I want to know your favorite book from him. Right now i'm reading Misery i'm like on page 60 or something and its really good.

What's your fav?

Misery is possibly one of my favourites, even though I haven’t read the book, simply seen the film. Likewise with Dreamcatcher, an amazing film adaptation of his book by the same name. With reference to my favourite book by him - I would say Everything Eventual, which has 14 short stories that make your hair stand up on the nape of your neck, and makes you jump at every sound in the house!

Also Stephen King is one of the reasons I started writing horror, before I only wrote fantasy. Why not check out some of my books on Authors Hang Out, on this forum and see what you think. Try The Soul Reapers, (horror) and give me some feedback!

I really can't get into his books. He has too much detail for me. He can go on for a page, 2 pages about dew drop on a rose petal. I like Dean R. Koontz and Anne Rice.

Now Anne Rice has the gift. I like Blood & Gold. Which one of hers do you like most?

oh my gosh - I love every book I have read of his - I especially am enjoying Everythings eventual which is a collection of short stories. I must say that my favorite stories of his come from this book - so I can't say I have an actual novel I really like of his - but I really like the actual story "Everything's Eventual" and um - don't you know that I forgot the name of the other one quick as that - if someone knows jump in anytime - it's about a little boy going fishing and he runs into the devil...very good story..... I also enjoyed SK on writting - he says if you don't got it you won't get it (referring to writting as a talent)

My Favourites in no particualr order... Fire Started, Cujo, Thinner and Christine. Have'nt read Misery yet

I do'nt have any real favourites of his, i've read a few but nothing really stands out.

I do like James Herbert though, his horror novels are excellent.

Kryso- If you have not read Misery, but saw the movie, you are missing out!! The book goes into much more gruesome detail.......... You should have read Dreamcatcher before the movie,as well, this was actually the best book to movie that he has ever done.. They stayed very close to almost everything in the book.


I love all of his books.. My favorites are Thinner, Rose Red, Dreamcatcher, Misery, etc.

With a particular dislike for 'IT'................. hehehe, but you guys know why that would be....


Reese

The Langoliers...

Oooh...it's so hard to choose! I've really enjoyed Pet Semetary, The Shining, Bag of Bones, and Cujo. Oh, and Rose Madder! I loved that book. I've also really enjoyed his short story collections, like Night Shift, Skeleton Crew, and Nightmares and Dreamscapes. The Bachman Books, which he wrote under the name Richard Bachman is very good as well. My favorite story in that collection is "The Long Walk".

I have almost all of his books, and have read most of them. i would have to say my fav. is INSOMNIA!!!!!! i really liked SALEM'S LOT and THE TOMMYKNOCKERS, if some of you are not a big fan of his gore filled books, read EYES OF THE DRAGON(this book i could not put down)
I am reading THE STAND right now and it is really holding my attention.
as you can tell, i am a huge fan!!!!!!

CASTOR

THE STAND!!!!

And like Saxcatz said, the Langoliers.

"IT" is the sexiest book I've ever read...but I'm a little twisted...

Bag of Bones, definately... That book really creeped me out when reading.

Has to be Talisman and The Green Mile, which is even better than the film.

Only book of his I couldn't get into was Dolores Carabone (Is that how you spell it?)

Hats off to Golam, James Herbert is excellent. In particular Magic Cottage.

I must say I'm not at all a Stephen King fan , having read Cujo which was twaddle , pet sematary which was obviously written for T.V., Desperation I could only get through the first 10 chapters untill I couldn't bear to put my self through it any longer , Rose Madder was really good untill the last 5 chapters which he appeared to rush to meet his deadline, Misery again a made for television story and "It " I still don't know what "It" was all about ...

all in all though I did quite enjoy The Green Mile .

I’m not to keen on Mr. Kings – The Little Sisters of Eluria – in the Everything Eventual book. I just couldn’t get into the Dark Tower series section. I have tried to read that short story like 5 times, each time I give up!

I've read quite a lot of King. His strengths lie in making the fantastic blend seamlessly with the commonplace, and also in creating rich & realistic characters to populate his work.

For my part, I love:

"The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" - an exploration of the psyche of a little girl lost in the woods & survival.

"It" - an incredible, underrated epic saga of bravery & courage, and little loser kids finding themselves and realising that, hey, they're not all bad.

"Dolores Claiborne' - not even close to the horror genre, but instead a gripping story of an ordinary woman's struggle against cruelty and life's hardships.

"'Salem's Lot" - vampires invade Maine - who'd believe that, right? But he pulls it off with panache and more than a few genuinely frightening moments.

"Misery" - probably the book that was best adapted to the film medium - when you see the film after reading the book, you realise that the images on the screen were the ones you had in your head while reading - and that's rare...

Hmmm for my part I like the Green Mile and Dragon tears.. Needful things is one of his best imo....

Anne Rice did I hear? I like her Mayfair witches ones, although she has combined the Vampire Chronicles with them now, and they are getting better...

Ah James Herbert, my first horror book was the Fog... But yes the Magic Cottage is fantastic, as is Haunted and the Ghosts of Sleath.. one more is Moon....

ok I'll stop now

New Dark Tower book is out now Can't remember the name though You'll recognize it though, It's got 'Stephen King' on the cover in big letters

1. Needful Things - I like the bit with the spider in the neck chain - creepy

2. IT - 'pop' the sound of the guys head disapearing from the kitchen floor.

3. CUJO - Old Yella on a downer

4. Pet Cemetary - Daddy everytime

I like the books The Green Mile (the book was WAY better than the movie) and the book the Black House. That is an awesome book to read but REALLY hard to follow!

The Bachman books, Needful things and Misery, in that order

I have to agree with you, CW, on 'The Witching Hour' - a stunning, magnificent, rambling saga that grips right until the end. The sequel was a bit pants though.

Since Im from Stephan King's home state I just had to put my opinion in.

My fave was "It", I also enjoyed "Needfull Things", but IMO, the movie stank. The book was a lot better. I didnt care for "Pet Cemetary" at all. I just dont agree with the idea of bringing back a child from death and making him pure evil.

Celticwitch, have you ever read books by Shannon Drake? Discovered her books over the summer, I think shes great.

I also like to read John Saul books, have quite a collection going. My fave is "The Blackstone Chronicles" series and "The Manhatton Hunt Club". Stay out of the tunnels and subway passages of New York, the "Hunt Club" just might get ya!

Rick Hautala is another of my fave authors(hes from Maine). He writes Horror and Novels. Anyone else ever hear of him?

Ever read any Robert Bloch? Hes one of my favourites.

Really just felt the need to post this little gem again

1) The Stand (unexpurgated version) have read it 10 times.
2) The Dead Zone-have read it about 6 times.
3) IT- read 3 times
4) The Talisman-read twice
5) Salem's Lot-read twice

Phantom means RICHARD BACHMAN. You are correct.. Robert Bloch wrote psycho and several other scary ones!

The Shining

Cujo--read it when I was 11, was scared of big dogs for years

Tommyknockers

The Dark Half

IT

Misery


He has so many good ones it's really hard to pick my favs.

Favorite Stephen King Novel? I enjoyed It, and DreamCatcher.

I own all of his books thusfar, I have just finished reading Wolves Of The Calla, the 5th in the Gunslinger series. My Favorite book? That's tough as I have read all of them at least 4 times. But if pressed I would have to say The Stand. And I think that The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption are the best movie adaptations to date.

I'd have to say IT and The Shining

I haven't actually read any Stephen King books except 'It', so I guess that's my favourite!

Seen quite a few of the movie adaptations though, and my top 5 would have to be :

1. The Shining
2. Dreamcatcher
3. Shawshank Redemption
4. The Dead Zone
5. Stand By Me

I haven't read any of Stephen King's book, but I have watched a movie based on one of his novels called: Pet Cemtery which is really good.
And I was talking with my cousin, he said he watched a movie called IT when he was 10 years old, and said he couldn't slepp for a week, that's how scary it was.. I don't know if it's based on Stephen Kiing's novel..

Yeah it is. It was a 2 parter TV production, which was ruined near the end when you actually saw the monster. Other than that it was great though.

Pet Cemetary and Carrie: I have not read any of his newer books since Geralds Game ( very scary book) Though I have the Dark Towers and want to start reading them.

HI, this is my first post on this board. I love Stephen King. He is one of my favorite authors. I would have to say that the one I love the best would have to be the Dark Tower series. Those books are full of rich detail and character development.

my favorites are the shining and carrie ... tried to read salems lot but it creeped me out way too much

On Writing

I am a Stephen King junkie.

I've read everything except his dark tower series.


May need to go on that.


He's written the only scene in a book that has ever made me put the book down and sob. That was the scene is Hearts in Atlantis when Mama San calls to the man in the car when its raining refrigerators.

I love him

Shawshank was perfect. The Stand and It. I just worship this guy I love all of them.

I'm actually NOT much of a King fan... but I have this to say.

In my opinion, The Stand might have been one of the most brilliant books of the 20th century, truly.

Unfortunately, i think some of his books might classify as some of the worst. Tommyknockers I thought was just awful, boring, and well, more boring. I hated it. It's one of 7 books I've thown away in my life (5 of which were Robert Jordan books, the 6th was Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs, 7 was Tommyknockers)

I did like the Tallisman, and like someone else mentioned, the Langoliers was AWESOME, one of the better short stories I've ever read.

I think he did a pretty good job with Eyes of the Dragon since it was sort of a genre departure from most of his other work.

The other one I kinda liked was Dark Half ... interesting concept.

I'll never be much of a King fan .... but I can't deny that The Stand was one of the most entertaning, gripping, and well developed stories I've ever read.

I kind of liked The Green Mile. I also like his short story compilations such as Four Past Midnight.

Four Past Midnight is what the Langoliers appeared in isn't it? Man that was a great story... creeeeeppppyyyy.