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Labratio posted:Another way to look at this; the TV Miniseries was actually a pretty good representation of the original cut. I think the only thing that changed heavily from that was when Larry met Nadine (New York, rather than wherever it was they were), and they took out the forgettable character (read: I can't even remember her name) that he meets in New York. The rest is pretty dead-on from the original cut of the book. That part was really bizarre and I didn't see the point of it in the book. Larry meets some older lady, has sex with her constantly and then she kills herself. You could cut that part out and his breakdown until he meets Nadine still makes perfect sense.
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Nov 12, 2011 18:21
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DeseretRain posted:So, you liked the book even though you don't care about the Kennedy stuff? So it's still pretty good even for someone who doesn't really care about the JFK assassination? While the JFK stuff is the reason why the main character went back in time he spends the majority of the book doing other things. He goes back to 1958 and has to spend the five years living until the Oswald stuff becomes relevant.
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Dec 3, 2011 02:38
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Boofchicken posted:Can someone spoil this for me? I don't plan on reading Dreamcatcher and I didn't know there was more to know about Pennywise. From what I remember its nothing really, just graffiti on the Derry memorial stating "PENNYWISE LIVES" There's another IT bit in 11/22/63 with a cameo from 1958 Richie and Bev after they killed Pennywise.
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I Ozma Myself posted:When did he say he initially came up with the idea for 11/22/63? In the afterward he says he was originally going to write the story in the 70s but didn't want to do the research into Oswald and thought that it was still too close to the event.
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Dec 12, 2011 12:54
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I've never read the "original" version of The Stand. Is there an easy way to find it anywhere or would I have to go around searching used book stores? All I've ever seen in bookstores is the "Expanded and Uncut" version.
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Jan 8, 2012 18:16
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Aatrek posted:Hmm. That's the stuff I tend to skip over during Wizard and Glass re-reads. Yeah, I really don't want/need to know all this stuff about Roland's past. Also fairly disappointed that the book is just Wizard and Glass redux and not really "what happened between Wizard and Glass and Wolves."
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Jan 11, 2012 17:25
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I generally like The Dead Zone but I'm always slightly put off by the large gaps in the story where all of a sudden its years after the last section.
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Jan 23, 2012 14:19
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Ozmaugh posted:The dad from ALF is one of the CDC dudes at the beginning. If you had to survive the hellish nightmare that was ALF you'd turn to crack too. Apparently they worked 18 hour days on a deathtrap set riddled with trapdoors that you could never be sure were secured or if you were about to take a short sharp drop 4ft down.
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Jan 29, 2012 08:10
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The Dark Tower film/TV show project might be getting a second chance. With Warner Bros picking it up this would mean that the TV show would be on HBO.
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Mar 13, 2012 22:34
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My problem with Blockade Billy is the reveal. I didn't think it fit with the rest of the story's foreshadowing.
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Apr 6, 2012 03:50
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juliuspringle posted:Sure, just as soon as someone actually does it well. (not sure if Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas would count.) Philip K Dick's VALIS has a really good author insert. He's actually two characters in the book, himself and "Horselover Fat"
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Apr 15, 2012 18:01
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Toriori posted:My favourite King book always has been and always will be 'Eyes of the Dragon'. Apparently Syfy has decided to adapt this into either a movie or a miniseries. They definitely want to do something with it though.
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Apr 24, 2012 21:31
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Y Kant Ozma Post posted:Ben Hanscomb's Big Dick Uuuuuuggggggghhh Why he felt like he had to say that.
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Jun 6, 2012 22:45
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Speaking of It, Warner Bros has hired Cary Fukunaga (Sin Nombre, Jane Eyre 2011) to cowrite and direct a TWO part adaptation of It.
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Jun 8, 2012 19:30
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The problem with splitting up It is that you can't really cut it in half with kids stuff then adult stuff since a lot of the adult stuff is them not really remembering what happened when they were kids.
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Jun 11, 2012 03:53
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ProfessorProf posted:Well, there's the entire plot of Dead Zone, for starters. Speaking of early King books, The Dead Zone is pretty awesome. With the caveat that sometimes it feels more like a series of connected short stories than a proper "novel."
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Sep 27, 2012 00:29
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I think its funny that while he doesn't exactly advertise it, its extremely obvious that Joe Hill is King's son. Not because of his writing but because of this: Dude couldn't look more like his father if he tried.
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Nov 18, 2012 05:35
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I'm wondering if they're going to keep the ending for Under the Dome since they kill a LOT of the characters. Sure most of the "main" ones survive but he kills off like 99% of the town in that apocalyptic fireball.
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Nov 30, 2012 21:55
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Johnathan Demme has dropped the 11/22/63 movie adaptation saying that he and King couldn't agree on what should actually be in the movie or not. I'm sure someone else will snap up the rights soon.
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Dec 7, 2012 20:11
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3Romeo posted:That's odd. Since when did King start caring about what people did with his books? I think the issue is that Demme and King are friends and Demme didn't want to cause a problem by doing the movie in a way that would piss King off.
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Dec 7, 2012 23:33
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Yeah, The Dead Zone is a pretty good book. The only issue I had with it was that at times it feels like a bunch of related novellas/short stories than a proper novel novel. Like how it jumps from Johnny dealing with the celebrity of his psychic powers to him pretending to be someone else and tutoring a rich kid.
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Feb 9, 2013 00:44
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ravenkult posted:That cover is pretty loving awesome. Yeah, I like that more than the one we're getting.
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Mar 3, 2013 20:20
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So it turns out that King's OTHER son, Owen, is a writer too and his debut novel just came out. I read a review of the book (Double Feature) and its supposedly pretty good. Although its supposed to be a straight drama and not a horror story.
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Mar 25, 2013 21:01
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nate fisher posted:My only real complaint about the story is it is taking so long for Swan and Sister to meet. Ha ha, that doesn't happen until about the very end of the book. The things that bugged me about Swan Song were how they set her up as a messiah figure but then don't really do anything with it. Also didn't really like the "true face" stuff. Mostly because it decided that the nerd kid was evil completely ignoring any mitigating circumstances to his situation.
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Apr 5, 2013 12:29
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RC and Moon Pie posted:And it contains a line (to the effect), "like a Stephen King book." The funny thing is that King has stated that he started getting letters asking if he was Bachman after the very first book was published.
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Apr 23, 2013 23:30
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crankdatbatman posted:There was an author insert in Slaughterhouse Five? I'm only remembering it in Breakfast of Champions (which I agree was a good one). The entire BOOK of Slaughterhouse Five is an author insert. The novel is about Vonnegut trying to work through what happened to him during the war. Although more literally the author does have one line as himself during the firebombing of Dresden scene.
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May 12, 2013 17:04
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I'm not even half way through it so while I can't attest to its content I can say that NOS4A2 is well worth a read. It feels like good old school King.
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Jun 1, 2013 15:18
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Lascivious Sloth posted:What's a good Steven King book for a 12 year old girl? Has to be appropriate as well.. Eyes of the Dragon maybe? That's his most "Young Adult" novel, pretty much anything else is going to have something that isn't quite appropriate for a 12 year old. Also, just a reminder that Under the Dome is starting tonight on CBS.
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Jun 24, 2013 12:15
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savinhill posted:What about The Talisman? It's been a very long time since I've read it, but from what I remember, it wouldn't be inappropriate and has a young protagonist. Eh, there's a lot of weird sex related stuff in the book that could give a younger reader a bad impression. Which is too bad because other than that its a good young adult story.
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Jun 25, 2013 14:18
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Hey goons, just wanted to ask opinions on 11.22.63 - worth reading or not? I thought it was a good book, just don't go into it expecting it to actually be about a guy trying to stop the Kennedy assassination since that takes up such a miniscule amount of the plot.
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Aug 8, 2013 12:53
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Night Shift is probably his best book of short stories.
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Aug 8, 2013 15:00
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Edwardian posted:Wasn't "Survivor Type" in that anthology? Jesus, that still one still makes me a bit queasy. Nah, that's Skeleton Crew which is just as good. Night Shift is: Jerusalem's Lot Graveyard Shift Night Surf I Am the Doorway The Mangler The Boogeyman Grey Matter Battleground Trucks Sometimes They Come Back Strawberry Spring The Ledge The Lawnmower Man Quitters, Inc. I Know What You Need Children of the Corn The Last Rung on the Ladder The Man Who Loved Flowers One for the Road The Woman in the Room
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Aug 11, 2013 01:12
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A lot of his old short stories were extremely bleak. The majority of the ones in Night Shift don't have happy endings.
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Aug 11, 2013 01:31
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savinhill posted:His novels too, my father was always surprised when King would allow one of his characters a happy ending, or if the main character made it out of the book alive. The funny thing in that is that he wishes he written the end of The Mist like the movie version.
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Aug 11, 2013 02:27
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Night Surf was kind of a dry run of The Stand and super depressing.
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Aug 11, 2013 02:35
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Jerusalem's Lot has vampires in it for one scene but yeah, its mostly about a creature from outside of time and space.
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Aug 14, 2013 04:05
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:No, this is a new age where you get actors with disabilities to play characters with the same. There's deaf actresses, actors with cerebral palsy, or missing limbs, whatever. I'm sure somewhere out there is a black actress with no legs below the knee who would do the role spectacularly well. Except there are all the scenes from before she loses her legs. As with the Clint Eastwood's son thing I'd prefer they go with the best actor/actress for the role, instead of one who just happens to look most like the character.
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Sep 21, 2013 22:56
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Kingnothing posted:Doesn't she loose her legs at like 13? No, she loses her legs when she's an adult. I don't think King gives her exact age though.
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The Lawnmower Man one was because they didn't actually adapt the short story, instead just using the name and plastering King's name all over it.
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