The Long Walk - Stephen King - GoFuckYourself.com

CurrentlySober · 12-08-2011, 02:58 PM

Reading it now instead of drinking... Very good so far

Phoenix · 12-08-2011, 03:02 PM

his books are way better then the movies they get made into
read the Stand...or the Talisman

anexsia · 12-08-2011, 03:06 PM

He's one of my favorite authors...It's just something about the way he writes that makes me not able to put one of his books down. It's also very cool how he can easily switch from writing horror to writing fantasy and other genres.

corvette · 12-08-2011, 03:17 PM

great book/story, read it a few times

CurrentlySober · 12-08-2011, 03:29 PM

Just got to the part where McVries explains how he got his scar...

seeandsee · 12-08-2011, 03:40 PM

i like Sherlok Poo Stories

johnnyloadproductions · 12-08-2011, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by CurrentlySober

Reading it now instead of drinking... Very good so far

Wasn't that under his pen name Richard Bachmann or something? I remember reading that at 19 on a cross country bus ride.

helterskelter808 · 12-08-2011, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by johnnyloadproductions

Wasn't that under his pen name Richard Bachmann or something? I remember reading that at 19 on a cross country bus ride.

Yeah. I didn't recognize it till he mentioned the name 'McVries'. Read it about 20 years ago in the Bachman Books. Just Googled it and noticed it also has The Running Man, which is probably why I bought it.

EukerVoorn · 12-08-2011, 05:11 PM

I read "the fog" some years ago, very good. Then I saw the movie, very disappointing. Apparently he was very unhappy with the result of the filming of The Shining but I think the movie is awesome, I never read that book though. Sober stopping with drinking and other addictions is really easy... we'll chat about it

ottopottomouse · 12-08-2011, 05:14 PM

Never actually read one of his books, seen loads of the films though.

campimp · 12-08-2011, 05:16 PM

that was one of his better ones

Overload · 12-08-2011, 05:19 PM

ehh? serious? i was reading SK when i was a kid ... i liked fantasy much more tho ... like elric of melnibone which is fantastic ... reminds me --- where are my fucking books from back then? time to visit the cellar lol

Jayvis · 12-08-2011, 07:16 PM

I read this book about two months back, it's a good one. The ending is great.

CurrentlySober · 12-09-2011, 02:03 AM

Just finished it! Good read...

EukerVoorn · 12-09-2011, 03:29 AM

So how does it end? I like to know before I start reading it.

CurrentlySober · 12-09-2011, 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by EukerVoorn

So how does it end? I like to know before I start reading it.

Caligari · 12-09-2011, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Phoenix

his books are way better then the movies they get made into
read the Stand...or the Talisman

Many of the film adaptations of King are completely lame-
"It" could be the worst, only good thing was Tim Curry and his Pennywise wasn't nearly evil or brutal enough. They made an NC-17 novel as a TV mini-series...

"The Langoliers" utter crap adaptation

"The Stand" good fucking god.

IMO the best adaptations have been "The Shining" (both versions),
"Creepshow" (possibly the best of his horror adaptations)
Carpenter's "The Fog"
"Shawshank Redemption"
"The Dead Zone" movie
"Stand By Me"
"The Green Mile"
"Carrie"
"Misery"

I think King gets a bad rap because of the bad adaptations, but in reality he is one of America's great living fiction writers.

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pornguy · 12-09-2011, 07:20 AM

Its a good book but he has done a lot better.. Read one called Dome or something like that not long ago. I liked that a lot.

Caligari · 12-09-2011, 07:23 AM

Dome was the last one i read, surprised they haven't adapted that one yet. It was quite good.

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MrBottomTooth · 12-09-2011, 07:25 AM

Looking forward to the miniseries starting on the 11th. Bag of Bones. Not sure why, most of them usually suck.

CDSmith · 12-09-2011, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Caligari

Many of the film adaptations of King are completely lame-
"It" could be the worst, only good thing was Tim Curry and his Pennywise wasn't nearly evil or brutal enough. They made an NC-17 novel as a TV mini-series...

"The Langoliers" utter crap adaptation

"The Stand" good fucking god.

IMO the best adaptations have been "The Shining" (both versions),
"Creepshow" (possibly the best of his horror adaptations)
Carpenter's "The Fog"
"Shawshank Redemption"
"The Dead Zone" movie
"Stand By Me"
"The Green Mile"
"Carrie"
"Misery"

I think King gets a bad rap because of the bad adaptations, but in reality he is one of America's great living fiction writers.

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All true.

One of the biggest reasons movies like Shawshank, Green Mile, etc, were such great adaptations is because they basically followed the plot and dialogue of the books to a T. In Shawshank it's literally word for word to the point that one might not even call it an "adaptation".

Anyone who hasn't read any of his books preferring only the movies is truly missing out.

Zebra · 12-09-2011, 12:29 PM

I just finished his new one 11/22/63 and really enjoyed it. Long book and takes a while to get to the main part of the story, but the ride is worthy of the destination. Definitely a nice twist of time travel. If they get the right director and main character for this it could be a really good movie like The Green Mile or Shawshank Redemption.

selena · 12-09-2011, 02:23 PM

I don't like many King movies, simply because the books are so good. Shawshank is an exception to that. I have watched it countless times.

If you want a long read, start on the Dark Tower series. It's good stuff.

2MuchMark · 12-09-2011, 02:46 PM

Best Steven King Book : THE STAND (especially the full extended 1000+ page version).

Best Steven King Movies: CARRIE, THE MIST. (OMG MIST - WOW - What an ending)

Worst Steven King movie: All the rest.

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