Stephen King, Amusement Parks, and Serial Killers..

I used to LOVE Stephen King but as he got older he can't end a story. The last book I read by him was IT and when I got to the part that it was a spider from outer space I threw the book across the room and never read another one of his novels again. I still don't know how that story ended, LOL!

Jen

GoYanks34 said:

The last book I read by him was IT and when I got to the part that it was a spider from outer space I threw the book across the room

Jen

You must be stronger than I thought.

Mike

I, too, was disappointed when discovering what IT actually was, but I still trust SK and he has continued to write page turners.

Kind of funny that some of his most popular works were made into awful movies and some really good movies were made from some of his works that no one really knew about, except his "Dear Reader(s)" like me.

"Shawshank," anyone?
How about "Stand by Me?"
Those were good movies.

BTW, the link accompanying this topic was a good read

MABrider said:

I, too, was disappointed when discovering what IT actually was, but I still trust SK and he has continued to write page turners.

Kind of funny that some of his most popular works were made into awful movies and some really good movies were made from some of his works that no one really knew about, except his "Dear Reader(s)" like me.

"Shawshank," anyone?
How about "Stand by Me?"
Those were good movies.

BTW, the link accompanying this topic was a good read

Yeah, there's been times when I told folks that Shawshank Redemption was based on a King story and got a nice "Yeah, right!" for my trouble.

MABrider said:

I, too, was disappointed when discovering what IT actually was, but I still trust SK and he has continued to write page turners.

I think the book I read before that one was the Dark Half, which was an excellent story with a ridiculous ending as well so IT just pushed me over the edge.

Kind of funny that some of his most popular works were made into awful movies and some really good movies were made from some of his works that no one really knew about, except his "Dear Reader(s)" like me.

"Shawshank," anyone?
How about "Stand by Me?"
Those were good movies.

BTW, the link accompanying this topic was a good read

Very true. His short stories are very good. I think when he writes shorter books (Misery, for example, was a masterpiece and I believe was the only book that made me jump while reading it) they are good but when they're long he gets to a point where he "just ends it now" and ruins the story. Needful Things was another great book with a stupid ending. I hope his new amusement park serial killer book is less than 1000 pages. Then I may give it a try ;~)

Jen

Didn't read that one yet but noticed something about some of his books. All are great fun reads for sure, but, although the first third of most of his books is very enjoyable, the rest gets real weird. And the ending is sometimes so unusual, as if he got tired of the theme. Still great!

Steven
www.snedelton.com

PS check out my Coma Sins if you care...

The book will be out in June. Here's the cover art and a blurb:

http://www.amazon.com/Joyland-Stephen-King/dp/1781162646/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1356121059&sr=1-3&keywords=stephen+king

As a person with a pretty odd imagination, I have wandered around BGE with the thought the entire park could be one hell of a paintball course or *roll your eyes here* the location of a hidden treasure.
Pretty nutty huh? But ontopic, the concept of a serial killer playing TAG in an amusement park would give BGE's HowloScream a whole new layer of fright..... and gawd, it would definitely be ghoulish!
Stredain

beastmaster said:

The book will be out in June. Here's the cover art and a blurb:

http://www.amazon.com/Joyland-Stephen-King/dp/1781162646/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1356121059&sr=1-3&keywords=stephen+king

I see it's part of this series (below), which SK contributed to in the past. So it's likely to be a novella.

Mike B.

Hard Case Crime

MABrider said:

beastmaster said:

The book will be out in June. Here's the cover art and a blurb:

http://www.amazon.com/Joyland-Stephen-King/dp/1781162646/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1356121059&sr=1-3&keywords=stephen+king

I see it's part of this series (below), which SK contributed to in the past. So it's likely to be a novella.

Mike B.

Yeah, it's only a hundred-something pages. I'm currently reading (well, not right this second) 11/22/63, which is quite a bit longer...enjoying the heck out of it!

Mike

* This post was modified at 12/22/12 11:24:32 PM *

beastmaster said:
I'm currently reading (well, not right this second) 11/22/13, which is quite a bit longer...enjoying the heck out of it!

Mike

As did I.
It makes you furious while filling you with you with wonder as to what might have been (good or bad), is joyful and sad all at the same time, and it brings tears to your eyes.

Mike B.

Speaking of time-traveling...

Fixed the name of the book in my other post. "11/22/13" just doesn't make it.

beastmaster said:

Speaking of time-traveling...
"11/22/13" just doesn't make it.

Wasn't that he day Kennedy was shot?

RobLec said:

beastmaster said:

Speaking of time-traveling...
"11/22/13" just doesn't make it.

Wasn't that he day Kennedy was shot?

Yep...the book's about a fellow who travels back in time with the goal of preventing the assassination. I just screwed up the "year" part of the slash line and turned it into next year.

Mike

beastmaster said:

RobLec said:

Wasn't that he day Kennedy was shot?

I just screwed up the "year" part of the slash line and turned it into next year.

Which would be the 50th anniversary, so that makes sense.