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It's the journey, not the destination.
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The first book is the best of the series by far (caveat: I have not read the rewritten version he did recently after he got lazy with the story). The first four books as a collective may be King's best work. [/ QUOTE ] For someone new to the series I would recommend picking up the first two books. I find that the original Gunslinger is a bit disjointed while King really gets going with The Drawing of the Three. If you can get through the 2nd book you will, IMO, be able to judge what this epic is like and where he's going with it. |
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The first one is great, tho...romantic, poetic, strange and beautiful. And lots of people get shot. [/ QUOTE ] The book reads like it was written by a college kid trying to sound grown up and important. Which it was. |
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Invisible Monsters is an amazing book, IMHO. Story's incredibly [censored] up the way Fight Club and Survivor were. Female narrator kinda like Diary. Basically I'm betting you'll dig it. One request. After you have finished the book, answer a question I'll ask. In the interest of science. [/ QUOTE ] I'll have to give Invisible Monsters another try. I gave up after the first 30 pages or so. I couldn't get enough of Choke or Diary. I wished those books never ended. Stranger than Fiction was really good too. |
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I'll have to give Invisible Monsters another try. I gave up after the first 30 pages or so. I couldn't get enough of Choke or Diary. I wished those books never ended. Stranger than Fiction was really good too. [/ QUOTE ] Invisible Monsters took me until about page 70 or so to really get into. Palahniuk's female (not sure this one counts..) perspective books seem weaker to me, but they're all good. Choke is hands down the best piece of fiction he's written. Started Haunted yesterday, almost wanted to throw up after the first few chapters.. not sure if that counts as an endorsement. Anyone here read Bret Easton Ellis? I'm curious as to how Lunar Park is being received. |
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Invisible Monsters took me until about page 70 or so to really get into. [/ QUOTE ] Just picked this book up tonight, and I'm at about page 70. So far I find the narrator to have a strange sense of humor that makes me giggle out loud from time to time. I'm looking forward to the rest of it. I also picked up Sellevision by Augusten Burroughs. I'm looking forward to it since I really enjoyed Running with Scissors. |
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quick headsup about sellevision. it isn't biographical; a good friend of mine said it wasn't too great.
i would read Dry and Magical Thinking if you enjoyed running with scissors. as an aside, i just finished reading Fraud by david rakoff. not great, bit of a jackoff. |
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Invisible Monsters is an amazing book, IMHO. Story's incredibly [censored] up the way Fight Club and Survivor were. Female narrator kinda like Diary. Basically I'm betting you'll dig it. One request. After you have finished the book, answer a question I'll ask. In the interest of science. I'm amazed that you haven't read the Dark Tower series. You say that you generally enjoy King. Have you read many other recent Stephen King novels? If so you'll enjoy the series more, 'cause about half of his books are related to the Dark Tower in some way. But they're by no means required reading. A warning. The first book is by far the worst of the lot, so I would advise you to not get discouraged at the get-go. The later books are some of the most amazing bits of story-telling I've yet encountered in my admittedly short life. [/ QUOTE ] I used to read Stephen King when I was in the Army which was almost 8-10 years ago now. I haven't him at all since but for a book of collected short stories. I actually haven't read much of anything to tell the truth but I'm looking to change that starting now. |
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Danse Macabre was a non-fiction work he did a long time ago, about horror in popular culture. It was a really good read, and clearly King is exactly the right guy to talk about it. He talks about the hows and whys of the way good horror works, older writing and its themes and echoes in the present day, and mentions some of the great horror in t.v. and movies. I've both loved and hated King, but he comes through big time in this book even if you're not particularly a King fan at all. It's well worth considering, if you're going to pick up some King.
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I used to read Stephen King when I was in the Army which was almost 8-10 years ago now. I haven't him at all since but for a book of collected short stories. I actually haven't read much of anything to tell the truth but I'm looking to change that starting now. [/ QUOTE ] If that is the case then I would definitely suggest that you read some of his other works before starting on the Dark Tower. I recommend Salem's Lot but obviously there are several good choices. And reading the Dark Tower before any of the other related works can't be far wrong if it even is at all. |
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