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Old 01-03-2015, 08:47 AM   #31
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Originally Posted by HoopyFrood View Post
Let me see if I have this straight: you've never read a Stephen King book, but you want to read one that isn't like what you think he writes, which you don't really know because you've never read any of his books. The movies based on his books are poop, pretty much, and you base your dislike of his books on the movies?

Geeze, grab a book, read it and then make your decision about King. Not liking an author, because movies based on his books are lousy, is pretty ignorant.

Stephen King can write some excellent short stories and a couple of his best are in the collection "Four Past Midnight": "The Library Policeman" and "The Sun Dog".
I use the example of the Matt Helm Books by Donald Hamilton. If you do not read them because you equate them to the fluff movies starring Dean Martin, you are missing a very good spy series.
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