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Which book(s) would /lit/ regard as his best? I know he's a memewriter but I am forced to do a presentation about him.

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>> No.7366584

Personal favourites are Firestarter, Dreamcatcher, The Tommyknockers

>> No.7366613

>>7366584
tommyknockers legit spooked me as a child

there are a couple scenes from that book i still have branded in my memory, i don't think theyre going away

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>>7366573
11/22/63 is easily his best. Back me up, ppl.

'It' is definitely notable.

The rest aren't as solid. I haven't disliked anything, though.

>> No.7366737

Interesting... I always wanted to read his books but I could never finish them. They just weren't for me and I felt annoyed I couldn't get into them like everyone else. I did hear that 11/22/63 was one of his best though. It's on my reading list for sure but idk if I'll ever even read it.

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7366745

Check out "the talisman", a book he co-wrote with Peter Straub. Really good

>> No.7366766

I really like It. I have a soft spot for the Dark Tower series as well.

>> No.7366774

>>7366573
Anyone else think stephen king is really just awful and his characters horribly underdeveloped?

btw IT isn't even scary. He just talks shit to you at a distance and then (spoilers) a slingshot kills him.

>> No.7366783

>>7366774
I think they're well developed and interesting and memorable.

Also, there was some bizarre stuff in It. The fire, the nightshade, the library, and the smoke-out have all stuck w/me.

>> No.7366822

>>7366573
Tim Curry writes books?

>> No.7366832

>>7366783
I always get the impression from his dialogue that he never actually had any friends.

>> No.7367015

I don't really like his books. I kind of like his ideas (which can be summed up in one sentence, per book) but swimming through his prose is a type of water I don't understand. And, I don't see the point of trying there are many other authors that I click with.

>> No.7367037

His books leave me with a bad feeling, like the evil he writes actually somehow begets evil IRL.
He's uncomfortable for me in that way; he's a bit of a hack too.

>> No.7367048

OP here, ok I will give The Tommyknockers and 11/22/63 a try then.

>> No.7367058

>>7367048
Let it be so.

>> No.7367067

>>7366766

This. Roland is one bad-arse motherfucker.

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>>7367037
>like the evil he writes actually somehow begets evil IRL.

>> No.7367547

>>7366822
Too soon dude.

>> No.7367560

Coca Cola for the Id?