Stephen King is a hack

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Ride The Gravitron: May 2, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

He made an entire career out of writting mary sue fan fiction of himself. Even Lisey's Story was about how much his wife would miss her wonderful distant alcoholic husband after he passed away. He's no better than the Twilight Saga author.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:24

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 07:28

VendaGoat: Nov 1, 2005

It's entertaining? :shrug:

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:25

Bugdrvr: Mar 7, 2003

I thought his early stuff was fun to read (though I was a tween while reading it) but anything after the mid 90's is just long and a pain in the rear end to get through. The stuff he's put out over the last 5-10 years is pretty poo poo.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:26

Julien Sorel: Jan 27, 2006; Voted Worst Marksman of 1830

Whoah, that's not a safe opinion!

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:26

Ride The Gravitron: May 2, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

I actually really liked and still do like Desperado. I didn't like it's twin novel The Regulators but I appreciated the effort he put into intertwining and lining things up to stay consistent between the two novels.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:29

naem: May 29, 2011

VendaGoat posted:

It's entertaining?

Yeah he's great

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:30

SirEvelynTremble: Dec 25, 2013; FUCK YOU HITLER
STALINGRAD
ROFLMFAO

I really enjoyed Under the Dome for a recent one, and 11/22/63

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:32

NiceGuy: Dec 13, 2006; This is my BOOMSTICK; College Slice

Fine so you don't like his books, he's still history's greatest actor

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:32

NurhacisUrn: Jul 18, 2013; All I can think about is your wife and a horse.
We are working on some SERIOUS SHIT in here.

The Tommyknockers is incredible. Can you really poo poo-talk King and give Meyers, Rowling, and James Patterson a pass?

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:33

MrQwerty: Apr 15, 2003

"On Writing," is his best and most readable published work

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:34

Gaunab: Feb 13, 2012; LUFTHANSA YOU FUCKING DICKWEASEL

i remember when i first read cujo in 7th grade and i got to the part where the guy who was having an affair with the wife broke into their empty house and masturbated on their bed and king described in great detail the process and force in which he ejaculated.

truly a great author

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:35

Juanito: Jan 20, 2004; I wasn't paying attention
to what you just said.

Can you repeat yourself
in a more interesting way?; Hell Gem

The Long Walk is amazing :mad:

And Running Man is too.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:37

Hector Beerlioz: Jun 16, 2010; aw, hec

His books, good or not, were turned into some awesome fuckin movies!

Kubrick's The Shining, Rob Reiner's Misery, de Palma's Carrie. The list goes on.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:38

Ride The Gravitron: May 2, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

Juanito posted:

The Long Walk is amazing

I forgot about The Long Walk. I forgive all of Stephen King's sins because of The Long Walk.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:39

bring back old gbs: Feb 28, 2007; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

i never read a book

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:40

Juanito: Jan 20, 2004; I wasn't paying attention
to what you just said.

Can you repeat yourself
in a more interesting way?; Hell Gem

Volume posted:

I forgot about The Long Walk. I forgive all of Stephen King's sins because of The Long Walk.

Frank Darabont has owned the film rights for awhile. I want it to get made :argh:

I'm okay with King, but I love the Bachman books the most.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:40

Yaos: Feb 22, 2003; She is a cat of significant gravy.

Stephen King owns in rap battles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56R3hU-fWZY

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:40

hovis rock: Mar 2, 2005; .

Volume posted:

He made an entire career out of writting mary sue fan fiction of himself. Even Lisey's Story was about how much his wife would miss her wonderful distant alcoholic husband after he passed away. He's no better than the Twilight Saga author.

Wow. Just wow. It's jealous fucks like you that try to "pwn" people with their edgy contrarian opinion that are ruining pretty much everything today. "HAY GUYZ LOOK AT ME!!! I HAVE A CONTROVERSIAL OPINION!"

gently caress you and the horse you rode in on.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:40

naem: May 29, 2011

this hot blonde girl with big boobs who has sex with me all the time isn't a Nobel prize winner!!

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:40

let it mellow: Jun 1, 2000; Dinosaur Gum

SirEvelynTremble posted:

I really enjoyed Under the Dome for a recent one, and 11/22/63

same but also the stand and Christine and cujo and pet semetary and the mist and basically all short stories

I've read all his books and gently caress off op, some aren't as amazing as usual but king generally owns, I read mr Mercedes on a plane recently and it was good too

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:41

Frog Act: Feb 10, 2012

ive only ever read IT and that weird orgy scene really threw me through a loop

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:41

Nathilus: Apr 4, 2002; I alone can see through the media bias.

I'm also stupid on a scale that can only be measured in Reddits.

You gotta give him credit for being willing to crawl so far up his own rear end in a top hat with the Dark Tower Saga. As someone who would love to write that kind of garbage, it's actually excruciating to attempt. This totally sounds like a sarcastic insult but it's not, I find this legit impressive.

His short stories all own too.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:42

Juanito: Jan 20, 2004; I wasn't paying attention
to what you just said.

Can you repeat yourself
in a more interesting way?; Hell Gem

I liked Thinner and kinda wanted that curse to happen to me when I was fatter. Just let me get cursed so I can lose weight for awhile, and then remove the curse.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:44

Ride The Gravitron: May 2, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

Still you have to admit, Cell was a retarded piece of poo poo.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:44

let it mellow: Jun 1, 2000; Dinosaur Gum

Nathilus posted:

You gotta give him credit for being willing to crawl so far up his own rear end in a top hat with the Dark Tower Saga. As someone who would love to write that kind of garbage, it's actually excruciating to attempt. This totally sounds like a sarcastic insult but it's not, I find this legit impressive.

His short stories all own too.

yeah, okay, that got hosed up around book 4, but don't pretend you didn't read every one when it came out

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:45

SirEvelynTremble: Dec 25, 2013; FUCK YOU HITLER
STALINGRAD
ROFLMFAO

Needful Things, a lot of his short stories are fantastic (Children of the Corn, The Mist, Apt Pupil), Black House co-written with Peter Straub - dark poo poo

; The Dark Half ... the list goes on

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:46

hovis rock: Mar 2, 2005; .

I'm sure your all much better writers than Steven King?

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:46

5 DOLLAR FOOT LONG: Jul 14, 2007; dodecatuple secret probation

books are gay

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:48

let it mellow: Jun 1, 2000; Dinosaur Gum

real talk, read mr Mercedes, he wrote that at like 75 and it is a good book

e:: there's no magic retards or Randall Flagg or anything, he just said gently caress it and changed genres and did a good job

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:49

Trixie Hardcore: Jul 1, 2006; Placeholder.

MrQwerty posted:

"On Writing," is his best and most readable published work

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:49

Ride The Gravitron: May 2, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

hovis rock posted:

I'm sure your all much better writers than Steven King?

I don't need to be a world class chef to know this chicken is burnt.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:50

naem: May 29, 2011

I like that he writes great stories about the struggles of growing up in a small town in rural Maine, then writes about SERIAL KILLER SPACE ALIEN gently caress MONSTERS in the exact same tone, weaving it all together until it all seems equally plausible

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:51

hovis rock: Mar 2, 2005; .

Volume posted:

I don't need to be a world class chef to know this chicken is burnt.

Nice fallacy.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:52

Juanito: Jan 20, 2004; I wasn't paying attention
to what you just said.

Can you repeat yourself
in a more interesting way?; Hell Gem

Volume posted:

I don't need to be a world class chef to know this chicken is burnt.

Well you shouldn't put all your french fries in the same basket, or someone might get hurt.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:54

Fur20: Nov 14, 2007; すご▞い！
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね！

Volume posted:

He made an entire career out of writting mary sue fan fiction of himself. Even Lisey's Story was about how much his wife would miss her wonderful distant alcoholic husband after he passed away. He's no better than the Twilight Saga author.

i admit my favorite stephen king novel is the one about the thriller fiction author getting injured and abducted by the uggo slam whale

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:55

let it mellow: Jun 1, 2000; Dinosaur Gum

The White Dragon posted:

i admit my favorite stephen king novel is the one about the thriller fiction author getting injured and abducted by the uggo slam whale

the lawn mower :smith:

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:59

hovis rock: Mar 2, 2005; .

Juanito posted:

Well you shouldn't put all your french fries in the same basket, or someone might get hurt.

exactly. if you can't take the heat stay out of the kitchen and don't read his books. don't speak about it, BE about it - step up and show him how it's done by writing a better one or step off.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:59