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... I bought this purely because it gave information on the writing process, and not because I am a fan of Stephen King. I was complaining that everybody who had written a book on the writing process were not best-selling authors, and then this falls from the sky. The book is split into ... Read review

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Cell - Stephen King

Cell - Stephen King

25/1/07 Don`t miss CELL: A topical and terrifyingly plausible novel from the hard drive of ... more

the King of contemporary horror.


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Lisey's Story - Stephen King

Lisey's Story - Stephen King

Lisey Landon lost her husband Scott two years ago, after a twenty-five-year marriage of ... more

profound, sometimes frightening intimacy. Scott
was a celebrated, award-winning, novelist. And a
complex man.


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Duma Key - Stephen King

Duma Key - Stephen King

DUMA KEY is the engaging, fascinating story of a man who discovers an incredible talent ... more

for painting after a freak accident in which he
loses an arm. He moves to a 'new life' in Duma
Key, off Florida's West Coast; a deserted strip,
part beach, part weed-tangled, owned by a
patroness of the arts whose twin sisters went
missing in the 1920s. Duma Key is where
out-of-season hurricanes tears lives apart and a
powerful undertow lures lost and tormented souls.


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Cujo - Stephen King

Cujo - Stephen King

Pages: 345, Edition: New edition, Paperback, Time Warner Paperbacks


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It - Stephen King

It - Stephen King

Stephen King's idea for It came from a favorite childhood image: the entire cast of the ... more

Bugs Bunny Show coming on at the beginning. He
thought of bringing on all the monsters, one last 
time: Dracula, Frankenstein's creature, the
Werewolf, the Crawling Eye, Rodan, It Came from
Outer Space.  It is about a group of adults who
were once troubled children in the late '50s--"The
 Losers." One of them is a best selling horror
writer much like Stephen King (or his friend and
collaborator Peter Straub). In order to defeat the
protean "It" that threatens their hometown, they
have to go back- -not only to the town itself, but
deep into their childhood memories, to regain the
talent for magic they once had. King says It is
for "the buried child in us, but I'm writing for
the grown-up, too. I  want grown-ups to look at
the child long enough to be able to give him up." 
This huge, baggy beast of a novel is a favorite of
Stephen King fans--second in popularity only to
The Stand. Perhaps longtime fans develop mental
filters for King's sloppy storytelling to tune out
 the repetitions and silliness. King is like the
pointillist painter Seurat: if you stand too close
to the little dots, the picture falls apart, and
it looks meaningless. That's why he makes the
storyscape so big--to take you up to that
macro-level where you like the book in spite of
its flaws. --Fiona Webster


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Cell - Stephen King

Cell - Stephen King

Pages: 432, Hardcover, Hodder & Stoughton


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Kings new book on being a writer

Advantages: Insightful, humorous, great advice on writing
Disadvantages: none

...I am a fan of Stephen King. I was complaining that everybody who had written a book on the writing process were not best-selling authors, and then this falls from the sky.

The book is split into two, the first part being an abridged autobiography and the second part giving advice on the writing process, mostly novel writing. The two parts are engrossing and intriguing at the same time and manage to capture the man himself, and not ...
...peak inside the brain of Stephen King.

The second part leads us to the craft of writing and does it all very subtly, not in a rule book kind of fashion. I felt alive when I was reading it and couldn't wait to start my own writing again. He dispenses pearls of wisdom at the drop of a hat and leads us to believe that if he can write a book anyone can. One of the best pieces of advice he gave in the book was 'read a lot and write a lot, ... more

aitchison21 23.02.2001 (24.02.2001)
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More than straight up horror

Advantages: Well written, (unconscious?) insight into the beast within us all.
Disadvantages: Not for the faint of heart.

Stephen King, one of the greatest horror writers of our day, countless films made from his books and he's not averse to writing one of two things himself. But my first taste of Mr King was something completely different, I think I was about 8 years old (I'm now 17) and, as kids do, was complaining about being bored, so my dad - a huge fan - handed me a book called The Eyes Of The Dragon. Instead of being a horror book, as I expected even at that ...
...kings and the good old baddies you see in fairytales - only slightly badder to make it interesting. He began his career under the name Richard Bachman and wrote a few books to see if they would sell, they did and he began to use his real name. Probably the best book he wrote as Bachman was The Regulators, though all were very readable, and Thinner was indeed made into a film. Most people know the book/film Carrie, and most people who know it, like ...

josiefan 18.02.2001 · Read full review
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NIGHTMARES FOR THE PAST MONTH THE GREEN MILE

Advantages: YOUR HOOKED
Disadvantages: NO SLEEP DUE TO NIGHTMARES AND NOT BEEN ABLE TO PUT THE BOOK DOWN

I STARTED READING STEPHEN KING BOOKS A FEW MONTHS AGO AND EVERY NIGHT I HAVE A KNIGHTMARE. THATS JUST HOW SCARY THEY ARE. I STARTED OFF WITH THE GREEN MILE WHICH IS THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ. YOU MUST READ THE BOOK BEFORE YOU WATCH THE FILM. YOU GET SO MUCH MORE FROM THE BOOK, THE FILM LOOSES MORE THAN HALF OF THE STORY. IT HAS EVERYTHING IN IT , IT MAKES YOU LAUGH, CRY, GET ANGRY AND HORRIFIED. YOU LOVE THE CHARECTERS EVAN THOUGH THEY ARE DEATH ...
...AS HORRIFYING AS USUAL FOR STEPHEN KING. BUT AS I SAID BEFORE YOU WILL FEEL EVERY EMOTION POSSIBLE WHILE READING THIS STORY. added on sorry about the captital letters my baby was sick on the keyboard and the shift key will not work. so from now on i will type in little letters untill i invest in a new keyboard. anyway to continue after finising the green mile i was desperate to get some more stephen king books and as i have just been made redundant ...

heather12uk 31.03.2001 · Read full review
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The "King" of fiction

Advantages: Capturing books
Disadvantages:

Since I read my first Stephen King I was fascinated by his stories. Although I normally don't like the genre of books King writes, he captured me from day one. He creates his own world, parallel to the normal world, in which bizar and fascinating things happen. His characters are always easy to identify with, so you really are absorbed by the story, from beginning to end. His books are easy to read and I love cuddling up in a chair trying to read ...
...I saw an interview with Stephen and I was surprised to see that, in person, he is a very likeble guy. I thought with the weird stories he writes het would be a bit weird himself :-)).It seems he has an eye desease and he runs the risk of becoming blind within a few years. I was very sorry to hear that, of course for him, but also for his readers. I hope he will find a way of keeping on writing his great books. ...

mrighart 29.07.2000 · Read full review
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Stephen, King of Writing

Advantages: Very informative and inspiring. A good writers block breaker.
Disadvantages: His methods aren't suited for everyone.

This book is works as a mixture between a memoir and a how-to book on writing, written by a man who damned well knows how it's done. The thing that strikes you most about King is his sense of humour. He tells us about his childhood, how his mother encouraged him to read everything, including trash books, and entertains with anecdotes about babysitters who sat on his face shouting pow! It also tells you how he came to write his first book, how he got it published, and inspiringly, how many times he got turned down before he made it. Amazing that even Stephen King struggling initially. He also tells you how he writes, and I know from experience his way isn't great for everyone, me for one, but it's fascinating knowing how the pros do it and King's not preachy about it. Overall a brilliant book, the most entertaining how to I've ever ...

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(Stephen) King Of The Castle

Advantages: Great characters and setting, different style to King's other works
Disadvantages: Fans may not like it as much as King's horror stories

Written in 1987, the year that Stephen King turned 40 (and I was born!), The Eyes of the Dragon was perhaps his biggest detour of styles to date. Classed as horror on the back cover, it really leans closer to the fantasy genre. A bit of a gamble for a man known predominantly for gruesome spine-chillers, and its not just the genre of his work that is different here, his whole writing style has changed. But The Eyes of the Dragon triumphs thanks to his story-telling abilities alone. Peter has a fine life - the son of a King, next in line for the throne and a popular person. Things take a turn for the worse though when his father, the King of Delain, unknowingly drinks some poisoned wine and dies. Someone has set Peter up, he is charged with his fathers murder and locked away at the top of the 'needle', a very tall, thin tower ...

tom1clare 14.07.2003 · Read full review
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Stephen King in a class of his own

Advantages: Great short stories, each a great novel in its own right
Disadvantages: 'The Body' is a little long

Sometimes authors are placed into boxes, and the great Stephen King is no exception. While Terry Pratchett is known for his fantasy books and John Grisham for his gripping courtroom stories, Stephen King has always been associated with horror. As IT, Salem's Lot, Christine, Carrie, Cujo, Pet Semetary and Gerald's Game have proved, King is a master at writing scary stories; his books are both well written and compelling, with intricate plots and an imaginative use of lexis making his work extremely enjoyable. Though horror is clearly King's favourite genre, his book Different Seasons shows that he can turn his hand to anything, with this collection of four short novels as good as his previous (and later) works. Different Seasons contains four very different stories, each worthy of being a stand-alone novel in its own right. Three ...

bigmike33 03.02.2007 · Read full review
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