| | Comment from (2008-01-28) |
| I think the first book I read from Stephen King was "IT". I remember it took me a while to finish it because I didn't like reading it when I was the only one in the house. I have read many authors that run from James Patterson, Laurell K. Hamilton, Dean Koontz, Sidney Sheldon. I would have to say that Stephen King has been with me since I was about 15 or so. I believe even before that. I love horror, when it's done right. Stephen King does it right. |
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| | Comment from (2007-01-26) |
| Stephen King is my favorite author, all his books have great character description, brilliant vocabulary and you never get bored tension build up is always brilliant
10/10 |
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| | Comment from (2003-05-05) |
| King is a great author, with some amazing works of fiction to his name (The Stand, IT, Pet Sematary, and the Dark Towers series spring to mind), as well as a lot of good short stories.
He is at his best when he sets things in "real" life (e.g. the cop scene in "Desperation", which was amazing), but he has a problem with conclusions/endings that are never as good as the actual story . Also, the supernatural/religious explanations for things ("hand of god" in The Stand anyone?) are too often used as a convenient "out" to end or explain the story.
However, just the fact that he is responsible for the story in [Rita Hayworth and] the Shawshank Redemption makes up for any flaws and redeems (*grin) him in my opinion. |
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| | Comment from (2003-03-09) |
| Stephen King is my favorite author. His characters are always complex and fully-developed. His settings are always fully explored. There is wry wit sprinkled throughout his writing. Some people might not like his style, and others might not like the genre he usually writes about, but it is not fair to call him a hack. He is one of the few things that are popular for a reason. |
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| | Comment from (2003-03-08) |
| Stephen King is possibly the greatest writer of out time. Not only does he have an amazing ability to draw the reader into a story, but he also has a deep understanding of the horror genre...and literature in general. His books have psychological depth and complexity--one just needs to know where to look. I just don't think some people can accept that King can be both a very entertaining, best-selling writer and an intellectually stimulating writer. He is both at once...and that is his genius. |
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| | Comment from (2003-03-07) |
| The Man. The Legend. The Hack. I'm sorry to all the King fans out there fuming , but he is. King has so much talent it leaks from his pores. The man basically wipes himself with a sheet of A4 papaer and publishers sacrifice their first borns, and offer up virgin daughters for the chance of publishing it. Thats what makes him a hack. Just because you can write a 700 page novel by farting inthe general direction of your typewriter doesn't mean you should. His stories are good, nicely structered, with interesting charcters, but 95% of them lack depth or soul. The man is just churning them out. With some exceptions The only Stephen King I would recommend everyone read are the Dark Tower series. There's only 4 of them currently even though he's been writing these books since the beginning of his career. Thats because they are gold. If King wrote all his books like he wrote 'The Gunslinger' he'd only have about 6 published, but I would bow before before his feet and proclaim him the world greatest writer. Oh, 'Insomnia' doesn't suck either. |
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| | Comment from (2003-03-07) |
| I've read a considerable number of fiction from different authors (Sidney Sheldon, Tom Clancy, Michael Crichton..), and I have to admit that my favorite author is Stephen King. My fascination with supernatural stories is definitely a factor, but what I enjoy most in Stephen King books is his seamless detailed description of realistic characters, with their believable reactions to the out of the ordinary. It's almost always the case that when you're done with a book of his, the main character(s) remains etched in your memory like a good childhood friend, no longer with you but never forgotten. |
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