Re: Right watt ewe no

On Feb 7, 7:33=A0pm, acwhe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Andrew Wheeler) wrote:
> tphile <tph...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > I am gonna have to wait for the movie then.
> > In spite of being a lifelong book reader I have a real problem with
> > Kings
> > I had read some of his earlier works but Tommyknockers just ended it
> > for me
> > and I haven't been able to get thru another King story since. =A0For
me
> > taking ten
> > pages to describe what other great writers could write in 10
> > paragraphs is not good
> > storytelling. =A0Its like trying to run thru mud.
> > I even started Gunslinger about a dozen times over the years but just
> > lost interest
> > I suppose thats happened to most everyone here at some point with some
> > book or author
>
> I haven't read King myself in years, so I'm not urging you to run right
> out and grab everything you missed, but _Tommyknockers_ is generally
> considered his worst book, and even King himself doesn't remember
> writing it. (That was during the coke years.)
>
> It's also a good twenty years ago now; he's had as much (or more) of a
> career *since* _Tommyknockers_ that he did before it.
>
> I'm not sure if you've tried to read anything he's written more recently
> -- if so, then he's clearly not for you. But I don't think anyone
> considers _Tommyknockers_ typical.
>
> (For myself, it was _It_ that knocked me off the King habit.)
>
> --
> Andrew Wheeler
> remembering the day

Yes of course YMMV and to each their own.
My problem with King is that reading his books can feel like speeding
on the highway but in first gear, against a strong headwind and
feeling impatient
getting to your goal.  The horror genre doesn't interest me much
either.
He writes like he gets paid by the word so he shovels it at you by the
truckload.
The same is true for me with Piers Anthony and Xanth.
I like quality words more than quantity.
Writers that can make few words say volumes and fire the imagination.
Roger Zelazny is a prime example. A true artist with words and
colorful imagery
Alan Moore who could make a single word or two unforgettable and chill
and thrill.
"Burn",   "Yesterday"   "Killing Time"    just to name a few.
I bet that even if you haven't read him in years you know what stories
I am referring too.
So unless King wrote something that has to go on the "Must read before
you die" list.
I can move on to other writers or books.  There is plenty out there
that will take several
lifetimes to read.  We have no choice but to be selective.
and with King, the movies are usually better than the novels, and
faster
I recently seen The Mist, do I still need to read the book?

tphile