Thank you guys.
Thank you guys.
Eye of the Dragon was pretty good - or was that Talisman? both were more on the fantasy side though.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
Stephen King
Hey! I'm reading Cell by Stephen King right now and I thought it'd be cool if there was a Stephen King discussion here.... =)
I'm the amazing Mango!
And I love the DeathNote... =)
Many people look down on Stephan King ...
but he really is a good writer, combining reality with mysticism. I particlarly liked Thinner and On Writing.
Why would people look down on him? o.O
I'm the amazing Mango!
And I love the DeathNote... =)
He pushes out stories from the top of his head like a catholic family pushes out babies.
He has a few good books. The green mile, shawshank redemption, and a few others. But alot of them are just forced out of him so he can make more money.
Everyone knows what's in room 101.
Everything becomes irrelevant, when the sky tears open.
"Hey Kevin." "What?" "Theres a ditch there." "Sh*t!"
When Stephen King dies the Barnes & Noble Co ought to buy his corpse and mount it in one of their cafes with a sign that reads,
The Undisputed King Of Pop
"He was nauseous with regret when he saw her face again, and when, as of yore, he pleaded and begged at her knees for the joy of her being. She understood Neal; she stroked his hair; she knew he was mad."
---Jack Kerouac, On The Road: The Original Scroll
THAT^^^ made me laugh.
Everyone knows what's in room 101.
Everything becomes irrelevant, when the sky tears open.
"Hey Kevin." "What?" "Theres a ditch there." "Sh*t!"
i love king! Esp his nonfiction, but Pet Semetary remains the scariest book I ever read, and i still can't watch The Shining -- even the TV version! he is underrated.
No doubt he is a great writer. But there is also no doubt that he pushes alot of books out for money.
Everyone knows what's in room 101.
Everything becomes irrelevant, when the sky tears open.
"Hey Kevin." "What?" "Theres a ditch there." "Sh*t!"
Nah, he's a writer, the term is pulp.Originally Posted by jon1jt
When Stephen King dies the Barnes & Noble Co ought to buy his corpse and mount it in one of their cafes with a sign that reads,
The Undisputed King Of Pop
If only I could do the same!
Charles Bukowski, Jack London, O Henry, Kurt Vonnegut, are members of that group called pulp writers. With all due respect, you are delusional giving King that label.
I predict in less than 100 years all Stephen King books will be gone from the shelves of public libraries and bookstores, and his contribution to literature with it.
Stephen King better be enjoying all that money that he can't seem to get enough of. When he writes something substantial do let me know.
"He was nauseous with regret when he saw her face again, and when, as of yore, he pleaded and begged at her knees for the joy of her being. She understood Neal; she stroked his hair; she knew he was mad."
---Jack Kerouac, On The Road: The Original Scroll
Recycling is a beautiful thing. All old books at booksales that don't sell just end up being crumbled down. That will happen to King too - you'd be surprised at the amount of "popular" authors' books that get recycled.
King will die knowing that, in spite of all his wealth and pop fame, that he took advantage of the public. And yet in years to come nobody will remember a single word he wrote, or even his name, because his life's work went into the black hole of history---onto that ash heap of chameleon turd.
It's better to die once a nobody having pursued a substantial end than to have lived one hundred lives a hack.
Last edited by jon1jt; 03-21-2009 at 10:53 PM.
"He was nauseous with regret when he saw her face again, and when, as of yore, he pleaded and begged at her knees for the joy of her being. She understood Neal; she stroked his hair; she knew he was mad."
---Jack Kerouac, On The Road: The Original Scroll
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