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Otherme
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Favorite Stephen King story?
GoldenRod's post got me thinking..
I've read every book except for the Dark Tower series (started them and just couldn't get into it)
I think some of my all time fav's are:
IT
Bag of Bones
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Dreamcatcher
Cujo
'Salems Lot
And the short stories:
Apt Pupil
The Mangler
The Mist
i could go on and on!!
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OffWithHerHead23
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Re: Favorite Stephen King story?
Favorite is The Stand.
Then IT.
Then Needful Things.
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| Posted 3/17/11 11:29 PM |
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BMonster
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Re: Favorite Stephen King story?
Eyes of the Dragon & The Stand
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| Posted 3/20/11 1:45 AM |
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DRMom
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Re: Favorite Stephen King story?
Posted by OffWithHerHead23
Favorite is The Stand.
Then IT.
Then Needful Things.
My favorite is The Stand also/ It may also be the longest book I've read
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| Posted 3/21/11 1:11 AM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: Favorite Stephen King story?
I like pretty much all of them (it's probably obvious from all the posts on the "What are you reading now..." thread... 
I think the scariest one for me is The Cell. Mainly because it's something a lot of people fear, and it *could* potentially happen. A mind-controlling signal sent to everyone's cellphone..... Much scarier to me than a clown in the sewer.
The Dark Tower series was really cool. It's a departure from his typical supernatural horror stories, but very well written, and with tons of detail, as is typical for him.
I love that in every one of his stories, he gives props to other authors and books.
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| Posted 3/21/11 9:31 AM |
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jcbrownie
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Re: Favorite Stephen King story?
Definitely The Stand
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| Posted 3/21/11 10:24 AM |
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krashnburn
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Re: Favorite Stephen King story?
I haven't read a lot of him because I like him, but his endings often bother me. That being said, my favorite overall book, including ending, was:
Thinner
Other ones I like as well:
The Gunslinger books
The Stand
Desperation
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| Posted 3/21/11 4:52 PM |
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Palebride
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Re: Favorite Stephen King story?
Eyes of the Dragon
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| Posted 3/21/11 6:50 PM |
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tara73
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Re: Favorite Stephen King story?
The Stand is the runaway winner for me but I also loved:
It
Gerald's Game
Salem's Lot
Misery
Thinner
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| Posted 3/21/11 10:40 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: Favorite Stephen King story?
I was going through the list in my head last night, and I remembered that I really loved Needful Things. I loved how he had everyone doing stuff to everyone else. Another story that I could see happening today. Maybe not to the scale of the book, but I would bet that a lot of people would fall into that category, even without a magical object.
Gerald's Game is another "could be real" story, so it makes it scarier to me.
Has anyone noticed that a lot of his stories wouldn't really work in the 2000s. Everyone has cell phones now, so books like Gerald's Game and Cujo probably wouldn't happen.
I could picture Cujo being one page.... "So, when we got to the farmhouse, Cujo attacked the window. I pressed the OnStar button, and the animal control and police were here in 15 minutes. Thanks OnStar!"
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| Posted 3/22/11 7:57 AM |
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Otherme
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Re: Favorite Stephen King story?
One thing i always loved about his books is how he references characters, locations and events from his other books
There's always a subtle reference to something from another of his stories in each tale that i love catching!
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| Posted 3/22/11 2:26 PM |
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Otherme
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Re: Favorite Stephen King story?
Posted by krashnburn
I haven't read a lot of him because I like him, but his endings often bother me.
I know what you mean. i remember being so disappointed by the ending of The Dome but since i loved the rest of the book, i just ignored the ending 
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| Posted 3/22/11 2:27 PM |
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sunny
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Re: Favorite Stephen King story?
Bag of Bones was my favorite I think!
I love his books.
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| Posted 3/22/11 9:38 PM |
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MichLiz213
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Re: Favorite Stephen King story?
The Green Mile, hands down. One of my all-time favorite books.
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| Posted 4/5/11 5:27 PM |
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Re: Favorite Stephen King story?
The Dark Tower series... hands down!!
(to the OP - try it again. I tried it the first time and couldnt get into it either but about a year or so later I tried again and pushed myself through the 1st book and it was SOOOO worth it)
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| Posted 4/7/11 9:51 AM |
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AngnShaun
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Re: Favorite Stephen King story?
Posted by MichLiz213
The Green Mile, hands down. One of my all-time favorite books.
Ditto...
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| Posted 4/7/11 9:55 AM |
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