Under The Dome's ending sucked, but the book still reached a pretty satisfying payoff. 10 pages of "ah that's stupid" is an OK tradeoff for several hundred pages of earned destruction and mayhem
― Evan R, Monday, 18 December 2017 19:39 (six years ago) link
Lol America
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Monday, 18 December 2017 19:40 (six years ago) link
yeah I don’t remember being that mad abt Dark Tower but that’s not to say I can’t understand it. especially writing that series for so long to end like that was definitely not ~ideal~
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 18 December 2017 19:45 (six years ago) link
under the dome ending was some St Elsewhere BULLSHIT
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 18 December 2017 19:46 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I genuinely can't believe the resolution hinged on Howie Mandel pulling an inflated rubber glove over his head.
― Ooey Gooey Fresh and Frothy (Old Lunch), Monday, 18 December 2017 20:00 (six years ago) link
Please no spoilers
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Monday, 18 December 2017 20:03 (six years ago) link
The under the dome ending wasn't that bad but it quite CLEARLY wasn't enough like st elsewhere, I mean cmon the entire novel is literally set in a snowglobe
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Monday, 18 December 2017 20:04 (six years ago) link
Under The Dome had me in full “old man yelling at clouds” mode when I was done.
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 18 December 2017 19:3
Dark tower had me out fighting haystacks at midnight
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Monday, 18 December 2017 19:36
I've yet to have the pleasure of disappointing books giving me such powers. Keeping my fingers crossed I'll turn into an old woman who can hurt clouds with my screams.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 18 December 2017 20:04 (six years ago) link
I didn't say I won
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Monday, 18 December 2017 20:05 (six years ago) link
Like it's an actual betrayal that the ending of that novel isn't a deranged jordy verrill saying "ain't I a stinker" xp to me
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Monday, 18 December 2017 20:06 (six years ago) link
Darraghmac- Haha
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 18 December 2017 20:10 (six years ago) link
The ending of the dark tower is fine, if we're just talking about the last scene it's one of his better endings, but the problem is the whole series is like half rubbish and the greater part of that half is in the back end - that whole last book is dogshit iirc
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Monday, 18 December 2017 20:10 (six years ago) link
I was in a book queue with The Dark Half about ten years ago and - for reasons I still can't fathom - the clerk told me the ending (that is, the identity of "The Dark Half") as I was buying it.
I've never read it because of that, but is it still worth it I (kind of) know the mystery?
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 18 December 2017 21:56 (six years ago) link
I think it's the only King book I've never finished
ymmv
― Number None, Monday, 18 December 2017 22:02 (six years ago) link
Duma Key is SK's own favorite book of his, fwiw.
― The Thnig, Monday, 18 December 2017 22:35 (six years ago) link
was there really a mystery in the Dark Half? if so the title kind of gives it away
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 15:39 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I mean, once you learn in the first chapter that the protagonist is the left side of a guy who somehow lives a normal life despite having been bisected down the middle in his youth, the denouement is fairly obvious.
― Ooey Gooey Fresh and Frothy (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 19 December 2017 15:43 (six years ago) link
(Although the reveal that the rest of his body is the rhythm guitarist in a Type O Negative cover band is kind of a surprise.)
― Ooey Gooey Fresh and Frothy (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 19 December 2017 15:45 (six years ago) link
I guess this is the best place to mention that I'll be ghost writing Stephen King's books from here on out so that he can ease into retirement, and you're all welcome in advance.
― Ooey Gooey Fresh and Frothy (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 19 December 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
Which son are you again
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Tuesday, 19 December 2017 17:16 (six years ago) link
I picked up "It" the other day and read a passage aboat a dick flappgni about and being observed and dull dialogue anyway and thought why do people like Stephen Kind otehr than being a story writer for films to be based on
― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Tuesday, 19 December 2017 18:52 (six years ago) link
maybe they like to read about flappgni dicks
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 20 December 2017 14:37 (six years ago) link
No, you see, sir, Dick Flappgni is the name of my dog.
― Encyclopedia Beige and the Case of the Bland Sandwich (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 20 December 2017 14:38 (six years ago) link
Reading through The Dark Tower, would it be preferable to read The Wind Through the Keyhole after Vol. 4 Wizard and Glass? I know King wrote the The Wind Through the Keyhole after he finished the series, but from what I understand without looking too close and reading about the book's plot, it is supposed to take place tied to the story Roland is telling the Ka-Tet about his past, right?
― earlnash, Saturday, 30 December 2017 16:14 (six years ago) link
Just finished Duma Key. It was really good - barrelled me along like I want King to do. Yeah, there’s some flab that should have been trimmed and I think it would have been a much better book overall if it hadn’t turned into a monster story - I’m much more creeped out by disembodied evil than embodied evil - but I dug it. Would reco.
― bumbling my way toward the light or wahtever (hardcore dilettante), Thursday, 11 January 2018 03:10 (six years ago) link
And he didn’t totally whiff the ending, so that was a nice surprise.
― bumbling my way toward the light or wahtever (hardcore dilettante), Thursday, 11 January 2018 03:14 (six years ago) link
that fuckin doll creeped the shit out of me
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 11 January 2018 03:17 (six years ago) link
Fuckin dolls.
― bumbling my way toward the light or wahtever (hardcore dilettante), Thursday, 11 January 2018 04:28 (six years ago) link
Fuckin’ lookie-loos
― Winter. Dickens. Yes. (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 11 January 2018 13:52 (six years ago) link
Not just about King, but I found this book yesterday and it seems dope:
https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1504436691i/33826872._UY720_SS720_.jpg
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 15:31 (six years ago) link
Briefly discussed in the Signet horror paperback thread. Haven't bought it yet but it's the top of the list.
― Senior Soft-Serve Tech at the Froyo Arroyo (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 15:33 (six years ago) link
I just read it a couple weeks ago. It's really, really fun! I remember both seeing so many of those books on drugstore racks and, once I was in middle school, reading them as well.
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 15:37 (six years ago) link
― very stabbable gaius (wins), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 16:22 (six years ago) link
There's a Grady Hendrix now?
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 16:51 (six years ago) link
He did a big King reread column on tor.com awhile ago. https://www.tor.com/series/the-great-stephen-king-reread/
― sofatruck, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 18:25 (six years ago) link
Some readers might be turned off by King’s on-the-nose indictment of our patriarchal society, but Gerald’s Game has other rewards, including what might be the most sustained scenes of terror King has ever written. Starting with a sequence told from Prince’s point-of-view (reinforcing the idea that King may be one of America’s great dog POV writers, see also The Stand, Cujo), then moving into the hallucinatory first appearance by the Space Cowboy, followed by Jessie’s de-gloving and escape, King turns in 200 pages whose intensity would be hard to rival, by King or anyone else. Unfortunately, it’s a 420 page book.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 18:38 (six years ago) link
couldn't find a thread specific to it but I finally watched IT from last year. Can't tell if I liked it. This was one of my favorite King books, and I seem to remember liking the mini series too; but the movie, despite being over 2 hours long and only covering half the book, seemed to be missing something; like, the kids are just presented, here they are, now there's terror....their backstories seemed perfunctory and superfluous. chubby kid's history of the town stuff seemed rushed and unbelievable. and finally, the kid with the munchausen's syndrome mom and the kid from stranger things were both fucking annoying. chubby kid and the girl were the only ones that didn't get on my nerves frankly. clown was alright.
― akm, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 15:51 (six years ago) link
itt: it
― scrüt (wins), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 15:53 (six years ago) link
thanks!
― akm, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 15:57 (six years ago) link
I have a theory that SK chose the name It specifically because he was amused by the thought of the novel's title being the catalyst for a number of 'Who's On First?'-esque discussions.
― I'm very active in the pegasus community (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 17:42 (six years ago) link
Finished Duma Key. Can't say I liked it... it took forever to get to any real action, and a lot of it was just silly. Paintings that try to bite people? A spy heron? Gah.
― Evan R, Sunday, 11 March 2018 21:01 (six years ago) link
Oh yeah and the pirate ghost was sooooooo goofy. Just kinda killed everything that came after
― Evan R, Sunday, 11 March 2018 21:03 (six years ago) link
Too many blurbs written by you
https://scontent.fman1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/30124134_10156417288381518_6923352825639488201_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=fb186ac66474fe6ad84d10d73b97dbbe&oe=5B334ACE
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 6 April 2018 22:05 (six years ago) link
I own at least 2 books with no Stephen King blurb, but I had to write them myself.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Monday, 9 April 2018 06:20 (six years ago) link
Yeah I lol'd at that - part of me thinks there has to be a little bit of self-awareness there surely?Also I have read that book. It is a lot of things, a masterpiece is not one of the things that it is.
― scotti pruitti (wins), Monday, 9 April 2018 12:17 (six years ago) link
It's the one full of detailed descriptions of child rape, right?
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Monday, 9 April 2018 22:42 (six years ago) link
Bill Hader and Janes McAvoy! Jessica Chastain as well. Very curious to learn who she’s playing.
http://variety.com/2018/film/news/james-mcavoy-and-bill-hader-it-sequel-1202749616/
I’m really curious as to who is playing
― Orwonty Nelson (latebloomer), Friday, 13 April 2018 04:33 (six years ago) link
^the post equivalent of the absorbed twin from The Dark Half
― Orwonty Nelson (latebloomer), Friday, 13 April 2018 04:34 (six years ago) link
oooooooh
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 13 April 2018 04:40 (six years ago) link
“The gunslinger had no idea what tooter-fish was, but he knew a popkin when he saw it.”
I think about this too often.
― how's life, Thursday, 19 April 2018 13:07 (six years ago) link