It
The Shining
Never read one or both titles
Wave 1C: It vs. The Shining
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This is the third and final round of our 2010 Constant Reader Awards. Please vote for the book you would rather re-read. The winner receives 0.1 points added to its score previously acquired in the first two rounds.
If you haven't yet read either book or both of them, please vote Never read one or both titles. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.
Definitely The Shining.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Are you kidding?Originally Posted by Daghain
It, definitely!
without any doubtAre you kidding?
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It, of course!
Sloth Love Chunk
The shining was better. What is more scary than a normal average guy being possessed and then taking a roque mallet and trying to kill everyone. The fact that he loves his family and the transition is slow makes it so much better.
Don't get me wrong Pennywise the dancing clown scared the hell out of me when I was younger, but Jack was far worse.
"You've had your whole F***ing life to think things over, what good's a few minutes minutes more gonna do you now?"
The Shining.
It was okay and parts of it were great. But cover to cover The Shining grabs you by the balls and doesn't let go.
And The Shining doesn't haveSpoiler:.
Dive, might want to spoilerize some of your comment.
Sloth Love Chunk
Ok, sorry about that.
no problemo
Sloth Love Chunk
See, I have major love for The Shining because it was the first King book I ever read and it scared the living crap out of me (okay, I was thirteen and in Catholic school, so I led a sheltered life, LOL).
Not so big a fan of IT. At all.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
An author's work doesn't always improve with time; certainly some of King's earlier books outshine some of his later ones, but in this case I definitely see his evolution as a writer between the styles of these stories. It is like The Shining plus.
Damn it, these two are my top two SK books. Hard to choose. I pick It.
A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face.
My Collection
It hands down. It's just soo much more...epic, for want of a better word.
All hail the King;
He of the Crimson Eye,
The Lord of Spiders.
Hail Discordia.
The poll has closed. The winner with 71.88% of the vote was It. It receives 0.1 points in addition to its current FAS (Final Average Score), making it 7.741979950.
It is 3 for 3 (0.3, 100%).
The Shining is 2 for 3 (0.2, 66.67%).
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