[RoadRashed]

I am currently reading one of the worst Stephen King novels I have ever read (Black House)........and was trying to decide which one was the best I had ever read.

Today, I will say it was It. I had a hard time putting that one down. But then again.......The Shining scared the crap out of me (might have helped that I was around 13 years old when I read it....). I have read almost every single King book.....and have sadly noticed they are getting worse and worse. Maybe I am just older and "numb" to getting scared by these books anymore....... Oh well.....I just hope Black House picks up a bit or I am throwing it in the trash......

Anyone else a King fan here? What is your favorite book?

 

[ziadel]

The Stand...
that was my favorite...
I still have the copy that I never returned to my schools library..

 

[Brian FXSTB]

The Stand...
that was my favorite...
I still have the copy that I never returned to my schools library..

WHAT HE SAID!

I watch the movie all the time on DVD...... Im illiterate so I cant read, but my wife said the book was better than the movie.

One thing I cant stand is to watch a movie with someone that has read the book already! "Well, they didnt do that in the book..." "This isnt the book, its the movie! SHUT UP!!"

 

[Craigdb]

The Stand. Either the original or the revised, longer version.

Although, I really like The Regulators. The stuff he has written as Richard Bachman is some of his best.

Black House is OK, but you have to have read the first book that King and Straub collaborated on (I'm drawing a blank now) and the whole Dark Tower series.

King's best work are the short stories and the novellas. Some of the novels seem like nothing more than extended character sketches, interesting, but not much of a plot.

 

[ziadel]

WHAT HE SAID!

I watch the movie all the time on DVD...... Im illiterate so I cant read, but my wife said the book was better than the movie.

One thing I cant stand is to watch a movie with someone that has read the book already! "Well, they didnt do that in the book..." "This isnt the book, its the movie! SHUT UP!!"

man, make the effort and read the book, the book is INFINITELY better....you'll love it even more

 

[karl_996]

I think his best work is his non horror stuff.

The Green Mile(the books are supposed to be WAY better than the movie)
Stand By Me
there are others I can't think of right now, but those are his best works.

 

[RoadRashed]

The Stand. Either the original or the revised, longer version.

Although, I really like The Regulators. The stuff he has written as Richard Bachman is some of his best.

Black House is OK, but you have to have read the first book that King and Straub collaborated on (I'm drawing a blank now) and the whole Dark Tower series.

King's best work are the short stories and the novellas. Some of the novels seem like nothing more than extended character sketches, interesting, but not much of a plot.

The Talisman was the book before Dark House. I read that one and it was O.K. Black House also deals with some things from the Dark Tower series (which I love!). Maybe I just need to stop reading the book while I am dog tired and falling asleep....

Can I change my original answer? The Stand is awesome. I even reread it when the version with the extra pages came out. Whew that book is long. The TV movie of it sucks compared to the book. READ IT!

 

[Jamus34]

Yeah I personally like his short stories and novelettes better than his novels (although The Stand and Christine were badass).

Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption
The Body (Original title of Stand By Me)
Quitters, Inc.
Apt Pupil

there's a couple more, but I forget there names.

 

[JaGz]

Im not a Big Stephen King fan. Some of his work is ok. But If you wont a good horror or scary writer try Clive Barker. I like his work.:thumb

some of his were
WeaveWorld
Cabal
Hellraiser series

 

[Lacadee]

If you want some scary shit u gotta read books by Dr.Suess...

 

[miztress6]

IT

and the book he wrote with Peter Straub The Talisman

 

[gummo]

The Stand, Insomniac and Skeleton Crew (The Jaunt) :thumb

 

[TrafficDiver]

The Stand, Insomniac and Skeleton Crew (The Jaunt) :thumb

I liked "The Mist" from Skeleton Crew.

 

[scorpion]

My favorite one was where he quit writing... no wait... he's still writing...:laughing

All joking aside, I was heavily into reading King a long time ago, and I read everything he wrote up to Dolores Clairborne, and Rose Madder...

I suffered through the slow updating of the Darktower series until the third installment...

I enjoyed Needful Things... but it came to a point when I just couldn't stand to read about Castle Rock anymore and put King away.

The shine his books had for me had faded and I quit reading his work...

 

[Busa Billy]

The dark tower series rocks....Clive Barker is the shit, scares the hell out of me.


Billy

 

[Riceaholic]

The short stories he wrote as Bachman were favorites of mine. The Stand was really good too...

 

[laurabelle]

The Stand is my all time favorite book by King (I have the whole collection, yes, I belong to the Stephen King Library ) That is one book that I re-read every couple of years because it is that good.

 

[ziadel]

My favorite one was where he quit writing... no wait... he's still writing...:laughing

his current books do suck...

 

[Rez]

The Stand. Uncut.

Hands down.

Christine a close second...

 

[Random]

The short stories he wrote as Bachman were favorites of mine.

I agree. I could never really get into his real horror stuff though. I guess its just not my style.