I am ashamed to admit this but......

[not_nadine]

Read the Long Walk.

 

[RandallFlagg19]

Read the Long Walk.

Who are you talking at ?

 

[Mr Nobody]

Maybe as sK's son Owen felt he couldn't read The Shining until all the voices and hubbub about it, its popularity and incredible success, the movie, had settled in his mind so he could gain perspective, so he could see what he himself thought of it.

Mr Nobody, please consider reading all titles regardless of anything you read about them. I learned my lesson long ago not to assume anything at all about an sK work, and can honestly say I've yet to be disappointed, despite what I figured a story would be about or if I'd like it.

I've sometimes wondered about what it'd be like in their position. I mean, everyone would be talking about this or that, but to them he'd just be Dad. I imagine there'd be some degree of eye-rolling and relative disinterest because it'd all be so familiar and, as I say, just Dad.

I think that if you'd read Gerald's Game you know it.

 

[not_nadine]

Who are you talking at ?

You. Everyone. that just came out of my head. But you all should read it. He wrote this before Carrie.

Makes you so tired while reading it... my legs were hurting. oh my. But you fall in love with every character. well mostly, it is SK

 

[HollyGolightly]

am hoping I'm not the only one
(not sure if I'm posting in the correct place either, I apologize if it needs to be moved)
Obviously I am a big King fanaddict or I wouldn't be on this great site but I must come clean....I haven't read every single book. Yet. Before you send me to the gallows let me say that I do OWN all of them.
To read: The entire Dark Tower series. Still have my copy of The Gunslinger that I got when it first came out just haven't read it yet. Or any of them.
Blaze.
Am I the only one who has yet to read everything? Someone, anyone, please say it 'aint so!

I am a sllooww reader. I'm sure there's 15-20 I need to read. I avoided the Dark Tower for years. I saw it on the bookshelf in 198?(7 or 8), and like you , the title put me off. I like to watch westerns, but I never wanted to read one. But in 2012 I picked it up and didn't stop for the nearly 2 years it took me to get through the series. I loved it. The Ka-Tet is just part of my life now. And all the funny language you'll hear around here is from that series.

 

[misery chastain loves co.]

I am a sllooww reader. I'm sure there's 15-20 I need to read. I avoided the Dark Tower for years. I saw it on the bookshelf in 198?(7 or 8), and like you , the title put me off. I like to watch westerns, but I never wanted to read one. But in 2012 I picked it up and didn't stop for the nearly 2 years it took me to get through the series. I loved it. The Ka-Tet is just part of my life now. And all the funny language you'll hear around here is from that series.

I was wondering what the Ka-Tet was. Thank you!

 

[misery chastain loves co.]

Spoiler

January 5-6 The Gunslinger

January 6- 7 The Drawing of the Three


February 4 – 18 The Waste Lands

Feb 22 – April 11 Wizard and Glass

I read this slowly because I was taking a business class which required 90 – 120 pages of business reading a day, so my reading energy was zapped for a few month.


April 13 – 17 Wolves of the Calla

April 26- 30 Song of Susana


May 1- 7 The Dark Tower

May 12 – 30 The Stand uncut


June 3 – 7 Mr. Mercedes

June 16 – 30 The Shining


July 6 – 9 Mr. Mercedes (second read through)

July 10 – 14 Dr. Sleep

July 14 – 19 Under the Dome (part 1)

July 19 – 23 Under the Dome (part 2)

July 24- 25 The Wind Through the Keyhole

July 25- 28 Cujo

July 31 start IT

July Everything’s Eventual


August 4 – 8 IT

August 11-12 Carie

August 12 -13 The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

August 13- 14 Joyland

August 15 – 20 Rose Madder

August 20 – 25 Apt Pupil

August 26- 28 The Plant: Zenith Rising

August 29- 30 Cycle of the Werewolf


September 1- 5 11/22/63

September 6 -8 The Regulators (Richard Bachman)

September 9 – 13 Desperation

September 15 – 16 Thinner (Richard Bachman)

September 17- 18 Blaze – page 107 (Richard Bachman)

That is so great. Thanks for sharing your reading! I've got to get on Blaze too. maybe I'll read revival first, Blaze after, and THEN start the Dark Tower series because I really want to read those straight through. Even if it takes me two years like Holly.

 

[The Nameless]

I've only read 11/22/63 and Mr. Mercedes. 11/22/63 is one of my favorite books and I plan on reading Joyland soon. I want to start the Gunslinger series by early next year.

If anything, it's kind of odd that I like King's writing, but I don't plan on reading any of his horror novels any time soon.

You're missing out on some good stuff mate. From what I've noticed when reading, it's mostly the shorts/novellas crammed with horror, some stories like the body and shawshank redemption have none.

While IT is often quoted as being his scariest book, a large part of it is a coming of age/loss of innocence story, a lost and rekindled love story. Same with the stand - a large part of that is about a big ass road trip with a large dose of overcoming adversity.

Anyway, give some of them a shot, you might surprise yourself - nothing ventured, nothing gained right? Enjoy joyland, it was amazing.

 

[blunthead]

I haven't either and I've worked for him for nearly 26 years. If he can cut me some slack on that, we certainly can do the same for you.

You've been too busy to read it. But I recommend it. I've been a fan of the Clint Eastwood so-called spaghetti-westerns for a long time, and I kept thinking, "Damn, if this isn't a great, weird, fantasy spin on The Man With No Name." Had I not been used to those Eastwood movies, I might not have "gotten" Gunslinger, though I'm sure I would've still liked it and considered it entirely unique.

 

[not_nadine]

I was wondering what the Ka-Tet was. Thank you!

You will get there. It's Ka that you do.

And pick up on all the crazy language we use, as someone else pointed out. ( say sorry, did not read back to quote you properly)

 

[blunthead]

I was wondering what the Ka-Tet was. Thank you!

Per Wikipedia...

King created a language for his [Dark Tower] characters, known as the High Speech. Examples of this language include the phrases Thankee, Sai ("Thank you, Sir/Ma'am.") and Dan-Tete ("Little Savior"). In addition, King uses the term Ka, which is the approximate equivalent of destiny, or fate, in the fictional language High Speech (and similarly, Ka-tet, a group of people bound together by fate/destiny). This term originated in Egyptian mythology and storytelling, and has figured in several other novels and screenplays since 1976. The term also appears in King's short story, Low Men in Yellow Coats, in which Ted describes its meaning to Bobby.

 

[not_nadine]

I loved Andy. For awhile.

 

[Walter Oobleck]

I was wondering what the Ka-Tet was. Thank you!

kinda sorta opposite of kaka-poopie, another phrase or word used a time or two in the tellings.