5: I loved it
4: It was good
3: Average
2: Only so-so
1: I didn't like it
Never Read
Bracket #1: 'Salem's Lot (1975)
'Salem's Lot, 1975
Please vote for 'Salem's Lot using the following scale:
5: I loved it
4: It was good
3: Average
2: Only so-so
1: I didn't like it
If you haven't read this book yet, please vote Never Read. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.
One of King's best works.
Margaret Emmie Mackey Catoe, you are, have been, and always will be my soulmate, and I love you.
Con todo mi corazon, por todo de mis dias. And I always will, in this life and into the next.
August 2, 1947 - September 24, 2010
I agree i thoroughly enjoyed it and found it pretty scary too.
i too loved it, i think this one is a cert to go through
King's best book IMO
Excellent read. Held you captive.
5. Loved it.
Sloth Love Chunk
This one was the bracket winner the last time. Looks like it's shaping up to do this same this year
I'm thinking I should read this.
A true firewasp ninja would never wear such a ridiculous sweater.
There's logic in nonsense.
Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.
Originally Posted by Hannah
I'm thinking I should read this.
I'm thinking I should read this.I'm the only one that voted never read apparently. I feel so guilty!
A true firewasp ninja would never wear such a ridiculous sweater.
There's logic in nonsense.
Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.
I'm thinking I should read this.
Oh Lord, I so wish you could turn the clock back and read it before you read DT5!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great book. 5 for sure.
That's what I ended up doing when I first saw that Callahan was in The Wolves of the Calla. I dropped it and picked up 'Salem's Lot, and you know what? 'Salem's Lot is now one of my favorite books! I absolutely love that story. Almost as much as The Dark Tower series, to be completely honest.
Oh Lord, I so wish you could turn the clock back and read it before you read DT5!
Finished The Dark Tower at 6:03AM on December 21, 2009.
The man in black fled across the desert,
and the gunslinger followed.
Wow. So popular! Will I be booed down for saying that I really don't think it's all that?
I have read this book annually since 1976. Suffice it to say it is my favorite.
You won't be boo'd, but you'll certainly have to explain yourself!
Finished The Dark Tower at 6:03AM on December 21, 2009.
The man in black fled across the desert,
and the gunslinger followed.
Oh, when you already saw Callahan in DT5 it was too late! Nothing can compare with that feeling of total happiness you would have felt if you just had stumbled upon him, without any notice! It's an experience that is hardly possible now, because too many years have passed since DT5 was published, and everybody kinda knows the layout, whether or not they have read it; but then, at that time, it was like a bomb exploding in your brain, in a good way.That's what I ended up doing when I first saw that Callahan was in The Wolves of the Calla. I dropped it and picked up 'Salem's Lot, and you know what? 'Salem's Lot is now one of my favorite books! I absolutely love that story. Almost as much as The Dark Tower series, to be completely honest.
Oh Lord, I so wish you could turn the clock back and read it before you read DT5!
Yes, you will.
Only please, please, if there's to be any detailed argument, let it take place in 'Salem's Lot thread.You won't be boo'd, but you'll certainly have to explain yourself!
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 said it at the end of the fourth book and on the back of the fifth book at the bookstore I go to. I had no chance of not knowing
Not a problem, Jean
Finished The Dark Tower at 6:03AM on December 21, 2009.
The man in black fled across the desert,
and the gunslinger followed.
Weird. As of right now, only 38 people voted for 'Salem's Lot. Most other polls have at least twice as many votes ...
I definitely liked Wolves of the Calla.
Dunno if I really need to make a detailed argument here... if you've read King's new intro in more recent editions, he says that he'd once thought that he could cross Stoker's Dracula with E.C. Comics and produce the Great American Novel. 'Salem's Lot turned out to be a lot more than that, (his talent for depicting communities was emerging) but I still don't think that it's any masterpiece, or even really one of Kings greatest works.
Nonetheless, I definitely liked Wolves of the Calla.
Maybe there are others like me who haven't read but don't have the guts to say so in here.
A true firewasp ninja would never wear such a ridiculous sweater.
There's logic in nonsense.
Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.
I wish I had read this book before reading DTV, but I didn't.
4 - It was good.
This was maybe the third or fourth King book I read. Scared the jeebus out of me. I read Wolves of the Calla many a year later.
The poll has closed. 'Salem's Lot has earned a FAS (final average score) of 4.581395349 or 91.63%, placing 2nd (runner-up) in this bracket. It will be moving on to Round 2. In 2009, 'Salem's Lot also placed 2nd with a FAS of 4.292307692, so it gained 0.289087657 (+6.74%) this time.
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