Stephen King: Discussions

Okay, SK fans (and frustrated writers), the books and movies that Stephen King has written already have been discussed almost ad nauseum. Well, as a SK/horror fan myself, I have a whole list of terrifying things I'd like to see him write about in the future. Anyway, I'd be interested in hearing other SK fans' ideas, so here's your chance. What unwritten story (or topic/idea) would you like to see King write about? What terrifies you? What horror have you experienced or thought about that would make a great Stephen King novel or short story? Who know's, maybe he'll take notice......

Hi all;

Where are you real SK fans?

Happy Holidays!

J

Hi to all you book lovers! To the sellers who don't ship in a box: It really ruins the books when you ship in a bubbled mailed or just plain envelope. Books need to be shipped in a box with the proper padding so the book cannot move around during transition. We collectors don't want bumped corners or a tear in the dj unless we knew that's what we were buying to start with! If you only knew how many people don't buy from you a second time because you don't read our notes. Rather than leave negative feed back we just don't buy from you again!!

Hi all;

My favorite I think of all is The Stand.

I just watched Thinner on the television last night & it was great too.

Come you SK fans join in!

J

The following post may upset and offend some of you. Please understand that I love Stephen King's work as much as anyone, and would like nothing more than for him to go on forever writing great stories, like It, The Stand, the Dark Tower series, etc. That being said, let us begin the discussion:

For those of you who have read, or are reading Just After Sunset, his newest collection of short stories, what do you think?

Quite frankly, I'm pretty disappointed so far (halfway through the stories). At least three of the stories that I've read so far seem almost carbon copies of stories I read years ago by different authors, or have heard as folk tales my entire life. Stories about phone calls back from the dead (or letters in past stories) have been written for years. Seeing the future in a dream? Been there, done that.

What it is seeming like to me is that King has taken some tried-and-true campfire/ghost stories and basically rewritten them (slightly) in his own style. I keep waiting for a story about the man with the hook, or the hitchhiker that disappears on down the road.

As he stated in his own words, some people think he could write a grocery list and sell a million copies - well, at least a grocery list would be original.

Maybe King is running out of ideas? What do you think?

P.S. If you want to include a plot spoiler, please mark it as such - I'll be happy to go into more detail of the stories later, and will make sure I do so.

So we all have our fave book, character and movie, but do the books of Bachman outshine the King. Is The Long Walk a better read than Firestarter.? Desperation or The Regulators.? Blaze v Cell.? Does Pet Sematary creep you out more than Thinner.?

The skeleton crew short story to big screen. I hope its better than 1408. I was really dissapointed with it. but not as bad as Lawnmower man runningman adapts I guess. I just felt that 1408 lacked anything spooky in the movie special effects are great but stink for scares. I am crossing my fingers when i see this one. Hopefully it will be like the stand, or secret window.