Books...Who Reads Books Anymore?

[Ibby]

Yeah, the stand pwnz... though its the only King book I've read thus far.

[Hoof Hearted]

I love all his earlier works and don't particularly care for his latest stuff, what he's published in the past 10 or so years.

What made King GREAT, was the possibility of belief that the story could actually happen...Cujo, Firestarter, Night Shift(short stories) and his other early works.
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[BigV]

Originally Posted by wolf

The Stand is "bloody brilliant."

Misery was all about the shock.

...the bunched salt-dome that was his knee...

I had to put the book down, down on the table and walk that one off. I get shivers just writing about it now, years later.

[Hoof Hearted]

Ooohhh! That's the same part that gets me!
I remember my sis and I rented the movie and rewound and replayed the "smackin' of the knee" several times, trying to get our mother to keep her eyes open to WATCH it.

[BigV]

Can't watch that part of the movie. Don't need to since the image is already burned into my brain from the book.

Let's change the subject, shall we?

No-one read 'The Turn of the Screw' ?

[Tse Moana]

Originally Posted by wolf

I had the same problem in 4th grade, especially since I was reading "grown up" books. Like Willard.

I did similar. In our school, we had group reading regularly and then all kids at the same level (not necessarily same grade) would sit together with an adult and read aloud in turn. By the time I was about 8 I was in the top level (9) and remained there for a while before they decided to let me read on my own. That's when I picked the big Jules Verne book out of the closet and read 20.000 Miles Under the Sea and Journey to the Centre of the Earth. That was also the period that I really got into getting five books out of the library every week (that was the maximum allowed amount of books to take) and have them all read before the week had passed. And then I had to wait until the library truck came again (our town's not big enough to have a permanent library so we get a mobile one).

[velocityboy]

Originally Posted by Ibram

Yeah, the stand pwnz... though its the only King book I've read thus far.

You should check out The Gunslinger and the rest of the Dark Tower books. They are totally different from his other stuff and, IMO, really good - the earlier ones more so than the later, but all worth reading. The Stand actually figures in to the Dark Tower mythology, too.

[Ibby]

Yeah, I know some of the background of Dark Tower... the Walkin' Dude.

Man, I wish I could find the Walkin' Dude's pork button somewhere...

[velocityboy]

Originally Posted by Ibram

Man, I wish I could find the Walkin' Dude's pork button somewhere...

LOL. If I ever see one I'll send it to you.

[Hoof Hearted]

Originally Posted by velocityboy

The Stand actually figures in to the Dark Tower mythology, too.

Quite a few of his later books do, too. I'd say his collaboration with Peter Straub on "The Talisman" comes closest in theme to his Dark Tower books.

Of the Dark Tower series, the 4th book has been the only book I've ever mourned finishing. I moped for several days before I could begin another book...and that isn't like me at all! I usually have a book or magazine going at all times, sometimes two books at once.

[velocityboy]

Originally Posted by Hoof Hearted

Quite a few of his later books do, too. I'd say his collaboration with Peter Straub on "The Talisman" comes closest in theme to his Dark Tower books.

Agreed, The Talisman is also an excellent book. Black House was also good, but failed to really capture the magic of the first book. Perhaps it was because the world was no longer being seen through the eyes of a 12-year old; Jack was a lot more jaded in the second book.

I *think* that Insomnia is the only non-series book that ever explicitly refers to Roland.

Originally Posted by Hoof Hearted

Of the Dark Tower series, the 4th book has been the only book I've ever mourned finishing. I moped for several days before I could begin another book...and that isn't like me at all! I usually have a book or magazine going at all times, sometimes two books at once.

(Trying to not give spoilers here) yeah, what happened near the end of the Majis part definitely explains a *lot* about Roland's character.

Long days and pleasant nights

[Hoof Hearted]

Originally Posted by velocityboy

Long days and pleasant nights

*taps my throat three times with the straightened fingers of my hand*

[Iggy]

I love reading. I will usually read a book in a day because I have to know what happens. Not really feasible with larger than 400 page books, but I finish those in two days. I use to read Steven King, loved Misery the best but I only read about half a dozen or so. Usually I read romance novels because they are easy and most of the time don't have sad things in them that would bring down my mood. Books are my escape from the real world and I want it to be a fun escape.

But I do love sci-fi books. Right now I am also reading Heinlein's The Cat That Walks Through Walls. I haven't gotten that far into it, but it seems interesting so far. I really enjoyed Stranger in a Strange Land. It is probably one of my favorites of all.

I would much rather curl up with a book than watch T.V. anyday, but that is just me.

[Trilby]

Three books that as soon as I was done reading them I started over again right away: LITTLE WOMEN, CANDIDE, THE CORRECTIONS.

All awesome.