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Does anyone want to join me on a trip through King?

post #1 of 18
6/9/02 at 3:03pm
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And hold one another accountable? And comment?

I'm staring at my bookshelf, and realizing that there are a great many number of his books I've only read once (and a few I still haven't read...) and want to start at the beginning.

Anyone interested in a book club, of sorts, to read King?

Starting, of course, with Carrie?
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post #2 of 18
6/9/02 at 3:09pm
Carrie is ass, but there's a lot of his stuff I still have to read--like the Dark Tower series. As he is the greatest current living american storyteller, I'm in.

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post #3 of 18
6/9/02 at 4:01pm
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I don't think that Carrie is ass, specifically when compared against some of King's later, non-coked induced writings...

But, let's go with it!

Let's say, "20-pages of Carrie by tomorrow." Plenty of people will look at CHUD BBS by then, and maybe some will pick up ...

I look forward to discussing the works of King with you all. Hopefully, this wont' die a death of thousands by the time we get 100-pages in, like many other of the CHUD book club threads.

Does anyone read anymore?
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post #4 of 18
6/9/02 at 8:25pm
Blo, I love Carrie, but I have read it sooo many times. It's one of those books you can always find in a bookstore or library if you are stranded with nothing to read. I'm game, but maybe on the next book. Since I haven't read the Dark Tower series, I'll go mano a mano with you on those when you get to them.
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post #5 of 18
6/9/02 at 10:00pm
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Blofeld:
... King's later, non-coked induced writings ...
I love it when Blo jokes about coke.
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post #6 of 18
6/9/02 at 11:40pm
I'm almost finished with Summer of Night. i would be up for a club on that. About 70 pages left and it is rocking my house.
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post #7 of 18
6/10/02 at 1:13pm
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RathBandu:
As the greatest current living american storyteller, I'm in.
So, what, is that to say you're John Updike or somethin'?
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post #8 of 18
6/10/02 at 5:19pm
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Englebert:
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RathBandu:
As the greatest current living american storyteller, I'm in.
So, what, is that to say you're John Updike or somethin'?
No, I'm stephen king, silly.

Seriously, I read the first 20 pages of Carrie. I didn't like it. The epistolary novel crap just doesn't work.
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post #9 of 18
6/10/02 at 5:22pm
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Yes, Carrie is a bit clumsy from the standpoint of narrative structure, but there is no denying the raw power of King's storytelling. He understands "outcast" and where the true monsters are ...

This easily could've been a cheap pot-boiler. Instead, it is a very interesting character study. Don't you think?
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post #10 of 18
6/10/02 at 5:36pm
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No. It's news articles, phsychological treatises, and straight narrative third-person. Actually, as I recall, like King does often -- see Christine, the viewpoint shifts a few times to fit the needs of the tale.
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post #11 of 18
6/10/02 at 7:10pm
I'd love to do this, but don't have enough time to read an actual novel anymore. I will add that my favorite Kind short story ever is The Night Flier and it's sequel (prequel?).

Oh, and Adam Warren has a cool e-mail address.
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post #12 of 18
6/11/02 at 4:41pm
Totally up for this, my bro's girlfriend is a complete King freak, has every book in hardback (save for Green Mile). So I'm in.
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post #13 of 18
6/11/02 at 4:46pm
I fucking hate Carrie White. She's a whiny bitch. Now I'm reminded why I don't like this book. She took the easy way out. She killed everybody. What a fuckin' pussy.

She's no better than these fuckin' kids who shoot up schools.
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post #14 of 18
6/11/02 at 5:25pm
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I disagree, Rath. Carrie is not the monster of this story.
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post #15 of 18
6/12/02 at 3:55am
Rath, c'mon, think about it, basically everyone treated her like shit. Her peers called her names all the time and played a cruel pranks on her. On top of that she has a psycho fundementalist for a mother.

How is she not suppose to be a little cranky after putting up with all of that BS?
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post #16 of 18
6/12/02 at 1:09pm
Never read Carrie, so I cant comment....but started reading The Gunslinger last nite....why oh why have I waited this long to read this book...if this is the worst of the series, then I cant wait for the rest.
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post #17 of 18
6/12/02 at 1:17pm
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Yep, it's the worst of the four...

Of course, keep in mind that it was originally published as 5 (?) short-stories in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. It doesn't "hold together" too well as a novel ... but it wasn't written as one.

It sets the stage, and introduces the characters.

Drawing of the Three is my favorite.

Enjoy!
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post #18 of 18
6/12/02 at 1:26pm
I haven't read Carrie either, but having seen the film I can unequivocally state that, at least by the film's end, Carrie most certainly is a monster, however pitiful her initial plight may have seemed.
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