The Stand
 

Just finished the book up this weekend and am looking for my next Stephen King book to start reading.

Anyone here have any King recommendations?:321GFY

books???

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yes, i figured they were posting about sci fi so i figured i would ask for a suggestion of one of his books to read next

If you like Lawyer books read some John Grisham books.

The Brethren
The Runaway Jury
The Street Laywer
The Firm
A Time To Kill

On and on....

This is his collection through 99 as far as I know... the one's with stars I have read and enjoyed. Any would be good as far as I am concered. My suggestion would be to start at the beginning and go from there.

*Carrie - 1974
?Salem?s Lot - 1975
Rage (as Richard Bachman) - 1977
*The Shining - 1977
*Night Shift (a collection of stories) - 1978
*The Stand - 1978
The Long Walk (as Richard Bachman) - 1979
The Dead Zone - 1979
*Firestarter - 1980
*Roadwork (as Richard Bachman) - 1981
*Cujo - 1981
Danse Macabre - 1981
Creepshow (Comic format) - 1982
*The Running Man (as Richard Bachman) - 1982
*The Gunslinger: DT1 - 1982
*Different Seasons (four novellas) - 1982
*Christine - 1983
*Pet Sematary - 1983
Cycle of the Werewolf - 1983
The Talisman (with Peter Straub) - 1984
*Thinner (as Richard Bachman) - 1984
The Eyes of the Dragon - 1984
*Skeleton Crew (a collection of stories) - 1985
*The Bachman Books (Four early novels by Stephen King) - 1985
*It - 1986
The Drawing of the Three: DT2 - 1987
*Misery - 1987
The Tommyknockers - 1987
Nightmares in the Sky - 1988
My Pretty Pony - 1988
*The Dark Half - 1989
*Dolan?s Cadillac - 1989
*The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition - 1990
*Four Past Midnight (four novellas) - 1990
Needful Things - 1991
The Wastelands: DT3 - 1992
Dolores Claiborne - 1992
Gerald?s Game - 1993
*Nightmares and Dreamscapes (collection of stories) - 1993
*Insomnia - 1994
Rose Madder - 1995
*The Green Mile (a six-part Serial Thriller) - 1996
*Desperation - 1996
*The Regulators (as Richard Bachman) - 1996
Wizard and Glass: DT4 - 1997
Bag of Bones - 1998
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - 1999
*Hearts in Atlantis - 1999



One more thing. Different Seasons 1982 is a collection of 4 stories three of which have been turned into movies. Shawshank Redemtion, Stand by Me, and The Apt Pupil.

If you liked any of these movies you will love the book.

The Dark Tower Series.

Dark Tower I The Gunslinger 1982
Dark Tower II The Drawing of the Three 1987
Dark Tower III The Waste Lands 1991
Dark Tower IV Wizard and Glass 1997

Impatiently waiting for the 5th installment. Supposed to be this fall.

QB

Nightmares and Dreamscapes -- cool title :)

'Salem's Lot is my favorite

The Preacher character from Salem's Lot (played by David Soul in the movie) is a major character in the 5th Gunslinger book coming this fall. Don't ask me how he got there. Must be one of them pesky doorways. :winkwink:

Roadwork is a little slow, If you haven't read much SK I would recommend getting right into the really sweet ones, like Salem's Lot or The Shining

Desperation and The Regulators is a great set as well..

the shawshank redemption and the body (stand by me) are my favorite king novels (really novellas i suppose).

i also love all of his short stories collections - really entertaining stuff.

hope springs eternal :)

I just finished The Stand this weekend too. It's about the 15th time I've read it. I was recommending it to my fiance and before he could get started, I started it myself. :)

What did you like about the story? There are lots of good ones. My favorite is The Talisman. I got started on "Night Shift" back in junior high school and have almost read all of them.

I didn't read the Gunslinger series. I tried to read the first one a few times. Ended up getting it on tape and listening to it while driving to Vegas. I haven't started the 2nd one yet, but I have had 1-3 of the series since they were released.

SQ

Insomnia is pretty good. So is Nightmares and Dreamscapes which is a collection of short stories. You might like Dean Koontz's books as well.

Read these for sure

The Talisman
The Tommyknockers
It

Books? I read nuff words on lcd screen. Me need read no more words daily... only look at funny moving pictures on other tube screen for fun. Ugh ugh.

Speaking of Stephen King short stories. Has anyone seen Apt Pupil? Was it as good as the short story? I remember seeing a commercial for it when it came out a few years ago and wanting to see it.

GREAT short story.. one of my favs. the movie was pretty much shit.

Ah well that sucks. The story certainly did kick ass though.

They are actually doing a remake of Salem's Lot as a tv movie for next year.

Rob Lowe takes on the role David Soul played.

I've got tons of King books.. read most of what he's written. Even have some signed first editions an limited editions.

If you want to keep up with what's heading for movies, you might read Desperation.

Skeleton Crew is a collection of short stories published in the mid-80s which includes one of my favorites, The Mist.

I've also enjoyed reading his collaborations with Peter Straub. The Talisman and The Black House are both very good. The Talisman made me read more of Straub's books.

one of my favorite collections as well... actually, i think Skeleton Crew was the first king book i ever read.

You guys are all very sick people...

Books??

Sickening

I'm reading the Stand right now as well.

I'm not that far into it however I am really enjoying it.
I am at part where Nick (mute and deaf) is introduced.

Just like 'QueenBitch', I am also anticipating Dark Tower 5. After the Stand, I plan on re-reading 1-4 of Dark Tower to prep myself.

My memory must be failing me. I only remember reading one collection of Stephen King's short stories. I thought it was Nightmares and Dreamscapes, but after looking up the contents of that along with Skeleton Crew and Nightshift, I only recognize one of the stories from Nightmares and Dreamscapes(night flier), one from Nightshift(sometimes they come back), and all of Skeleton Crew. Damn I guess marijuana's not so good for ones memory.

I don't read much fiction, more of a nonfiction space and science kind of reader, but the gunslinger was fucking cool. I don't really like King that much, but that book ruled. Post apocalyptic settings are such an amazing backdrop.

"Stand by Me" Came from a short story in that book (skeleton crew) , right?

I love that movie.

Yeah, like quiet said earlier "The Body"

Oh shit, I forgot... I read The Stand. That was many moons ago, waaay back in time. This was back before I saw the light of broadband internet connectivity which brought more words to the screen than I could ever read in a century!

Now I only read things relevant to my interest and business that gets updated daily so I stay on top of the neverending world and social chain of events! Sure, it was easy to stop and break away when you had to wait for pages to load but now I can't stop! I don't even read magazines anymore unless they are online (or I'm on the toilet). I can't stop devouring the net! Help me!

no, it came from a novella called 'the body' (i mentioned it above) from the book "four seasons"

Ahh. Anybody ever sit through "The Stand" TV series? That was garbage...me and my GF made the mistake of renting it one night, it took us 3 days to watch it....I should've bitched and got my money back.

The last King book I read was a month or so ago - From A Buick 8, bought it on the Saturday afternoon and stayed up all night reading it, couldn't put it down.

Dean Koontz is still my favourite though!

Ahh yeah that's what it was. I read "Different Seasons"(a reprint of Four Seasons maybe?), "Skeleton Crew" and at least one story from "Nightmares and Dreamscapes".

Ahhh hell anyway Stephen King rules.

hehe, you got me. it was different seasons, i typed too fast :)

Dean Koontz is definately one of my favorites as well. I've read all of his books except for the last two. "The Face" and "By The Light Of The Moon" I've got to get those.

Swan Song by Robert McCammon is the shit, check it out trust me.

:2 cents: After "The Stand" my second all time favorite would be "The Shinning" there is just so much transpiring in the story that none of the movies could capture.

Also one of his short story collections includes a tale of the Salems Lot vampire that can make you cringe.

Finally the story of the folding machine, "The Mangler" I think, will let you know just how powerful that virgin sacrifice really is!:thumbsup :winkwink:

Steven King rocks...wicked Story teller..i have read many of his books.

If you liked the Stand....maybe you will aslo like the Talisman...fantasy type book...but a good journey