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what was that stephen king short story
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 5:10 pm
by Mr. Teatime
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.
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 6:11 pm
by Megatron
The Stand?
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:29 pm
by King of Creation
SHORT story Megs.
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:42 pm
by Dogmeatlives
The Mist? Any description of the story? I consider The Mist to be the best work of his I have read.
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:55 pm
by Megatron
Dark Tower
A SHORT STORY AN AUTHOR WROTE THAT IS ALSO THE BEST WHAT IS IT
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:34 pm
by SuperH
It was that supernatural one right?
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:36 pm
by Megatron
Yeah, I think the main character was hit by a bus driven by pennywise and randall flag?
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 11:39 pm
by Alexander
Lawnmower mang.
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:40 am
by Aonaran
Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption? Apt Pupil? Why do you want want to know again?
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:22 am
by SuperH
There may or may not have been a folksy black person with a powerful redemptive secret.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:03 am
by Subhuman
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:30 am
by SuperH
The Langoliers miniseries is incredibly bad though.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:57 am
by Tingel Tangel
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:34 am
by Redeye
For novella: The Running Man.
Better than the film.
The ending is crashing an airliner into a television network headquarters.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:38 am
by Dogmeatlives
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...
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:07 am
by Thor Kaufman
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
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:23 am
by edhead
One of his best short stories imho is Jerusalem's Lot. Got some huge shivers while reading it, when I was 11.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:58 pm
by S4ur0n27
How many books did this asshole write anyway?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:12 pm
by DaC-Sniper
enough, that he drives a car, that looks like a book.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:54 pm
by Redeye
S4ur0n27 wrote:How many books did this asshole write anyway?
His typewriter is possessed.