best Stephen King novel i haven't read? this is a question poll

Irrelevant · 03:09 PM

the entire Dark Tower series (i hear its good but the idea sounds dumb)
Needful Things (i did like the movie but i'm not motivated to read it)
Dolores Claiborne
Gerald's Game
Insomnia
Rose Madder
The Green Mile (the movie made me feel like i didn't need to read the book)
Bag of Bones (started it and was bored to death and never finished)
The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon
Dreamcatcher
that Hearts in Atlantis shit
Riding the Bullet
From a Buick 8
Everything's Eventual

i need more poll options!

ravenguy2000 · 01-20-2004, 03:06 PM

You know, Stephen King is really horrible.

Not that I haven't said as much 1000000 times here before.

phaedrus · 01-20-2004, 03:07 PM

Have you read Different Seasons? If not you should read that.

mpp · 01-20-2004, 03:07 PM

the long walk was one of my favorites

SecretStarlet · 01-20-2004, 03:10 PM

it's not that the movie was boring, it's just that i've seen the other movies and none of them interested me enough to read, or i heard that it was complete crap.

Ugly · 01-20-2004, 03:12 PM

Carrie the book is actually pretty well written in the way that Carrie comes off as alot less of a freak than she does in the movie. In the movie she's a freak and you're waiting for her to pop so when she does its no big surprise. In the book she's a freak but also a relatable and understandable girl so when she pops the violence and intensity of it hits you alot harder.

Irrelevant · 03:16 PM

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Originally posted by mpp
the long walk was one of my favorites

if i could get funding i would make it into a movie. my friend and i might just shoot it on handheld camera for the hell of it. if i can get 100 kids.

my favorite Stephen King books for reference:

EDIT OH WAIT I FORGOT ONE

1. The Stand
2. The Long Walk
3. THE TOMMYKNOCKERS!
4. The Running Man
5. Desperation
6. Rita Hayworth & the Shawshank Redemption.. though yeah it's probably really the best thing he wrote

dusty · 01-20-2004, 03:13 PM

i love the collection book he recently published- everything's eventual, esp the stoory 1408.

mpp · 01-20-2004, 03:15 PM

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Originally posted by Irrelevant

if i could get funding i would make it into a movie. my friend and i might just shoot it on handheld camera for the hell of it. if i can get 100 kids.

i would love to see this; what a great book

who would cast as garraty? stebbins?

i'd like to see toby mcguire as stebbins...

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Originally posted by Irrelevant

my favorite Stephen King books for reference:

1. The Stand
2. The Long Walk
5. Rita Hayworth & the Shawshank Redemption.

my three favorites in that order

mpp · 01-20-2004, 03:16 PM

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Originally posted by dusty
i love the collection book he recently published- everything's eventual, esp the stoory 1408.

deja vu was my fave

dusty · 01-20-2004, 03:18 PM

deja vu frusterated me. but i have a feeling that was the point

also- i would like to say that i voted for misery. i read the book before i saw the movie so that's probably the only reason why i like the movie- but the book certainly is better. cathy bates did a good job but nothing portrays the insanity of annie like the words of stephen king do.

mpp · 01-20-2004, 03:19 PM

i loved it when he called the guy's mouth a bloodhole

Toby · 01-20-2004, 03:20 PM

I read Carrie and thought it was a pretty good read. I think it was pretty short too.

Irrelevant · 01-20-2004, 03:21 PM

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Originally posted by mpp

i would love to see this; what a great book

who would cast as garraty? stebbins?

i'd like to see toby mcguire as stebbins...

i would never get it made by a studio. even if i knew how to get a movie going. even an indie wouldn't want to make this, since i'd want to stay true to the source material and make it mostly about them walking. kind of like Gerry as a fascist contest.

if i did manage to get a budget i'd probably cast unknowns. the kids are supposed to be pretty young... like 16 or so?

Honest Opinion Man · 01-20-2004, 03:26 PM

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cathy bates did a good job but nothing portrays the insanity of annie like the words of stephen king do.

DIRTY BIRDY!! RINSE!!

:erm

dusty · 01-20-2004, 03:32 PM

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Originally posted by Honest Opinion Man
DIRTY BIRDY!! RINSE!! :erm

the most striking image of annie that i have in my head is the moment in the book where she is standing in the doorway looking at the author (his name escapes me), and she grabs her bottom lip with her nails and squeezes it until she draws enough blood for it to trickle down her chin :erm

silent1 · 01-20-2004, 04:20 PM

try reading some books by john saul. much scarier.

mpp · 01-20-2004, 04:27 PM

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Originally posted by Irrelevant

like 16

16 exactly if i remember correctly

i'd like to see you make one about the Walk but also ******* some flashback scenes about the Squads, etc.

that'd kick serious ass

maybe Jake Gyllenhaal as garraty

Ensoul · 01-20-2004, 04:41 PM

Dude, It was kickass.

I_was_aborted · 01-20-2004, 04:47 PM

He is starting some television series about some wierd hospital. It looked lame....but then again so are most things on Tv.

sledge · 01-20-2004, 05:04 PM

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Originally posted by Irrelevant
the entire Dark Tower series (i hear its good but the idea sounds dumb)

I thought it sounded dumb aswell, but then I gave it a chance and I can't stop reading the books. (I'm on 4 now.)

sickbadthing · 01-20-2004, 05:06 PM

Different Seasons

GreenEggsNSpam · 01-20-2004, 05:06 PM

I always heard Pet Sematary was good.

And I enjoyed the Carrie movie.

Tessellation · 01-20-2004, 08:34 PM

EYES OF THE DRAGON is interesting. I heard a French company was in production with an animated adaptation of it.

BTW: King is an awful, awful short story writer

Tessellation · 01-20-2004, 08:35 PM

King has really played out the whole "four boys in the woods" concept one too many times, no? (e.g. "the body", DREAMCATCHER, IT)

blackfaerie · 01-20-2004, 08:58 PM

"The Talisman"....mm... and "Rose Madder", both very good.

"Gerald's Game" is kind of twisted. it's about a woman locked to the bed after a game of dirty sex involving handcuffs goes bad when the husband dies. :erm

i'll always hold "The Running Man" close to my heart.

meow · 01-20-2004, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mpp
the long walk was one of my favorites

mewl · 01-20-2004, 11:20 PM

rage.

mewl · 01-20-2004, 11:22 PM

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Originally posted by Irrelevant
The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon

and this is a really great book, too. except it seemed like he ran out of ideas for the ending.

sledge · 01-20-2004, 11:28 PM

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Originally posted by mewl
it seemed like he ran out of ideas for the ending.

He really isn't that good with endings. I just hope he has a good ending for the black tower series. It would suck to have a 7 book series have a bad ending.

View Poll Results: and WHY
Carrie (the movie was lame)	2	10.53%
Salem's Lot (vampire books are gay)	0	0%
Cujo (wtf killer dog?)	0	0%
Christine (wtf killer car?)	0	0%
Cycle of the Werewolf (Silver Bullet sucks)	0	0%
Pet Sematary (dumb idea)	2	10.53%
The Eyes of the Dragon (wtfffff)	1	5.26%
It (wtf killer clown spirit?)	5	26.32%
Misery (i didn't like the movie it was boring)	4	21.05%
other from list below!	5	26.32%
Voters: 19. You may not vote on this poll

01-20-2004, 03:01 PM	#1
Irrelevant Minion of Satan Location: kitties Posts: 6,842	best Stephen King novel i haven't read? this is a question poll the entire Dark Tower series (i hear its good but the idea sounds dumb) Needful Things (i did like the movie but i'm not motivated to read it) Dolores Claiborne Gerald's Game Insomnia Rose Madder The Green Mile (the movie made me feel like i didn't need to read the book) Bag of Bones (started it and was bored to death and never finished) The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon Dreamcatcher that Hearts in Atlantis shit Riding the Bullet From a Buick 8 Everything's Eventual i need more poll options! Last edited by Irrelevant : 01-20-2004 at 03:09 PM.

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01-20-2004, 03:06 PM	#2
ravenguy2000 NO FATS Location: NO FEMS Posts: 29,008	You know, Stephen King is really horrible. Not that I haven't said as much 1000000 times here before.

01-20-2004, 03:07 PM	#3
phaedrus Minion of Satan Location: up there somewhere Posts: 8,014	Have you read Different Seasons? If not you should read that.

01-20-2004, 03:07 PM	#4
mpp Minion of Satan Posts: 7,577	the long walk was one of my favorites

01-20-2004, 03:10 PM	#5
SecretStarlet Pledge Location: in your pocket Posts: 208	it's not that the movie was boring, it's just that i've seen the other movies and none of them interested me enough to read, or i heard that it was complete crap.

01-20-2004, 03:12 PM	#6
Ugly Immortal Location: Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed Posts: 21,249	Carrie the book is actually pretty well written in the way that Carrie comes off as alot less of a freak than she does in the movie. In the movie she's a freak and you're waiting for her to pop so when she does its no big surprise. In the book she's a freak but also a relatable and understandable girl so when she pops the violence and intensity of it hits you alot harder.

01-20-2004, 03:13 PM	#8
dusty Minion of Satan Location: holding on. Posts: 5,932	i love the collection book he recently published- everything's eventual, esp the stoory 1408.

01-20-2004, 03:18 PM	#11
dusty Minion of Satan Location: holding on. Posts: 5,932	deja vu frusterated me. but i have a feeling that was the point also- i would like to say that i voted for misery. i read the book before i saw the movie so that's probably the only reason why i like the movie- but the book certainly is better. cathy bates did a good job but nothing portrays the insanity of annie like the words of stephen king do.

01-20-2004, 03:19 PM	#12
mpp Minion of Satan Posts: 7,577	i loved it when he called the guy's mouth a bloodhole

01-20-2004, 04:20 PM	#17
silent1 Minion of Satan Location: detroit, mi Posts: 7,158	try reading some books by john saul. much scarier.

01-20-2004, 04:41 PM	#19
Ensoul Apocalyptic Poster Location: New Jersey Posts: 4,245	Dude, It was kickass.

01-20-2004, 04:47 PM	#20
I_was_aborted Minion of Satan Location: chicago Posts: 5,440	He is starting some television series about some wierd hospital. It looked lame....but then again so are most things on Tv.

01-20-2004, 05:06 PM	#22
sickbadthing Out fart the hottie! Location: I have super gonorrhoea Posts: 24,316	Different Seasons

01-20-2004, 05:06 PM	#23
GreenEggsNSpam GreenStarsNSpam Location: Newfoundand, Canada Posts: 11,216	I always heard Pet Sematary was good. And I enjoyed the Carrie movie.

01-20-2004, 08:34 PM	#24
Tessellation Apocalyptic Poster Location: your local library Posts: 4,422	EYES OF THE DRAGON is interesting. I heard a French company was in production with an animated adaptation of it. BTW: King is an awful, awful short story writer

01-20-2004, 08:35 PM	#25
Tessellation Apocalyptic Poster Location: your local library Posts: 4,422	King has really played out the whole "four boys in the woods" concept one too many times, no? (e.g. "the body", DREAMCATCHER, IT)

01-20-2004, 08:58 PM	#26
blackfaerie cherrybombs, Red Bulls, and vodka. No really, I'm not a lush. Location: the liquor store, restocking. Posts: 8,883	"The Talisman"....mm... and "Rose Madder", both very good. "Gerald's Game" is kind of twisted. it's about a woman locked to the bed after a game of dirty sex involving handcuffs goes bad when the husband dies. :erm i'll always hold "The Running Man" close to my heart.

01-20-2004, 11:20 PM	#28
mewl Socialphobic Posts: 14,498	rage.