Re: Right watt ewe no

tphile <tphile@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> 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?

I've not seen The Mist, so I can't say how well the movie substitutes
for reading the original story.  However, the King story is a novella 
and anything but wordy and bloated.  I highly recommend reading it.

Tony