The novels of Stephen King - good?
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MillwallShoes
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MillwallShoes
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too vague.
el-ahrairah
forward communism, forward gerbils!
yes yes, alright smartarse, they get developed over time. and my tastes developed away from Stephen King. So what? this is a thread asking people's opinions on Stephen King, not a Stephen King love-in where I probably wouldn't have bothered posting.
Ax^
Silly Rabbit
Annoyed you
I did not mind the dark tower but as I hinted it was years since I read king so the dark tower was a nice little diversion for a week or 2
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Starry Wisdom
i thought that the dark tower series, of which i haven't read the most recent only the first seven, was pretty good.
but did anyone on this thread really turn to king for anything more than a spot of horror or fantasy?
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Starry Wisdom
i think what you mean here isn't that king is dull, but that YOU find him dull, which is a rather different thing. if instead of your assertion that 'he's so dull', that his writing is 'turgid prose', you had prefaced your statements with 'in my view' i might have more respect for your position. but you clearly believe that your opinion is universally correct, given the lack of qualification. you shouldn't have bothered posting imo given that you don't believe anyone else's better opinion of him is comprehensible.
Idaho
blah blah blah
Some people aren't happy unless every book they read "subverts the genre", "is a hilarious send up" or "pushes the limits of the novel". It must be very tiring for them.
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
I enjoy reading his books on the whole. Not great art but good, solid writing and genuinely scary at times.
His later ones I've found a bit turgid but I'd still pick him for a 'good read'
His later ones I've found a bit turgid but I'd still pick him for a 'good read'
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Dans Macarbe is a good breakdown of how to write horror. Well, not 'how to write horror' but 'How I stephen King approach the genre'
useful in a way but more interesting than useful. To see the way a writers mind works when he's in the genre vinegars
Reno
The In Kraut
That's On Writing. Danse Macabre is his take on the history of horror genre in general in books, TV, comics and film. It's very readable and interesting.
el-ahrairah
forward communism, forward gerbils!
up yer bum, captain pedantick!
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Starry Wisdom
thank you for proving my point so effectively.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
dessiato
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From Major Pedant.
el-ahrairah
forward communism, forward gerbils!
i'm sure this particular victory is one for your cv.
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Starry Wisdom
not really: it's not like it required any degree of effort.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Dystopia has roots older than King by centuries. Fucking centuries! Revelation of St John the Divine? Paradise Lost? John fucking Wyndham was writing bourgeois dystopias when King was but a gleam in the milkmans eye
Reno
The In Kraut
Is The Stand even dystopian ? It's more a mixture of apocalyptic fiction, religious horror and fantasy. Dystopian fiction suggests a future under a controlling regime that is within the realms of science fiction, rather than that of Christian mythology where part of the world is ruled by the devil or a demon.
el-ahrairah
forward communism, forward gerbils!
an effortless victory over the forces of people who state their opinions as fact on threads asking people's opinion. i like you pickman's, but i can see why so many people want you dead.
seventh bullet
sovietwave
Hideaway. There is also his Demon Seed, made into a film in the late 1970s.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
The stand also has one of the concrete examples of the Magical Wise Black Lady beloved of american fictions
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
No you sy=suggested that the BEST dystopian fiction owes a debt to the stand and I'm saying 'bollocks does it' because although its probably my favourite stephen king story it in no way holds such a grand influence as to suggest other authors have followed in his footsteps. To quote the great lit theorist roy walker, your assertion 'is good, but its not right'
Reno
The In Kraut
You mean the "magical negro", a stereotype which can be male or female and pops up quite a bit in King's books (see also The Green Mile and The Shining)
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Starry Wisdom
It's one thing to state your opinion, it's another to say you won't entertain anyone else's whose view is contrary to yours. But that's what you do above. I never said this was a victory, you did, it's not a fucking game.
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