Skeleton Crew - Stephen King

SKELETON CREW by STEPHEN KING - MY REVIEW I want to start this review by letting my readers know that I'm not a huge Stephen King fan but I quite like to read his stories here and there. I believe it's quite a relevant thing to say considering the amount of die-hard fans who love him to death and would say that anything he writes is a masterpiece and worth high praises. I usually take "best sellers" very cautiously. I admit he's one of the few ...
...as other two "good collections". Skeleton Crew I believe falls into the category of "classic", since the fame it usually has within the die-hard fans of King. At this point I can tell you that I hardly enjoyed this book at all. Perhaps it's because I read it in a very bad period when I was a little depressed but it is definitely poorer than the other two short story collections that I have read of the same author. The book starts quoting KC and ...

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...detailed in a previous op. Skeleton Crew has to be one of the few Stephen King books I have never read and though I am not a huge fan of short story anthologies, I was looking forward to having something new to read. Skeleton Crew did not disappoint, although I found one or two of the stories a little odd, I enjoyed most of them. The book opens with an introduction from the man himself (Stephen King that is); here he attempts to explain why he loves ...
...takes one of the stories from the book and explains how the idea came to him and he also talks about how writing short stories has become harder for him over the years. He describes a short story thus: "A short story is a different thing altogether (to a novel) a short story is like a kiss in the dark from a stranger. That is not, of course, the same thing as an affair or a marriage, but kisses can be sweet, and their very brevity forms their own ...

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'Skeleton Crew', I believe is one of King's most enjoyable and easier novels - wait, sorry, it's not strictly a novel but a collection of 22 short stories written by King over a period of around 20 years. The earliest novel being ‘The Reapers Image’, written by him when he was eighteen – the rest following over that huge period of writing. One would wonder why King even still bothers writing short stories when his bigger novels ...
...in his introduction, telling us a story when him and his friend were arguing over this particular point and finishes telling us how much they actually do make…quite a lot I must say. But King explains that it is not just for the money, don’t get him wrong, money is a good bonus, but as he tells us: "A short story is a different thing altogether; a short story is like a kiss in the dark from a stranger. That is not, of course, the same ...

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...to give too much away in case you are interested in getting the book. If you havent read the Skeleton crew yet I thouroghly recommend it as theres something for everyone, and the fact that the stories are short means you can read it anywhere on the train, bus....etc ...

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I first heard about this book from a friend of mine when he was telling us one of the stories from it. The story he had read was so good that I decided that I wanted this book as well. So, when the opportunity arose in a visit to a nearby town, I jumped at the chance. I have not been sorry. The book comprises of a collection of short stories by the master of horror himself all but one of which you will not be able to put down until you get to the ...
...story entitled 'The Mist', which takes place in a small lakeside community. A strange mist appears over the lake one day after a storm and has strange powers.... The short stories in this book deal with a range of situations, such as a man who is trapped alone on an island, and all that he has is a great quantity of heroin. What is so unnerving about this particular story is that the results COULD actually happen to another normal person. Another ...

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This is a collection of short and longer stories by Stephen King, written over a long period of time, some of which have been published previously elsewhere, in magazines for example. There are 22 stories, some are only a couple of pages long and can be read fairly quickly, while a couple of them, most notably The Mist are longer and more developed. I've just re-read this collection and found most of the stories just as good, if not better, second ...
...the stories were: The Mist - A strange storm, then a mysterious mist rolls in leaving people stranded in a supermarket, the characters in this are so real and believable, while reading it I could totally picture the awful Mrs. Carmody in her bright yellow pantsuit. Strange and terrible creatures come out of the fog. A haunting tale, well-written and gave me goosebumps. Mrs Todd's Shortcut - A strange tale of a woman obsessed with finding shortcuts, ...

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This book is a collection of Stephen King short stories, written in the best horror tradition. They were written at the beginning of his career and are brilliant. They would appeal to anyone who likes his earlier novels and really should not be overlooked just because they are short stories rather than novels. Certainly some of the stories in the collection are lacking a little bit, but most of them really are classics, especially 'The Mist' and ...
...who likes Stephen King's novels should try to get hold of this collection (shouldn't be too hard, I found it within the hour) as it is bound to entertain. Perhaps you will even feel a bit nostalgic, I know I did, as his novels nowadays are so different from the 'proper' horror stories he wrote such a long time ago. ...

mariesimone 12.02.2001 (10.02.2001) · Read full review
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This collection of two dozen or so pieces that have appeared in magazines over King's first couple of decades in the writing business offers many memorable, and a few forgettable, stories. "The Mist", which King describes as having the feel of a B-movie, gains new poignancy in the age of cloning and gene manipulation: what has man wrought on this world? "Survivor Type" is easily the most haunting, with a narrator forced to go to unfathomable depths ...
...log, as he completely loses his mind to starvation, forever echo in my mind with a choked, high, lunatic giggle.... "Cain Rose Up"--the story of a college student who inexplicably turns sniper from his dorm room window--could have easily met the fate of RAGE, another story of student violence that has been quietly shelved after Columbine. It's especially chilling to a former University student like myself: the thought that someone in your residence ...

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A collection of Twenty Two Stephen King horror stories, including the tale of "Gramma", who only wanted to hug little George - even after she was dead; "The Monkey", telling of an innocent-looking toy with sinister powers. A supermarket becomes the place where humanity makes its last stand against unholy destruction. A trip to the attic turns into a journey to hell. A woman driver finds a scary shortcut to paradise. An idyllic lake harbours a bottomless ...
...most terrifying struggle for survival ever waged. Stephen King takes readers down paths that only he could imagine... I have just finished reading this bookbook of short stories, and found it to be not one of Stephen King's best works. If you can live the shortcomings of this book as there is only one story out of twenty-two that I found absolutely awful. If you are new to Stephen king then I would recommend buying or borrowing this collection, ...

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