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Agree or disagree: Stephen King's best book is either It or The Stand -- nm

Posted by prayformojo (aka mayhem) Apr 14 '10, 09:24

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The Stand is in my Top 5 books of all time. Haven't read It. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 09:54
Pet Semetary is the one that sticks with me the most, but it's like picking the best Rolling Stones song. -- nm - David Apr 14, 09:43 1
- even though it did it nightly, i have a very specific memory of my mom coming up to go to bed and i was still up reading this .... - Andie Apr 14, 09:47
I like The Dead Zone best. - Callisto Apr 14, 09:38
Agree - the Stand - though IT I considered mainstream King - it was creepy/well written -- nm - Epiphany Apr 14, 09:35
The Stand is great. I also love Pet Sematary, The Shining, Salem's Lot... -- nm - Andie Apr 14, 09:34
Best: The Shining. Scariest: Pet Semetary. Personal Fave: Needful Things. - Reagen Apr 14, 09:34 5
- Good choices. I also liked Christine a lot. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 14, 09:36 3
  - I'm glad this got mentioned. This was my first King book... 5th grade, I found it in the school library. - Space Monkey Vermin Apr 14, 09:40 2
    - Was also my first King book - ty97 Apr 14, 09:55
    - Dead Zone was my first and it hit me the same way. -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 09:41
- I'm with you on the scariest. -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 09:36
I put Lisey's Story up as the best of his recent stuff. nm - Jim Apr 14, 09:31 13
- I'd say the recent: The Cell - Epiphany Apr 14, 09:36 2
  - I really want this to be a movie...because the opening scene of the movie could be epic. -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 09:36 1
    - word - so word -- nm - Epiphany Apr 14, 09:37
- i'd say Under the Dome. -- nm - Andie Apr 14, 09:33 7
  - I just finished that and I had a problem with it (spoils) - Jim Apr 14, 09:35 5
    - I felt it was a hodge podge of a bunch of elements from his other books - Epiphany Apr 14, 09:37 4
      - Yep. Carrie just finished it the other day and we were trying to cast the movie. - Jim Apr 14, 09:40 3
        
        how about Sam from Trueblood? what about newspaper lady? Jeri Ryan? she's old enough now - kids? Weeds son? too old? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 14, 09:47 2
        
        Newspaper lady i pictured as looking like Janeane Garafola with ligher hair. -- nm - Andie Apr 14, 09:49 1
        
        what about the May/December couple? professor/chickie - Epiphany Apr 14, 09:55
  - He said best...not longest -- nm - oblique Apr 14, 09:34
- I would agree with this. I wish Cell had ended better because it is one of the best openings to a book -- nm - oblique Apr 14, 09:33 1
  - Yeah, I tried re-reading this lately and couldn't finish it. -- nm - Space Monkey Vermin Apr 14, 09:34
I think maybe The Stand but both are excellent -- nm - oblique Apr 14, 09:30
Probably The Stand. Although I could get behind an argument for The Talisman. -- nm - Space Monkey Vermin Apr 14, 09:28
Carrie. -- nm - LMS Apr 14, 09:28
Eyes of the Dragon - znufrii Apr 14, 09:28 3
- Great book -- nm - Stephen Apr 14, 09:44
- Eyes of the Dragon has many links with the Dark Tower. -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 09:29 1
  - so I've been led to understand, I've just never gotten around to reading the latter... -- nm - znufrii Apr 14, 09:29
I've only read one King book ever. -- nm - TFox Apr 14, 09:27 11
- huh. i think you'd dig his stuff -- nm - prayformojo Apr 14, 09:28 5
  - i am sure i would. i guess i also read The Tommyknockers. -- nm - TFox Apr 14, 09:30 4
    - that's the only one i never finished, i thought it was awful. -- nm - Andie Apr 14, 09:34 3
      - I liked it, but it was *long* and I can see why people tend to not enjoy it. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 09:56
      - That's one of the ones he wrote when he was drunk. - Reagen Apr 14, 09:35 1
        
        heh -- nm - Epiphany Apr 14, 09:43
- Well? Which one? -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 09:28 4
  - I lied, it's two. The Green Mile and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. -- nm - TFox Apr 14, 09:28 3
    - (the latter, in both novel and pop-up book form.) -- nm - TFox Apr 14, 09:29 2
      - I love the pop-up. -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 09:29 1
        
        Yeah, it's really well done. -- nm - TFox Apr 14, 09:32
It is my favorite book. The Mist was his best story. nm - Jim Apr 14, 09:27
I haven't read either. IT just creeps me out and the stand is too long. I love Salem's Lot. Tommyknockers was pretty good too. -- nm - sycor Apr 14, 09:26
agree on the Stand. disagree on It. - decline Apr 14, 09:26
I like the Dark Tower II, as his best. But, tough to argue against The Stand, sort of the core of a lot of his work -- nm - flavorize Apr 14, 09:26
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