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    Posted: December 16 2011 at 05:21
^Well, I like short stories more than novels. It's easy to find the other books of Hill here in the brazilian libraries, but I want to read their short stories first.
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20th Century Ghosts(a book of short stories),is actually Joe Hill's first published work.I was fortunate enough to find it,but from what I understand it is a bit rare.I enjoyed it,but his two novels are so much better.

One of the things I like about Hill is he isn't trying to ride his Dad's coattails,he uses his middle name as his last so know one will know he is King's son.Funny thing is,his writing style and subject matter is similar to his fathers.


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Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

I have tried promoting his sons work in the book thread but no one seems interested so I will try here.

Check out Joe Hill and his excellent novels Heart Shaped Box and Horns.

You won't be disappointed.
 
I am trying to read their short story compilation 20th Century Ghosts, but this book never stops in the libraryCry 


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I have tried promoting his sons work in the book thread but no one seems interested so I will try here.

Check out Joe Hill and his excellent novels Heart Shaped Box and Horns.

You won't be disappointed.


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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

The Stand. It should have been an option - I suspect it is a popular choice.


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Other......The Stand,followed very closely by IT and The Dark Tower series.

I also really dig The Long Walk,but that's a novella,and probably my favorite novella of his.After reading it you never look at something so simple as walking the same ever again.


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They are all very readable and enjoyable. Enjoyed Christine a lot also The Stand, Misery, Pet Sematry, Cujo , Salems Lot , The Dark Half, but I think my favourite so far is the non horror The Eyes Of The Dragon.
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The Stand. Just finished reading 11/22/63 which would be my second choice.
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Am I the only one that saw "The Shinning" in the poll and instantly thought of The Simpsons? :3

I've never been a huge Stephen King fan, whenever I read his novels I always feel like the writing is very... dry. Throughout the entire thing I can't help but feel like it's terribly boring and I want it to end. Then I finish it and think "wow, what a great book, the plot was brilliant." Basically, I'm not a fan of his writing style, but I enjoy the stories immensely.

The only ones I've really enjoyed is the Dark Tower series. I've only read the first two books so far, but they were fantastic, I can't wait to read the rest of the series.
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Never liked him that much, he seems to be writing like he were writting for a sitcom or movie. I have only read four by him, Pet Semetary (about 2 out of 5, thought it was pretty lame and uncaptivating), Desperation( 4 out of five, really good, interesting plot, lots of weirdness), and From A Buick Eight ( 4 out of five, I liked this better than Desperation, really really cool and inventive plot), and last and certaintly least, It (1 out of 5, 900 pages for a goddamn spider, ugh)
Whenh Stephen King gets into stranger and more "weird fiction" type stuff I really like him, but he doesn't do that enough.
 
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"Misery".

"Roadwork" would be my second choice.
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^ I could have gone for Salem's Lot too, and I was tempted by From a Buick 8 but in the end I could pass The Shining which has a great long build of tension.
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I've read a lot of King's novels, and The Stand and It are among the best. The Shining was also very good. Pet Sematary and Cujo were also extremely enjoyable. But, knowing my tastes, considering I've read it 4 times, my favorite vampire novel ever (in par with Dracula), Salem's Lot is my favorite by far.
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I might also get that as well. Thumbs Up
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Originally posted by The Truth The Truth wrote:

I've only read The Running Man but it was excellent.

It, The Stand and The Long Walk are all on my Christmas list.


Good choices, although I might also recommend Different Seasons.  It is a collection of four novellas (one of which is "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption").
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I've only read The Running Man but it was excellent.

It, The Stand and The Long Walk are all on my Christmas list.
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The Green Mile is extraordinary prose and might be my favorite novel from him.  King was pretty much the author that made this non-reader a reader.  My car broke down outside of a bookstore and it was a two hour wait for a tow.

I started with It, then read The Shining.  I also read The Dead Zone and Cujo to my wife (as well as The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon and Needful Things- we never finished the latter for some reason).

Guy writes books faster than I can read them.
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I'd definitely recommend it. Great stuff.
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I really enjoyed The Stand.  I also enjoy the 6-hour miniseries that they made for it.  I read The Stand twice.  The first time that I read it, it was a 600 or 700 page paperback.  One day I was over at my neighbors' house and she had an expanded edition copy that was 1100 or 1200 pages, so I read it again.  The longer book filled in a lot of holes from the original, but I thought it was quite excellent.  Also, you can listen to Shadow Circus' album Whispers and Screams and have music to go along with the book.

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