same with bears and The TommyknockersOriginally Posted by pablo
same with bears and The Tommyknockers
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, if it's any consolation, it's not as bad as The Regulators.
Shame on you!!! I enjoyed both immensely!!! LOL LOL LOLsame with bears and The Tommyknockers
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I was saddened to see Drawing of the Three isted so low! Really??????
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There are parts of The Drawing of the Three that I like a lot. Everything to do with Eddie and Roland. Jake in his world and Roland's. But the whole Detta/Odetta thing got old fast. If I never have to read "honky muhfucker graymeat blah blah blah" again it would be too soon. IMO the whole series would have been better without the Detta/Odetta/Susannah/Mia character (You'll see that I rate The Song of Susannah similarly.) Sure, you need a female hero and love interest and mother-figure, but I sure wished it would have been presented differently.
Don't get me wrong, I actually like the book overall. I could read the drawing of Eddie and Jake over and over. And the lobstrosities, Jake and Roland--some great stuff there. It's just that so much Detta sortof taints the whole experience. I'm content to skip all that and move right on to The Waste Lands!
1- It
2- full dark, no stars
3- Under the dome
4- The dead zone
5- Bag of bones
6- Rose Madder
7- Misery
8- Everything's eventual
9- Desperation
10- Cell
Joka.-
So I know I've been saying I just finished my 28th SK book, and I honest-to-God still think I have, but I'm only coming up with 26. In any case, here is my order:
1 The Long Walk
1 The Stand
1 On Writing
1 Night Shift
1 Drawing of the Three
1 The Dark Tower
1 Wizard and Glass
8 Cell
9 The Gunslinger
10 The Waste Lands
11 The Shining
12 The Tommyknockers
13 Just After Sunset
14 IT
15 The Talisman
16 Everything’s Eventual
17 Salem's Lot
18 The Dead Zone
19 The Wind Through the Keyhole
20 The Colorado Kid
21 Four Past Midnight
22 Song of Susannah
23 Blockade Billy
24 Wolves of the Calla
25 The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
26 Insomnia
I'd say after the tied 1sts, I would group 8-14 together, then 15-20, 21-23, and finally 24-26.
I love the selection separation Dive
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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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lol, sorry bears. I can't change my tastes. That was a long time ago though so mb I'll enjoy more on my DT re-read?
And you rated Insomnia, one of King's best novels, the lowest?
No one will have the exact same list. I absolutely hated Insomnia. It builds so slow and the payoff/climax is not worth the struggle of crawling thru the story IMO.
bears dearly hope so... for your own sake...
: ominous :
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am considering The Dark Tower as one book with multiple volumes. I've left out his collaborations and his story collections, but if story inside a collection is of novel length (though not king novel length) then I will name the story, not the collection it came with. Non-fiction is also not included.
1. The Dark Tower
2. Bag of Bones
3. The Stand
4. Insomnia
5. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
6. Carrie
7. Hearts In Atlantis
8. Duma Key
9. Pet Semetary
10. The Shining
11. The Langoliers
12. Dreamcatcher
13. Gerald's Game
14. Rose Madder
15. Under The Dome
16. Firestarter
17. Secret Window, Secret Garden
18. Lisey's Story
19. Eyes of the Dragon
20. Low Men In Yellow Coats
21. Desperation
22. Cell
23. Thinner
24. The Dark Half
Still To Read:
- It
- The Tommyknockers
- Cycle of the Werewolf
- Blaze
- Christine
- The Regulators
- From A Buick 8
- Dolores Claiborne
- Misery
- Needful Things
- The Colorado Kid
These are the ones I own but haven't read. Not even sure where to start. Maybe The Regulators since the last King book I read was Desperation.
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Don't talk to me.You really don't want to "Poke the Bear"!!!! LOL LOL LOL
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28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
You should try It. I like your taste, basically, apart from the inexplicably low estimate of Desperation. It's interesting perspective, in any case.Thanks for sharing!
OK!!! Who stole, Path's login ID and is posting as him????? No debate? LOL J/K my friend!!!You should try It. I like your taste, basically, apart from the inexplicably low estimate of Desperation. It's interesting perspective, in any case.
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
I must be tired.
I'm saving IT for reading before Cary Fukanaga's adaptation is released. It's been the one King book I'm hoping will be better the longer I let it age.
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Go ahead and read it but prepare to be disappointed.
Out of the rest of your unread list IT is probably the best followed by Christine and Misery. IMO of course.
Hearts are tough, she said, most times hearts don't break, and I'm sure that's right . . . but what about then? What about who we were then? What about hearts in Atlantis?
I also thoroughly enjoyed "Needful Things". The last Castle Rock book
Go ahead and read it but prepare to be disappointed.
Out of the rest of your unread list IT is probably the best followed by Christine and Misery. IMO of course.
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
Sounds about right. And again, if my meaning was unclear, I think it is particularly likely that he'll share this opinion about It based on what he did list as his top few out of what he has read.
Totally. But perhaps the disappointment will eventually lead him to rethink and more respect Desperation.
Go ahead and read it but prepare to be disappointed.
Or not. I know some people still don't care for it. Just don't know really why.
Well, yes, it's enjoyable. But not nearly as good of a novel as Dolores Claiborne.
(Happy now, sir? Debate away!)
LOL There's the "Path" we all know and Love!!! LOLWell, yes, it's enjoyable. But not nearly as good of a novel as Dolores Claiborne.
(Happy now, sir? Debate away!)
IDK that I would say DC is better novel than NT, just different. NT is classic King weaving many characters into the web as he did with The Stand, UTD and The Shining off the top of my head. DC was a little more of a study of one particular societal dark side. IMHO While NT is a little quicker, easier read it is still a great and almost classic horror story, where DC is more a comment on society's dark underbelly.
How was that? LOL
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
Not bad. But I don't know if being similar to other works is automatically a plus. Unless it's an especially good example the type, IMO, that actually counts for less than being different counts for. DC was quite a departure for King, being not only a more focused study, but also employing unusual narrative structure... and proving ultimately to be an especially good example of such usage!
I didn't mean to infer similarity as a plus, just a style. In fact I consider NT to be more of a "Classic" horror story on a par with such "Classics" as The Exorcist, Dracula and Frankenstein. Not necessarily in writing style but for the subject matter. The Devil comes to town kinda thing, but that's JMO. You're right in that DC was something "new" to King. I always thought there was a touch of that scenario somewhere in his life that but for the grace of God he didn't fully experience. When reading DC I just got the feeling that the subject was very personal to SK. Just a hunch.
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
Well, I actually do believe the style you're talking about is SK's forte and is shared by his very best works. For the subject of NT, though, I don't think that's really all you make it out to be. Doesn't manage to eclipse Mark Twain's The Mysterious Stranger, for example. I would call it "classic King" only in the sense of "typical King." Not that I think it is below average: it does have some very effective parts.
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