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[sab]

I just discovered this new author. His name is Stephen King, and apparently he's written a whole bunch of books; imagine that.

So I read this one called "The Stand" and thought it was terrific, and now I'm reading this one called "It," and I'm also quite enjoying it.

So. If you've heard of this Stephen King guy and if you've read any of his works -- what do you recommend I tackle next?

(And to think I thought I'd read everything worth reading...)

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[destina.livejournal.com]

Stephen King is and always has been my favorite author, and I think the uncut version of The Stand is his best book. Possibly the best horror novel ever, because the horror is largely man-made. I adore that book. SK has two ends of the scale with his writing - cracking good plotty and character-driven storytelling, and mature, thoughtful storytelling. On the mature, lovely end, I recommend Bag of Bones and The Green Mile. Also, I recommend his collection of short novels, Different Seasons, which contains the novellas on which the movie versions of Shawshank Redemption, Stand By Me and Apt Pupil were based.

On the cracking good story end, I recommend Salem's Lot, the Dark Tower series (if you like fantasy), The Shining, and The Dead Zone. I still think the movie versions of Carrie, Cujo and Christine were as good or better than the books.

I'd recommend you avoid Dolores Claiborne, Insomnia, Needful Things (tho it did have an inventive premise), The Tommyknockers, and Desperation.

[christhetoken.livejournal.com]

Needful Things is great, but it's King writing fanfiction for his own fans. It's more than worth a read, just not until you have a good dose of the Castle Rock books read.