In Your Opinion, Best Stephen King Book?

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#1 Oakfront
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I've recently got into reading Stephen Kings works, and the first book of his im reading is Cujo, and i must say im really enjoying it.

So i was just wondering what the OT's favourite Stephen Kingbook is.

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#2 ff7cloudking
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The only Stephen King book that I've read is Cell.

And Cell was a amazing book, definitly worth a read.

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#3 sammyjenkis898
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I really don't like Stephen King. I think The Shining is the only book of his I've actually liked. I do like the film adaptations of his books, though.
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#4 viva_hate
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I've read a few, but not all of them. My favorite is Pet Sematary. Love the song the Ramones made for the movie too (even though the actual film sucked).

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My favorite is Insomnia,but thats kind of a hardcore King book that needs some knowledge of his personal universe. Accesible to someone new to him,but a good base for future readings is the Dark Half. I like that book a lot.
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#6 HitomiChan
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The only Stephen King book that I've read is Cell.

And Cell was a amazing book, definitly worth a read.

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I agree.:P.. i just finished reading it actually. :)

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#7 The_Sand_Man
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I liked The Stand and Dead Zone.
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#8 mattykovax
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I liked The Stand and Dead Zone. The_Sand_Man
Oh yeah,I forgot teh Dead Zone,another thats one of my favorites,and it introduces the recurring theme of Frank Dodd.

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#9 sammyjenkis898
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Speaking of Stephen King, you guys should check out this.

:lol:

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#10 ff7cloudking
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[QUOTE="ff7cloudking"]

The only Stephen King book that I've read is Cell.

And Cell was a amazing book, definitly worth a read.

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I agree.:P.. i just finished reading it actually. :)

Stephen King's version of the zombie apocalypse is definitly my favorite version :P Zombie's + Pyschic/telepathic Powers = Awesome

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I really loved The Green Mile.
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#12 HitomiChan
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umm.. how about the Dark tower? :o.. they say its his best.. :)

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#13 Toriko42
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Bag of Bones is my favorite, great novel
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#14 Kamekazi_69
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I love Stephen King. Stephen Kings IT is by far my favorite. I want to read Cell and check it out

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#15 mattykovax
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[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]

Speaking of Stephen King, you guys should check out this.

:lol:

Man,that girl just proves kings point. And i do not think he wants that audience. Man,that girl is such a winner.
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#16 DivergeUnify
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Salem's Lot, but I havent' read that much. I really want to read The Stand, still
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#17 Kamekazi_69
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umm.. how about the Dark tower? :o.. they say its his best.. :)

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Oh I forgot. Dark Tower and The Talisman FTW!!!
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#18 ff7cloudking
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Speaking of Stephen King, you guys should check out this.

:lol:

sammyjenkis898

OMG :lol: That made my day! And if you read the article where Stephen King actually states his opinion on Twilight it makes this video even funnier!

article

:lol: Stephen King is the man

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#19 sammyjenkis898
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[QUOTE="mattykovax"][QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]

Speaking of Stephen King, you guys should check out this.

:lol:

Man,that girl just proves kings point. And i do not think he wants that audience. Man,that girl is such a winner.

She didn't have much credibility to begin with, but once she said, "Yeah, they're good books, I can't get past the third page without boring myself to death.", it was like.. :| :?
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#20 Hopkins_J
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The Green Mile is a very, very fine piece of literature.
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Speaking of Stephen King, you guys should check out this.

:lol:

sammyjenkis898
LOL That's brilliant. I've only read The Gunslinger, and that has given me a great impression, so I've ordered "Drawing of the Three" and "The Bachman Books" which have 4 stories he wrote under the name of "Richard Bachman". After I read those I'm going to order "The Wastelands", "The Stand" and "Cell".
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#22 Ace6301
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Pet Semetary, The Stand, IT, Salems Lot and dark tower are really amazing. I've read most of his books and most of his short stories. If you can get one of his short stories then you should really really read it, he's one of the few authors that still can write short stories well these days. Lol Sammy, that youtube video was awesome.
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#23 Pittfan666
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[QUOTE="ff7cloudking"]

The only Stephen King book that I've read is Cell.

And Cell was a amazing book, definitly worth a read.

HitomiChan

I agree.:P.. i just finished reading it actually. :)

To bad the ending to that book was crap. I've read Needful Things and Firestarter. I usually enjoy reading his novels, but for some reason I have trouble remembering any of the plot from stories he writes.
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#24 sammyjenkis898
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[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]

Speaking of Stephen King, you guys should check out this.

:lol:

aaronmullan
LOL That's brilliant. I've only read The Gunslinger, and that has given me a great impression, so I've ordered "Drawing of the Three" and "The Bachman Books" which have 4 stories he wrote under the name of "Richard Bachman". After I read those I'm going to order "The Wastelands", "The Stand" and "Cell".

I've actually been meaning to read The Gunslinger. I've heard great things.
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#25 cyberdarkkid
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IMO all the books I've read by him are extremely boring.
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#26 mattykovax
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[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"][QUOTE="aaronmullan"][QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]

Speaking of Stephen King, you guys should check out this.

:lol:

LOL That's brilliant. I've only read The Gunslinger, and that has given me a great impression, so I've ordered "Drawing of the Three" and "The Bachman Books" which have 4 stories he wrote under the name of "Richard Bachman". After I read those I'm going to order "The Wastelands", "The Stand" and "Cell".

I've actually been meaning to read The Gunslinger. I've heard great things.

Its great. personally the rest of the dark tower is the one set of king books I could care less about,but the gunslinger is classic.
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#27 ff7cloudking
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[QUOTE="HitomiChan"]

[QUOTE="ff7cloudking"]

The only Stephen King book that I've read is Cell.

And Cell was a amazing book, definitly worth a read.

Pittfan666

I agree.:P.. i just finished reading it actually. :)

To bad the ending to that book was crap. I've read Needful Things and Firestarter. I usually enjoy reading his novels, but for some reason I have trouble remembering any of the plot from stories he writes.

I actually liked the ending to Cell.

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#28 musicaz70
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Only SK book I've read is It. Really, really great book I thought.

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[QUOTE="aaronmullan"][QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]

Speaking of Stephen King, you guys should check out this.

:lol:

sammyjenkis898

LOL That's brilliant. I've only read The Gunslinger, and that has given me a great impression, so I've ordered "Drawing of the Three" and "The Bachman Books" which have 4 stories he wrote under the name of "Richard Bachman". After I read those I'm going to order "The Wastelands", "The Stand" and "Cell".

I've actually been meaning to read The Gunslinger. I've heard great things.

It was very different than what I've previously read (Darren Shan books) it was also alot harder since I wasn't accustomed to certain words he used. But, yeah, what I got out of it was pretty good.

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#30 Pittfan666
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[QUOTE="Pittfan666"][QUOTE="HitomiChan"]I agree.:P.. i just finished reading it actually. :)

ff7cloudking

To bad the ending to that book was crap. I've read Needful Things and Firestarter. I usually enjoy reading his novels, but for some reason I have trouble remembering any of the plot from stories he writes.

I actually liked the ending to Cell.

I just got the felling, while reading the last few chapters, that it seemed like Stephen King was almost bored in writing them. Just with the way things were structured and how rushed it just seemed overall. I've been meaning to read The Gunslinger, but everytime I go to Barnes and Noble they always have cheap books on sale that are interesting. I'm currently reading a novel by Kevin Baker called "Striver's Row".
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#31 ff7cloudking
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[QUOTE="ff7cloudking"]

[QUOTE="Pittfan666"] To bad the ending to that book was crap. I've read Needful Things and Firestarter. I usually enjoy reading his novels, but for some reason I have trouble remembering any of the plot from stories he writes.Pittfan666

I actually liked the ending to Cell.

I just got the felling, while reading the last few chapters, that it seemed like Stephen King was almost bored in writing them. Just with the way things were structured and how rushed it just seemed overall. I've been meaning to read The Gunslinger, but everytime I go to Barnes and Noble they always have cheap books on sale that are interesting. I'm currently reading a novel by Kevin Baker called "Striver's Row".

I definitly agree that the last few chapters of Cell were not as good as the rest of the book. And to rephrase what I said before its not that I didnt like the ending, but I didnt see it as a good ending or a bad ending. It was somewhere in the middle for me. (Yeah,I know thatthis isvery different from what I said before)

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#32 chessmaster1989
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The Stand, although I think he has a lot of great novels.
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#33 Rikardur
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I love the Dark Tower series.

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Green Mile
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#36 Euroshinobi
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what by stephen king isnt the best ?, stephen king is teh king of horror, along with george romero

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#37 darkmoney52
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Nightmares And Dreamscapes. It's actually a collection of short stories and a lot of them are fantastic. But I think his best novel is The Talisman.

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#38 bobstos
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Pet Sematary, most definitely.
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#39 viva_hate
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what by stephen king isnt the best ?, stephen king is teh king of horror, along with george romero

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The king of horror? Honestly, I've always seen him as the Bill Gates of horror. That's not meant to be a bad thing, the guy has an incredible talent for characterization, I just think he's grown pretty commercial over the years. Not quite a sellout but...

If you ask me, the kings of horror are Poe and Lovecraft. And I actually think Stephen King would tell you the same thing :P

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#40 Brutal_Elitegs
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Speaking of Stephen King, you guys should check out this.

:lol:

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Haha. She looked like she was about to explode. If you're going to be obsessed about something at least be obsessed about something good.
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#41 mattykovax
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[QUOTE="viva_hate"]

[QUOTE="Euroshinobi"]

what by stephen king isnt the best ?, stephen king is teh king of horror, along with george romero

The king of horror? Honestly, I've always seen him as the Bill Gates of horror. That's not meant to be a bad thing, the guy has an incredible talent for characterization, I just think he's grown pretty commercial over the years. Not quite a sellout but...

If you ask me, the kings of horror are Poe and Lovecraft. And I actually think Stephen King would tell you the same thing :P

Well my opinion on King,is that he is probably the best Author of horror stories,however there are other writers that are not as good authors in the literary sense,but they write a much better horror story,Jack ketchum,Bently Little,and Clive Barker just to name a few. And thats not even including Poe,Lovecraft or even Bradbury,who without their groundbreaking work this discussion would be moot.
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#42 Euroshinobi
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[QUOTE="Euroshinobi"]

what by stephen king isnt the best ?, stephen king is teh king of horror, along with george romero

viva_hate

The king of horror? Honestly, I've always seen him as the Bill Gates of horror. That's not meant to be a bad thing, the guy has an incredible talent for characterization, I just think he's grown pretty commercial over the years. Not quite a sellout but...

If you ask me, the kings of horror are Poe and Lovecraft. And I actually think Stephen King would tell you the same thing :P

In all my time seeing topics and articles about the kings of horror, the names Stephen King, Alfred Hitchcock, Or George Romero always came up, never have i seen Poe or lovecraft thrown in the mix, Lovecraft is good but i dont think he can qualify as even a prince of horror lol he cant go against a guy with loads of great horror books under his belt, and the guy who created zombies c'mon youre talking crazy now !

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#43 fraz1776
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The only Stephen King books I've read are the Dark Tower books, I've nearly finished the 7th, it's an awesome series.

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#44 vendettared468
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The Shining by far.

But i've enjoyed his other stuff that i've read. Salem's Lot, Cell, Desperassion, the Stand, and i have the Dead Zone on my to read books.

But Gunslinger was one of the worst books i've read in a long long time. Waited the whole book for something interesting to happen, and it never did. Just imo though.

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#45 deactivated-6016f2513d412
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My favorite is definitely IT. Even though it's well over 1,000 pages long, I've read it at least five or six times. It's phenomenal. I also really like The Shining, The Dead Zone, Carrie, Firestarter, Pet Sematary, etc. King is awesome.
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#46 Lord_Daemon
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Hmmmm...well I don't really think much of the Stephen King books that I have read, but I do remember The Shining being quite scary when I was a wee bit younger. Of course that was way back in the '70s and I haven't read it again since so I'm not sure how it would hold up to my personal standards these days. Maybe I'll give it a bit of a spin when I'm on my lunch break tomorrow.

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The only Stephen King book that I've read is Cell.

And Cell was a amazing book, definitly worth a read.

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Me too, Cell was ok, but i want to read the Dark Tower series.
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I am gonna read gunslinger very soon

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I've only read Carrie, besides my two unsuccessful attempts to read It.
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Long Walk