For myself, the only book of his I've really liked was his recent
non-fiction piece on writing in general. His talk at a recent NEAH awards
ceremony where he thoroughly blasted the literary establishment was also
quite good.

larry

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 10:33 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Kingdom Hospital
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> Hey was my fav growing up. Then I found HPL, and he is my all
> time fav. I still like Kings old stuff the best. It's easy to
> read and portrays the dank stinky underbelly of the world
> that interests me, with some supernatural stuff thrown in.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 10:31 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Kingdom Hospital
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> > >>I probably won't watch this one though because I don't
> like Stephen
> King's
> > work.
> >
> > Is that true for the books and the shows, or just the shows?
>
> All of them. I find the work hackneyed and trite. People keep
> saying to me, "but you have to read x." And I do and x is
> badly written, obvious, and boring. I enjoy bad books and
> movies occasionally, but I just haven't been able to like King.
>
> -Kevin
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