(September 2, 2015 at 10:01 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote:Oh dear. That sounds like part of the Dark Tower/Gunslinger series. I tried to read a couple of those and found them unreadable.(September 2, 2015 at 8:53 pm)Thena323 Wrote: What did you read by Stephen King? He's got an a pretty extensive body of work. I would agree that some of more recent stuff is pretty cruddy....they can't all be hits! He's still one of my favorite writers. The guy is a master when it comes to short fiction, in my opinion anyway.
Stephen King offers a great deal of insight into what makes a good writer in Stephen King On Writing.
I don’t remember the title off the top of my head. It was a novel that opens with this guy tracking another guy. After several scenes King still had not gotten around to telling me why he was tracking the other guy. He enters a town and kills everybody after the spiritual woman accuses him of killing the Crimson King. There was a lot of violence and bloodshed but I never knew why things were happening. Never knew why the main character’s goal was. He was just there.
If you give me some recommendations, I’ll give King another shot.
My favorite King novel is It. IMO, that novel really exhibits his niche for character development. He also manages to transition back and forth, from past to present in It flawlessly. It is a brilliantly written novel, quite possibly one of the best I've ever read.
If you're looking to read a short story, he has written several collections. Nightshift is good, and includes Children of the Corn.
Or you could try 2010's Full Dark, No Stars if you enjoy reading novellas.
