Stephen King Fans discussion
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Doreen wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Doreen wrote: "Thank you Katie. As you know the tv adaptations are oftentimes vastly different from the actual books. This was the case with Under The Dome as I enjoyed the book far..."
I live in the western foothills near Bigelow Mountain. It's an unorganized township, Lexington TWP. Bigelow Mountain is across from Sugarloaf, and we live on the other side of that. I believe the owners of Sunday River also own Sugarloaf. Very beautiful.
I live in the western foothills near Bigelow Mountain. It's an unorganized township, Lexington TWP. Bigelow Mountain is across from Sugarloaf, and we live on the other side of that. I believe the owners of Sunday River also own Sugarloaf. Very beautiful.
Kathryn wrote: "Doreen wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Doreen wrote: "Thank you Katie. As you know the tv adaptations are oftentimes vastly different from the actual books. This was the case with Under The Dome as I enjoy..."Oh Kathryn that is such beautiful country. My grand-uncle's original farm still stands near Greenfield. Such a breathtaking view from it. My grandparents were more towards Sunday River but their farm burned down so they relocated to MA. I just love that area and am hoping when hubby retires that we can relocate near there.
Hi guys, I'm from Birmingham, UK and just discovered the great Stephen King this year. I've already devoured six of his books with Duma Key being my absolute favourite (Wireman is such an amazing character) however I love them all. SK is such a good writer and I can't believe I avoided him all these years as I thought he was one of those second rate horror writers. I was so wrong! Definitely one of the best writers if his generation
Pierre-alexandre wrote: "@Nick : I wanted to create and then study the concept of « Constant Reader » (I know CR is already present in King's forewords and author's notes) as a « real » reader of King in relation with the ..."Sorry, Pierre-alexandre: didn't spot this response until today. Sounds like a great topic. I'm sure you read "on writing", where king describes his various readers, including the one he writes for... I guess he calls her his "idea reader," his wife. Of course you need a body of work so your readers can be constant. I wonder how King dealt with the idea of his constant readers when he came up with the ending of The Dark Tower. He talks about how dying people would ask him how it would come out while he was in the middle of writing it, and he said he couldn't tell them because he didn't know. I wonder if his concept of constant reader effected the outcome of the dark tower at all. Not that King feels he has an obligation to his constant readers, but I'll bet that choice of an ending was more for himself than anyone else.
Doreen wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Doreen wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Doreen wrote: "Thank you Katie. As you know the tv adaptations are oftentimes vastly different from the actual books. This was the case with Under The..."
I think that would be a great retirement spot!
I think that would be a great retirement spot!
Hi there everyone! I'm Cora and I'm a big fan of SK. Though I don't always like the story, I always love the writing. Besides, I tend to read his works during the most difficult times in my life. Needless to say, I've read most of his books but haven't read one in while. I have Doctor Sleep on my Kindle but life has been pretty damn good the last few years. Hmmm, maybe I'll chance it anyway. Happy reading! :-)
Hi All,Ryan here - huge SK fan. I'll keep the intro brief, The Shining and Salem's Lot are my favourites and I have a soft spot for the short Strawberry Spring.
Welcome to the group, Cora and Ryan. We're an avid bunch of readers, passionate, funny, intelligent, horny, and awesome to interact with. Enjoy us and we'll enjoy you.:)
Greetings Fellow Constant Readers!Long time reader of Mr. King's work, with Pet Semetary being my 1st read (the summer between jr and sr yrs in high school) and i read it straight thru in one sitting. Have been hooked every since! Absolutely LOVE the Dark Tower series and Mr. King's ability to weave just about everything else into it. Looking forward to chatting up some like-minded King fans! Thanks!
eric wrote: "Greetings Fellow Constant Readers!Long time reader of Mr. King's work, with Pet Semetary being my 1st read (the summer between jr and sr yrs in high school) and i read it straight thru in one sit..."
Hey Eric. Welcome. Check out the discussion about The Dark Tower if you haven't already. You may even want to weigh in on the debate about the ending... if you've read it. Lots of spoilers.
Nick wrote: "eric wrote: "Greetings Fellow Constant Readers!Long time reader of Mr. King's work, with Pet Semetary being my 1st read (the summer between jr and sr yrs in high school) and i read it straight th..."
i have not looked into that (VERY new to the boards here) but i certainly will. I am VERY interested to see what others have to say about the ending (i've read them all at least twice, a few of them more than that...) I've always held out hope for...well, lets just say another take on things. Thank you for the invite and heads up on the discussion! Look forward to it!
Hi Everyone!I'm Catherine, I live in Calgary, Alberta where it's snowing and has been pretty much all day. I have been reading Stephen King for 30 years (wow, that's a long time). Cujo was the first book I read. Dead Zone is my favourite, although The Stand is right up there. I've read all of Stephen King's books and I'm pretty sure I have all of them, but I'm not 100% sure. I haven't started Doctor Sleep yet, because I'm expecting it for my birthday (later in November). It's nice that there seems to be a new release around this time of year all the time. :-) Anyway, I didn't mean to go on so long, I just wanted to introduce myself. Thanks.
I'm 3/4s through Dr. Sleep. I think you'll enjoy your birthday gift!
Hey there group! My name is Nickie and I have been hooked on SK since 7th grade when I found Salem's Lot in my local library. I quickly devoured all that I could find during the summer between 7th and 8th grade, until the librarian banned and removed all of the SK books from the library--which only made me want them more!! I have read and own all of SK's books, except for The Dark Tower books.
Nickie wrote: "Hey there group! My name is Nickie and I have been hooked on SK since 7th grade when I found Salem's Lot in my local library. I quickly devoured all that I could find during the summer between 7t..."Glad to have you here, Nickie... (nice name). Better get into those dark tower books. there's some interesting debates going on about them.
Hello, my name is K.L. Turner. The K is for Ken. I've always loved Stephen King and am excited to be reading him again after such a long time (it's been years). I love to read and write in my spare time, which unfortunately hasn't been much. I'm reading 'Salem's Lot at the moment and plan to re-read all of his books in order working my way up to the ones I've missed out on when I took my long (too long) break from Mr. King. Maybe I'll get caught up by the time he publishes something else. Anyway, nice to be here and to all, Happy reading!
Hello, name's Darryl and I love Stephen King's Book, especially the Dark Tower Cycle
Hello and welcome to all the new people, lovely to have you here :)
Hello everyone.My name is Claudia and I'm from Portugal. I've been a fan of King since I was 15, when I bought my copy of It in English. I've always loved horror and suspense stories, and he's a master of what he does.
I've been buying his works at random over the years, but since I bought my Kindle I've decided to read all his works by order, including the Bachman books.
It's been an absolute pleasure to re-read some of these and others for the first time.
I already have the new book, trying to make it last, but I did read Joyland in 3 days.
Happy reading to you all!
Hello, I'm Susan and I am a huge Stephen King fan! I have been reading his books since I was 12 years old. I am 32 years old, and I have two kids. I will read just about anything, cause I just love to read, but anything by Stephen King is definately on my reading list!
Cláudia wrote: "Hello everyone.My name is Claudia and I'm from Portugal. I've been a fan of King since I was 15, when I bought my copy of It in English. I've always loved horror and suspense stories, and he's a m..."
Hi Claudia and welcome. Be interesting to hear what you think of Dr. Sleep and the Bachman books. I think a couple of them are very good, especially the long walk.
Hello everyone. My name is Annie O'Donnell and I am looking for recommendations Stephen King books. I have only read on which was 11/22/63. Many years ago I tried to read Bag of Bones but I for some reason never got through the whole book. I would appreciate any opinions you have!
Annie wrote: "Hello everyone. My name is Annie O'Donnell and I am looking for recommendations Stephen King books. I have only read on which was 11/22/63. Many years ago I tried to read Bag of Bones but I for som..."Welcome Annie. I guess the answer to your question depends on how heavy you like your horror. If you like it by the bucketful try IT, or The Shining or Salem's Lot or Full Dark No Stars; if you want mild or no-horror, try Different Seasons or The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, or The Dead Zone. If you want a long, deep, involving experience that's a little of everything, read for The Stand.
Thanks Nick! I do plan to start with The Shining I think. I will see how it goes!! Thanks again!
Welcome James...once again! You seem to have great taste in goodreads groups..lol!
Welcome James, great to have you here :)
Hello :) My name's Dakota. I read my first Stephen King book in early high school. I read The Shining and adored it. I read Carrie and Pet Sematary and am just recently getting back into his novels. The next on my list is Rose Madder
Dakota wrote: "Hello :) My name's Dakota. I read my first Stephen King book in early high school. I read The Shining and adored it. I read Carrie and Pet Sematary and am just recently getting back into his novels..."Welcome Dakota . Always nice to see another fan of Mr. King. Happy reading.
K.L. Turner
Jackie wrote: "Hi, I'm Jackie. Stephen King is one of my favourite authors, and he is definitely someone I look up to when I am doing writing of my own! I own A LOT of his novels (I don't want to say ALL because ..."Hello Jackie. I too love King films (even if they are a little on the cheesy side.) Welcome!
K.L. Turner
Nick wrote: "Cláudia wrote: "Hello everyone.My name is Claudia and I'm from Portugal. I've been a fan of King since I was 15, when I bought my copy of It in English. I've always loved horror and suspense stori..."
I want to finish re-reading IT before I start Doctor Sleep.
As for the Bachman books, my favorite so far is The Long Story, I had trouble putting it down and do what I had to. With Roadwork I felt such rage coming from it, I was bit baffled, then I saw when he wrote it and understood why it felt like it did.
Hi, my name is Teresa and I've been a Constant Reader for several years now. My all time favorite King book is The Stand but I love (almost) all of them. Just this year I did a collaboration with the Twitter group @31nitesofhorror to count down the 31 best King horror adaptations. Plus I finally completed my personal collection of King fiction publications; although I still have a few to read. I was looking over the books read, both by King and the other authors and having read many of them myself I figured this was right up my CR alley.
I contribute to the horror anthology called Demonic Visions 50 Horror Tales and I have self published a few books.Feel free to email me at s10.drobbins@yhoo.com or add my author facebook page!
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Hi, I am Lynnette, I started reading King back in 77! Have read most of his books and finished Duma Key and Dr. Sleep within the past month. Wow, what good books! Thoroughly enjoyed jumping into the lives of the characters. I think they both went on my top 20 list for Stephen King books. Looking forward to joining the discussion here.
Hey, I am Evelin, i love reading, what you can usually find me doing at home or at school. My favourite author is Stephan King and i am really into horror, thriller type of books. I usually hit the book stores every Friday c: .. And im just hoping you guys take me in with open arms
Hello!. My name is Ivana and I'm from Argentina. I love music, reading, photography and cats.This year I had the chance to buy some books and also I joined a library! It's a small one, but it's ok.
I've read just three or four King's books and I know it's not enough!. Anyway, I have five more books to read ;)
That's all.
Saludos!.
Hello! My name is Elizabeth and I'm very excited about this group! I've been reading Stephen King since the 7th grade and I cannot wait to discuss all of his amazing stories with you guys :)
Hi I am Elmarie. I read my first Stephen King book when I was 18 - Pet Semetary - And it was here that my love affair with all things SK began. My favorite SK works include: The Stand, The tommyknockers, The long walk, Survivor type, 1922, The ballet of the flexible bullet, N, The body, and so much much more, its so hard to pick!! Stephen King is my Literary Hero - a true master of the craft :)
Hi there! I am Lianne. I have to say that Stephen King is the author that influenced me to read. I was never a bookworm while growing up. It was actually a stressful task for me to get through just one book. Then, I can upon this amazing author through a friend of mine who was reading "The Stand". At the time I was only 15 so I figured I would try one of his shorter novels: "Firestarter". I was obsessed. Never before had I read a novel that made me so scared of humanity itself.
My favourite novel by far has to be 'IT' (I've read it three times already). Also, one of my favourite out of his short stories would have to be 'Quitters INC.' found in the collection 'Night Shift'.
I'm super excited about this group and pumped to be a part of it!
My favourite novel by far has to be 'IT' (I've read it three times already). Also, one of my favourite out of his short stories would have to be 'Quitters INC.' found in the collection 'Night Shift'.
I'm super excited about this group and pumped to be a part of it!
Hi My name is Honora and I am from the U.K. I love Stephen King and looking forward to reading and discussing these books with you. I am currently reading 'The Shining' which is really scaring me! My favourite King book is 'Duma Key' oh shucks it could also be 'Green Mile'. Loved 'The Black House' with Peter Straub too! Still so many books I have not yet read. Also love Poe and HP Lovecraft, oh and Dean Koontz's 'Intensity' was amazing.
Hi Everyone, my name is Jennifer. I have been a huge King fan ever since 5th or 6th grade when I used to get in trouble for checking his books out of the bookmobile! I own every book he has ever written and have read almost all of them at least once. My all time favorites are It, Gerald's Game and The Stand. Since it has been a long time since I have read many of them I am working on rereading my collection - most recently I have reread Salem's Lot, Pet Sematary and The Shining and I have just started my re-read of Skeleton Crew (The Mist and The Monkey are both awesome!). Coming up next on the re-read list are Cujo and Carrie. Within the past year or so I have read for the first time 11/22/63, Under The Dome, Blockade Billy (I loved the short story Morality that was included!), Cycle Of The Werewolf, Doctor Sleep, Full Dark, No Stars, Joyland, Just After Sunset and The Colorado Kid (probably my least favorite, but still good!). I am looking forward to some interesting discussions here!
Hi everybody, I am Caterina, and I am a King' s fan since I was 8 or 9, the first time I read It. That book haunted my dreams for a long time, but often it didn't let me sleep, so I called my mum, and she didn't come, so I imagined that both my parents were in bed, cold, dead, and I was too scared to get up and go to see them... And I stayed for hours under the sheets, awake, shivering, thinking about monsters with blades instead of teeth... Recently a friend of mine recall that image "you and your fantasy, that mouth with blades frightened me for years!". But I loved that book, and those characters became my first and best friend in a book. I'm sorry for my English, but I'm Italian and my linguistic baggage is not so wide. Now for the first time I'm trying to read King in English, because I can't wait next year for the Italian translation of Dr Sleep. It's not so easy, and I often stop to look for meaning of words, but I'm really enjoying it! Bye!
Morning everyone, my name is Jack and I had read a lot of books written by Stephen King~Well...how to begin? First of all I have read lots of Stephen King's creations and I have to thank him for inspiring me to write horror and interesting stories and secondly I love the way he had written 'The Dark Tower'...please forgive my grammar mistakes(if they're exists) because here it's 2 AM and I can't think very well. Anyway, nice to meet you all and see you around.
Kate wrote: "Hi everybody, I am Caterina, and I am a King' s fan since I was 8 or 9, the first time I read It. That book haunted my dreams for a long time, but often it didn't let me sleep, so I called my mum, ..."It's the figures of speech that make it so difficult. I have cousins in Italy and they send me messages on Facebook in Italian which I have to translate. The idioms never translate. Good luck with Dr. Sleep. Reading it in a second language is a real tribute to Mr. King... and to you.
I am a huge fan of the word's greatest writer.I have a novel, Celtic Blood
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Stephen has influenced me, I also write about the supernatural, witchcraft in my case.
I love The Shining, I think it is his best book. It inspired me to write a ghost story film script as yet unproduced. I do have a feature film writing credit, for Underdog's Tale.
James wrote: "I am a huge fan of the word's greatest writer.I have a novel, Celtic Blood
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Stephen has influenced me, ..."
Hey, James. I'm a writer too, and I also love to write about witches. I'll get your book, though I've got a pile of other works to get through before I can read it. Then I'll post a review. Welcome.
Nick wrote: "James wrote: "I am a huge fan of the word's greatest writer.I have a novel, Celtic Blood
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Stephen has i..."
I thank you sir.
I will check your work out.
I am writing something at the moment, so it will take me a while to get to it.
James wrote: "Nick wrote: "James wrote: "I am a huge fan of the word's greatest writer.I have a novel, Celtic Blood
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Thanks. Frustrating, isn't it, that there's all this other stuff to do? It's the book promo work that drives me nuts. That isn't even fun.
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What part of Maine are you from Kathryn? My family originally settled near the Sunday River area close to Greenfield.