow was GREAT!!). If you're looking for a looooong read, The Stand weighs in around 1400 pages or so, I think. Many of his fans consider it his greatest work, though probably not good to jump into right off the bat if you're looking for something lite. I haven't read it, but I hear Gerald's Game is quite good.
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How about Carrie ("they're all gonna laugh at you!") and Kubrick's The Shining ("heeeere's johnny!")
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Dark Tower series?

Where the hell have i heard that series before...was it a bbc show in the 80's


The Dark Tower series is probably the hardest damn thing in the world to describe......here's the books:

1: The Gunslinger
2: The Drawing Of The Three
3: The Waste Lands
4: Wizard And Glass
5: The Wolves Of The Calla
6: Song Of Susannah
7: The Dark Tower

I think the best way to describe it is as a cross of the Clint Eastwood Man With No Name Trilogy, The Lord Of The Rings and various science fiction ideas (time travel, robots, etc).

It is a series that even the most casual Stephen King fan will not get into. I think King was at a book signing giving a talk once and he asked everyone to stand up who had read at least one of his books. Naturally, everyone stood. Then he asked how many had read one or more of the Dark Tower series and literally half the crowd sat down. So, it is not an easy series to get into at all.

The first book is incredibly hard to get through. You keep trying to figure out what is going on, where this is taking place and what the hell is going to happen.....it took me about 3 or 4 times before I finally got through it. Then I moved on the second book and it just flew. After that each one just flew by.

It's a crazy, wild story and pretty freaky at times. I mean, there is some weird shit in there. I would highly recommend it, but you have to have some patience and a very open mind to approach it.

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I'm not a huge fan of Stephen King as any of his full-length novels since the mid 80s have all been terrible. He starts out great and builds up a high level of suspense and terror, but he can never finish them. He comes up with some BS event like a drive-by shooting and that just sends the book to hell in a handbasket.

Now, short stories and novellas, on the other hand. Great stuff. Different Seasons is the best. Contains some of his best stories and, subsequently, his best film adaptations.

Fave stories...

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
The Body

Fave movies...

The Shawshank Redemption
Stand By Me
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hand down it's gotta be the dark tower series, insprired by tolkien according to king and blending the genres of fantasy, horror and westerns.

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