Books and Writing - Stephen King: The Master of Horror #2 “Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.”

CityGal · 10-29-2014, 10:09 AM

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Stephen King

A P P R E C I A T I O N T H R E A D

Steven King on The Craft of Short Story Writing

The 1970’s

Carrie (1974)
Salem’s Lot (1975)
The Shining (1977)
Rage (1977 as Richard Bachman)
Night Shift (1978)
The Stand(1978)
The Long Walk (1979 as Richard Bachman)
The Dead Zone (1979)

The 1980’s

Firestarter (1980)
Roadwork (1981 as Richard Bachman)
Danse Macabre, non-fiction (1981)
Cujo (1981)
The Mist (1981)
The Running Man (1982 as Richard Bachman)
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (1982)
Creepshow (1982 comic)
Different Seasons (1982 collection)
Christine (1983)
Pet Sematary (1983)
Cycle of the Warewolf (1983)
The Talisman (1984 with co-author Peter Straub)
Thinner (1984 as richard Bachman)
Skeleton Crew (1985 collection)
The Bachman Books (1985 collection)
Silver Bullet, chapbook (1985)
IT (1986)
The Eyes of the Dragon (1986)
The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three (1987)
Misery (1987)
The Tommyknockers (1987)
Nightmares in the Sky, non-fiction (1988)
The Dark Half (1989)
My Pretty Pony, chapbook (1995)

The 1990’s

The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition (1990)
Four Past Midnight (1990 collection)
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands (1991)
Needful Things (1991)
The Library Policeman, chapbook (1991)
Gerald’s Game (1992)
Dolores Claiborne (1992)
Lawnmower Man, chapbook (1992)
Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993 collection)
Insomnia (1994)
Rose Madder (1995)
Umney’s Last Case, chapbook (1995)
The Green Mile (1996)
Desparation (1996)
The Regulators (1996 as Richard Bachman)
The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass (1997)
Bag of Bones (1998)
Art Pupil, chapbook (1998)
Storm of the Century (1999 screenplay)
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)
Hearts in Atlantis (1999 collection)
Quitter’s Ink, chapbook (1999)

The 2000’s

On Writing, non-fiction (2000)
Secret Windows (2000 collection)
Dreamcatcher (2001)
Black House (2001 with co-author Peter Straub)
LT’s Theory of Pets, chapbook (2001)
From a Buick 8 (2002)
Everything’s Eventual (2002 collection)
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, revised and expanded edition (2003)
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla (2003)
The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah (2004)
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (2004)
Faithful, non-fiction (2004)
The Colorado Kid (2005)
Cell (2006)
Lisey’s Story (2006)
Blaze (2007 as Richard Bachman)
Duma Key (2008)
Just After Sunset (2008 collection)
Under the Dome (2009)
Road Rage, novella (2009)

The 2010’s

Blockade Billy (2010)
Full Dark, No Stars (2010 collection)
American Vampire Vol. 1, graphic novel (2010 with Rafael Albuquerque and Scott Snyder)
The Talisman: Vol. 1: The Road of Trials, graphic novel (2010 with Peter Straub)
11/22/63 (2011)
The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012)
Guns (ebook, 2013)

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CityGal · 10-29-2014, 10:20 AM

Carrying over the last post to spur discussion.

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Originally Posted by AtomicEmpress (View Post)

Did anyone catch the lifetime movie based on the stephen king short story - Big Driver? It came on Saturday, and started Maria Bello.

Missed it. there should be an increase of his books to movies shows as Halloween is approaching. Thought I saw a commercial for "The Shining"- that was enough for me. I've a weak stomach!

I've always wondered what Stephen King dress as for Halloween. Does he have a favorite ghoulish character?

ky02121 · 10-29-2014, 01:10 PM

I think I'll finally read The Stand next year. It seems to be a favorite among his fans.

Stay to the Lights · 10-30-2014, 07:53 AM

Thanks for the new thread.

CityGal · 11-01-2014, 08:57 PM

Yw!

CityGal · 11-02-2014, 09:16 AM

Found this review:

Books Books and more Books — The Gunslinger By Stephen King

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My most recent read was The Gunslinger by Stephen King, I have to say I have been wanting to read this one for a while now after hearing all of the great reviews about The Dark Tower series. Now before I get into I have to say that I did enjoy this book but there were some problems with the book that I think you should know before you start it.

Just some basic information about the book, it is the first book in The Dark Tower series by Stephen King, this was the edition with the new forward by Stephen King that was very enjoyable and funny like a lot of Stephen King’s forwards. The book is set in a world much like our own but is heavenly science fiction based, the story follows a man called The Gunslinger who is on a quest for the man in black, his mortal enemy.

Now I don’t want to say much more about the book without giving away important details, it was an enjoyable read and I think a very interesting start to The Dark Tower series. I finished this within a couple of days and found that the first installment of the books did not appointment. The only issue I had with this book was the relationship between The Gunslinger and a boy that he meets along the way, the relationship comes about very quickly and there is a lot of talk about there feelings towards each other and it feels forced and unrealistic. This may also be the fact that this book really is quite short and therefore there isn’t time for the relationship to develop. The ending was also quite confusing, very abstract and a bit difficult to understand. But these are the only issues I had with this book, it did make me want to read the rest of the books and I’m excited to carry on with the series. I really would recommend this one, and that isn’t just because I am a die hard Stephen King fan.

Stay to the Lights · 11-10-2014, 12:58 AM

That's a very cool over + article.

Stay to the Lights · 12-07-2014, 12:31 AM

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Vulture managed to score a chat with producer Dan Lin (The LEGO Movie) wherein he confirms what all Stephen King fans have been hoping, i.e. that a big budget feature film based on the author’s 1986 novel IT will begin production next year with Cary ***unaga (“True Detective”) at the helm.

“The idea is to start official prep in March for a summer shoot,” said Lin. “Cary likes to develop things for a while, and we’ve been with this for about three or four years, so we’re super excited that he stayed with it. You guys are gonna be really excited.”

As previously announced, the 1100-page tome is so epic that the plan is to adapt it into two movies, the first one in which an entity stalks seven children in Derry, Maine in the guise of a clown. The second feature would focus on the children as adults returning to Derry in order to rid the world of the creature once and for all, but Lin surprisingly states that ***unaga is only signed on to direct the first part, and may only co-write the second. No stranger to lengthy storytelling (“True Detective” plays out like one eight-hour-long movie), one would think that for the sake of consistency New Line Cinema would sign ***unaga to both films, but perhaps other projects have grabbed the filmmaker’s attention since becoming a hot commodity.

“The book is so epic that we couldn’t tell it all in one movie and service the characters with enough depth,” explained Lin. There’s also no mention on if the late-1950s and mid-1980s time periods will remain intact or be shifted to a more modern approach with the kids growing up in the ’80s and returning to present-day Maine. We do know that King has given the project his seal of approval.

“The most important thing is that Stephen King gave us his blessing,” said Lin. “We didn’t want to make this unless he felt it was the right way to go, and when we sent him the script, the response that Cary got back was, ‘Go with God, please! This is the version the studio should make.’ So that was really gratifying.”

***unaga wrote the screenplay for Stephen King’s IT with Chase Palmer and David Kajganich, with Lin, David Katzenberg, Doug Davison and Seth Grahame-Smith serving as producers. The book was previously adapted by Tommy Lee Wallace as a two-part, three-hour event miniseries on ABC in 1990 starring Tim Curry as Pennywise the clown.

Stephen King's IT Will Shoot Next Summer - ComingSoon.net

**fly me to the moon** · 12-07-2014, 04:15 PM

I always want to read his books, but I just realize that he wrote so many.. Ugh..

JoJoF92 · 12-07-2014, 04:16 PM

well it's easier when you start with just one

darkxtwisty · 12-07-2014, 05:14 PM

I read Full Dark, No Stars recently. The first two stories really played with my emotions.

Especially the second one about the author.

I'm vowing to take a Stephen King break because I've been having weird dreams (though watching Criminal Minds and reading Stephen King before bed on the same nights might be attributing to that). I went to the library yesterday, a library I've never been to before, and I ended up in the Stephen King section right away. I was tempted, but I didn't. I got six other wonderful books.

**fly me to the moon** · 12-07-2014, 06:48 PM

^ I'm going to check Full Dark, No stars..

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Originally Posted by JoJoF92 (View Post)

well it's easier when you start with just one

I know, but I have to think which one I can read as long it better be good one..

darkxtwisty · 12-07-2014, 07:05 PM

I would strongly recommend 11/22/63. It's the first King book I've read, and I'm told it's different than any book he's ever written. Though the parallels between 11/22/63 and The Dead Zone are pretty visible.

JoJoF92 · 12-08-2014, 01:31 AM

^I'd strongly recommend that one, too

it's one of my favorite SK books and I think it's a great one to start with. it's not very scary, just exciting

Stay to the Lights · 12-09-2014, 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by darkxtwisty (View Post)

I would strongly recommend 11/22/63. It's the first King book I've read, and I'm told it's different than any book he's ever written. Though the parallels between 11/22/63 and The Dead Zone are pretty visible.

I really need to read this one. I loved The Dead Zone.

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