Sometimes I wonder why Steve is hailed as the best horror writer there is...or that he is labeled a horror writer at all.
If it is horror, then it`s horror that actually can and does happen in real life ( abusive husbands, so, Rose Madder or Dolores, sociopaths on power trips, that would be Dead Zone and UtD, just a few examples ).
To me, these novels are true fiction horror he wrote:
-IT
-Pet Sematary
-Salem`s Lot
-The Dark Half
-Thinner
and The Black House, partly, because it is based on a real life serial killer, Albert Fish.
Everything else, to me, are extraordinary psychological novels, with actually a lot more science fiction in them than horror.
And that`s actually why I read and love Stephen King so much, NO ONE makes the characters in a book more real than him, horror or not, sci-fi or not.
What say you, agree, disagree, what novels do you consider to be true horror?
Love and lights.
If it is horror, then it`s horror that actually can and does happen in real life ( abusive husbands, so, Rose Madder or Dolores, sociopaths on power trips, that would be Dead Zone and UtD, just a few examples ).
To me, these novels are true fiction horror he wrote:
-IT
-Pet Sematary
-Salem`s Lot
-The Dark Half
-Thinner
and The Black House, partly, because it is based on a real life serial killer, Albert Fish.
Everything else, to me, are extraordinary psychological novels, with actually a lot more science fiction in them than horror.
And that`s actually why I read and love Stephen King so much, NO ONE makes the characters in a book more real than him, horror or not, sci-fi or not.
What say you, agree, disagree, what novels do you consider to be true horror?
Love and lights.