02-15-2012, 09:29 PM | #16 |
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For non-horror, as others have said, The Dark Tower Series and Eye of the Dragon.
If you get up enough nerve, though, you really have to read "The Stand". A lot of people think it is SK's best. |
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In fact, 11/22/63 was the first King novel I've read in a while where the ending didn't seem thought up on the spur of the moment. I remember reading in something (might have been "On Writing") that he never has an ending in mind when he starts writing, he doesn't make an outline or a spreadsheet or anything, he just starts writing and lets the stories go where they want to go. Which might explain why his third acts suck. This all makes it seem like I hate King's books, but I have read most of them and enjoy them a lot. It just annoys me when I read one of his books where he clearly wrote 500 pages and then said "how the eff do I end this thing?" |
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I started The Stand on paperback three times and I never got to finish it. The thickness of the book discouraged me. Now that I have a Kindle, will give it a go after 11/22/63.
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How about The Green Mile, originally put out in serialised form, but now a novel, and of course a pretty good film.
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When I was younger, I read the book "The Long Walk" (published under King's pen name Richard Bachman), and thought it was really good. King has some misses, but when he hits he hits hard; the man really is a very good writer. |
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Re: the dark tower. I will keep that in mind.
11/22/63 is actually looking like it's right up my alley, so I may look into that one. I cannot find the e-version in my library yet, but I just downloaded the sample size preview of "The Stand" from the library. So, I have a few for the short term, to look at and see. |
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I literally cried my face off reading 11/23/63. (Yes, I know this is a blatant misuse of "literally," but it's a funny image.)
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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon is straight fiction. It's a short book and it's one of my favorites. I found the tension palpable.
Deloris Clayborne is another. Interestingly written as a first person narrative through the first two-thirds. The narrative is written as a long statement presented in real time. He wrote two nonfiction books about writing. On Writing is half autobiographical and half an essay on writing a book. And Danse Macrabre is a treatise about the horror genre. |
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