Favourite Stephen King Books?

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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    It's a great time to be a King fan!

    Dark Tower going to HBO, Under the Dome going to Showtime, Bag of Bones next month, and now Rose Madder coming to the big screen!

    http://www.slashfilm.com/stephen-king-rose-madder-set-screen/

    Wow, Rose Madder. How is that going to work out?
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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    Anyone got the new one yet? I haven't had a chance to pick it up.
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    MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
    PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
    CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
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    ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
    KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
    Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
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  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    Flagg wrote:
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    It's a great time to be a King fan!

    Dark Tower going to HBO, Under the Dome going to Showtime, Bag of Bones next month, and now Rose Madder coming to the big screen!

    http://www.slashfilm.com/stephen-king-rose-madder-set-screen/

    Wow, Rose Madder. How is that going to work out?

    I'm a bit nervous...it's one of my favorite books and we all know what movies do to SK novels. I'm really excited to see the painting though. I was actually at a hotel once and I swear in our hotel room there was a painting that came straight from the book...I kept waiting for it to move!!!
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    Flagg wrote:
    Anyone got the new one yet? I haven't had a chance to pick it up.

    I got it. About 60 pages in. Things just starting to heat up.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    rrivers wrote:
    Flagg wrote:
    Anyone got the new one yet? I haven't had a chance to pick it up.

    I got it. About 60 pages in. Things just starting to heat up.

    going to pick it up this weekend...can't wait! it'll be nice to read something other than a textbook. :)
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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    Flagg wrote:
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    It's a great time to be a King fan!

    Dark Tower going to HBO, Under the Dome going to Showtime, Bag of Bones next month, and now Rose Madder coming to the big screen!

    http://www.slashfilm.com/stephen-king-rose-madder-set-screen/

    Wow, Rose Madder. How is that going to work out?

    I'm a bit nervous...it's one of my favorite books and we all know what movies do to SK novels. I'm really excited to see the painting though. I was actually at a hotel once and I swear in our hotel room there was a painting that came straight from the book...I kept waiting for it to move!!!

    Underrated book for sure.

    I'll keep my hopes up. But yes, sadly the movie industry has failed miserably when it comes to adapting his books, especially the horror stories. Sometimes things that sound cool on the page don't translate very well.

    I am really looking forward to Bag of Bones on AMC. That is one of my favorites.
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    MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
    PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
    CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
    HTFD-6/27/08
    ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
    KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
    Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
    PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
    OKC-11/16/13
    SEA-12/6/13
    TUL-10/8/14
  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    rrivers wrote:
    Flagg wrote:
    Anyone got the new one yet? I haven't had a chance to pick it up.

    I got it. About 60 pages in. Things just starting to heat up.


    I am getting it tomorrow.

    Stephen King was in Dallas last night for a speaking engagement but it was sold out. He is in a Dallas suburb tonight and that is sold out too.
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    MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
    PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
    CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
    HTFD-6/27/08
    ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
    KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
    Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
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  • ComeToTX
    ComeToTX Austin Posts: 8,058
    Misery
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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    ComeToTX wrote:
    Misery


    Shawshank Redemption
    Stand By Me
    The Green Mile
    1408

    There have been some good ones. I wish they would remake a few like Pet Sematary. Handled correctly, that would be a very effective film.
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    MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
    PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
    CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
    HTFD-6/27/08
    ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
    KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
    Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
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    OKC-11/16/13
    SEA-12/6/13
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  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    Flagg wrote:
    ComeToTX wrote:
    Misery


    Shawshank Redemption
    Stand By Me
    The Green Mile
    1408

    There have been some good ones. I wish they would remake a few like Pet Sematary. Handled correctly, that would be a very effective film.

    I've noticed too that some of the best translations of his work come from short stories - I've always thought that Stand By Me and Shawshank were the absolute best adaptations. There's not a lot of pop for Apt Pupil, but I do think they did a really great job with that too. (When he put that SS uniform on and started marching I got goosebumps everywhere!) With his novels, it's like there's too much to fit into 2 1/2 hours so readers get disappointed. Of course The Stand and It were great as miniseries, and they may look cheesy now but that was the technology they had to work with when they were filmed. HBO and Showtime really seem like the right places to put on DT and Under the Dome so I do have high expectations for those. I would love to see more adaptations of his short stories - The Monkey and Survivor Type come to mind.
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  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
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  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    JK_Livin wrote:
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    Yeeeee Haaaaa!
    4 more days til Bag Of Bones, Bag Of Bones, Bag Of Bones!

    I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    Did anyone finish 11/22/63 yet? What did everyone think? You can pm me so as not to spoil it for others.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    rrivers wrote:
    Did anyone finish 11/22/63 yet? What did everyone think? You can pm me so as not to spoil it for others.
    Just tell me is it worth getting?
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    Black Diamond wrote:
    rrivers wrote:
    Did anyone finish 11/22/63 yet? What did everyone think? You can pm me so as not to spoil it for others.
    Just tell me is it worth getting?

    Definitely!
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • Enkidu
    Enkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    rrivers wrote:
    Black Diamond wrote:
    rrivers wrote:
    Did anyone finish 11/22/63 yet? What did everyone think? You can pm me so as not to spoil it for others.
    Just tell me is it worth getting?

    Definitely!

    So agree. And rrivers, I just PMed you.
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    Got it! And sent you one back!
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • curly
    curly Posts: 704
    i havent read a sk book in 10 years...

    i've read at least 15 of his books though...

    so i decided to read the regulators a few weeks ago...got bout 100 pgs into and for 1st time ever..
    quit reading it...

    I do have Hearts of Atlantis...and noticed it on this list a bunch of times...

    I love....Needful things, tommyknockers to name a few...

    should i definatley read Hearts of Atlantis next???

    will i like it more than the regulators???

    thanks for your advice......curly...
  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    I really like Hearts in Atlantis and thought the movie was pretty good as well. I'm honestly trying to remember what the Regulators was aboput and I can't.

    Have you read the Dark Tower series?

    I still need to Read Under the Dome and Full Dark No Stars.
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  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    curly wrote:
    i havent read a sk book in 10 years...

    i've read at least 15 of his books though...

    so i decided to read the regulators a few weeks ago...got bout 100 pgs into and for 1st time ever..
    quit reading it...

    I do have Hearts of Atlantis...and noticed it on this list a bunch of times...

    I love....Needful things, tommyknockers to name a few...

    should i definatley read Hearts of Atlantis next???

    will i like it more than the regulators???

    thanks for your advice......curly...

    YES read Hearts in Atlantis! I have a few friends that aren't really into SK but love this collection.

    As far as The Regulators...you should read it before or after Desperation. Both books have the same characters, but they have different personalities in each book and the circumstances are quite different. The way the 2 books play to each other really had my interest piqued and they're actually 2 of my faves from him.

    despereg.jpg
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