/lit/ - Literature

>Stephen King
>Good

STEPHEN KING IS ASS

>>990893
he didn't say stephen king was good.
he asked what was the best of stephen king
>what is the tastiest thing on the menu at macdonalds?

I would tell you, "None of them, Stephen King is a bad author and you should feel bad" but I made a resolution to not judge people's taste on /lit/ any more.

The Shining, The Stand, Pet Semetary, Carrie, IT. I know you asked for novels, but his short stories are fucking top notch as well. Actually, his short stories are usually much better than his novels.

>>990901
I'm pretty sure that OP inferred that Dark Tower was good.

>>990911
No.

>>990893
>Implying Stephen King isn't good

>>990903
Abridged version of the Stand is really the only thing I've ever read of his that I actually *liked*. The unabridged version is terrible though, he likes to talk, he's got a huge ego boner and that's all it is.

The Mist. not technically a novel, but great nonetheless.

IT (of course), The Stand, Shining, Pulse, Lisey's Story, Pet Sematary and The Tommyknockers are my favorite King books. In no particular order.

His short story collection " Everything's Eventual" is pretty good.

>>990956
>Tommyknockers
>Lisey's Story
>favorite
I'm a fan of King and even I can't defend those works.

Stephen King killed John Lennon, fuck this guy.

>>990987
That was Catcher in the Rye, asshat.

>>990992
the owner of http://www.lennonmurdertruth.com/ has evidence that suggests otherwise.

I read IT when I was 12 its still one of my favorites.

>>990987
>implying John Lennon is dead

I really enjoyed Needful Things. Also, The Shining. The Shining is exactly the same as most of his other books, but it's the first Stephen King "Alcoholic Writer goes crazy" book I read.

I really liked Misery. Suspenseful as fuck and really something many people reference.

>>992520
Great book, shame about the ending.

Probably IT. Didn't mind Carrie.

>>990883

I'll probably be the only one to say this, but Hearts in Atlantis. The movie, despite Anthony Hopkins, did not do it justice and only covered the first part of the book, which is good, but loses most of its meaning unless you have the other parts with it. I love this book so very much. It has vague connections to The Dark Tower, but so does all of his work. Just thinking about it gives me nice feelings.

>>990883
The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon as a lovely little book. Good "gateway" book for people who are sniffy about Stephen King.

He's one man and probably accounts for a significant fraction of the total sum of "fiction words read" throughout the world. The Dickens of his day, deserves better treatment.

Though his attitude to his films is fucked up. He allows most of his novels to become really shit adaptations and then rages over The Shining, which was by far the best.

I liked Insomnia.
And the girl who loved Tom Gordon is pretty nice too, but short.

>The Shining, which was by far the best.
Did you even read The Shining. Like 0.1% of the book is in the movie. There is no character-development, and the ending is much more hackneyed.

The Green Mile. I ain't even seen the movie, but the book was awesome.

>>992951

> ain't

There's no need to swear.

The Stand, The Shining, Green Mile

In order:

On Writing
From a Buick 8
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Duma Key
Bag of Bones*
Dreamcatcher*
IT*
The Long Walk
Insomnia*
Desperation*
Regulators*
Running Man
The Tommy Knockers
The Shining
Rose Madder*

*Books connected to the Dark Tower series

>>990896

Protip: you broke your resolution with that post.

I happen to love The Talisman. Misery was alright too. Even though Stephen King isn't the greatest writer, I love his shit cuz it tends to be fucked up. And boy do I love fucked up shit.

>>992550
They were all shit, including The Shining. Maybe it was the best, but it bored me to death.

>*Books connected to the Dark Tower series
>Bag of Bones*

WHAT

>>995234
god i love it when kids post on 4chan

>>995265
Tastes are tastes and are personal. And your definition of a kid is...?

>>995264
Something to do with the whole number 19 thing, I think.

>>995270
>And your definition of a kid is...
You.

>>995275
Gosh, you're so witty and intelligent, how can I become just like you when I grow up?

/thread

Seriously.

>>995282
looks like you were mad

>>995291
Mostly amused.

>>995294
mostly you're just a faggot though and your posts are like little blue abortions on my /lit/ board

>>995300
Hahahahahaha what?

>>995304
ur mom

Jesus Christ this is the first thread I choose to stumble on in /lit/? You people are FIVE TIMES as retarded as the trolls on /mu/. I thought that there might be some intelligence to be found on this board but you're all FUCKING MORONS

>>995307
Now you're not even trying. :[

try danse macabre its more a study of horror than a novel but its still interesting to read

>>995316

u mad

>>995316
Probably not a good idea to click on a thread about an author that a LOT of people have animosity towards. Bad, bad idea. Shame on you.

>>995316
LULZ WE TROLD HIM GUISE <<O>>

>>995322
Hmmm....touche....