Stephen King fans. Explain?
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Stephen King places ordinary people in extraordinary situations. He is a very moralistic writer -- his characters are punished for the "sins" they create. My favorite book Different Seasons. Met him in St. Louis years ago -- very cool guy.
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look in the back of his latest book, there is usually a list of all books published. My parents read his books, I have only read Bone Collector and Coffin Dancer, but he has done a lot. There was The Lake Houses and some kind of numbered series, something like 1st to die, and 2nd something, and 3rd Horseman I think, anyway that is all I know, hoped it helped. If you want his whole collection you are probably going to have to look for them individually or perhaps order them all from the publisher or find them from a collector. People like my parents read them once and then collect them and they are kept in excellent condition. Try a local used bookstore to scope out some collectors.
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There are a lot of really great authors, but my favorite has always been Stephen King-I think it was because he got me interested in writing when I was 12 and I'm trying to get my own novel published now.  \n\nOther good authors include Rahl Dahl, Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, Philip K. Dick, Michael Crichton, Tad Williams, Isaac Asimov, C.S. Lewis, James Patterson, George R.R. Martin, etc. etc.  Of course there are other authors I haven't read yet, who I would probably like.
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she has a point, he does tend to drag it out a bit, but he does some amazing things with the english language, but again, i too prefer dean koontz if there is an option.  but still, he is a great author.\n and back on topic, i am not that enthused, mainly because i have only recently finished the 2nd book because i just found out about this series last month
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Enough with Koontz or King.. they're great writers.  We get it.  \n\nLaymon rocks!  Check out Bentley Little, Edward Lee, Jack Ketchum ("Girl Next Door" may be one of the most disturbing books I've ever read.), or check out me!  :-) - http://www.mdekler.com
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He is reading Modesty Blaise by Peter O'Donnell. \nIt is a real book and not a fictional book.\nIn that book, a killer indulges in a Biblical rant very similar to that of Samuel L. Jackson's character.
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I've put a link below to an article about Graves that discusses some of his preoccupations and personal mythology. Read the paragraphs just before the mention of the poem to get an idea of what the writer thinks of Graves's motivation. \n\nBecause of the strong rhetoric in the first line - something about there being one story and one story only (I don't have the text in front of me right now), one is inclined to think that WHATEVER the story is behind the poem is a universal one, and quite possibly "the story of Graves's life." \n\nPoems are never only autobiographical, though. Nor are their symbols always completely coherent and discernible. \n\nGood luck.\n\n[By the way, I didn't copy from the answer above - which is a very good one - it's just a coincidence that we were looking in the same place. The other answerer posted 59 seconds before I got there, but after I'd started writing.]
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Cute at first, but I found it got old after about the fourth or fifth book. (There must be 20 now?)\n\nNote quite on topic but: I always liked Piers Anthony's work (not past tense) until I read his autobiography. Lets just say that I was so taken aback by the pettiness and urge to show people up that I stopped reading his stuff.
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It's a great book! I won't tell you but I'll give you some hints.\n\n1. It's one of the ten people on the island.\n2. Make sure you know what the term "red herring" means. (It's not just a fish!)\n3. Think about each character's profession and which one would have the most motivation to perform this scheme.\n4. Technically, the killer only kills 8 of the people on the island. Another character kills herself and one other person.\n5. If you read the play or watch the movie, it's the same person (although the name may be changed).
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The whole damn book is about vampires!! R u such a dumbass that u dont understand it? Oh my god! I've read everyone of his books u have to understand the way he uses his words. But yea the whole book is about them!! It becomes more obvious toward the end....
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It's a line from "The Shining".  I liked the Kubrick (starring Jack Nicholson) version of the movie the best.\n\nWatch it and you'll understand the line...
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An interesting and sometimes-lovely poem. It's an acknowledgment of where and how the writer connects to his origins.\nPoetry doesn't need to make sense.  Like religion, it is often irrational.
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Well I have only read the Shining but I have heard a lot about the latter- obviously the value of my opinion because of this is limited but I would go Shining.
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J.K. Rowling and Stephen King.
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I would love to dinner with Stephen King and talk about how he wrote each one of his books . and of course I would love it to me at his house so he could feel relax while we chatted...
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Flipping between alternate worlds, a talking wolf and a mother who is dying with only her son "Jackie-O" to save her is what the book "The Talisman", by Stephen King and Peter Straub is all about and it makes for some exciting reading that would easily translate to the big screen!\n\nJack has come to the east coast with his actress mother who is dying of cancer.  As summer draws to a close Jack feels his mother fading along with the autumn leaves.  Mother and son both know it's just a matter of time before winter steals in with it's deathly cold both outside and inside his mother.  As Jack ponders his mother's fate he wanders to what appears a deserted amusement park.  There he meets a man, Speedy Parker, who offers a hope that rests on Jack's young shoulders.  Can he bear up under the burden of being his mother's hero?\n\nJack learns that he can "flip" in and out of an alternate earth, "The Territories", where his mother's "twinner" is a queen in trouble by a vile villian named Morgan Sloat who can also flip between the two worlds and wants to kill both women.  To save both of their lives Jack must win the race across the continent to the west coast and a hotel called the Alhambra where the Talisman awaits.\n\nOn the trip Jack meets a talking wolf who flips with him into our world and is afraid of movies, is imprisoned in a boy's home by a cruel man named Sunlight Gardener, and befriends the son of the man who is trying to kill him.  The final trip by train shows him horrors that could only be alive in the worst nightmares.\n\nStephen King and Peter Straub are both proven best sellers in their field.  Stephen King has had multiple books made into high gross movies.  I believe "The Talisman", would easily join that group as it appeals to the young, old and everyone in between.\n\n(Quick word count 331.)
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Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author best known for horror novels. A 2003 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Book Awards, King's books have been enormously successful, and are often featured on bestseller lists\n\nBibliography\n1963 The Aftermath (an unpublished novel) \n1970 Sword in the Darkness (an unpublished novel) \n1973 Blaze (an unpublished novel) \n1974 Carrie \n1975 'Salem's Lot \n1977 Rage (as Richard Bachman) \n1977 The Shining \n1978 Night Shift (stories) \n1978 The Stand \n1979 The Dead Zone \n1979 The Long Walk (as Richard Bachman) \n1980 Firestarter \n1981 Cujo \n1981 Danse Macabre (nonfiction about horror) \n1981 Road Work (as Richard Bachman) \n1982 Creepshow (comic book, illustrated by Bernie Wrightson) \n1982 The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger \n1982 Different Seasons (novellas) \n1982 The Running Man (as Richard Bachman) \n1983 Christine \n1983 Pet Sematary \n1983 Cycle of the Werewolf (illustrated by Bernie Wrightson) \n1984 The Talisman (written with Peter Straub) \n1984 Thinner (as Richard Bachman) \n1985 Skeleton Crew (stories) \n1985 The Bachman Books (novel collection) \n1986 It \n1987 The Eyes of the Dragon \n1987 Misery \n1987 The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three \n1988 The Tommyknockers \n1988 Nightmares in the Sky (gargoyle photo book with text by King; photos by f-stop fitzgerald) \n1989 The Dark Half \n1989 Dolan's Cadillac (limited edition) \n1989 My Pretty Pony (limited edition) \n1990 The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition \n1990 Four Past Midnight (stories) \n1991 Needful Things \n1991 The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands \n1992 Gerald's Game \n1993 Dolores Claiborne \n1993 Nightmares & Dreamscapes (stories) \n1994 Insomnia \n1995 Rose Madder \n1995 Umney's Last Case \n1996 The Green Mile (originally published as a monthly serial consisting of six parts: The Two Dead Girls, The Mouse on the Mile, Coffey's Hands, The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix, Night Journey, and Coffey on the Mile) \n1996 Desperation \n1996 The Regulators (as Richard Bachman) \n1997 Six Stories (stories) \n1997 The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass \n1998 Bag of Bones \n1999 Storm of the Century \n1999 The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon \n1999 The New Lieutenant's Rap (limited edition) \n1999 Hearts in Atlantis \n1999 Blood and Smoke (audio book) \n2000 Riding the Bullet (electronically published novella) \n2000 The Plant (electronically published) Stephen King (Publishing of 'The Plant') \n2000 Secret Windows \n2000 On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (nonfiction and autobiography) \n2001 Dreamcatcher \n2001 Black House (sequel to The Talisman; written with Peter Straub) \n2002 From a Buick 8 \n2002 Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales (stories) \n2003 The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (revised version) \n2003 The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla \n2004 The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah \n2004 The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower \n2004 Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season \n2005 The Colorado Kid, published in October by Hard Case Crime Paperback \n2006 Cell, to be released in January 24th \n2006 The Secretary of Dreams, a limited edition to be released in the first half of 2006 \n2006 Lisey's Story, to be released in October \n2007 the Dark Tower comic book, to be released in February by Marvel Comics