Stephen King: Discussions

There as sadly been lots of talk since THE ACCIDENT about King retiring. (God forbid) However when the fateful day does arrive which book would you choose to remember the great man by. What novel would you reccomend to future generations as archetypal King.?

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

I'll go first :) The Stand. No. Scratch That. It's the Long Walk.
OK I can never decide which of the 2 I like better :)
What is your favorite Stephen King book?

Before I start talking, let me introduce myself fully; I am the husband of Scary_Nurse314, and all of "her" guides/reviews and most of her posts are mine. I am much more long-winded, and love to hear the sound of my own voice (and the sound of my own typing) much more than she does. While she certainly is a nurse (although not scary at all), I am a teacher of the history of the ancient world.

Now, on to the question at hand: what was your first book (or movie, even) that drew you into the world of Stephen King? What made you a fan of his works?

Even before I started reading SK, I was on a Boy Scout camping trip, and a high-school-aged fellow scout was talking about one of King's books (which I later learned was The Eyes of the Dragon). It was later that year, when I was still in either fifth or sixth grade, that I started reading Stephen King books. I think my first King book was "It," although I'm not terribly sure about that. I was astounded by the imagery of King's books, and remember being surprised that he used actual product brand names, like Pepsi, instead of the usual childhood books that did not. To be honest, I didn't understand a lot of what was going on at times since I was still fairly naive about the world...but I was hooked anyway. I continued reading King's books, and loving them more and more. As I grew older, and eventually outread King's writing, I started rereading them again (now in high school), and understood much better what was going on. I continued to read through college, found my wonderful future wife, and introduced her to the Dark Tower series. My first Christmas gift to her was my set of Dark Tower books, minus The Gunslinger (which I could not find anywhere since it was before the reprints). Since she had to start with The Gunslinger anyway, I had to borrow the book from my library and included it with the rest of the books that actually were a gift.

I often think that it was our love of Stephen King that finalized our life together...especially since I didn't have too much else to offer. For that (and for many other reasons), Stephen King will continue to be my favorite author of all time.

So all SK fans know almost everyone of his stories that goes to the big screen gets botch and cut to you know what. My question is what movie totally disgusted you. By this I mean because it was cut so bad it had no business having the SK name attached to it.

The movie that did it for me was Needful things. The book was great but the movie was just sad

Yes, April 4, 2008, it is called Three Kings, and they are coming for book signing as well, first time in history that there will be three Kings doing this. Now here is the question...it is already sold out and I just heard about it today and I live in VA and I am trying to get one of these tickets, so who is selling them? Hmmm??????? C'mon give 'em up! send me an e-mail with the price if ya got them. I need 2. It will be at the Folger theatre which is 201 east capitol st. se, washington, dc.

so i notice that a lot of us have experienced "events" while reading SK stories that correspond with what is taking place in that particular book. i myself have had this happen quite a lot,and would like to hear about other constant readers' experiences.my first experience was while reading tommyknockers for the first time (age 13) and had problems with my teeth and the female area.....what about you?