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Clipperton posted:wrap ya laughin gear around this chuckles http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?15058-The-Gunslinger-Revised-A-Side-by-Side-Comparison Someone needs to proofread this guy's comments. He mentions that Algul Siento is "a place of importance in book five", but that is not true at all. I don't think it's even mentioned in book 5. They don't even go there until book 7.
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Clipperton posted:wrap ya laughin gear around this chuckles http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?15058-The-Gunslinger-Revised-A-Side-by-Side-Comparison I read this quote:11 [3] - The size of the desert is changed from "parsecs" to "eternity". and already I approve
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I've got several volumes of the dark tower on my kindle, in what order am I supposed to read them?
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May 28, 2015 22:02
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Flowers For Algeria posted:I've got several volumes of the dark tower on my kindle, in what order am I supposed to read them? In the order they were published.
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May 28, 2015 22:08
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Clipperton posted:It took a while to get going but the part where they're going through the house is ace. Yes I thought Black House was pretty much fantastic. King and Straub make a hell of a team in my opinion. I would have liked a little more time spent in the Territories, but still great. Also, The Jaunt is probably one of the best SciFi short stories ever written and it's from a horror writer. Go figure.
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May 28, 2015 22:30
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Ryoshi posted:Me too, I thought these were great. The Dead Zone is another favorite of mine, it's never explicitly horror but it builds up a sense of dread and inevitability as it goes on until it culminates in what is probably one of King's best endings. man, the dead zone is just beautiful. the title really doesn't do it justice lol. The way he avoids the fairytale ending and goes for what really happens in life re: the main relationships, it brought a tear to my eye. His true talent is often forgotten because of the vampires and gang bangs.
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May 28, 2015 22:32
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Astroduck posted:Wizard and Glass is actually pretty good now that all the books are out and I'm not waiting to see how the whole thing ends. I'm really surprised that people thought it was ever bad? It was an instant classic in my mind. 1-3 are super fun rollicking adventures but 4 was where the series matured (and ended imo)
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May 28, 2015 22:33
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epoch. posted:I read IT when I was about 12 or 13, out on my parents back porch during a humid ohio summer. The "barrens" and the relationships between those kids are etched into my mind as if I lived them myself. IT owns, Stephen King owns, if you disagree, you're a pretentious twat. hth. yeah I read it on a family holiday somewhere in the med, just plonked myself on a beach in 35 degree weather and rinsed it in like a week, for that entire time I was in Derry and nowhere else. To this day my parents moan about how I wasted my time with my nose in a book instead of swimming and poo poo. THEY WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND!!!
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May 28, 2015 22:35
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Dark Tower 2-4 are really solid books plus the audio books for them have a really good reader.
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guts and bolts posted:Stephen King and William Gibson are probably the two authors most responsible for influencing how I read and write fiction, but if I had to give an edge to one I'd pick King. My dude likes lovely Billy Joel 80's-era rock and puts in more pointless pop-culture references than anyone else I've ever read and enjoyed, and if someone were to provide a sophisticated takedown of most of King's work I'd probably grudgingly agree in most cases, but there was like a decade-long tear where I read everything he published I like Gibson more
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The thing about the Dark Tower ending is how depressing it is. It's ends on kind of a whimper. It's a long lonely journey and all the magic and wonder has been sucked out of it because all of the people gradually fall away. I went through phases of liking it and hating it. I guess it's ok. It's a bit low key and sombre when you expect it to be more heroic. But I guess that is the point. I loving love Wizard and Glass. It was amazing world building if nothing else. The same for Pere Callahan. That was one of the most beautiful romantic depictions of America I have ever read. (Not being from there myself) One thing I liked about The Mist movie ending was the ambiguity. Tom Jane kills his boy and Mrs. Carmody (religious nut) claimed that the child's sacrifice would end the mist. The real horror is the possibility that we live in a world where poo poo like that is true. Or it's just a horrible coincidence. King went on record as saying if he had thought of it he would have done it. What's the general opinion on Dreamcatcher. The movie is pretty terrible, but it is one of the most authentic adaptations I have ever seen. To a fault I would argue. notZaar posted:Dark Tower 2-4 are really solid books plus the audio books for them have a really good reader. Sadly he had an accident and could not narrate any more and passed away in 08. He was an incredible narrator. His voices for the characters were the voices I imagine when I read the book. Everyone from Gasher to Jonas was loving A1. The guy who replaced him just makes everyone sound Mexican for some reason. Lonos Oboe fucked around with this message at 01:31 on May 29, 2015 |
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Lonos Oboe posted:What's the general opinion on Dreamcatcher. The movie is pretty terrible, but it is one of the most authentic adaptations I have ever seen. To a fault I would argue. Book: Jonesy's internal library was awesome, as was Pete's fight on the toilet. Ending sucked rear end, as usual. Movie: 0/5, would not recommend for any reason.
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Lonos Oboe posted:What's the general opinion on Dreamcatcher. The movie is pretty terrible, but it is one of the most authentic adaptations I have ever seen. To a fault I would argue. I love most of King's books and think the world of his short stories, but Dreamcatcher was just terrible. I think it was the first thing he wrote after being nearly turned into a hood ornament, so I cut King a little slack. IIRC, even King thinks the book's pretty bad.
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May 29, 2015 01:31
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I liked the idea in the book that the longer Jonsey was possessed, the more human the alien became. Like lusting after bacon. Its a common thing in King's books where the villain is undone by their own arrogance over something petty. It's usually something physical or related to a poison, decay, decomposition or attrition. It's always just enough to give the protagonist an edge.
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May 29, 2015 01:36
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Murphy Brownback posted:Someone needs to proofread this guy's comments. He mentions that Algul Siento is "a place of importance in book five", but that is not true at all. I don't think it's even mentioned in book 5. They don't even go there until book 7. If I recall when Jake follows Andy and Slightman to the Dogan. They have a Skype call with the Weasel dude. (Finley O'Tego?) And I think they name check Algul Siento. Not even remotely important to the story, but yeah I think they mention it. I hate the revised Gunslinger. It stinks of that retconning poo poo George Luca did. Now every second line is foreshadowing or world building. I always liked the sparseness of language in that first book. It's almost like a Cormac McCarthy book. Lonos Oboe fucked around with this message at 01:45 on May 29, 2015 |
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May 29, 2015 01:41
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poo poo Weasels OP. Shiiiiit Weasels!
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May 29, 2015 01:44
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I like his diner descriptions in '63. Lotsa pie and fresh meat.
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May 29, 2015 01:45
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neal stephenson has funnier titles
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May 29, 2015 01:45
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Started 11/22/63. It's not nearly as lame as you would think a story about a guy traveling back in time to stop the JFK assassination would be. So far it's actually pretty drat good. It ain't no Dead Zone, though!
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May 29, 2015 01:49
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M-O-O-N that spells Stephen King.
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May 29, 2015 01:54
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the leeches from the story The Body was based on a true story from Steven Kings childhood where he and some friends went swimming in a lake during summer and one of them got a leech on his balls.
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May 29, 2015 02:38
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I really liked The Dark Tower, series, but like all long book series, just skip the last one. I didn't read the last one and I heard that was a good decision, so, all in all still a cool book series.
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Lonos Oboe posted:
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May 29, 2015 03:02
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Khanstant posted:I really liked The Dark Tower, series, but like all long book series, just skip the last one. I didn't read the last one and I heard that was a good decision, so, all in all still a cool book series. Good call
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May 29, 2015 03:04
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I basically loved all the dark tower books IT was good Sales Lot was good Under the Dome was pretty good Misery Was neat Didn't Steven King write Maximum Overdrive? That was awesome.
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May 29, 2015 03:53
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not everything is a hit but you gotta remember he turns so much work out that he still ends up having more good stuff than most other authors like dude 5+ great books? most don't even get past 1. not to mention all the short stories.
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Has the Green Mile been brought up yet? I only skimmed pages 1 and 4. The books were great and I think even the movie was pretty good.
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Applewhite posted:"Highbrow" is just a term used to describe whatever was popular entertainment for the previous generation. It's "Young people music sucks" writ large. Remember that, in their time, classical composers and musicians were pop stars and all the great masters were hack artists working for peanuts. Man this isn't even remotely true... I like salem's lot and the short stories he wrote around it because i'm a stupid sucker for vampire/lovecraft poo poo.
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Lonos Oboe posted:I hate the revised Gunslinger. It stinks of that retconning poo poo George Lucas did. Now every second line is foreshadowing or world building. I always liked the sparseness of language in that first book. It's almost like a Cormac McCarthy book. The unrevised edition imo is one of the best things he ever wrote. It's strange but familiar, and evocative. The language is perfectly suited to an ageless quest through a desert land. The rewritten edition is far dumber. Hurf durf billy-bumblers nineteen ninety-nine thankee-sai robots and golden sneetches.
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ROFLburger posted:the Dark Tower fuckin owns
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The Dead Zone is by far King's greatest work and I will hear nothing other. The ending had me in tears. The Running Man and The Long Walk are also really good. The Stand is seriously overrated.
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pr0k posted:Insomnia - wasn't that made into a movie with Robin Williams and ....Pacino? That was badass too. No, that was a remake of a Norwegian movie (also good) with the same title, nothing to do with Stephen King.
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whats up with you jabronis that didnt like the end of the dark tower? i loved that ending
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Mad Monk posted:In the Dark Tower I like to think the ending has to do with the number 19 It's the 19th time he's taken this journey  whoa
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ROFLburger posted:whats up with you jabronis that didnt like the end of the dark tower? i loved that ending the ending itself wasn't bad it was that that last 3 books were a huge dropoff from the rest 5 wasn't awful but it was building up to some huge epic fight and it ends up being super short and anti-climactic book 6 as a whole was loving terrible and when it's just roland and susannah trucking on in book 7 there's a shitload of nothing that happens until the very end
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I like when Roland drinks Pepsi and he is amazed at how amazing our world is that we can have such a great beverage
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ROFLburger posted:remember when roland and eddie met the literal stephen king? It did come off as incredibly arrogant, especially when it was being implied that he might be Gan/God, but I think it was handled as best as an author self-insert could be. I think he just didn't want to be accused of writing a lot of deus ex machina stuff, so he made it a character in the book who is doing it and not actually him.
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i dint mind that. it was the harry potter bits that i thought let the whole thing down. what on earth was he thinking!?
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