/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.16936190]

I really hate Stephen King. He is the quintessential boomer. Ignorant, uneducated and proud. He writes trash, looks like trash and is White trash. Fuck him.

[Anonymous No.16936200]

He spent a decade snorting coke and getting rich off of horror novels
pretty based if you ask me

[Anonymous No.16936291]

King is a good yard stick by which to measure the sort of writing that still appeals to people at least. Unfortunate but true.

[Anonymous No.16936305]

>>16936190
His work certainly isn't high literature or anything, but it's entertaining. Some of his stuff turned out to be duds, but there are some pretty decent works like the Dark Tower, The Shining, Shawshank, Green Mile, that have all at least been entertaining enough to stick around in the public imagination. Not a fan of his attitude, but art and the author arent the same

[Anonymous No.16936369]

[Anonymous No.16936387]

>>16936190
I really hate OP. He is the quintessential faggot. Homosexual, promiscuous, and proud. He fucks gay men, gets fucked by gay men, and is a gay man. Fuck him.

[Anonymous No.16936423]

>first half of the the Stand is good
>Pet Sematary is alright
>Misery is good
>Salem's Lot is good if you're under 20
>It is meh
>The Shining is probably his most overrated work
>Dead Zone is alright
>Full Dark, No Stars is his only work I would call "great"
>Bag of Bones is possibly the worst book I've ever read
>skip the last 200 pages of The Stand

[Anonymous No.16936447]

>>16936190
same

[Anonymous No.16936454]

>>16936305
>>16936423
>wasting your time reading this shit

[Anonymous No.16936473]

I liked 1408.

[Anonymous No.16936537]

I used to defend the guy, because I genuinely like some of his books. Anymore though, he's so ignorant in his dumb twitter opinions, and admitibly even the stuff of his that I like is really badly written, but it's got a good concept. And plus, as I've bought more and more books of his over the years, a lot of his books are just total trash with no redeeming qualities at all. I mean, read The Dead Zone. Fuck is that a terrible book in about every conceivable way. So yeah, fuck him. Hope he gets hit by a bus next time.

[Anonymous No.16936540]

I dont like the excuse that it is just cheap entertainment. There is a lot of great and entertaining novels out there.

[Anonymous No.16936551]

>>16936537
I thought Full Dark No Stars was pretty good and that's recent. Quit reading Under The Dome when it went into detail about an old man taking a rock solid shit though

[Anonymous No.16936557]

>>16936369
Are they men too? I mean...COULD SOMEBODY JUST ANSWER THAT!?!? So I at least get it straight.

[Anonymous No.16936573]

>>16936557

Yeah, they're men too. They're men, and women, and plant, and fungus, and god, and devil, and fat, and skinny, and big, and small, they're just everything. They're really just the transcendent being, and all we have to do is act insane for it happen.

[Anonymous No.16936589]

>>16936423
>It is meh
What is?

[Anonymous No.16936703]

His books are fun to read, clear, and imaginative. There's a reason lots of people like his stuff, and it's not just that most people are dumb.

[Anonymous No.16936719]

>>16936703
agreed and also most of the authors that /lit/ venerates simply couldn't do what he does as a storyteller

[Anonymous No.16936762]

>>16936369

Well, what do you know, the man can write true horror after all.

[Anonymous No.16937875]

When Stephen King dies people are going to realise he was a genius. Basically a 20th Century Dickens.

Also since we're discussing him, this analysis of Pet Semetary is worth reading. http://www.public.coe.edu/~theller/essays/petsem.htm

[Anonymous No.16937881]

>>16936190
Sorry he never wrote a Fortnight cheatbook kid

[Anonymous No.16937888]

>>16936369
based

[Anonymous No.16937892]

>>16936454
>wasting your time complaining about how people you have never met read (and enjoy) stuff you hate

[Anonymous No.16937903]

>>16936190
I just dont like his politics or how he expresses them. Major TDS case. His book are fine.

[Anonymous No.16937958]

Agreed. It is pathetic and sad honestly to see how popular this hack really is. He is a great example of very unremarkable writing and storytelling. His novels lack depth and breadth, thus ideally leading his legacy to be soon forgotten, as he does not deserve fame.
He doesn't know how to finish any of his stories, he doesn't know how to tame his wildly inflated ego, he doesn't know how to set a scene, and worst of all: he is a crypto jew

[Anonymous No.16938003]

>page after page of children getting BTFO
>on one page a little girl gets sodomized with a stick
>in the ending almost all the bad guys get away with it

based pedophile

[Anonymous No.16938011]

I've seen the shit you fags post in the writing generals

[Anonymous No.16938040]

>>16936762

Lol

[Anonymous No.16938089]

dude literally has a ballsack under his chin

[Anonymous No.16938183]

>>16938089
that's where he puts his ideas

[Anonymous No.16938228]

I like the movie adaptations

[Anonymous No.16938235]

>>16936537
The Dead Zone was a decent movie tho

[Anonymous No.16938247]

>>16937875
The movie remake was total trash

[Anonymous No.16938742]

>>16937875
>>16936719
>>16936703
The only good posts in this thread. Irrational hatred for popular authors is just dumb. Especially coming from 4chan contrarians. Also his Twitter persona which is what most of the fags itt are complaining about has no bearing on his ability to write. He's a public figure and a celebrity, he has to act like a libtard online or else he'll be cancelled, I don't blame him for taking the easy way out and agreeing with the mob. Even if he's genuinely a libtard that doesn't immediately invalidate his work. I think stephen king is good for a popular author, I like most of his novels that I've read but yeah they aren't perfect and the losers on this board don't have any ground to stand on criticizing him

[Anonymous No.16938765]

For me, its Stephen (Haw)King

[Anonymous No.16939065]

>>16938003
>book starts with a character that doesn't show up again until halfway through
>main character is Jimmy Neutron

it was ok

[Anonymous No.16939087]

>>16937875
Thanks for sharing that essay anon :)
It was a really interesting and insightful read, pet sematary is my favorite novel by king. The works cited in that article offer some interesting books that I'll definitely need to check out

[Anonymous No.16939271]

>>16937888
cringe

[Anonymous No.16939708]

>>16936762

[Anonymous No.16939717]

>>16936190
How do boomers manage to be so pathetic? It takes real effort to sink that low, but they somehow manage it naturally.

[Anonymous No.16939817]

>>16938742
I think the biggest mistake pseuds make is assuming that anything that isn’t philosophy or ‘high’ literature has no value. When in reality popular literature like King, Bradbury, etc. are great introductions into concepts that are explored in the former. And even if it’s just fun, who cares? Fun is a positive quality of its own. If it’s not hindering your enjoyment or otherwise detrimental, have at it and read King.

[Anonymous No.16939874]

>>16938089
It's a goiter.

[Anonymous No.16940838]

>>16939087
Glad you enjoyed it

[Anonymous No.16940844]

>>16936423
>The the only book of his I read is full dark, no stars.
Feels good.

[Anonymous No.16940858]

>>16936305
does anybody know why mediocre books make good movies but high literature doesn't?

[Anonymous No.16940863]

>>16936369

[Anonymous No.16940942]

>>16940858
pacing

[Anonymous No.16940948]

>>16936190
>Ignorant, uneducated and proud
Look in the mirror sometime, twerp
You could have made a good, intelligent thread, if you had been able

[Anonymous No.16940954]

>>16940863
this dude literally just admitted he became a troon to cope with getting cucked by his gf but simultaneously breaks down like he has
>real
dysphoria when 4channers shitpost about him being a man. is he somehow therefore claiming that getting cucked can give a man tranny dysphoria? what the fuck is wrong with americans?

[Anonymous No.16940961]

>>16939271
Tip*

[Anonymous No.16940985]

>>16936200

yes YES