Stephen King Deserves a Nobel Prize

[Spencer]

If the Nobel committee was ever gonna give him an award, it would have been for Under the Dome. I think the moment has passed.

[Spencer]

Just a small interjection of a quite-likely-lame attempt at humor: I thought that the only requirement for qualifying for a Nobel prize was that you have a *truly* dynamite personality...

I liked it. Actually, the requirement is that you have "dynamite" and proper points of view and opinions, as determined by the committee.

[haunted.lunchbox]

If the Nobel committee was ever gonna give him an award, it would have been for Under the Dome. I think the moment has passed.

I didn't feel that Under the Dome was his strongest work. There are a couple of his books that I don't care for, two others are The Cell, and Duma Key. I loved how Cell started, hated the ending. Duma Key I just didn't like. And Under the Dome had an awesome premise, I just felt it didn't deliver. I think if he were to get an award on a specific work it would be... The Mist from Skeleton Crew, The Long Walk, The Stand, The Green Mile, or It.

[pathoftheturtle]

Something like that, but I think that what Spencer meant was to slam UtD and the Nobel standards together.

[haunted.lunchbox]

Something like that, but I think that what Spencer meant was to slam UtD and the Nobel standards together.

I'm not good with sarcasm...

[Spencer]

If the Nobel committee was ever gonna give him an award, it would have been for Under the Dome. I think the moment has passed.

I didn't feel that Under the Dome was his strongest work. There are a couple of his books that I don't care for, two others are The Cell, and Duma Key. I loved how Cell started, hated the ending. Duma Key I just didn't like. And Under the Dome had an awesome premise, I just felt it didn't deliver. I think if he were to get an award on a specific work it would be... The Mist from Skeleton Crew, The Long Walk, The Stand, The Green Mile, or It.

My opinion on "Under the Dome" is more than well documented in other threads , so I won't get into it here. Suffice it to say that the elements I had a low opinion of are the very reasons the book would have gotten an award.

[Spencer]

Something like that, but I think that what Spencer meant was to slam UtD and the Nobel standards together.

You are correct, sir. Sorry about the sarcasm, lunchbox. I should have fully explained myself.

[haunted.lunchbox]

Something like that, but I think that what Spencer meant was to slam UtD and the Nobel standards together.

You are correct, sir. Sorry about the sarcasm, lunchbox. I should have fully explained myself.

Well, if I was the only one that was confused it's safe to say you explained yourself well enough.

[Merlin1958]

If Obama can get one perhaps they should mail us all one.

I hear that!!!!! What the hell were they thinking? I'm not sure King would want one after they lowered the standards so by giving Obama one for no reason whatsoever!!!

[Patrick]

[QUOTE=haunted.lunchbox;569166]

... I loved how Cell started, hated the ending. Duma Key I just didn't like. And Under the Dome had an awesome premise, I just felt it didn't deliver. I think if he were to get an award on a specific work it would be... The Mist from Skeleton Crew, The Long Walk, The Stand, The Green Mile, or It.

I loved the ending of Cell. I wish more authors had the balls to end stories that way.

However I do agree that The Long Walk and The Stand and The Green Mile were much more award-worthy.