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nuclearshill gau/cho  1yr ago (text post) 595 thread views #164727

What are you guys reading this week? :marseyreading:

So, I started reading Moby Peepee, and I didn’t expect this book would be so funny. I’m currently on chapter 13, and up to this point Ishmael and Queequeg had so many “no homo” moments. Can’t wait for the Captain Ahab chapters.

I’ve also finished “It” by Stephen King. It was my first King book, and god, I didn’t expected for it to be 50% filler, so many pointless :marseylongpost2: and endless backstories of side characters that never show up again, plus the creepy child gangbang :marseypedo: near the end had some “50 shades of Grey” tier writing. A friend of mine recommended me “The Shining” but l’m not quite sure anymore.

What do you guys recommend?

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Stephen King writes shit novels. He always adds nonsensical mystic elements (good authors do this, but he does it poorly) and gives his characters "realistic thoughts" (SEXSEXSEX).

Try JG Ballard's short stories? Or Stephen King's short stories, which are better than his novels.

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+1 for King's short stories & novellas. They're much less plagued by his problems with over-writing and inability to come up with a decent ending.

The Mist

The Jaunt

The Long Walk

The Running Man

Hearts in Atlantis

All pretty good.

As for his novels, I think the first 9/10ths of Duma Key is great. I also liked the Dark Tower books, even though that series has some pretty glaring faults

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They're much less plagued by his problems with over-writing and inability to come up with a decent ending.

The Mist

Even the movie adaptation had a better ending

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Direct quote from Stephen King:

When Frank [Darabont] was interested in The Mist, one of the things that he insisted on was that it would have some kind of an ending, which the story doesn't have -- it just sort of peters off into nothing, where these people are stuck in the mist, and they're out of gas, and the monsters are around, and you don't know what's going to happen next. When Frank said that he wanted to do the ending that he was going to do, I was totally down with that. I thought that was terrific.

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I remember seeing an /r/books thread where redditors unironically bragged about how realistic, normal and relatable King’s characters are

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