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[Snurreleif]

Fantasy is the genre that I read most of but crime novel and other novels (where do you place King, horror? Honestly I don't know)

 

You can't place King under one specific genre.

Horror is what he writes about the most indeed, however, I wouldn't put masterpieces like Shawshank Redemption, and The Green Mile beneath "Horror".

[Bear^]

I think I just have to agree with you there. You read "IT" and think you know where you have him and suddenly you stumble upon "The Dark Tower" and again you're confused where to place him. And I wouldn't call it horror what he writes in many of his books, he's playing with the thought of dimensions and other dimensions then this one but connected to this world in many ways. "The Dark Tower" is just like that.

 

A master writer I would say, his words have a way to play with your imagination in ways you didn't even know possible.

[Snurreleif]

And then you also have "THe Langoliers" or what it's called, I might've called it a "horror book" 4-5 years ago, but nowadays it strikes me like this.. odd thriller really.

 

I think King is the only writer who could write a book about an evil lamp, and still make me want to read it.

Dean Koontz is more the "wannabe".

 

 

Oh! And let's not forget the magnificent "Misery"!

"I'm your number one fan!".

Endret 2. februar 2009 av NiXx

[Bear^]

Yeah, but again it's typical King, playing with paralell worlds, the unseen and unknown. Rolands tour to the Dark Tower plays on that alot. Also "Secret window, secret guarden" is one of those "what the" novells King's famous for, you think you have it all sortet out and then you're smacked in the middle of the face with something, what to say, different. Depp made a good work on the adaptation of that novel.

 

I remember after I've read "IT", I had the stranges feeling some hand would grab my ass while taking a dump so I was on the constant edge while taking those royal dumps we all need. He's a master in playing with your mind.

 

I've not read "Misery" yet but I've seen the movie and even that's freaked out. But I will read the book one day when I get the time. Also, I've hear they're going to adapt "The Dark tower" but if it's a movie or a series much like "The shining" readaptation I don't know. He sold the rights for it to a close friend for $19

[Snurreleif]

Misery is just pure genius, nothing more to it.

Depps role in "Secret Window" is probably one of his most underrated, if not THE most underrated.

 

How King can play with "realistic" threats like crazy dogs in one novel, and then go to something completly different like an eeeeeevil Mangler in the next is almost as ridiculous as it's fascinating, the man truly knows how to try and release peoples fears and phobias.

For crying out loud, if I remember correctly, the man has written a novel about a boy who gets raped by a "secret agent typish" librarian for not delivering his books in time!

And then he has to fight that "demon" when he grows older and bladidaa etc.

 

Again, Misery, The Green Mile and Shawshank Redemption are the least likely books to be written by a man who writes about flying-ball-monsters, which again states why Stephen King "gets" to so many people, and can be used in pop-cultural references all those times, you simply CAN'T ignore King.

[Bear^]

"The library policemen" I think it was, a short story in the "4 past midnight" book where The Langoliers also was pictured.

 

King is and will be the King of writing

[Snurreleif]

Yeah that's where I have it from.

I think I was 11/12 when I read that book, I actually rented it from the Librarybus.

 

...The only book I delivered BEFORE the timelimit, go figure.

[Bear^]

What, you didn't want to get raped by a demon? Shish.

[Snurreleif]

Well, after being described in very very detailed.. details, how being raped by a Library demon's massive willy feels like, it doesn't really apply to me no, I can't say it does.

 

 

Allthough I'm pretty sure some female out there would love the idea, disturbingly enough.

 

 

I blame my lack of sleep for my writing errors.

Endret 2. februar 2009 av NiXx

[Bear^]

Details, yes, it's disturbing how King can paint a picture in your mind that doesn't go away just like that. It's been some time since I've read that story and I don't think I will either. And lets hope no one adapts it into a movie.

[Snurreleif]

It's probably deep down in some German porn-archive or something.

 

*shivers*

Endret 2. februar 2009 av NiXx

[2ball_]

haha^^ Just now I'm having some mixed feelings about ever reading this book.

 

aannyways, I'm currently reading "The Eye of the World", the first book in Robert Jordans massive series of books, called "The Wheel of Time". already I'm looking forward to what seems to be a couple of years of reading.

 

Other amasing books(sereis) I've read: "the bartimeus trilogy", "To Sift through Bitter Ashes"(The Grails Covenant) etc.

 

the best books I've read so far has to be Feist's amasing trilogy "The Riftwar Saga".

 

as the more perseptive of you may have realised I manly read fantasy books. I still want to recomand one of the few norwegian books I've read: "Naiv Super" by "Erlend Loe". A seemingly light read book wich might seem a bit strange, but if you take the time to desipher some of the text you'll find the almost all the "simple" sentenses has a hiddden meanig and that the book refelcts on some of the big questions of life and of humanity.

 

don't think about any spelling mistakes. At lest I didn't

[Bear^]

If you like fantasy I recommand that you read (if you haven't already) "The Belgariad" by David Eddings. It's composed of 5 books in total, not so big, but rich in details. He's not good at letting his main characters go (which is in my opinion an authors greates feat, to know when ones character has done its job) but despite that it's a good bookseries to read.

[Sovende Panda]

Hello.

I found this topic and thought I would 'drop by'. I really like to write in English so I hope this thread will help me improve my english even more

[Bear^]

Keep writing is my best advice, I'm trying as hard as possible to get the hang of this and I think I've gotten somewhere with it, though some might disagree with me

[2ball_]

Keep writing is my best advice, I'm trying as hard as possible to get the hang of this and I think I've gotten somewhere with it, though some might disagree with me

Well I think your doing quite nicely I don't even notis most of my writing errors until someone point them out for me. by then I'm wondering how the hell I managed to miss something like that i the first place..

 

edit: You have my suport on the advice you gave mutu, and I'll try to do the same myself. Through books, TV and computers my understanding of Enlish as well as the pronunciation of words has landed some what above average(In my on classroom at least). just in case you wondered neither of my parentes have the best understandig of English, but somehow both of my brothers and I have allways had good understanding for English..

 

I'll cut it short here for the same reason this probably ended up being a huge mess.. I've been without nicotine for several huors..

Endret 4. februar 2009 av 2ball(s)

[Sovende Panda]

I'll follow that advice, thank you.

I have got a lot of knowledge from playing games actually. I've been playing GTA San Andreas on a roleplay multiplayer server, quite fun actually. I want to join the police force on that server, but you have to use a microphone to join. I'm not sure if I feel comfortable enough to talk to strangers, especially in english, even though I feel pretty comfortable with my english level. Got any advices for that?

[Bear^]

Yeah, simple as with writing, jump with both your feets into it. You can't know if you're good in speaking it if you've never tried. The main part with learning any language is not being afraid of using it, even though you might make some mistakes.

 

I've heard loads of people on the World of Warcraft chat speak that speak like Peter Solberg. So just try it and see what comes out. You can also just walk around speaking English to yourself now and then, might help you. First time I spoke in English it was bad, very bad, but now I've had people from England wondering where in England I live or if my parents are from England. I work in a hotel by the way so I have to speak English many times. But I started where everyone else starts, on a bare ground.

 

So jump into it, try, fail and learn. Trial and error is the best way to learn as long as you learn from your errors

Endret 5. februar 2009 av Bear^

[2ball_]

most time it's not to important that you have the worlds best pronunciation. the important thing is that you can make your self understood and many times the best and easiest way of dooing that is if you have a good and wide vocabulary of words.

[Bear^]

Pronounciation is the key in most cases, what's the use of many words if you speak like Peter Solberg? "But but it isn't only only".

 

I think it's important to have both the knowledge of pronouncing the words as much as knowing what the word means. No use of words you don't know where to use and using them in the wrong way. Especialy since some words sound the same but have different meaning, like Where and Were or Which and Wich. They are more or less pronounced the same but has totaly different meanings.

Endret 9. februar 2009 av Bear^