Stephen King.

[Arsen]

The man can write, the Talisman/Black House books are awesome, and the Dark Tower series is beyond inspirational.

Roland Deschain and Walter O' Dim (and his many, many aliases) have to be two of my favorite characters ever.

Anyone else share the love with me?

 

[Not Good]

I've never read any of his books.

 

[Adam Jenson]

Oh yes Stephen King is very much a literary inspiration but I find his more touching and frightening works to be his tamer ones like The Body and The Green Mile. Both are bittersweet and are even have good film adaptations.

 

[chimmers]

I am not long past re-reading Carrie for the umpteenth time. I usually find his characters to be very realistic. Most probably my favourite author

 

[brabz]

One of my favorite authors. You get an entirely different appreciation for the Dark Tower series when you've read his other works, since so many of them are interwoven.

Particular favorites are Father Callahan from "Salem's Lot", and Dinky Earnshaw from "Everythings Eventual"

By the way, one of the best opening lines ever: "The man in black fled across the dessert, and the gunslinger followed."

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

I loved The Dark Tower, Insomnia was okay and The Stand was a great read.

 

[rossatdi]

Loved The Stand and Cell. Read a few others but their names escape me.

 

[Mean Mother Rucker]

I'm currently reading Hearts in Atlantis. Just finished Green Mile. Stephen King is one of my favorite authors in the fact that you can't really depend on something reoccurring in his stories (Except for the references to the Dark Tower series).
My favorite stories of his have to be the Stand, The Long Walk, and many more.
So yes, I share the love.

 

[Fudj]

Well i liked the Stand, but for me Stephen King cannot end a book, he weaves a great story but when it comes time to wrap it up, the endings alot of the time seem tacked on or rushed......for those who have read the Dark Tower books will know where my gripe comes from.

 

[electric discordian]

Well Stephen King can't do beginnings, I dont need to see the home life of every single character. Its like two parts new England travel guide one part horror story kind of like the aborted feotus of Bill Bryson and HP Lovecraft, or was the child the spawn of Edgar Allen Poe who was delivering milk at the time?

This analogy is grinding on badly, let me say that everything I have just criticised him for actually worked in the Stand the pages of sociological description and the overly complex description actually made the book for me. So yeah I have just cut the legs off my own arguement with the samuari sword of indeciscion...

Dark Tower and Tears of the Dragon were good as well..

 

[barryween]

I read part of Missery and the Running Man but... Misery was to slow and Running man devolved into this "Political Statement" nonsense. Rage was really good (Find it in the Bachman (SPELLING MAY BE WRONG) Books). Also Cell has been great (so Far).

 

[Evilbunny]

I've never read any of his books.

Get out. Now.

 

[October Country]

His characterization is extremely well done, but plotwise the endings sometimes seem a little out of place, like he didn't plan the story before he wrote it especially with Bag of Bones.
My favorites would be Different Seasons which contain some of the "tamer," more mainstream stories, Misery and The Green Mile.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

I've read almost every book by him, and read all but the latest book by Richard Bachman. He is the best horror/supernatural author I've read, but his son is catching up quite quickly.

Full List:
Carrie
Firestarter
Night Shift
Bag of Bones
Salem's Lot
Hearts in Atlantis
Different Seasons
Needful Things
Lisey's Story
Cell
The Stand
The Dark Tower
The Green Mile
Cujo (which was depressing as all hell)
Dolores Claiborne
Misery
The Dark Half
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
The Colorado Kid
Christine
From A Buick 88
Bare Bones
Danse Macabre
The Dead Zone
Everything's Eventual
The Shining
Insomnia

 

[AceDiamond]

While I haven't read many of his books (I've read The Shining, Salem's Lot, and a few of his short stories, and liked all of those), I do have a lot of respect for the man especially since he's spoken out against video game censorship.

 

[Hookman]

I just got one of his books for Christmas. It. The first Stephen King book I've read but already I know hes a brilliant writer. It took 4 years to write and has over 1300 pages!

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

There's IT, the Shining, and the Eyes of the Dragon.

 

[goater24]

I am not a huge reader but I would say that I really enjoyed the Dark Tower series. Roland is the man, and not a rat!

 

[Yog Sothoth]

"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed."

This is one of my favorite single lines from any book, ever. The Gunslinger is in my top ten greatest works of fiction of all time. I couldn't tell you how many times I've read it.

The Stand and The Eyes of the Dragon are also very good. But, I think that much of his more recent work has been lacking. I gave up on him after Insomnia...

 

[Yog Sothoth]

The man can write, the Talisman/Black House books are awesome, and the Dark Tower series is beyond inspirational.

Roland Deschain and Walter O' Dim (and his many, many aliases) have to be two of my favorite characters ever.

Anyone else share the love with me?

Have you read the Dark Tower comic books? If you love the series, you'd like the comics as well... they're very well written, and the artwork is fantastic...