HOLY SHIT. HOLY SHIT.
LOOK WHAT I FOUND on an innocent trip to the mall looking for a new book to read!
I heard the book was only okay. 8\
Uh... grats anyway, or something.
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Nobody really understood why Tarquinn wrote:
Stephen King is way overrated and bored the crap out of me everytime I started reading one of his novels. I must have picked his 'crappy' books to read.
You either
a) Went in with a closed mind
or
b) Didn't read past the first few, invariably bucolic chapters
or possibly
c) Suck
Then George R.R. Martin and David Gemmel should ressurect Tolkien's zombie to fight him.
Then I'll write a story about that and make millions.
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[ 11-14-2003: Message edited by: Arttemis ]
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Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
yeah but Salvatore writing about Dr'zzt or however you spell it will still make more money.
That'd be Drizzt Do'urden and his pals Cattie-Brie and Wulfgar...screw the halfling guy, he's annoying.
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Arttemis's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
Didn't Stephen King say he was finished with writing anyway?
I think after The Dark Tower is finished, yeah.
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Zeke the Final Fencer was naked while typing this:
That'd be Drizzt Do'urden and his pals Cattie-Brie and Wulfgar...screw the halfling guy, he's annoying.
His name is regis, and he would own you, hard.
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Verily, Elvish Crack Piper doth proclaim:
His name is regis, and he would own you, hard.
I knew his name, just didn't care because he annoys me.
Carrie wasn't bad. Nor Cujo. I'm a fan of older King novels.
*Stephen King Books that is... [ 11-14-2003: Message edited by: Mr. Gainsborough ]
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heo muyashi dan had this to say about John Romero:
Stephen King stopped trying a while ago...I mean, have you read that one about a demonic buick? I'm sorry...but thats pushing it a bit far...so are a lot of his newer ones...I say we shoot him before he does any worse.
Hubris of the completely ignorant
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heo muyashi dan's account was hax0red to write:
Stephen King stopped trying a while ago...I mean, have you read that one about a demonic buick? I'm sorry...but thats pushing it a bit far...so are a lot of his newer ones...I say we shoot him before he does any worse.
Christine was a classic. Granted not as good as some of them, such as Misery...but good nonetheless. You need to be hit with a well-seasoned frying pan.
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Mortious's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
Wait.. is that a 'tash I see?
Who to the what now?
Or a shadow.
My dad has almost all of his novels.
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When the babel fish was in place, it was apparent Ares said:
I've only read on his his novels. "Misery". It was a great psychological thriller. I'm not into all the ghouls and stuff, so most of his stuff I don't like.My dad has almost all of his novels.
Misery was awesome. It freaked the crap outta me for a while. I guess its because its pretty realistic. Again, great book though.
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Mortious's fortune cookie read:
You have a Sidney Whiplash 'tash.Or a shadow.
I think you meed Snydley, and no I don't. It's a frenchman moustache because the hair on my philtrum won't grow in for some fucking reason.
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So quoth Ares:
I've only read on his his novels. "Misery". It was a great psychological thriller. I'm not into all the ghouls and stuff, so most of his stuff I don't like.
Most of his stuff is entirely psychological
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Karnaj had this to say about the Spice Girls:
I think the unabridged The Stand is about as good as any fiction gets.
the Karnaj is smart.
And if yer gonna rip into King, Dont go into how far fetched his stories are. THEY'RE STORIES, YOU HOMOFAG. Point out reasons other than thinly veiled versions of "King is a hojillionaire, but his writing sucks" just so you can seem to be one of those literature elitists.
Now, I read much of what King puts out. Much like John Grisham, Michael Crichton, Thomas Harris, and James Patterson. Each writer does little tiny things the drive me BUGFUCKING NUTS. Grisham and his fucking town names. Harris' bad choices of wording. Chrichton and those fucking plot similarities. Pattersons whole fucking writing style drives me half to insane. However, each of them is able to entertain me for a few hours with each book. My problem with King, is character names. Its like he draws them from a hat randomly, and hasn't added any new ones since 1978. Does this make him a bad writer?
His bank account doesnt seem to think so. So who's wrong? His MILLIONS of loyal fans, across the world? Or some anime junkie game dork who thinks King sucks?
When YOU write something that is translated into 14 languages, and makes you enough money to buy a small island, maybe then you can pass judgement.
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ACES! Another post by Mr. Parcelan:
Stephen King and Tom Clancy should have a baby that is the Ultimate Bad Writer Beast.Then George R.R. Martin and David Gemmel should ressurect Tolkien's zombie to fight him.
Then I'll write a story about that and make millions.
Don't you dare mention Tom Clancy in the same breath as Stephen King! Tom Clancy is a genius!
Stephen King bores me for some unknown reason. I'm sure he has a lot of good books, but every one I've ever tried to read has bored me to tears. It's just something about his writing style. He's probably the only author who's movies are better than his books.
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SnootaSnootaSnootaSnootaSnootaSnoota MUSHROOM MUSHROOM
Tom Clancy is a genius!
If by "Genius" you mean "Guy who had one successful book and started an empire by taking obscure, not-well-known authors, having them write his books for him, then sticking his name on them" then I guess you could say he's a "Genius". Genius like a fox!
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Drysart said this about your mom:
If by "Genius" you mean "Guy who had one successful book and started an empire by taking obscure, not-well-known authors, having them write his books for him, then sticking his name on them" then I guess you could say he's a "Genius". Genius like a fox!
I stick mainly to his main story line with Jack Ryan etc. Older stuff him being pre-president was best. Rainbow Six and Without Remorse are 
. Mainly ignore the side series though. Red Storm Rising was also quite good IMO.
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Drysart thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
If by "Genius" you mean "Guy who had one successful book and started an empire by taking obscure, not-well-known authors, having them write his books for him, then sticking his name on them" then I guess you could say he's a "Genius". Genius like a fox!
Kind of like how you get all your jokes and ideas from SA?
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We were all impressed when Snoota wrote:
Oh, and Jake the Reaper is going to have an aneurysm. Calm the fuck down, man.
Jake is to Stephen King as Delyl Caldor is to Tolkien.
But for the record, a lot of King's older stuff was good. It either explored things that can creep us out (It, Salem's Lot, Pet Sematary, The Shining, etc), or it was just completely insane (Christine, Carrie, The Stand) in a wonderful way.
However, he did go through an extended period of suckiness. It's nothing to be ashamed of; a lot of authors go through periods where their books aren't firing on all cylinders. The fact, however, is that King, be it good marketing and advertising or raw talent, is in fact the best known horror/suspense author around.
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Snoota had this to say about Robocop:
Kind of like how you get all your jokes and ideas from SA?
Burrrrrn.
I've been waiting six years for this fuckin book!
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Snoota scribbled:
Kind of like how you get all your jokes and ideas from SA?
No, not really like that all. 
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heo muyashi dan had this to say about Robocop:
Stephen King stopped trying a while ago...I mean, have you read that one about a demonic buick? I'm sorry...but thats pushing it a bit far...so are a lot of his newer ones...I say we shoot him before he does any worse.
Are you talking about Christine or From a Buick 8?
Both were fucking amazing novels. Come back when you have some taste.
It's not something people hear about.
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Sean impressed everyone with:
Are you talking about Christine or From a Buick 8?Both were fucking amazing novels. Come back when you have some taste.
What's "From a Buick 8" ? I read Christine (loved it), but have never heard of the other.
Oh and what I failed to mention earlier when I said that his older books were great is that his newer books (Dreamcatcher, for instance) have gotten out of the extended period of ass.
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Drysart had this to say about (_|_):
No, not really like that all.
Sure.
(Actually, I started reading SA recently and saw all these jokes/things I had only seen you do here before and was like, 'So THAT's where that came from!' Kind of like how when I finally broke down and watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail.)
