It’s Halloween and it’s the day I honor one of my favorite contemporary writers, the undisputed king of horror himself-Stephen King. He’s the first author I loved! As they say, first love never dies (lol).
King has never been a favorite of critics. They always claim that he or his catalog does not belong to literature. They may be right but they can’t deny that King is a master storyteller. Why, there are dozens of films made from his writings! He surely has a great talent in scaring people and making his readers attached to his characters. I remember crying like a baby after I finished reading “It”.
Here’s a list of his books that I’ve read for the past 10 years or so:
- Carrie- ♣♣♣♣♣. King’s first novel. The movie was critically acclaimed, I should see it.
- The Dark Half- ♣♣♣♣♣
- The Green Mile- ♣♣♣♣♣. I think this is one of the best, if not the best, books written by King. I so love the film, starring Tom Hanks. A must-see!
- It- ♣♣♣♣♣ My favorite. Just don’t watch the film.
- Needful Things-♣♣♣♣♣
- The Shining- ♣♣♣♣♣
- The Tommyknockers- ♣♣♣♣♣. Could be a great alien film if made.
- The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger- ♣♣♣♣♣
- Four Past Midnight- ♣♣♣♣♣. I love the first story, The Langoriers. But I read the film was poorly made. The second story Secret Window, Secret Garden was made into a film as well starring Johnny Depp but I haven’t seen it yet.
P.S. The Shining was the first book I read. The last was It.
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The Langoliers is a great story. The film was okay, but films will almsot always fail to live up to a book, becasue your imagination is so much more powerful than a film-makers ability to portray it. Toomy knockers was made into a mini series I think, Ive heard its not good.
I think my favourite two King novels must be It and Tommyknockers. The Stand was a great TV Movie, pretty true to the book I think. Ive always wondered why Kings novels suffer less on the screen than Dean Koontz’s. I love Koonntzs books, but theres never been a successful film adaptation.
the best talga yan si stephen king… dami ko din nabasa na book nya…
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“As they say, first love never dies (lol).” sabi na nga ba e!
i like the Green Mile, too. I love the characters, the funny scenes, the drama. I like the book better.
nyay…I haven’t read any horror books yet and not kinda interested..I might be scared..wahahah… nyways, pwede bang hiramin sau yung Gone with the wind?
i’ll let you know kung tapos na si denn.