Favourite Stephen King Books?

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  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    CantKeepMeHere wrote:
    I love
    TheLongWalk
    holy cow is that book amazing
    I have 90% of them all
    DarkTower was really good yet not great (the series as a whole)
    Desperation is good as well
    but when ever this conversation comes up in real life i always say read TheLongWalk

    Totally agree about The Long Walk!! Wow that is probably one of the most disturbing books I've ever read - what an insane concept. You've given me the itch to read it again! Just thinking about the brothers in the contest - knowing at least one of them wasn't going to make it - just heartbreaking! I haven't read the Hunger Games but it sounds like the concept is very similar...
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  • ComeToTX
    ComeToTX Austin Posts: 8,058
    Misery and 11/22/63
    This show, another show, a show here and a show there.
  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    IT! I also liked the shorts Blockade Billy and The Colorado Kid I believe are the names.

    Has any one purchased the 25th Anniversary edition of IT?
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,852
    I guess I gotta finish the Dark Tower Series... then move on to 11/22/63. Hearts in Atlantis is good too, huh?
  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    MayDay10 wrote:
    I guess I gotta finish the Dark Tower Series... then move on to 11/22/63. Hearts in Atlantis is good too, huh?

    Yep! Hearts in Atlantis has a few tie-ins with the Dark Tower books. So does Insomnia, one of my faves.
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    I just saw that on stephenking.com he posted the original final chapter of 11/22/63.

    http://www.stephenking.com/other/112263/112263.html

    I don't have flash at work so I'll check it out at home, but thought y'all might be interested.
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  • Cradles Broken Glass
    Cradles Broken Glass Posts: 1,409
    Salem's Lot is my favorite. My husband is obsessed with the Dark Tower series.
    Hearts and thoughts they fade....
    fade away...

    I am at peace with my lust.....for Eddie.
  • capthowdy1027
    capthowdy1027 Posts: 3,270
    Dark Tower was insanely awesome. That and The Stand are probably my favorites.
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  • Cradles Broken Glass
    Cradles Broken Glass Posts: 1,409
    capthowdy1027 wrote:
    Dark Tower was insanely awesome. That and The Stand are probably my favorites.


    My husband loves The Stand too. He goes on and on about Randell Flagg. I think you two would have a lot to talk about. :)
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  • SweetChildofMine
    SweetChildofMine Posts: 842
    I have a story to tell about The Stand.

    Aww.. you dont want to hear my freaky story anyway. People dont appreciate them, anyhow. But Stephen King fans might.
  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    SweetChildofMine wrote:
    I have a story to tell about The Stand.

    Aww.. you dont want to hear my freaky story anyway. People dont appreciate them, anyhow. But Stephen King fans might.

    Spill it!
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    "I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
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  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    JK_Livin wrote:
    SweetChildofMine wrote:
    I have a story to tell about The Stand.

    Aww.. you dont want to hear my freaky story anyway. People dont appreciate them, anyhow. But Stephen King fans might.

    Spill it!

    +1!!!
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  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    rrivers wrote:
    I just saw that on stephenking.com he posted the original final chapter of 11/22/63.

    http://www.stephenking.com/other/112263/112263.html

    I don't have flash at work so I'll check it out at home, but thought y'all might be interested.

    Thanks so much for this link. I am over 500 pages into this book right now and this is a tease. I have to read the published final chapter before I read what he originally wrote. This is such a great book.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    youngster wrote:
    rrivers wrote:
    I just saw that on stephenking.com he posted the original final chapter of 11/22/63.

    http://www.stephenking.com/other/112263/112263.html

    I don't have flash at work so I'll check it out at home, but thought y'all might be interested.

    Thanks so much for this link. I am over 500 pages into this book right now and this is a tease. I have to read the published final chapter before I read what he originally wrote. This is such a great book.

    I just read it. I had forgottten about it! It was nice and touching, but I think the ending in the book is better.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,852
    I got into The Drawing of the Three. It is written so much better than The Gunslinger. The Gunslinger was a tough read.
  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    rrivers wrote:
    youngster wrote:
    rrivers wrote:
    I just saw that on stephenking.com he posted the original final chapter of 11/22/63.

    http://www.stephenking.com/other/112263/112263.html

    I don't have flash at work so I'll check it out at home, but thought y'all might be interested.

    Thanks so much for this link. I am over 500 pages into this book right now and this is a tease. I have to read the published final chapter before I read what he originally wrote. This is such a great book.

    I just read it. I had forgottten about it! It was nice and touching, but I think the ending in the book is better.

    Having read the rest of the book and reading the original ending, I have to agree, the better ending is in the book. one of the best books I have read in quite a while.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Looks like they have changed their minds yet again regarding the Dark Tower.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/mar ... arner-bros
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    youngster wrote:
    Looks like they have changed their minds yet again regarding the Dark Tower.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/mar ... arner-bros

    I've said it a million times, this saga must be on HBO!

    Wind Through the Keyhole comes out next month, yay!!
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  • dougfloyd
    dougfloyd Fishers, IN Posts: 2,585
    Mamasan23 wrote:

    Wind Through the Keyhole comes out next month, yay!!

    Can't wait for this book to come out!
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  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Anyone pick up the new Dark Tower book? Mine is on it's way from Amazon. Kinda toying with the idea of re-reading all the books again and seeing how this new one fits in with the overall story. It's been 10+ years since I read the first 4 so I could use a refresher.

    Maybe I might just read the argument before each story instead.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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