Guest guest Posted March 20, 2000 Report Share Posted March 20, 2000 And don't forget " The Shining. " Yeah, King's gotten way too predictable for my tastes. Almost all his protagonists are writers, usually alcoholic writers (is there any other kind?). I think he hews a little too closely to the " Write what you know " admonition. My favorite King book is " Salem's Lot. " When my sis read that, she had to make crosses out of popsicle sticks and tape them to her windows so she could sleep at night. True story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2000 Report Share Posted March 20, 2000 i used to love king as teenager (pet semetary, shining and dead zone were my favs) but i too find him horiably predicatable. too many of stories seem like he jsut scrambled charachters and details from other stories to write a new book. tommyknockers was last thing i read and i found it just terriable. dont think i will read him agian after that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2000 Report Share Posted March 20, 2000 At 15:31 20/03/00 -0800, you wrote: >i used to love king as teenager (pet semetary, shining and dead zone >were my favs) but i too find him horiably predicatable. too many of >stories seem like he jsut scrambled charachters and details from other >stories to write a new book. tommyknockers was last thing i read and i >found it just terriable. dont think i will read him agian after that >one. I've read several of his and The Shining I thought was a really good book. The rest (of those I've read) seemed like a serious case of writer's padding. Against my better judgement I read over half way through The Stand, with an increasing sense of This Book Ain't Going Nowhere, and eventually I just didn't pick it up any more. I don't know what happens at the end and I don't care. If I have to read another equal amount of what the first half was made of in order to find out, I can live without knowing. Maybe they can get him to rewrite the BB? it could go something like this maybe; " Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path into the woods. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not give themselves to this simple embalming process brought to us by aliens, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of standing in a darkened hallway holding a doll with pins in it, because their hands are claws. There are such deformed unfortunates. They are not at fault; they seem to have been born that way, God help them. They are naturally incapable of grasping and weilding an axe whilst emitting bloodcurdling screams and running from room to room. Their chances are less than average. There are those too who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if they are kept in a vat of special fluids that replenishes and rebuilds, out of non-Terran elements, the diseased parts of their brains. " Etc. Joe B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2000 Report Share Posted March 20, 2000 Tommyknockers was made into a movie, perhaps the worst movie I've ever seen. Judith " dave " wrote: original article:/group/12-step-free/?start=13711 > i used to love king as teenager (pet semetary, shining and dead zone > were my favs) but i too find him horiably predicatable. too many of > stories seem like he jsut scrambled charachters and details from other > stories to write a new book. tommyknockers was last thing i read and i > found it just terriable. dont think i will read him agian after that > one. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2000 Report Share Posted March 20, 2000 At 01:21 21/03/00 +0000, you wrote: > Hey Joe, this version of the Big Book makes alittle more > sense and is alot less frightening, actually! >> >>Sue Maybe we will get treatment programs based on it? Joe B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2000 Report Share Posted March 20, 2000 Jim. To this day, " The Shining " remains the scariest book I ever read. In fact it's the only book I ever remember reading that had me sacred while reading it. guadman " jim hankins " wrote: original article:/group/12-step-free/?start=13703 > And don't forget " The Shining. " Yeah, King's gotten way too predictable > for my tastes. Almost all his protagonists are writers, usually > alcoholic writers (is there any other kind?). I think he hews a little > too closely to the " Write what you know " admonition. My favorite King > book is " Salem's Lot. " When my sis read that, she had to make crosses > out of popsicle sticks and tape them to her windows so she could sleep > at night. True story! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2000 Report Share Posted March 20, 2000 Yes, " The Shining " was quite frightening. For me, the scariest bit was seeing the ghost of the Halloween party-goer in a dog costume, barking. Kubrick didn't put that in the movie, but I think he did a pretty respectable job of adapting the book otherwise. At the time I read " Salem's Lot, " I lived in San in a neighborhood where buying beer required us to walk through a big heavily wooded lot in the pitch dark. It was quite a bit more difficult after I read that book, and then my next-door neighbor made matters worse by telling me about that legendary Mexican harpy-critter with the body of an owl and the head of a woman, which throws feces a people who walk around in the woods at night. " guadman " wrote: original article:/group/12-step-free/?start=13737 > Jim. > > To this day, " The Shining " remains the scariest book I ever read. > In fact it's the only book I ever remember reading that had me sacred > while reading it. > > guadman > > > " jim hankins " wrote: > original article:/group/12-step-free/?start=137 03 > > And don't forget " The Shining. " Yeah, King's gotten way too > predictable > > for my tastes. Almost all his protagonists are writers, usually > > alcoholic writers (is there any other kind?). I think he hews a little > > too closely to the " Write what you know " admonition. My favorite King > > book is " Salem's Lot. " When my sis read that, she had to make crosses > > out of popsicle sticks and tape them to her windows so she could sleep > > at night. True story! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2000 Report Share Posted March 20, 2000 LOL Jim. I actually think Kubrik's movie was so far off from the experience of the book that I think of them as 2 different things. He really left out the intensity of the little kids " psychic abililty " ..and...REALLY fell short of that entire hedgerow maze thing..which scared the shyt out of me. Actually making me shake a litle thinking about it right now and I read that book originally over 20 years ago. guadman " jim hankins " wrote: original article:/group/12-step-free/?start=13741 > Yes, " The Shining " was quite frightening. For me, the scariest bit was > seeing the ghost of the Halloween party-goer in a dog costume, barking. > Kubrick didn't put that in the movie, but I think he did a pretty > respectable job of adapting the book otherwise. > > At the time I read " Salem's Lot, " I lived in San in a > neighborhood where buying beer required us to walk through a big > heavily wooded lot in the pitch dark. It was quite a bit more difficult > after I read that book, and then my next-door neighbor made matters > worse by telling me about that legendary Mexican harpy-critter with the > body of an owl and the head of a woman, which throws feces a people who > walk around in the woods at night. > > > " guadman " wrote: > original article:/group/12-step-free/?start=137 37 > > Jim. > > > > To this day, " The Shining " remains the scariest book I ever read. > > In fact it's the only book I ever remember reading that had me sacred > > while reading it. > > > > guadman > > > > > > " jim hankins " wrote: > > original article:/group/12-step-free/?start=1 37 > 03 > > > And don't forget " The Shining. " Yeah, King's gotten way too > > predictable > > > for my tastes. Almost all his protagonists are writers, usually > > > alcoholic writers (is there any other kind?). I think he hews a > little > > > too closely to the " Write what you know " admonition. My favorite > King > > > book is " Salem's Lot. " When my sis read that, she had to make > crosses > > > out of popsicle sticks and tape them to her windows so she could > sleep > > > at night. True story! > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2000 Report Share Posted March 21, 2000 In a message dated 3/20/00 10:30:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, mrreindeer@... writes: > Yes, " The Shining " was quite frightening. For me, the scariest bit was > seeing the ghost of the Halloween party-goer in a dog costume, barking. > Kubrick didn't put that in the movie, but I think he did a pretty > respectable job of adapting the book otherwise. I hate to always be disagreeing but to me, the movie version of the Shining played more like a " goof, " tongue in cheek, than the frightening tone that ran through the book. Especially that one part where Nicholson said " Here's ny " as be broke into the bathroom. Admittedly funny, but it along with other scenes, detracted from the movie. My favorite King novel is the unabridged version of the " Stand " . > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2000 Report Share Posted March 24, 2000 I never did care much for King. With one exception - the stand. But I may give 'the green mile' a try. jan " dave " wrote: original article:/group/12-step-free/?start=13711 > i used to love king as teenager (pet semetary, shining and dead zone > were my favs) but i too find him horiably predicatable. too many of > stories seem like he jsut scrambled charachters and details from other > stories to write a new book. tommyknockers was last thing i read and i > found it just terriable. dont think i will read him agian after that > one. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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