The Stephen King fan club/group.. the greatest talent ever

**~~Root~~** · 03-16-2018, 04:40 PM

I was looking for the similar thread on the forums, I couldn't find anywhere.. anyway, I dedicated this thread to Stephen King and his fans.. if you have ever read the books and watch the movies based on his novellas you're welcome here & please take a comfortable seat. Feel free to share your thoughts and personal opinion ..

**~~Root~~** · 03-16-2018, 05:16 PM

Stevie

official website: https://www.stephenking.com/

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facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialStephenKing/

twitter: https://twitter.com/StephenKing?ref_...Ctwgr%5Eauthor

**Odin** · 03-16-2018, 10:25 PM

^ The first thing I read by him, and the first clue I had, that as good a novel writer as he (usually) is, Stephen King (in my opinion), is generally at his finest when writing short stories. Although I haven't read all of his other short story collections, I don't think anything else I've read, such as Skeleton Crew, really matches up to some of the stories here. As his career has progressed, he's seemed to go in more for mystical kind of horror, rather than the visceral stuff.

**~~Iloko~~** · 03-16-2018, 10:52 PM

Aren't H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe the more eloquent writers under the horror genre?

I love Stephen King based movies a lot though!

**Odin** · 03-16-2018, 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by Shazou

Aren't H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe the more eloquent writers under the horror genre?

Yup, but I also like Jack Ketchum, he was not an especially prolific writer, but he certainly had some significance among fans of the horror genre, and a couple of film adaptations. He was well respected amongst genre writers it seems. Stephen King and Chuck Palahniuk are on record as admirers.

**Latinus** · 03-17-2018, 04:48 AM

I have many of his books on PDF. But I have only finished reading two: "Carrie" and "Christine".

**Teutone** · 03-17-2018, 04:20 PM

Im on the Dark Tower Series, 2more books to read.

A masterpiece story and Stephen King himself called it his Magnum Opus

**dperucca** · 03-17-2018, 04:41 PM

The shining and green mile are two of my personal favorites.

**~~AK-47~~** · 03-17-2018, 04:46 PM

At one point, I was a fan of King.
His radical and outspoken politics, have alienated millions of Trump supporters.
He should have stuck to books about zombie pets and sewer clowns, instead of delving into far left political punditry.