Dang! I was so commited to thinking you were talking about Lovecraft... :____(pigeon_of_doom said:Sorry to invalidate pretty much your entire post, but I was talking about King. I appreciate Lovecraft's influence. Thanks for the explanation anyway.oliveira8 said:You talking about Lovecraft right?
But for King. Well I don't see him as a big influence, he is doing what others have done after all.
But he is a great writer. Sure he made plenty of bad/average books and he has that horrible flaw of doing rushed endings but...
Salem's lot, The Stand, IT, The Dark Tower, Pet Semetary and The Shining are great reads. also I recommend everyone that is an aspiring writer(no matter what you want to write) to read Stephen King's "On Writing". Its a great read for every aspiring writer and even non-writers.