Thread: Stephen King - hate the movies, any good books?
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Old 12-30-2014, 01:57 PM   #16
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I remember reading an essay by Orson Scott Card years ago in which he said many of the things depicted in movies and books were too intense for him--that he could only watch a movie at home so he could turn it off when it created feelings he couldn't handle. He said the only books of King's he could read were The Stand and The Dead Zone.

I liked The Dead Zone, for its clever and satisfying ending, but could never get through The Stand. Never read Shawshank but the movie was terrific.

Jim
The Dead Zone has one part that I have trouble with emotionally.
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The part where the guy learns that his fiance has married another man and the scenes where he ends up meeting the other guy. I feel for the hero. It's a very painful experience.
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