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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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[iamsab.livejournal.com]

Okay, let's see if I distilled this right.

The paperback Dreamcatcher comes out on the 30th, so I'll probably read that next, and not just because the movie has my boy Damien Lewis in.

Everyone seems to agree that Salem's Lot is worth reading -- does it matter that I don't care one whit about vampires?

I'll read The Talisman because I can't turn down an endorsement like the one above.

Aside from that-

I'm not confident I care about King's prose enough to want to endure Bag of Bones. Should I? I'll tell ya. I liked The Stand and It because they're both about groups of sympathetic characters banding together to fight Evil. I suspect Dreamcatcher will be more of the same, and I also suspect that's what I like about this King dude.

That being said -- do I read Salem's Lot? Bag of Bones? If I don't need lots of Horror and Scary do I bother with Pet Sematary? And what about those C- ones with girls and dogs?

You are all fine, good, helpful people. Please carry on. *g*

[iamsab.livejournal.com]

Which is to say: can someone break them down by Theme and separate out the ones where Good Troops Band Together To Fight Evil and then arrange those by favorite color and height?