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Post by ikmccall on May 24, 2014 9:45:17 GMT -4
According to his Twitter feed, he has another book coming out in 10 days.
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Post by Ripley on May 24, 2014 20:32:17 GMT -4
Yep, it's called Mr. Mercedes.
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Post by scarlet on May 25, 2014 12:39:22 GMT -4
Gerald's Game? Meh. Better get a great actress for facial expressions since that book is mostly inside-the-head dialogue and exposition. Because it's so much in her head, I wonder if a lot of it will be flashbacks to her childhood memories about Spoiler
her father molesting her. Spoiler tag for a 25-year-old book, but yeah... |
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Post by forever1267 on Jul 3, 2014 21:19:49 GMT -4
The Shining >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Doctor Sleep.
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Post by famvir on Jul 3, 2014 23:07:08 GMT -4
The Shining >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Doctor Sleep. Yeah, I wish King hadn't tied it to the Shining characters, just introduced new characters. He kind of ruined Danny Torrance for me. Dr. Sleep wasn't bad, just not epic like the Shining. |
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Post by Shalamar on Jul 4, 2014 11:03:03 GMT -4
Agreed. I liked it, but it left me kind of flat. If we're talking sequels, I thought Black House was a pretty good follow-up to The Talisman. Not his best work - and I found the blind DJ guy really annoying - but still, pretty good.
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Post by famvir on Jul 4, 2014 12:53:31 GMT -4
I need to reread Black House! It was set in my town, Peter Straub spent summers here when he was a kid, so the first chapter is a joy with the thinly veiled renaming of streets and buildings, but still so literally the place where I live. Then Steven King was hit by a truck, and the whole thing went dormant for a long time during his recovery. When he came back, the pacing was wrong, and it no longer related to the space it originally was placed in. It now could be any house in the woods.
A disappointment (King is really good at making the environment song) but still a good read. I'm half way through Mr Mercedes. The halfway says it all, any other King book I would devour in one or two sittings. It's pretty good. Still waiting to get hooked.
And while we are here, I watched the 1st episode of Under the Done this season, written by King. It is cray cray! But I like the new characters, and wasn't upset by the removal if a few of the old..
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Post by scarlet on Jul 4, 2014 22:50:19 GMT -4
I could not get into Under the Dome at all. Watched 3 episodes last summer and really disliked the changes from the book.
Conversely, I loved Doctor Sleep. Abra was one of my favorite characters from King in awhile.
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Post by Nysha on Jul 5, 2014 2:21:26 GMT -4
This season's first episode of Under the Dome is the first one the felt like it was from Stephen King. I liked it last year, but it didn't give me the chills the way King's books do. I haven't read Under the Dome because once I do that, I generally hate the show or movie because of the changes.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2014 10:35:38 GMT -4
I have read Under the Dome and I loved it, the changes in the show pissed me off so much I couldn't get past the first episode.
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