This is the 5th book in the series and I've waited 6 years for it to come out. I got it yesterday and started reading it right away. Stephen King blows my mind and I can't wait for parts 6 & 7 which will be out next year. I'm a bit of a literature snob and don't normally read stuff like this, but a good pal of mine got me hooked on SK 15 years ago and I've read everyone of his books since. The Dark Tower series is amazing. Takes you away to another world. Any other SK fans out there??

I know nothing about it but I did sell a few copies today.
[This message was edited Wed Nov 5 11:48:36 PST 2003 by CAMILLE4U]

CAMILLE4U said:

Where do you work Camille4U? - they are great stories. SK is a very cool dude

I can't wait to get this book, but I won't get it until I'm back in the U.S.

kisscamille said:

I work in a book / greeting card shop. I think Stephen King is great but don't read a lot. I just bought 2 Anne Rice books today.

Oh, and yes, I am a HUGE SK fan and have read everything he's written so far. Well except for Cujo, and that book on writing he did just a little while ago.

SK & Anne Rice on the same thread!?

You guys got a web-cam pointed at my book shelf or something?

minneapolisgenius said:

You should pick up a used copy of Cujo - good scary story. I didn't read the book on writing either, but have read and loved everything else he's done.

kisscamille said:

Well, of course I know the story and have seen the movie Cujo, but I couldn't finish the book. I felt too bad for the dog.

minneapolisgenius said:

Yeah, I know what you mean.

At about 10:30 at noght on the opening day of the Lobster Festival here in Rockland Maine I am pretty sure Stephen King came thru my drive thru at work. I didn't say anything, just gave him his burger and shut the window.




(Travolta prowls around up here too, but thats a whole different thing)

paintsprayer said:[quote]At about 10:30 at noght on the opening day of the Lobster Festival here in Rockland Maine I am pretty sure Stephen King came thru my drive thru at work. I didn't say anything, just gave him his burger and shut the window.



Cool - next time he comes get him to tell you a scary story

I was gonna buy it yesterday, but considering the size of it and the fact it's a hardback, I think I'll porbably break my hands!

So Im gonna wait a little while longer
(hell another few months aint gonna kill me after waiting this long!) and get it then.

The Top three books Ive read are:
3: Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg
(Just an amazing piece of work u can totally lose yourself in.
One of those rare books u can pick up again and again, and it will still work its magic)

There are a number of other books in the series, all very good, but the 1st is a richly detailed world - with at times, a distinct Indian sub-continetal flavour. Quite different 4 a 'fantasy' novel. I think people would be pleasantly surprised by it.

2: 'The Dark Tower' series by Stephen King
Not a big fan of His stuff, but my cousin introduced me 2 the 1st novel of the series - 'The Gunslinger' many years ago:

...and it was amazing. REALLY different 4 King.
If I HAD 2 pick one of the books as a favourite, I think Id go with 'Wizard & Glass'...
I cant wait 2 get my hands on the final few books next year before He retires...
(The first of the final few novels ('The Wolves of The Calla') gets released next month if anyone is interested):

4 more info on this amazing story, click here:
www.stephenking.com/DarkT...ndex2.html


1: The Night Listener by Armistead Maupin
THE best book Ive ever read (and I've read a lot!)
I got SO wrapped up in this book, that I couldnt WAIT 4 my working day 2 end so I could go home and go 2 bed early 2 read it! In fact, it was THAT good that I when I neared the end, I didnt wanna read the last chapter, cuz I knew that would be IT. When I finished it, I cried. No book has ever affected me so much - but it isnt without hope. There is much 2 find within its pages. What is amazing about the whole book is the way it is constructed, u start out reading what u THINK is the story, then it begins 2 twist and turn. BY three quarters of the way through, u will suddenly realise that there are a number of different ways 2 read the book (or rather read IN2 the book) and this throws the story's dynamic off in2 wild territories 4 your mind 2 ponder on.

It's truly great stuff from a writer at His prime. Im glad I found this little gem, and I'd recommend this book 2 anyone who appreciates a good story.

It's AWESOME and I defy u not 2 engage with it.
(AnX, Blue & Stymie - I think u guys would really dig this book...)




Here's a brief synopsis:
The narrator of The Night Listener is Gabriel Noone, a late-night radio storyteller who has risen to national fame in San Francisco. Having just separated from his husband of ten years, Noone is adrift in pain and confusion when he receives unexpected comfort from a thirteen-year-old fan - Pete Lomax - in Wisconsin. He learns of Pete's existence when a publisher sends him a book the child has written about the unimaginable sexual abuse he has suffered, his consequent struggle with HIV infection and his new life with a psychologist named Donna, who has become his foster mother. Deserted by his lover and companion of ten years, Noone is now at a strangely vulnerable point in his life. Pete, wise beyond his thriteen years, becomes a sort of surrogate son to the storyteller through a series of long distance phone calls. But, just as the clouds begin to part for Gabriel, a question arises that casts doubt upon the very existence this miracle child. Desperate for the truth, Gabriel begins an odyssey that will throw his own stormy relationships - familial, romantic and erotic - into sharp perspective. A personal saga that turns into a mystery that turns back into a personal saga again, The Night Listener keeps us guessing as it as it keeps us reading. Along the way Maupin brilliantly explores the question of how we tell stories, and to whom, and why...

ANYONE ELSE READ THIS?

I have read every stephen king book except that 'rose madder' and 'dragon eyes?' because they look boring as hell .. but everything else. He is about the only author I read.

I have only read the first two (or is it 3) dark tower books but I am getting to them .

FunkyStrange said:

It took a little while 2 absorb the change of pace in 'Wizard & Glass' but boy, once u do...

So far, it's been my fave Dark Tower book.

FunkyStrange said:

I think you mean "Eyes of the Dragon" right?



I loved this book and have read it 5 times. Once you get into it, it's really fascinating how the main character is framed and locked up in a tower his whole life, and how he plans to escape. Also, if you read it, you'll notice a recurring character that always pops up in his books: Flagg. Flagg was in The Stand as well, and Stephen King usually uses the initals R.F. for his villians. You get the impression that the villians (and other characters) in his books are all connected in some way and resurface from time to time if you know his work. That's what I find so interesting about his books, because if you are a fanatic fan like I am, you realize this.

On the other hand, "Rose Madder" was pretty boring and probably my least favorite SK book. That and "Thinner".

SK ROCKS! I have read all his books, and the one on writing that he did a few years ago was really interesting...oh, I think I haven't read Danse Macabre--his other non fiction..but the rest... can't wait to get this new one.

I read the first 2 Dark Tower Books and loved them. I bought them in the larger format paperbacks when they first came out. They had these wonderful full page painted illustrations.

I regret not buying the first issue of the Third Book (also had the same artist and style of illustrations) as I don’t think you can get it now. Anyone know otherwise?

I read the first two, about a thousand years ago. I can't believe this story is still running! I lost interest aeons ago. I'd have to re-read all the others just to remember what it was about.

I recall enjoying them at the time tho.

What?
I need to run to the store NOW!!!

gooeythehamster said:

But do books come out on the same days in Holland as they do in the U.S., or is it like movies and they are released months later over here?

yeah 'eyes of the dragon' - thats it .
I have actually had the book for years but never read it.
but if randall flagg is in it - it sounds ok

I will get to it, but right now I am just starting on Lord of the rings 3 to read before the movie comes out...

and I just read 'Downsize this' by Michael Moore and am starting on 'Stupid white men' now too.

I gotta get dark tower 3 and 4 soon, I'll start checking ebay

FunkyStrange said:

I'd like to read the Michael Moore books as well. Damn, so many books, so little time.

It
Pet Cemetary
Misery
The Stand

I just started to read Dreamcatcher last week. Man, that boy can write, where does it all come from.

I saw the movie 'dreamcatcher' when I was in Portugal back in April - not a great movie, but alot of his books don't translate very well to screen. I will read the book sometime soon...

'The Langoliers' I do like. I read the book first then I bought the VHS and it is great, (and mainly because Dean Stockwell is in it )

and

QUANTUM LEAP rocks !!!

FunkyStrange said:

They made a MOVIE out of Dreamcatcher?! I remember when I read it, thinking about how it would be impossible to make a movie out of it because it's so weird, and half of it takes place inside the main character's brain.

ian said:

Ditto. I read the first couple of books and decided he should stick to horror. Maybe/hopefully he got better.

bananacologne said:



One of my fave's

xenon said:

U have very good taste!!!

minneapolisgenius said:

Yep - it was a movie that got a general (though limited I think) release. Yeah it was pretty hard to make it inside the guy's head but visually it was pretty interesting. They pulled it off...just. But yeh it would have been hard to do.

Go check it out, it's probably on ebay

There are loads here

http://search.ebay.co.uk/...etaEndSort