Night Shift--Voting Closed

[Aaron]

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/510/medium/Night_Shift_face.jpg
Night Shift
Doubleday, 1978


Bracket #1


Voting for this Book is Closed.
Final Average Score: 3.867924528


Stories included in Night Shift

"Jerusalem's Lot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem%27s_Lot_%28story%29)"
"Graveyard Shift (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graveyard_Shift)"
"Night Surf (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Surf)"
"I Am the Doorway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_the_Doorway)"
"The Mangler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mangler)"
"The Boogeyman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boogeyman)"
"Gray Matter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_Matter)"
"Battleground (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleground_%28Stephen_King%29)"
"Trucks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trucks_%28short_story%29)"
"Sometimes They Come Back (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sometimes_They_Come_Back)"
"Strawberry Spring (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Spring)"
"The Ledge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ledge)"
"The Lawnmower Man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lawnmower_Man)"
"Quitters, Inc. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quitters%2C_Inc.)"
"I Know What You Need (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Know_What_You_Need)"
"Children of the Corn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_the_Corn)"
"The Last Rung on the Ladder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Rung_on_the_Ladder)"
"The Man Who Loved Flowers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Loved_Flowers)"
"One for the Road (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_for_the_Road_%28short_story%29)"
"The Woman in the Room (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_in_the_Room)

[mae]

Oh my, this one's not faring so well thus far. Speaking for myself, this was the first short story collection of King's I'd read. This has some of his best shorts. A true classic. It obviously won't beat out the big boys like 'Salem's Lot of The Shining, but hopefully it'll still rank decent. One of my faves from the '70s!

[Matt]

I gave this one an "average" rating. Of all his collections, this one's stories were not the best for me. Still loved it though.

[razz]

SORRY, BUT CAN YOU CHANGE MY VOTE TO "NEVER READ"?
I VOTED LOVED IT, BUT I HAVEN'T READ IT. I MISTOOK IT FOR SKELETON CREW.
Oi! AARON, DON'T FORGET!

[Matt]

What would you like your vote to be?

[mae]

A funny (well, maybe not funny) sidestory to this book. We read from this in my high school English class. We read "The Ledge" I believe. I remember how psyched I was because that was just after I had discovered Stephen King on my own. The teacher passed out these beat-up paperbacks (with the hand and the eyes) around. It was cool...

[Aaron]

Sorry, but can you change my vote?
I voted Loved it, but i haven't read it. I mistook it to be Skeleton Crew.

Argh.

I can fix it, but it will have to be after the poll has closed. Please edit your post and put it in all caps, in bold, so that I remember to do it when compiling the official scores.

[razz]

sure
btw it was never read it, Matt

[jhanic]

I voted it good. The stories are rather uneven, with some really good ones and some not so great. Overall, though, good seems right.

John

[The Lady of Shadows]

aha! figured out this voting thing. loved it! two of my all time favorite short stories are in this collection, and i reread the entire book at least once a year. :)

[Daghain]

I loved, loved, loved this book. Definitely a 5.

[KaLikeAWheel]

A funny (well, maybe not funny) sidestory to this book. We read from this in my high school English class. We read "The Ledge" I believe. I remember how psyched I was because that was just after I had discovered Stephen King on my own. The teacher passed out these beat-up paperbacks (with the hand and the eyes) around. It was cool...

I know just the cover you're talking about! When my son (who is now 16) was little, he had two imaginary friends (enemies?) named Doobie and YaYa and he was terrified of them both. He saw my copy of this book one day and pointed at the hand with all the eyes on it, and said, "That's YaYa, Mommy!" :oMy kids are all a bit weird. ::sigh:: <_<

::back on topic::

Donna

[ManOfWesternesse]

Again, a 3 on this. Some pretty good stories, some average. It's been quite a while since my last re-read of this one.

[Cutter]

I loved, loved, loved this book. Definitely a 5.

Same, I gave it a 5

[William50]

I also gave it a 5. It was one of my first SK reads so it will always hold a special place in my heart.

[Daghain]

A funny (well, maybe not funny) sidestory to this book. We read from this in my high school English class. We read "The Ledge" I believe. I remember how psyched I was because that was just after I had discovered Stephen King on my own. The teacher passed out these beat-up paperbacks (with the hand and the eyes) around. It was cool...

I still have that paperback with that cover. Freaky.

[Aaron]

We have a copy of that edition as well. :D

[John_and_Yoko]

I'm going to assume I've "never read" this, because I only read one story out of it: "Night Surf."

Thus I'm going to vote that way.

Besides, I didn't like "Night Surf," and I don't want that to influence the whole collection when I haven't read any of the other stories.

[mae]

I'm going to assume I've "never read" this, because I only read one story out of it: "Night Surf."

Thus I'm going to vote that way.

Besides, I didn't like "Night Surf," and I don't want that to influence the whole collection when I haven't read any of the other stories.

Does that mean you don't have a copy of the book at all? It's a great one, overall. Has some outright classics!

[John_and_Yoko]

Does that mean you don't have a copy of the book at all? It's a great one, overall. Has some outright classics!

I do not, but I have considered getting it (if for no other reason than to have that little intro at the beginning). But yeah, I am also curious about "Jerusalem's Lot," for example....

But no, I don't have it, and I've only read "Night Surf" from it.

[stone, rose, unfound door]

Oh my, this one's not faring so well thus far. Speaking for myself, this was the first short story collection of King's I'd read. This has some of his best shorts. A true classic. It obviously won't beat out the big boys like 'Salem's Lot of The Shining, but hopefully it'll still rank decent. One of my faves from the '70s!

Funny that we think so alike on this one ! :)

[Daghain]

Does that mean you don't have a copy of the book at all? It's a great one, overall. Has some outright classics!

I do not, but I have considered getting it (if for no other reason than to have that little intro at the beginning). But yeah, I am also curious about "Jerusalem's Lot," for example....

But no, I don't have it, and I've only read "Night Surf" from it.

Get it! You're missing out!

[Jean]

I have voted "average", mostly thanks to "Jerusalem's Lot", "Night Surf", "The Mangler", "Sometimes They Come Back" and "Children of the Corn", or else would have had to vote "only so-so".

[wizardsrainbow]

Some very good stories in this book. Worth the read.

[Heather19]

I agree, this is probably my favorite collection of his.

[mae]

I'm actually planning on re-reading this one when I'm done with Just After Sunset. Should be a great contrast!

[Patrick]

I've read a few of the stories, but not all of them. Therefore I voted "never read".

[Aaron]

The first post of this thread has been edited with Night Shift's final average score, which is 3.86. It will not be progressing on to Round 2 of the competition.