(The Gunslinger: The Dark Tower I) I normally try to title the post with a less notable quote, but really, how can you not quote that first line? I will admit, I had trouble getting into this book the first time I read it. I actually came to The Dark Tower series through Wizard and … Continue reading The Man in Black Fled Across the Desert, and The Gunslinger Followed
(The Running Man) The movies based on the books aren’t a big part of this blog currently, because I’m trying to re-read the books, that’s what I’m concerned with, and in so many cases, the movies based on King’s book’s are practically different entities. So I’m mentioning them when I remember anything about them, but … Continue reading Say Your Name Over Two Hundred Times and Discover You Are No One
(Cujo) If I remember my Stephen King lore correctly, this is the book that he wrote while he was so in the grip of his addictions than he doesn’t remember writing it. If that’s true, it’s a real shame. It’s another one that is high on my list of personal favorites. It’s a terrifying book. … Continue reading The World Was Full of Monsters, and They Were Allowed to Bite the Innocent and Unwary
(Danse Macabre) Most of these books are a revisiting for me. I’ve read a huge portion — probably 90+% of King’s library, some of them many, many times. There are only a few that I’m positive that I’ve never picked up before this journey through his works in chronological order. But we’ve arrived at one … Continue reading Death in Horror Movies is When the Monsters Get You
(Roadwork) To give you a sense of time, I’ve reached the book that I was reading when I started writing these. It didn’t take me long to write all of these. I will finish the book today, and this post, too, I suppose. I haven’t put any of them on a blog yet, but I’m … Continue reading You Can’t Always Understand Something Just Because You Did It
(Firestarter) Well, we’re almost up to where I’m at in the re-read – I’m currently still reading Roadwork, which comes after this in the list I’m working off of. Which means I have to decide pretty soon if I’m just writing to myself in a Word Doc, or whether I’m going to publish this and … Continue reading The Brain is a Muscle That Can Move the World
(The Dead Zone) Man, The Dead Zone is such a good book. I’d kind of forgotten. I’ve read it before, at least once and probably more. But not in years. So I remembered it, but it’s from the same time period as some of the big, long, better known King novels – think The Shining … Continue reading Some Things Were Better Lost Than Found
(The Long Walk) The Long Walk appears in The Bachman Books, and if I remember correctly, it came after Rage in the original collection – at least the one that I owned. The Long Walk is a fantastic book, and one that I’d like to see on screen. Except, I’d imagine that it would be … Continue reading Any Game Looks Straight If Everyone is Being Cheated at Once
Uniquely Portable Magic 