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I'm re-reading it too, and I'm reallllly dreading... that part. Like, I remember being a little weirded out as a young teen, despite not totally understanding WHY it was so awful. Now I'm cringing like I just said an embarrassing thing in public about words that will soon enter my private thoughts. Because it gets mentioned in every online mention of King ever, forever. I forgot how the story was structured, though. I really like the present/past/INTERLUDE thing. Works really well.
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A Tasteful Nude posted:I'm re-reading it too, and I'm reallllly dreading... that part. Like, I remember being a little weirded out as a young teen, despite not totally understanding WHY it was so awful. Now I'm cringing like I just said an embarrassing thing in public about words that will soon enter my private thoughts. Because it gets mentioned in every online mention of King ever, forever. yeah pretty much i remembered it being bad, and then re reading was like.. poo poo, this is a good book except for occasionally.. wait what the gently caress is this. 
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Jun 1, 2017 12:11
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Stephen King: IT was great except for THAT part
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Jun 1, 2017 12:35
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Stephen King: The Clown isn't the most disturbing part of IT
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Jun 1, 2017 13:59
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If you're into collecting King first editions, Cemetery Dance is down to less than 100 copies of the first printing of Gwendy's Button Box. This is the rare situation where the first printing of a modern King novel is actually going to be worth something since CD print runs are small and they're already queuing up the third printing.
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Jun 1, 2017 15:20
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I just read Joe Hill's "my father's mask" and I can't shake it at all. Is anything else he's written, even a short story, remotely in the same league?
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Jun 1, 2017 19:50
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Transistor Rhythm posted:I just read Joe Hill's "my father's mask" and I can't shake it at all. Is anything else he's written, even a short story, remotely in the same league? I think Best New Horror and Pop Art are good stories in 20th Century Ghost, and I think Locke & Key is the best thing he's done, and one of the best comic series in the past 10 years.
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Franchescanado posted:I think Best New Horror and Pop Art are good stories in 20th Century Ghost, and I think Locke & Key is the best thing he's done, and one of the best comic series in the past 10 years. Best New Horror is really good
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Jun 1, 2017 20:02
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Pop Art is so bittersweet. It's my favorite.
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Jun 1, 2017 20:29
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Nos4atu was really really good. It reminded me of old King.
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Hey what's up I've never posted in this thread before but I read it a ton and the combo of you all talking about it/the movie coming out later this year finally got me to sit down and read "IT." I'm halfway through and, so far, I loving love it. The characters are amazing, and King's prose has never been better. It's the kind of book I relish reading, and just want to live in the universe a little longer (ya know, child-murdering clowns notwithstanding). Honestly, I think this could end up being one of my favorite novels, and yeah, I know the thing that happens at the end of the book. I think the scariest scene I've read thus far is the one I just finished, with Pennywise taunting adult Ben in the library. Really freaked me out. I also really love the structure of the book. It feels like a huge collection of interconnected short stories, which I think helps with the length of it.
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Conrad_Birdie posted:Hey what's up I've never posted in this thread before but I read it a ton and the combo of you all talking about it/the movie coming out later this year finally got me to sit down and read "IT." I'm halfway through and, so far, I loving love it. The characters are amazing, and King's prose has never been better. It's the kind of book I relish reading, and just want to live in the universe a little longer (ya know, child-murdering clowns notwithstanding). Honestly, I think this could end up being one of my favorite novels, and yeah, I know the thing that happens at the end of the book. I think the scariest scene I've read thus far is the one I just finished, with Pennywise taunting adult Ben in the library. Really freaked me out. I also really love the structure of the book. It feels like a huge collection of interconnected short stories, which I think helps with the length of it. the thing that happens at the end of the book doesnt play too bad in context. try to forget about it
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IT is a huge gently caress you to depraved insane negligent adults, from a baby boomer The end is actually the entire town being destroyed by that water tower afaiac* Biblical flood, skadoosh *it comes back 
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syscall girl posted:IT is a huge gently caress you to depraved insane negligent adults, from a baby boomer Probably worth putting that in spoiler tags? Just finished it myself - I was dreading "that scene" throughout but otherwise loved it. I'd seen the old movie (or parts of it) when I was a kid but I wasn't prepared for the creepy gross leper. I think a big part of the scary/creepy for me was the way It makes people just not give a poo poo and not get involved like when Bev is getting chased by her dad toward the end .
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Jun 6, 2017 08:49
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If I had one nitpick about The Shining it'd be the animals coming to "life" life and attacking. It was so insanely creepy when they only moved when you weren't looking and having an old man fighting one with a gas can was kinda off. But besides that it was fantastic and I'm kicking myself for not reading it sooner.
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Jun 6, 2017 11:34
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I'll spoiler my post if you don't quote it in its entirety, seems only fair Also, book old
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Jun 6, 2017 13:41
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Man, the trailer for that The Mist series looks so bad. It's a shame. I was sorta looking forward to it.
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can't wait to see what epic new twist ending they come up for the new The Mist ok just to finish up I finally watched the last episode of Nightmares and Dreamscapes the one with Rock and Roll Heaven. I liked the story and the TV episode was good too I thought. another appearance of the guy from Wings
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There better be actual monsters in The Mist. I don't care about people imagining monsters. I don't want the monster to be "man" I want dang monsters.
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Ein cooler Typ posted:can't wait to see what epic new twist ending they come up for the new The Mist (Steven Weber) 
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I just finished THE TROOP. It wasn't bad, though I think the one character who's a literal psychopath was probably a bit of overkill. It doesn't need that extra antagonist, though I think I would've preferred it if was a little more subtle with that part.
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Still on my reread of IT and I forgot, or just never noticed, how so much about Beverly deals with sexuality. We hear about her panties, how she wants to hold Bills ballsack in her hands and how she takes such a deep breath it literally pops her shirt buttons off and her breasts pop out.
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oldpainless posted:Still on my reread of IT and I forgot, or just never noticed, how so much about Beverly deals with sexuality. We hear about her panties, how she wants to hold Bills ballsack in her hands and how she takes such a deep breath it literally pops her shirt buttons off and her breasts pop out. King reallly shouldn't write about anything sexual. Even scenes with two consenting adults comes across as creepy. Or you get poo poo like Leland Gaunt telling a woman to "gobble [his] crank".
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Jun 10, 2017 15:38
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Sorry for the repeat question (I've been away and can't be bothered hunting it down) Are any of the stories in "Full dark no stars" any good?
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dirksteadfast posted:King reallly shouldn't write about anything sexual. Even scenes with two consenting adults comes across as creepy. Or you get poo poo like Leland Gaunt telling a woman to "gobble [his] crank". It's not a Stephen King book unless there's 2-3 "sexy" paragraphs that make you feel embarrassed for reading it though In The Dark Tower multiverse section where poo poo's running together there should have been a monstrous dildo flying through the air or something
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504 posted:Sorry for the repeat question (I've been away and can't be bothered hunting it down) I remember finishing it and thinking that they were all pretty vicious for later King. At least two of them feel like something he would've written around pet sematary. The feeling from reading them stuck with me but I didn't have any urge to go reread them.
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3Romeo posted:I remember finishing it and thinking that they were all pretty vicious for later King. At least two of them feel like something he would've written around pet sematary. The feeling from reading them stuck with me but I didn't have any urge to go reread them. I was afraid to. 1922 was pretty darn good but ugly. Big Driver was not as good and directly referenced the movie he was ripping off but you can imagine the protagonist as The one about meeting the devil and being offered a deal was definitely that kind of story and done pretty well I guess. And the other one was well, possibly his biography
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Full Dark, No Stars is great. 1922 is one of my favorite things that King has written. There's some gruesome imagery in that one that really stuck with me. Love it. Of the four stories, Big Driver is probably the weakest. Not really bad, though.
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dirksteadfast posted:King reallly shouldn't write about anything sexual. Even scenes with two consenting adults comes across as creepy. Or you get poo poo like Leland Gaunt telling a woman to "gobble [his] crank". "FELLATE me!" King is the king of Poundcake.
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Fair Extension is now my favorite deal-with-the-devil story. Really pulls no punches about people’s capacity for cruelty through indifference.
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Blastedhellscape posted:Fair Extension is now my favorite deal-with-the-devil story. Really pulls no punches about people’s capacity for cruelty through indifference. Yeah, that's the one I kept thinking about. It was his first story in a long time that just left me feeling lovely. (I mean, in the way he meant for it to.)
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Blastedhellscape posted:Fair Extension is now my favorite deal-with-the-devil story. Really pulls no punches about people’s capacity for cruelty through indifference. It was a great turn seeing a 'deal with the devil' story where there's no remorse, or regret, no scramble of "oh what have I done!" wanting to undo it. Just a petty dude loving over someone and taking silent joy in it despite how bad it got.
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Blastedhellscape posted:Fair Extension is now my favorite deal-with-the-devil story. Really pulls no punches about people’s capacity for cruelty through indifference. Just finished that story. Very enjoyable.. what an rear end in a top hat! Are there any short story books amount his newer stuff with a twist? In the style of Skeleton Crew?
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Just finished IT.....amazing....
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Jun 21, 2017 06:49
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Conrad_Birdie posted:Just finished IT.....amazing.... Elaborate.
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Elaborate. *Conrad_Birdie writes 20 paragraphs raving about the symbolism of the sewers orgy scene*
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I'm almost done with IT, been reading it slowly over the last few months. I have never dreaded a part of a book more than this gang bang in a sewer scene I know is coming up. And not because I'm worried it's scary, but because everyone always collectively cringes whenever it's brought up.
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ExtraNoise posted:I'm almost done with IT, been reading it slowly over the last few months. Ben has a big dick because he's fat
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Spoilers goddamnit!
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In spite of all of its many flaws IT has some of the best backstory I've ever read. The prohibition era shootout (Pennywise page2snypa) the Air Force base non-com bar fire feat. Halloran, the insane bit about loggers and union busting, the initial flare up involving a gay couple getting the full clown treatment All those were so metal it defies belief that we all have to focus on King's odd treatment of Bev (because obviously it's really hosed up)
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