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| Books & Authors Recommended and not so recommended reading. |
05-28-2006, 04:21 PM
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Stephen King?
Im planning to buy a Stephen King novel for the first time which do you think is the best?
Just looking for reccomendations people....  please
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05-28-2006, 04:25 PM
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Oh boy...
Here's some great ones: Pet Cemetary, Fire Starter, Cujo, The Tommyknockers and The Shining.
I'm currently reading Cell and its phenominal!
If your into series, i'd pick up the Dark Tower, they're pretty good as well.
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05-28-2006, 05:34 PM
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The one that got me hooked, and the one that is the easiest to get "in to" is Misery.
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05-29-2006, 07:47 PM
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Well at the nearest borders Cell is prety easy to get
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05-31-2006, 09:29 AM
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If you don't want to commit to some of his longer ones, try for something like the Long Walk. I also like his stuff as Richard Bachman like the Regulators. Cell was also a very good book too though...
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05-31-2006, 11:20 AM
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I agree with Emmett - Misery is a great one to start with. SK has written some amazing books, and also some god-awful ones. I guess it depends on your personal preferances. One of my recent favourites of his was 'bag of bones', but it is quite long, and maybe not the best one to start with.
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05-31-2006, 12:20 PM
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I would highly recommend the shining.
Sincerely - J.C
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06-01-2006, 08:51 PM
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thanx ^_^ ill get to the nearest BORDERS sometime soon!
Probly between
Cell, misery and the shining
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06-01-2006, 08:55 PM
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Desperation was my favorite so far. I would say also if you're in for the long haul, get an unabridged copy of "The Stand." Good reading there.
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06-01-2006, 09:56 PM
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Just be ready, the Stand is over 1,000 pages long.
I finished Cell earlier this evening. Great read! A great modern doomsday story.
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06-01-2006, 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Omni
Just be ready, the Stand is over 1,000 pages long.
I finished Cell earlier this evening. Great read! A great modern doomsday story.
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Ill refrain for that until my brain stopps hurtin with so mmany pages
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06-02-2006, 01:49 AM
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Hi,
So far I have only read FireStarter and The Running Man as Richard Bachman. I would highly recommend both.
However I am also on the 5th book of the Dark Tower Series and am totally hooked, the main character Roland is as deep as good a character I have had the pleasure of getting to know. I would recommend the Dark Tower Series to anyone...
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06-02-2006, 09:14 AM
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haha bag of bones was a great book  its one of the shortest books ive read though... its the only sk iv read because i prefer the books by wilbur smith.. to me his writing is my real dont linch my sk fans
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06-06-2006, 01:22 PM
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The Stand is considered his magnum opus, but I think the best piece of writing he has ever done is a novella called The Mist. It's the first story in the collection Skeleton Crew.
A bunch of people are inside a supermarket when a strange mist descends on the area, concealing bizarre and hostile creatures. Trapped inside the supermarket, people are becoming more and more freaked out as the days go by, and are starting to turn on each other.
It was not only King's best, it was one of the best pieces of fiction I ever read.
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06-06-2006, 04:37 PM
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I agree about The Mist.
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