+He is really talented. He has never scared me with any of his books or movies for that matter, but I think he's great. He's probably my 2nd favorite author. =) I really like him, though. If you are into like..weird stuff that like...makes you go Weeeeeeeeird lol then like, you'll really like him. I promise =)
~Books of his that I've read (I will have my rating out of 5 stars next to the book. A "+" will stand for 1/2):
- Salem's Lot (1975)****+
- The Shining (1977)*****
- The Stand (1978) ***
- Night Shift (1978)~This is a book of different stories and I don't remember the stories so I can't give you a rating =D
- The Dead Zone (1979)*****
- Firestarter (1980)****+
- Cujo (1981)****
- Different Seasons (1982)~Same explanation for Night Shift..heehee =)
- Christine (1980)**** (this book will make you scared of cars hehe)
- Pet Semetary (1983)****
- Cycle of the Werewolf (1985) ***
- Skeleton Crew (1985)~Wow, another compilation book hehe
- It (1986)****+ (and I thought I hated clowns before..)
- Misery (1987)***** (the first Stephan King book I read)
- Tommyknockers (1987)**** (tommyknockers tommyknockers knocking on the door..)
- The Dark Half (1989) *****
- Needful Things (1991) ****
- Gerald's Game (1992) *** (This book was...interesting lol...)
- Dolores Claiborne (1992) ****+
- Nightmares and Dreamscapes (1993)~He has more compilation books than ANY author I know..=)
- Insomnia (1994)****+
- Rose Madder (1995)****
- Green Mile Books:*****
~The Two Dead Girls (March 1996)
~The Mouse on the Mile (April, 1996)
~Coffey's Hands (May 1996)
~The Bad Death of Euduard Delecroix (June, 1996)
~Night Journey (July, 1996)
~Coffey on the Mile (August, 1996)
- Despiration (1996)*****
- Bag of Bones (1998)****
- The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)****
- Hearts In Atlantis (1999)***+~I liked this book, and all, but I only mainly liked the first story. It had about...I think 4 stories in it, but the first one was the longest. I really liked that, but I didn't care for the other stories. The next one after that story, I did like, but, I didn't like the other ones.
~That is 32 books altogher, including the book that I will be reading soon. Here are some of his movies that I've seen and I will rate them:
- Firestarter (sorta..not all of it) I haven't seen it well enough to rate it..but I do know the book is better..
- Christine *** The book is WAY better.
- It ** This movie doesn't do JUSTICE to the story. Read the book. This movie freaked me out more than the book, though, and made me even more scared of clowns. I hate them!
- Misery ***+ Way better book, again. The movie isn't nearly as good and they cut out a lot more in the movie than what is in the book.
- Tommyknockers **** I saw the movie before I ever read the book, or before I ever read any Stephen King book for that matter. I loved the movie. Book was even better. =)
- The Langeliers ***** (sp?) It was the first S.K. movie I've EVER seen. I liked it A LOT. Go out and rent it!!
- Dolores Claiborne **** I saw the movie way before I knew who wrote it, and, again, before I ever read any Stephen King book. It's a good movie. Book, is still better =) The stories are even slightly different.
- Green Mile ***** GOOD movie. BETTER books =) Promise
Now, I'm gonna list you all the books of his that I think you should read. Starting out with my favorite:
- The Shining~by far, my favorite Stephan King book. Read it! I loved it!!
- Salem's Lot
- The Dead Zone
- Christine
- It
- Misery
- The Dark Half
- Dolores Claiborne
- Insomnia
- Despiration
- The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
- Green Mile Series
All of his books are good, and if you want to read any of his books, just read them. I loved them all. Well, I have my favorites. If I were you, I'd go out and read "The Shining". It's one of my most favoritist books in the world. =)
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