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The Dark Tower is three good books, one pretty good but unrelated book, and three  . Just read through The Wasteland, and read Wizard and Glass if you like slow-burn westerns.Alongside the silly, deeply disappointing stuff in the last few books, there are some genuinely cool or poignant things. The problem is, for every one thing like Eddie's death there are ten things like The Crimson King's weapon of choice being explosive Golden Snitches. It wouldn't frustrate me as much if it were consistently lovely and dumb, but King shows often enough that he still understands the good parts of his writing and genre.
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He writes good stories but lovely endings with the exception of some short stories. And I say that as a lifelong fan of his.
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Feb 29, 2020 13:29
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Field Mousepad posted:He writes good stories but lovely endings with the exception of some short stories. And I say that as a lifelong fan of his. 
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Feb 29, 2020 13:49
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I love most of his books, lovely endings and all.  He has wrote some really good short stories, though. Like really, really good.
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Feb 29, 2020 14:05
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I couldn’t believe after four excellent books we got stuck with Dr. Doom, Harry Potter, a self-insert and the monumental cosmic evil being a dirty old man stuck on a balcony and defeated by another magical disabled person. I was so disappointed. The last three books are so bad you guys.
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Feb 29, 2020 14:07
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The best part of The Dark Tower series is the whiny foreward from the author (in my edition), where he indulges in a multi-page whinge that people give lots of respect to JRR Tolkein, but none for him and he's written lots of books and when was the last time that Tolkien published anything, let alone a book about a car?
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Feb 29, 2020 14:08
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Hey y’all! Come join us in the Stephen King Megathread! We would love to discuss all things King with you!
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Feb 29, 2020 14:19
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Field Mousepad posted:He writes good stories but lovely endings with the exception of some short stories. And I say that as a lifelong fan of his. The reason 11/22/63 has a good ending is because Joe Hill (one of his sons who is also a writer) read the book first and told him the original ending sucked and helped write a new one.
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Feb 29, 2020 14:32
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world hopping and parallel universes own and it is why dark tower and the witcher are extremely cool amd good
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Feb 29, 2020 14:50
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I always recall that King's reaction to the ending of The Mist movie was apparently pretty much 'drat, I wish I'd thought of that.'
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Feb 29, 2020 14:56
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Stephen king interrupts the last dark tower book to tell the reader specifically they don’t need an ending to this 20 year series and he only does endings because he has to. He’s a habitual line stepper.
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Feb 29, 2020 15:19
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https://twitter.com/kattamedslips/status/1232739087985106944
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Feb 29, 2020 16:11
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I mean dark tower had good points, but he yet again put in a magical black person with some horrendously racist dialogue. Oy the goat was pretty good.
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Feb 29, 2020 16:24
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Field Mousepad posted:He writes good stories but lovely endings with the exception of some short stories. And I say that as a lifelong fan of his. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybWAcHZpTEk
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Feb 29, 2020 16:27
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I don't mind the derail but since there seems to be interest, here's the Stephen King thread https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3130206
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Feb 29, 2020 16:55
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Feb 29, 2020 17:23
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Did you know that world-renowned writer Stephen King was once hit by a car? Just something to consider.
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Feb 29, 2020 17:59
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Herbotron posted:Did you know that world-renowned writer Stephen King was once hit by a car? Just something to consider. Seems like an extreme form of literary criticism.
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Feb 29, 2020 18:02
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Remember at the end of the IT book where all the 11-12 year olds hosed the single girl in the group so they could form a bond that linked them together forever? I wish I didn't remember. For some reason in the movie they just make a blood bond instead.
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Feb 29, 2020 19:14
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Admiral Joeslop posted:Remember at the end of the IT book where all the 11-12 year olds hosed the single girl in the group so they could form a bond that linked them together forever? I wish I didn't remember. The two movies are the best adaptation because they keep all the good stuff and throw out King being Too King.
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Feb 29, 2020 19:20
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Admiral Joeslop posted:Remember at the end of the IT book where all the 11-12 year olds hosed the single girl in the group so they could form a bond that linked them together forever? I wish I didn't remember. Yeah that was extremely weird and I've always been suspicious of people who say they enjoyed the book because of that fake edit: I've been suspicious because of that reason, no one has said cited that as a reason they like the book, to my knowledge
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Feb 29, 2020 19:22
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Admiral Joeslop posted:Remember at the end of the IT book where all the 11-12 year olds hosed the single girl in the group so they could form a bond that linked them together forever? I wish I didn't remember. The whole IT industry is known for loving over women.
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Feb 29, 2020 19:24
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Doubtful Guest posted:The whole IT industry is known for loving over women. And being run by cocaine addled management and creative directors.
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Feb 29, 2020 19:26
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Herbotron posted:Did you know that world-renowned writer Stephen King was once hit by a car? Just something to consider. Then he wrote a TV show where he kills off a guy who is suspiciously similar to the guy who hit him with a van.
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Feb 29, 2020 19:29
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Doubtful Guest posted:The whole IT industry is known for loving over women. There's no reason to remind people that Graham Linehan exists if you aren't going to dunk on him. muscles like this! posted:Then he wrote a TV show where he kills off a guy who is suspiciously similar to the guy who hit him with a van. Not as bad as Michael Crichton turning someone into a pedophile in one of his books because that person criticized his bad anti-climate change science.
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Feb 29, 2020 19:31
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The takeaway from all this is to go watch Garth Marenghi's Darkplace instead.
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Feb 29, 2020 19:32
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Herbotron posted:Did you know that world-renowned writer Stephen King was once hit by a car? Just something to consider. Physical criticism is the truest form of criticism.
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Feb 29, 2020 19:42
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Captain Hygiene posted:The takeaway from all this is to go watch Garth Marenghi's Darkplace instead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc6dt0rFddA
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Feb 29, 2020 19:50
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Well he did write that documentary, The Stand
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Feb 29, 2020 19:51
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Lol if you're not already packed to move to
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Feb 29, 2020 20:13
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chitoryu12 posted:The two movies are the best adaptation because they keep all the good stuff and throw out King being Too King. I'm going to take the brave and controversial position that The Shining is actually the best King adaptation
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Feb 29, 2020 20:22
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Doc Hawkins posted:I'm going to take the brave and controversial position that The Shining is actually the best King adaptation Which one?
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Feb 29, 2020 20:30
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Admiral Joeslop posted:Remember at the end of the IT book where all the 11-12 year olds hosed the single girl in the group so they could form a bond that linked them together forever? I wish I didn't remember. I won't ever forget because goons trip themselves over the opportunity of posting this every single time
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Feb 29, 2020 20:44
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Samuringa posted:I won't ever forget because goons trip themselves over the opportunity of posting this every single time Sorry to bother you, Mr. King.
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Feb 29, 2020 20:52
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Samuringa posted:I won't ever forget because goons trip themselves over the opportunity of posting this every single time To be fair the lobstrosities keep prattling on about it too, it's pretty saucy gossip in the megaverse
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Feb 29, 2020 21:14
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Admiral Joeslop posted:Remember at the end of the IT book where all the 11-12 year olds hosed the single girl in the group so they could form a bond that linked them together forever? I wish I didn't remember. It was specifically so that they could get out of the sewers, with the implication that IT's magic or influence or whatever would separate them/keep them down there forever if they didn't have a strong enough bond. This is something that they sort of randomly deduce on their own without anything actually hinting at it What I'm getting at is that King is a bad writer who came up with the most contrived reason possible to write a preteen sex scene in one of his books. At least it was memorable I guess!
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Feb 29, 2020 21:17
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muscles like this! posted:Then he wrote a TV show where he kills off a guy who is suspiciously similar to the guy who hit him with a van. And the guy who hit him with the van OD’d on Stephen King’s birthday. Out of respect.
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Feb 29, 2020 21:23
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oldpainless posted:Which one? The one on Treehouse of Horror
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Feb 29, 2020 21:24
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That's the shinning. You wanna get sued?
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Season 1, Episode 8 of Castle Rock is the best thing ever associated with Stephen King, despite almost having nothing to do with him directly.
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