How many Stephen King books have you read?

[roadhawg]

I am curious how many Stephen King books you have read.

While i consider myself to have read many of his books to the average person, i have read 9 of his books, i know that many of you here have read a lot more. I am just curious to see.

 

[fljoe0]

All of them except

Thinner
Eyes Of The Dragon
Desperation
Lisey's Story
Faithful

 

[Dana Jean]

Most

I haven't read:

Finders Keepers
End of Watch
Bizarre of Bad Dreams
Sleeping Beauties
The Dark Half
The Outsider
Hearts in Suspension (which I begged for years and years for this to be written, and then when I saw the contents, I was disappointed.)
I have started reading it and hope that I walk away loving it by the time I'm done.

 

[Notaro]

I haven't read,

Sleeping Beauties

Secret Windows; Essays And Fiction On The Craft Of Writing

Faithful

Nightmares In The Sky

Hearts In Suspension

 

[GNTLGNT]

....all of them.....

 

[wolfphoenix]

I am curious how many Stephen King books you have read.

While i consider myself to have read many of his books to the average person, i have read 9 of his books, i know that many of you here have read a lot more. I am just curious to see.

Not enough.

 

[Spideyman]

I'm there with GNTLGNT--- as far as the books are concerned. Have read each as published.
Dana Jean why were you disappointed with Hearts In Suspension?

 

[Dana Jean]

I'm there with GNTLGNT--- as far as the books are concerned. Have read each as published.
Dana Jean why were you disappointed with Hearts In Suspension?

For years, I had been telling Marsha that all of Stephen's Garbage Truck articles should be published. I wanted to see the young man in those essays. Hear a young man's anger, worry, frustration, victories. I guess I wanted the book all about Stephen's days at college, his place in the history that was happening. So, three things:

I was disappointed to see that the book was a lot of other people's ideas. Not that they aren't interesting or valid, I just didn't care what these random people had to say. Not very nice of me but just being honest.

There weren't very many Garbage Trucks and by what I understand, the ones that did make it got cleaned up before they got in the book. That's not what I wanted.

And I didn't want the reprint of Hearts In Atlantis.

But, having said all of that, I am very grateful the book even exists. The small taste of what I wanted is appreciated. And again, I may be so surprised when I get to the end and realize I needed to keep an open mind and have a little faith.

 

[Spideyman]

For years, I had been telling Marsha that all of Stephen's Garbage Truck articles should be published. I wanted to see the young man in those essays. Hear a young man's anger, worry, frustration, victories. I guess I wanted the book all about Stephen's days at college, his place in the history that was happening. So, three things:

I was disappointed to see that the book was a lot of other people's ideas. Not that they aren't interesting or valid, I just didn't care what these random people had to say. Not very nice of me but just being honest.

There weren't very many Garbage Trucks and by what I understand, he cleaned them up before they got in the book. That's not what I wanted.

And I didn't want the reprint of Hearts In Atlantis.

But, having said all of that, I am very grateful the book even exists even if it is just a small taste of what I wanted. And again, I may be so surprised when I get to the end and realize I needed to keep an open mind and have a little faith.

I understand your feelings. Oh that would have been awesome to see all the Garbage Truck article un-censored. There might be some reason Steve personally felt that was a time and era that should be kept unpublished. Mayhap too much controversy / too close to heart. That was my era and so many that I graduated with
never made it back. I remember the protests.
Again, personal feeling-- I enjoyed hearing form his friends, those close to him during that period. Considered it book of remembrance.

 

[Dana Jean]

I understand your feelings. Oh that would have been awesome to see all the Garbage Truck article un-censored. There might be some reason Steve personally felt that was a time and era that should be kept unpublished. Mayhap too much controversy / too close to heart. That was my era and so many that I graduated with
never made it back. I remember the protests.
Again, personal feeling-- I enjoyed hearing form his friends, those close to him during that period. Considered it book of remembrance.

I hope I feel the same when I get done.

 

[Sundrop]

I've read many, but not all. Some I've read over and over. For example, my yearly reread of 'Salem's Lot before Halloween.
Some, I'll never read because I have no interest in them. Faithful comes to mind.
A few books won't let me read them yet. Every time I start Dreamcatcher or Cell, something in life happens, and I'm not able to get past the third chapter of either book. For whatever reason, I've decided that those books aren't ready for me yet, and they'll let me know when it's time.

 

[fljoe0]

All of them except

Thinner
Eyes Of The Dragon
Desperation
Lisey's Story
Faithful

I need to add Dreamcatcher to this list.

 

[Steffen]

It's been a year since I've started on Sleeping Beauties. Don't know why, but this one just ain't doing it for me. My ex bought me a hardcopy of The Outsider when it came out last year; still haven't touched that one. The ones he published after The Outsider, still have to get around to those.

Apart from these, I've read all of his published work except for the one on baseball (not a sports fan).

 

[roadhawg]

It's been a year since I've started on Sleeping Beauties. Don't know why, but this one just ain't doing it for me. My ex bought me a hardcopy of The Outsider when it came out last year; still haven't touched that one. The ones he published after The Outsider, still have to get around to those.

Apart from these, I've read all of his published work except for the one on baseball (not a sports fan).

My wife bought me a copy of The Outsider as well but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet. I do wonder how the book is but there are many others i need to read first as my wife is not a Stephen King reader so she bought the one she saw posted most in the bookstore

 

[Spideyman]

My wife bought me a copy of The Outsider as well but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet. I do wonder how the book is but there are many others i need to read first as my wife is not a Stephen King reader so she bought the one she saw posted most in the bookstore

The Outsider is a mystery/ horror novel. Think- can a person be in two places at the same time. Can evident prove a person committed a crime, yet that same person has an ironclad alibi. Think Poe's short story William Wilson.

 

[Dana Jean]

The Outsider is a mystery/ horror novel. Think- can a person be in two places at the same time. Can evident prove a person committed a crime, yet that same person has an ironclad alibi. Think Poe's short story William Wilson.

Yes! They can. If you have to have a bone marrow transplant, you bleed the donor's DNA, not your own.

 

[Spideyman]

Yes! They can. If you have to have a bone marrow transplant, you bleed the donor's DNA, not your own.

Say true, but me thinks SK took a diff path.

 

[Dana Jean]

Say true, but me thinks SK took a diff path.

I haven't read this yet, but I wrote a story about this once. The guy worked at a Goodwill and would collect DNA off the donated items so he could be a serial killer. He would strategically pick donors to go through their things and pull off stray hairs and stains. Courteously throw away their McDonald's bags out of their cars. Set up a special ashtray so if they were smoking, he could tell them they couldn't in that area and make them stubbed out the butts. All DNA items he would grab and plant at the scene of his crime.

It had nothing to do with the victim, it was all about the people who donated. He stalked them, got their patterns down and then killed someone in their vicinity and planted the DNA stuff he got from their donated items.

 

[Spideyman]

I haven't read this yet, but I wrote a story about this once. The guy worked at a Goodwill and would collect DNA off the donated items so he could be a serial killer. He would strategically pick donors to go through their things and pull off stray hairs and stains. Courteously throw away their McDonald's bags out of their cars. Set up a special ashtray so if they were smoking, he could tell them they couldn't in that area and make them stubbed out the butts. All DNA items he would grab and plant at the scene of his crime.

It had nothing to do with the victim, it was all about the people who donated. He stalked them, got their patterns down and then killed someone in their vicinity and planted the DNA stuff he got from their donated items.

There are several cases where bone marrow transplants came into play. You have to read the book sometime.

 

[Dana Jean]

There are several cases where bone marrow transplants came into play. You have to read the book sometime.

I know it will be great. The master!