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I read the Regulators first but Desperation was way way better
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Saw this in the pyf funny pictures thread, too good not to share...zoux posted:
Solice Kirsk posted:Great, another van out to get Stephen King.
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Mar 6, 2018 19:00
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Closed-Down Pizza Parlor posted:I read the Regulators first but Desperation was way way better It started out good then got crazy. I think it would have been much cooler if King had just made it a lunatic, lonely town sheriff in Death Valley with paranoid delusions wantonly loving with people and locking them in his rusty old jail like that Grand Canyon episode of The Brady Bunch. That thing with the totems and the mines was just too stupid. And The Regulators was one of the worst books he's ever written. I didn't even finish it.
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Mar 7, 2018 00:34
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BiggerBoat posted:That thing with the totems and the mines was just too stupid. Stop hatin', bro! C'mon!
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Mar 7, 2018 05:32
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Finally finished Black House after years and 3 starts. Was pretty disappointed in it compared to The Talisman, which is probably one of my favorite books.
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Mar 19, 2018 21:22
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On reread #15? of The Stand, just finished "No Great Loss" 
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:On reread #15? of The Stand, just finished "No Great Loss" I just finished my first ever readthrough of the Stand literally an hour ago and yes, this was my favorite part of the book.
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Apr 20, 2018 23:06
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New Line developing an adaptation of Stephen King's The Long Walk.quote:James Vanderbilt (Truth) is writing the screenplay for New Line, the studio behind IT, and will produce with Bradley Fischer and William Sherak.
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Apr 26, 2018 21:58
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I've always been shocked that this hasn't been licensed before. It seems as if it'd fit right in with the Walking Dead crowd.
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Apr 27, 2018 02:07
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:I've always been shocked that this hasn't been licensed before. It seems as if it'd fit right in with the Walking Dead crowd. Same. Even more puzzling considering how easy it would be to film on a low budget.
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Apr 27, 2018 12:03
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right. so i am back on audible and have been going through stephen king books. the shinning is still great. Misery has some great parts but i think the movie does it better i some areas. pet semetary is good but its kinda over rated. alot of the stuff hinted at is much creepier( not being explicit on how hosed up the kid's body is and how the cemetary works ) my issue is that its not really scary. more kinda depressing and sometimes creepy. also why does the daemon not do poo poo when it comes back in batermans body outside talk poo poo and troll but goes full child's play when its in the kids body? unstucker posted:I couldn't name the worst King's book, but the most boring for me was The Dead Zone. I haven't read it to the end. And the most exciting turned out The Dark Tower) Cell. i didnt hate it but it just got boring fast.
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Apr 28, 2018 22:35
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There's no demon in Pet Sematary. The grounds just bring things back wrong. Buddy with the warnings wasn't buried there, he's just a ghost.
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Apr 28, 2018 23:00
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pet sematary is one of the most horrific books king's written and is so so good
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Apr 28, 2018 23:20
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:There's no demon in Pet Sematary. The grounds just bring things back wrong. Buddy with the warnings wasn't buried there, he's just a ghost. i didnt mean him. i mean timmy baterman. he gets buried and comes back some weird thing that knows everyones secrets and just kinda lurches around until he gets delt with. then the same entity posess gages body and decides gently caress it and kills everyone.
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Apr 29, 2018 02:29
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:There's no demon in Pet Sematary. The grounds just bring things back wrong. Buddy with the warnings wasn't buried there, he's just a ghost. I’ve always thought what was wrong with the soil was related to Tommyknockers or IT. That it was something alien. I only read the first 2 Dark Tower books, but from what I understand King does explain some how his books are related later in the series. Is that true?
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Apr 29, 2018 03:34
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:I've always been shocked that this hasn't been licensed before. It seems as if it'd fit right in with the Walking Dead crowd. It's a teen dystopia story with no romance and no action scenes. Doesn't really lend itself to a movie, imo.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:Cell. i didnt hate it but it just got boring fast. Seconding this and I'll add From a Buick 8.
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nate fisher posted:I’ve always thought what was wrong with the soil was related to Tommyknockers or IT. That it was something alien. I only read the first 2 Dark Tower books, but from what I understand King does explain some how his books are related later in the series. Is that true? Sorta, yeah. The Tower is some kind of nexus through various versions of our world. The Beams support the Tower, keeping it from collapsing and destroying the universe in the process. But the Beams are failing and it causes all sorts of problems across the multiverse, like sour burial ground and rubbing the division between realities thin enough that poo poo passes through. It's far far worse in Roland's world, since the Beams are actually there, but they affect all the realities connected to the Tower.
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Apr 29, 2018 13:34
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nate fisher posted:I’ve always thought what was wrong with the soil was related to Tommyknockers or IT. That it was something alien. I only read the first 2 Dark Tower books, but from what I understand King does explain some how his books are related later in the series. Is that true? the idea is that the dark tower mythos exists in the background of all his books. But direct references are usually just that, little nods and stuff. Reading the dark tower and applying it to pet semetary (for example) doesn't actually add anything to it. Insomnia probably gets a little more context if you've read DT, and the turtle in It is explained, and similar things for some other books, but reading DT won't really enhance those books because they were written as stand alone stories. I think there is a list somewhere of which books have dark tower references.
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Attitude Indicator posted:the idea is that the dark tower mythos exists in the background of all his books. But direct references are usually just that, little nods and stuff. Reading the dark tower and applying it to pet semetary (for example) doesn't actually add anything to it. Insomnia probably gets a little more context if you've read DT, and the turtle in It is explained, and similar things for some other books, but reading DT won't really enhance those books because they were written as stand alone stories. DT is a little retcon, which I mean, I'm sure SK wants/ed a little legacy and so forth. It was important enough to rush when he felt the weight of mortality* https://www.stephenking.com/darktower/connections/ But heck, I liked Insomnia at the time and the DT reference was a cherry on top. Not sure if I'll be re-reading it anymore than I will LotR but he kind of just sucks me in. *note to self rewatch Kingdom Hospital
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Apr 29, 2018 17:23
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Khizan posted:It's a teen dystopia story with no romance and no action scenes.
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Apr 29, 2018 21:33
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:Like I said, the Walking Dead crowd will love it. sounds about right. the comic is pretty ok all in all but the show is a whole other beast. after the first season and a few stand out moments, the show sucks rear end. But then again i just hate zombie poo poo. its gets boring and basicaly covers the same themes over and over again. Dapper_Swindler fucked around with this message at 22:51 on Apr 29, 2018 |
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So I'm gonna be without Internet for a few months and I'm gathering up as much reading material (well, audiobooks actually) as I can get. King books I've read: The Shining The Stand Insomnia Pet Sematary The Eyes of the Dragon IT What would you all recommend to look into next? The Stand and IT were my favorites, although I did like them all. Something likePS is a bit too depressing for me right now though...would prefer something a tad more uplifting. I might reread The Stand actually but other suggestions are welcome.
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May 3, 2018 20:35
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'Salem's Lot and his older short story collections are where I'd recommend going next.
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May 3, 2018 20:48
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The Dark Tower series my man.
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NikkolasKing posted:So I'm gonna be without Internet for a few months and I'm gathering up as much reading material (well, audiobooks actually) as I can get. The Mist audiobook is pretty good but yeah you have most of the bases covered there with The Shining and The Stand. And Eyes of the Dragon is underappreciated but it's on your list so nice
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NikkolasKing posted:So I'm gonna be without Internet for a few months and I'm gathering up as much reading material (well, audiobooks actually) as I can get. Most of the short story collections and novellas are pretty great. I'd say try Skelton Crew if you want scary and Different Seasons if you want story.
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NikkolasKing posted:So I'm gonna be without Internet for a few months and I'm gathering up as much reading material (well, audiobooks actually) as I can get. Misery!
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Night Shift was my introduction to King, and I still think it's one of his best short story collections.
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:Night Shift was my introduction to King, and I still think it's one of his best short story collections.
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:Night Shift was my introduction to King, and I still think it's one of his best short story collections. Night Shift really does have a good lineup. I really like Skeleton Crew too, especially "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" and (ugh) "The Jaunt."
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skeleton crew rules
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ladyfingers they taste like ladyfingers
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tetrapyloctomy posted:Night Shift really does have a good lineup. I really like Skeleton Crew too, especially "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" and (ugh) "The Jaunt." Those are solid stories. I also like "Word Processor of the Gods". I'd pay good money to have a few minutes with that makeshift computer.
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:Night Shift was my introduction to King, and I still think it's one of his best short story collections. 
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:Those are solid stories. I also like "Word Processor of the Gods". I'd pay good money to have a few minutes with that makeshift computer. Did you see the Tales From the Darkside version? I think it cost about $3 to make.
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John Lithgow is cast as Jud Crandall in the Pet Semetary remake. https://news.avclub.com/john-lithgow-to-play-the-creepy-old-guy-in-the-pet-sema-1825792332 Works for me.
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BiggerBoat posted:John Lithgow is cast as Jud Crandall in the Pet Semetary remake. "John Lithgow to play the creepy old guy in the Pet Sematary remake" it's been years, but isn't Jud just a regular old guy who's nothing but friendly?
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Yeah, Jud is just a regular guy who knows a dark secret. Realistically, he's the one at fault in the whole story because he comes out and says "ayuh, up past the old pet cemetery, beyond the deadfall, there's an old miqmaq burial ground which brings the dead to life" and after that no amount of additional tales regarding why this is a horrible thing to do will stop that train before it hits Gagetown, USA.
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