Surely I am not the only one. I'm not talking about movies made from his books; most of those have been badly botched. :sad:

I like the books, 'cause there is nothing like imagining this stuff in my own twisted little mind. :D

I believe he is very underrated as a writer. Here are my 3 favorite SK books, although I have enjoyed them all:

The Stand - His masterpiece, in my opinion - very plausible premise. :thumbsup:

It - I had nothing against clowns until I read this one. :eek:

*****EDIT**** The Shining - Duh, what was I thinking?! :rolleyes: I love this one!

Salem's Lot - I've always liked vampire stories. :cool:

Then there are the short story collections ... etc.

From a Buick Eight is pretty darn good too. His first really good one since the accident. It remains my favorite, The Stand isn't far behind.

The Shining - Probably the most intense book I've read and, boy, did Kubrick mess up the movie. :sad:

I read Insominia, it was pretty good.

Big D

While I haven't read the book, "The Green Mile" was an awesome movie, so it might just replace "The Stand" as my S.K. favorite...

The Stand is my all time favorite book, I get pulled into that story every time and it's hard to put down. The chopped up 70's version made me stumble when the storyline added new characters out of the blue, the full version is much better (and longer).

i read nearlly all his books, but of late i thought he got bored towards the end of his writing and just wrote in any old crap. my favourite 3 are
1 THE STAND.
2 SALEMS LOT.
3 IT.

The film adaptations are usually bad.in the original salems lot there was a chapter where the bus driver had a busfull of vampire kids, man that was scarey, it was left out of the first film but put in the remake..:D

Christine is my favorite. Much better than the movie.

I've only read a few but have seen more of the movies.
I have to put my order as.
1. It.. (Read it as a teen... Scared the hell out of me...)
2. Christine.. (Movie was good, Book was better)
3. The stand. (I liked the movie so much, I had to get the book.)

One day I plan to read Salem's Lot and The Shining... I've seen both movies and want to see SK's true slant on them.

I've read some of his earlier books and seen most of the movies.

With a mind that thinks in this level of, for that lack of a better word, spookiness a question I keep pondering is 'what kind of kid was he?' Did parents of the kids he hang around with think that this kid 'just isn't right'? He was probably a hit at late night camp fire story telling.

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1 The Stand
2 It
3 The Shining
4 Salems Lot

The only 2 movies that I thought were good are The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile... the rest of them basically suck raw bloody monkey a**
except for maybe Christine, thought that one was kinda ok...

I have all of his books with the exception of the first two...it fills up an entire bookcase. I also like Dean Koontz...who wrote most of his books while living in SoCal...



1960 - People, Places, And Things - Volume 1 (limited edition with Chris Chelsey)
1964 - The Star Invaders (limited edition)
1974 - Carrie
1975 - Salem's Lot
1977 - The Shining
1978 - Night Shift (stories)
1978 - The Stand
1979 - The Dead Zone
1980 - Firestarter
1981 - Cujo
1981 - Danse Macabre (nonfiction about horror)
1981 - Roadwork
1982 - Creepshow (comic book, illustrated by Bernie Wrightson)
1982 - The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger
1982 - Different Seasons (novellas)
1983 - Christine
1983 - Pet Sematary
1983 - Cycle of the Werewolf
1984 - The Talisman (written with Peter Straub)
1985 - Skeleton Crew (stories)
1985 - The Bachman Books (novel collection)
1986 - It
1987 - The Eyes of the Dragon
1987 - Misery
1987 - The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
1988 - The Tommyknockers
1988 - Nightmares in the Sky (Photo book with text by King)
1988 - Dark Visions
1989 - The Dark Half
1989 - Dolan's Cadillac (limited edition)
1989 - My Pretty Pony (limited edition)
1990 - The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition
1990 - Four Past Midnight (stories)
1991 - Needful Things
1991 - The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
1992 - Gerald's Game
1993 - Dolores Claiborne
1993 - Nightmares & Dreamscapes (stories)
1994 - Insomnia
1995 - Rose Madder
1995 - Umney's Last Case
1996 - The Green Mile (originally published as a monthly serial consisting of six parts: The Two Dead Girls, The Mouse on the Mile, Coffey's Hands, The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix, Night Journey, and Coffey on the Mile)
1996 - Desperation
1997 - Six Stories (stories)
1997 - The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
1998 - Bag of Bones
1999 - Storm of the Century
1999 - The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
1999 - The New Lieutenant's Rap (limited edition)
1999 - Hearts in Atlantis
2000 - The Plant(electronically published)
2000 - Secret Windows
2000 - Dreamcatcher
2001 - Black House (written with Peter Straub)
2002 - From a Buick 8
2002 - Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales
2003 - The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (revised edition)
2003 - The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
2004 - The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
2004 - The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
2004 - Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season
2005 - The Colorado Kid
2006 - Cell
2006 - Lisey's Story (http://bestsellers.about.com/od/horror/fr/liseys_story.htm)
2008 - Duma Key
2008 - Just After Sunset (http://bestsellers.about.com/od/newupcomingreleases/ig/November-2008-Book-Releases/Just-After-Sunset.htm)


"The Plant" was available for free online...as a download...too cool!

I love the Dark Tower series as well...though the Green Mile series was cool...they were a monthly release!

He also has cameos in most if not all of the movies based on his books....

Steven King Rocks!

The Stand is IMHO his best read, I read from cover to cover in 1980 while serving in the USN, still hangs with me to this day! :yes:

1. Salem's Lot
2. The Stand
3. Christine

Salem's Lot was the first vampire story I ever read. It got me hooked though, and I love vampire stories now.

However, no one should ever make a movie of a SK book unless they use the book as the script. And changing them to have a happy ending is just not right...

I have bought more books than I've read due too lack of interest, I guess I've read about 15 of them, including all the Bachman books..

I have read just about all of his books.
1. The Stand
2. Christine
3. ??

I used to like them, but got bored with the repetetiveness of them. Maybe I just read too many one right after the other. One of my favorite scenes was the beginning of The Stand. You could just about hear the flies buzzing around the gas station lights, and see the guys hanging out waiting for the car to come into the station.

I also just finished listening to the unabridged audiobooks of all seven Dark tower books. The way that thing started out, it should have been awesome, but after a while, it just got tedious. I also don't like it when authors write themselves directly into books. If you want to have a character based on yourself, knock yourself out, but being yourself, and making yourself too important is a bit arrogant, and frankly, lazy writing in my opinion. I certainly couldn't do it any better, but come on, I PAID for this, don't make me regret it.

Oh, The Stand, Christine, and the short story of The Mist are my faves. The Green Mile is on my nightstand waiting for something else to finish.
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I enjoyed tommyknockers. I would have had a high hoe on the property right out of the gate though.:yes:

I've read just about every SK book published except for the ones since the last Dark Tower book. I've been a big fan for many years. Maximum Overdrive is my all time favorite cheesy "B" movie.:D
The Stand, The Green Mile and The Dark Tower are my favorite books, but only by a small margin.
I've enjoyed them all, but I'm disappointed in the ending of the Dark Tower series. All those years for...That!? I have to admit it was quite a twist, though. I think he got the reaction from his readers that he wanted. Touche'.

Chevello, The Mist gave me a bona fide case of the willies. I didn't even realize it until I tried to walk out my back door in the dark about an hour after reading it. Nope, just couldn't do it! :noway:

Gunslinger Series (Darktower)

Chevello, The Mist gave me a bona fide case of the willies. I didn't even realize it until I tried to walk out my back door in the dark about an hour after reading it. Nope, just couldn't do it! :noway:

Looking into the bathroom drain as I was reading "It" freaked me out as well...and I was well past my teenage years...:yes:

While I haven't read the book, "The Green Mile" was an awesome movie, so it might just replace "The Stand" as my S.K. favorite...

I'm not a huge S. King fan but I have read most of his stuff. "The Green Mile" was exceptional and the movie was the closest to the book of any I have seen.

Shawshank and Green Mile are the best adaptations, but Stand By Me based on the novella The Body found in the book Four Seasons was also an excellent adaptation. The movie followed the written story almost exactly.

1.Cujo-Most vivid images from written word ever
2.Christine
3.Pet Cemetary
4.Firestarter
Goes on and on from here!:eek:

I'm a big fan of "A Different Season". Four short stories that were made into three movies. Pretty darn impressive!