Discussion Books, books, books!

[AllanGH]

I take back my earlier remark about King. I did read 'The Stand' and felt it to be a decent effort, but didn't remember him to be the author of that particular work until my wife just now reminded me.

Since she is still a scary woman, I felt it best to correct myself to avoid incurring her wrath. 😉
(Geeze! I hope she never reads this particular thread.)

 

[Deleted member 217926]

One of my favorite books. Randall Flag - The Walking Dude - The Man in Black and a bunch of others names shows up in quite a few King works. All tied together by The Dark Tower series.

 

[Colif]

Went through all 41 in about a year-ish. I was hesitant when I got to The Shepherd's Crown. I had enjoyed this series so much, I think I didn't want to really face up to the harsh reality "and there will be no more."

there isn't an order to all of them but it does help to read the first few to get introductions to the main characters, I guess. There are sub series in the books, not all talk about same characters as the world was so large. I spent 25 years reading them all so good chance I don't remember everyone of them. I know I have all the discworld books, he has other series as well.. I probably have most of them.

Your reaction to last book was same as mine. I wanted to save it but circumstances eventually forced me to read it.

Re Stephen King: I don't remember names of all the books I read of his, The Stand and IT were two of them, but I stopped reading him about 20 years ago. He repeated themes a lot, I am sure 2 of his books are about the same thing.

I should look at Raymond E Feist as well. I stopped reading his around same time.


I used to have a book about America, but in the future. Every state had massive walls around it and each state was completely different in its own way and operated on a basis that they were only state and didn't allow people to travel at all, creating illusion that they were all alone. Story was about a guy or group that would move between the states. I can't remember much of story itself. I have no idea who wrote it, I have been trying to find it ever since.

 

[Math Geek]

I have some Preston & Child books at home, are they any good? Don't know which ones though

i liked what they did together more than their individual efforts. fun stories that won't make you think at all. you pretty much just go along for the ride and have a good time doing it.

similar to james patterson books. written on about a 10th grade level (if that). you'll finish the book as quickly as you want to and won't miss anything the first time through. patterson also writes kids books which only have to change the language a little bit since his "adult" stuff is written at such a low level anyway.

if you are a true king fan and have read it all, then i suggest a concordance for the dark tower series. was written by the people who helped him keep it all straight as he wrote the series. it points out all the references and overlaps from his other books. i think i got about 60% or so of the references first time through. there was a lot of "oh yah, that was from that book" as i read through the guide.

The Road to the Dark Tower: Exploring Stephen King's Magnum Opus: Vincent, Bev: 9780451213044: Amazon.com: Books

The Road to the Dark Tower: Exploring Stephen King's Magnum Opus [Vincent, Bev] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Road to the Dark Tower: Exploring Stephen King's Magnum Opus

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there are others but this is the one i have.