I know we’re a week beyond Halloween, but I find myself thinking about Stephen King more and more—and the “horror” genre as a whole. Outside of his books and stories—which are as compulsively readable as any author I’ve ever read—I deeply admire King so much for his workman-like approach to writing and how seriously he takes his craft (without taking
I’m one of those people who doesn’t like reading horror, but I agree that King is by no means your average horror writer; and there’s no many of his books which don’t fit comfortably into that category anyway. Although I feel that I’ve read a lot of Stephen King’s books, nevertheless I’ve only read a fraction of his output, so your journey through his whole list will be interesting to follow. I liked Misery a great deal, and the Bill Hodges trilogy (tetralogy if you include The Outsider). The Stand was great, though I don’t think I could face re-reading it in these COVID times.
Ted Dekker, Frank Peretti
I’m one of those people who doesn’t like reading horror, but I agree that King is by no means your average horror writer; and there’s no many of his books which don’t fit comfortably into that category anyway. Although I feel that I’ve read a lot of Stephen King’s books, nevertheless I’ve only read a fraction of his output, so your journey through his whole list will be interesting to follow. I liked Misery a great deal, and the Bill Hodges trilogy (tetralogy if you include The Outsider). The Stand was great, though I don’t think I could face re-reading it in these COVID times.
Yea I'll definitely be excited to get into crime phase of the last decade or so. Looking forward to Dark Tower too.
“so many” not “no many”!