M-O-O-N, that spells Stephen King

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: DaveJ

Originally posted by: Willoughbyva
No, but saw the movie. It was OK. I really need to go find a good library I guess.

Bah, the movie sucked. The book was awesome. The first time I read it (the uncut version) I finished it in two days.

Dave

jesus h christ, the book is thicker than a bible

 

[toekramp]

amazing book

 

[TGS]

The Stand is a great book. Now go read the Gunslinger series. *cracks whip*

 

[conjur]

Speaking of M-O-O-N

Re-Creating an Ansel Adams Masterpiece, Moon
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4848982

Day to Day, September 15, 2005 · Astronomers have pinpointed the exact moment when legendary landscape photographer Ansel Adams snapped his famous photo Autumn Moon, capturing a moonlit night in the Yosemite Valley: Sept. 15, 1948, at about 7:03 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time.

Alex Chadwick talks with National Geographic Society photographer Chris Rainier about plans to re-create that photograph Thursday night in Yosemite National Park.

Adams was famous for recording the smallest details of his photos -- the apertures, exposure times, types of film, shutter speeds and how the negatives and prints were developed -- but was notoriously vague about when and exactly where he captured many of his most notable images.

Astronomers at Texas State University studied the stars, lighting and position and phase of the moon, then wrote a special program to determine the exact date, time and spot where the photo was taken.

http://www.npr.org/programs/day/features/2005/sep/ansel/main_lg.jpg
Ansel Adams' photo Autumn Moon, the High Sierra from Glacier Point, taken Sept. 15, 1948.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
yes. one of my favorites.

same here. i loved the Gunslinger and the Drawing of the Three too. haven't read the newer ones of Gunslinger - yet.

Originally posted by: RBachman
Stephen who?

Hey - wasn't that King's pseudonym? OMG he's a member.

 

[Elderly Newt]

My favorite book ever. I also read the uncut version, and although it's an extremely long book, I did not want to it end. Not that I feel it should have been longer, but it was just so engrossing that I didn't want the book to stop at the end.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: batmanuel
I was a bit disappointed by the ending, though. The hand of God literally swoops down and saves the day. It was a bit of a let down, considering the great build up to the final confrontation. That's been a problem I've had with a lot of King's books. The build up is great and the characters are fun, but the climax either feels lacking or leaves you with a huge "WTF?" reaction. Dreamcatcher is another one where I was let down a bit by the ending.

IMHO, Dean Koontz is a a bit better in that literary genre because he tends to wrap up things a bit better. Watchers, for example, came to a really nice ending that felt really right for the story. Too bad every time they seriously screwed it up when they tried to make a movie out of it backin 1988. They turned the main character from a throubled ex-soldier in his 30s into a tennaged kid played by Cory Haim. Bad.

Koontz is a no talent ass-clown compared to King. Hell, he's about the same when compared to dug777. ( :beer: ) He has a few good stories ("From the Corner of His Eye" was good,) but most are a joke. I inherited about 20 of his books from my sis-in-law. I've finished about 12 of them, and most are horrible.

That said, I understand your concerns with King's wrapping-up abilities. Being a Dark Tower fan (notice the nick), the last 2-3 books in the series were painful.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: RBachman
Stephen who?

:Q

 

[Gooberlx2]

I'm reading that right now too....M-O-O-N, that spells good book.

<---then pantomimes "Shut the fvck up! goddamnit!"

 

[LeonarD26]

Now you need to go read 'IT' Another great King book. Then Everything's Eventual, The Talisman, Black House, Eyes of the Dragon, Hearts in Atlantas and the Dark Tower series. What great books.....

 

[boomer6447]

It's funny...I read the "cut" version about 20 yrs ago...about 10-15 yrs ago, they
came out with the "uncut" version...I've read it at least 3 times since...

Hands down, my favorite book of all time...

 

[TGS]

Roland Roland Roland
Through the Desert you are strolling
Keep that Ka a' rolling
Gawd Bombs!

 

[BrokenVisage]

From what I hear the original The Stand is probably Kings' best book ever. I liked the TV movie but since I don't read much of anything I can't say I read it.

 

[DaveJ]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: DaveJ

Originally posted by: Willoughbyva
No, but saw the movie. It was OK. I really need to go find a good library I guess.

Bah, the movie sucked. The book was awesome. The first time I read it (the uncut version) I finished it in two days.

Dave

jesus h christ, the book is thicker than a bible

1175 pages, IIRC. I read 600 pages in 4 hours, it was like watching a freakin' movie. Awesome...

Dave

 

[DaveJ]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

Originally posted by: batmanuel
I was a bit disappointed by the ending, though. The hand of God literally swoops down and saves the day. It was a bit of a let down, considering the great build up to the final confrontation. That's been a problem I've had with a lot of King's books. The build up is great and the characters are fun, but the climax either feels lacking or leaves you with a huge "WTF?" reaction. Dreamcatcher is another one where I was let down a bit by the ending.

IMHO, Dean Koontz is a a bit better in that literary genre because he tends to wrap up things a bit better. Watchers, for example, came to a really nice ending that felt really right for the story. Too bad every time they seriously screwed it up when they tried to make a movie out of it backin 1988. They turned the main character from a throubled ex-soldier in his 30s into a tennaged kid played by Cory Haim. Bad.

Koontz is a no talent ass-clown compared to King. Hell, he's about the same when compared to dug777. ( :beer: ) He has a few good stories ("From the Corner of His Eye" was good,) but most are a joke. I inherited about 20 of his books from my sis-in-law. I've finished about 12 of them, and most are horrible.

That said, I understand your concerns with King's wrapping-up abilities. Being a Dark Tower fan (notice the nick), the last 2-3 books in the series were painful.

Some of Koontz's earlier stuff was good, but he's been writing the same novel for the last 10 years or so, only the characters change. That really gets old after a while...

Dave

 

[Spydermag68]

My favorites from SK are, The Long Walk and Rage.

 

[myusername]

While I enjoyed The Stand up until about page 600 or so, it went way downhill for me when it departed the genre of Science Fiction and entered Fantasy.

Kind of like how disappointing Needful Things was, when at the climax, the protagonist spooks the devil by casting shadows with his hands.

IMO, King's best work was The Talisman - probably because it's an adaptation of a literary classic

Lucifer's Hammer is indeed an excellent apocalyptic epic, though I don't know that I would rank it above The Postman.

However, no one has yet made an abysmal movie out of Lucifer's Hammer, whereas that cannot be said about The Stand and The Postman

 

[TBone48]

Originally posted by: Amused
I liked it, but by far the best end of the world novel is "Lucifer's Hammer"

:thumbsup: That book is outstanding. I don't know if I actually have a favorite end of the world novel, but this comes close.

Oh, and I love the Stand also.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: myusername
While I enjoyed The Stand up until about page 600 or so, it went way downhill for me when it departed the genre of Science Fiction and entered Fantasy.

Kind of like how disappointing Needful Things was, when at the climax, the protagonist spooks the devil by casting shadows with his hands.

IMO, King's best work was The Talisman - probably because it's an adaptation of a literary classic

Lucifer's Hammer is indeed an excellent apocalyptic epic, though I don't know that I would rank it above The Postman.

However, no one has yet made an abysmal movie out of Lucifer's Hammer, whereas that cannot be said about The Stand and The Postman

What I like about Lucifer's Hammer is it deals with reality. The Stand turned me off just a little when it got all religious/supernatural. But then, King IS a horror/fantasy writer, so I expected little else.

The only problem with Lucifer's Hammer is it was written in the 70s. And like all things from the 70s, it severely dates itself. The 70s was such a STRONG culture trend time in history.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: TBone48

Originally posted by: Amused
I liked it, but by far the best end of the world novel is "Lucifer's Hammer"

:thumbsup: That book is outstanding. I don't know if I actually have a favorite end of the world novel, but this comes close.

Oh, and I love the Stand also.

Well, I glad others have read this fine book. I was begining to think it was too obscure.

 

[TBone48]

I've been a member of the Science Fiction Book Club since the '70's. (I said member...)

 

[sixone]

n/m

 

[BatmanNate]

Originally posted by: Amused
I liked it, but by far the best end of the world novel is "Lucifer's Hammer"

:thumbsup:

Those Niven/Pournelle books are for the most part outstanding. The Mote in God's Eye is probably my favorite.

 

[Minjin]

Originally posted by: myusername
While I enjoyed The Stand up until about page 600 or so, it went way downhill for me when it departed the genre of Science Fiction and entered Fantasy.

Kind of like how disappointing Needful Things was, when at the climax, the protagonist spooks the devil by casting shadows with his hands.

IMO, King's best work was The Talisman - probably because it's an adaptation of a literary classic

Lucifer's Hammer is indeed an excellent apocalyptic epic, though I don't know that I would rank it above The Postman.

However, no one has yet made an abysmal movie out of Lucifer's Hammer, whereas that cannot be said about The Stand and The Postman

I think you mean that the Talisman was great because of who the co-author was.

Peter Straub is an outstanding storyteller and writer. And those are two completely different things...

Mark

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

Originally posted by: batmanuel
I was a bit disappointed by the ending, though. The hand of God literally swoops down and saves the day. It was a bit of a let down, considering the great build up to the final confrontation. That's been a problem I've had with a lot of King's books. The build up is great and the characters are fun, but the climax either feels lacking or leaves you with a huge "WTF?" reaction. Dreamcatcher is another one where I was let down a bit by the ending.

IMHO, Dean Koontz is a a bit better in that literary genre because he tends to wrap up things a bit better. Watchers, for example, came to a really nice ending that felt really right for the story. Too bad every time they seriously screwed it up when they tried to make a movie out of it backin 1988. They turned the main character from a throubled ex-soldier in his 30s into a tennaged kid played by Cory Haim. Bad.

Koontz is a no talent ass-clown compared to King. Hell, he's about the same when compared to dug777. ( :beer: ) He has a few good stories ("From the Corner of His Eye" was good,) but most are a joke. I inherited about 20 of his books from my sis-in-law. I've finished about 12 of them, and most are horrible.

That said, I understand your concerns with King's wrapping-up abilities. Being a Dark Tower fan (notice the nick), the last 2-3 books in the series were painful.

i got into a bit of Koontz - i have to say that "The Bad Place" was decent.