what was that stephen king short story

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 5:10 pm

Discussed here a while back as being kind of the pinnacle of his work, a short story he wrote. I can't remember the name, and the search function is pretty useless (or I am). Anyone remember?

cheers.

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 6:11 pm

The Stand?

Post by **King of Creation** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:29 pm

SHORT story Megs.

Post by **Dogmeatlives** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:42 pm

The Mist? Any description of the story? I consider The Mist to be the best work of his I have read.

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:55 pm

Dark Tower

A SHORT STORY AN AUTHOR WROTE THAT IS ALSO THE BEST WHAT IS IT

SuperH · Post by **SuperH** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:34 pm

It was that supernatural one right?

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:36 pm

Yeah, I think the main character was hit by a bus driven by pennywise and randall flag?

Post by **Alexander** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 11:39 pm

Lawnmower mang.

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Aonaran · Post by **Aonaran** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:40 am

Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption? Apt Pupil? Why do you want want to know again?

SuperH · Post by **SuperH** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:22 am

There may or may not have been a folksy black person with a powerful redemptive secret.

Subhuman · Post by **Subhuman** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:03 am

Probably Shawshank Redemption or maybe Stand By Me, but The Stand is usually thought to be the pinnacle of his work (or The Shining if you're old-school).

And with that, a select rundown:

Carrie - Good book, lousy movie.
The Dark Half - Okay.
Desperation - Great.
Dolores Claiborne - Great.
Gerald's Game - Good.
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Good.
Hearts in Atlantis - His best, IMO.
Insomnia - Ehh.
It - Didn't finish it, but what I read was good.
Misery - Great, miles better than the movie.
Rose Madder - Lame.
'Salem's Lot - Lame.
The Shining - Very good, also miles better than the movie.
Pet Sematary - Ehh.
The Stand - Didn't finish it, but supposedly good.
The Tommyknockers - Ehh.

The best short story of his I've read is "The Langoliers". Seriously, it's insanely awesomely good.

SuperH · Post by **SuperH** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:30 am

The Langoliers miniseries is incredibly bad though.

Tingel Tangel · Post by **Tingel Tangel** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:57 am

I'm currently reading Blaze, published under his Bachman alias. Not really one of his best, in my humble opinion, but okay to read while stuck on the top of a mountain in Phoenix with nothing else but tv and teh intarwebs for entertainment.

Redeye · Post by **Redeye** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:34 am

For novella: The Running Man.

Better than the film.

The ending is crashing an airliner into a television network headquarters.

Post by **Dogmeatlives** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:38 am

Redeye wrote:For novella: The Running Man.

Better than the film.

The ending is crashing an airliner into a television network headquarters.

Don't forget the intestines pouring out...

Thor Kaufman · Post by **Thor Kaufman** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:07 am

SuperH wrote:The Langoliers miniseries is incredibly bad though.

I found the Langoliers film to be pretty good back in the days, the book was a good film adaptation

edhead · Post by **edhead** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:23 am

One of his best short stories imho is Jerusalem's Lot. Got some huge shivers while reading it, when I was 11.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:58 pm

How many books did this asshole write anyway?

DaC-Sniper · Post by **DaC-Sniper** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:12 pm

enough, that he drives a car, that looks like a book.

Redeye · Post by **Redeye** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:54 pm

S4ur0n27 wrote:How many books did this asshole write anyway?

His typewriter is possessed.