Me too! Which is why I bombed on the movie. There's no way a movie can include King's verbose prose into why and how "Duddits" can leave his body and communicate in a whole different dimension. I'm not sure if King was alluding to Astral Projection or if Duddits was just a mutant.
Yes, Pet Semetary was another one I've read just like you. For me it was the overall writing, especially the way King would delve into the actual psyche of the characters, especially the father after all the weird tragedies to befall him and his family. The gradual breakdown of his sanity coupled with him doing things he never thought he'd be doing makes for a compelling read. So, yeah, Pet Semetary a great read for anyone who who loves ordinary people in extraordinary situations.
OMG!!! The theme with the bottleneck guitar just haunted me 3 weeks after I first watched Sleep Walkers. Madchen Amick was sooo young, so was Brian Krause. I still to this day cannot watch when the black cop gets stabbed in the ear with a colored pencil. I loved his cat. Great movie pick, Dove, God I forgot about Sleep Walkers. Good movie. Love the premise and cast. A must see if someone hasn't seen it.
I have found Dean Koontz and John Saul to be very capable authors. Their creativity is on par with King, without the emphasis on non-tangible things like the protagonist's psyche or/and phobias and/or hidden kinks. The closest author I can compare them to that you may have read is probably Michael Crichton, minus the technical writing style along with the science behind the story.
It was just so bad. Very few of Kings ever translate well into film. Dream Catchers was a huge let down. So much was left out. God i read that back in like....i wanna say 1999 or 2000. Had to be at least 20 years ago. I dont even remember the story very well. I remember the shit weasles. The moldy stuff and the astro projection and how the main character kept having flash backs to his childhood.
I thought Pet Semetary was fantastic in film. BUT the book always give more. You could still experience Louis Creeds descent and kinda pick up enough about the curse on the land. I know when i revisited the story as a parent it really gutted me in a way it didnt the first time. The scariest part of the movie BEFORE becoming a parent was always Zelda. After becoming a parent its a whole new horror story.
Delores Claiborne did good on film. And Green Mile is one of the FEW movies that made me ugly cry.
Sleep Walkers was great. Ill always love Kings love of cats and how he includes them and the context he includes them in. How he writes them as misunderstood heros.
He definately is creative with story lines but i notice a tendency with him to write the same character over over. When he writes a female character, shes pretty much the man from the other story. I dont know maybe thats just me who thinks that.
I actually watched a more "recent" movie of his called 1921 and it was not bad. It was gritty and creepy and much more in line with his older style of story telling. I wanted to order the book and read it but i just dont have the time or the mental capacity to knock out books like i used to. Id like to though.
I have read some Dean Koontz. I have not even heard of Micheal Crichton. Im probably gonna check him out right now.
Just earlier today my man and i were discussing those old teen/young adult authors everyone our aged loved back in the day. R.L. Stein and my favorite was Christopher Pike. I used to have A LOT of his books and i would honestly love to have that whole collection. Just to have it. Save it for Squish when she gets older so she can enjoy them.
Dont laugh at me but i bought the whole Anne of Green Gables series years ago because i loved them as a kid and wanted my daughters to love them. So far they have. Now the series waits Squish to get into them ♡
I WANTED so bad to love Clive Barker. I still have Imagica (?). A really good friend of mine loved that author and gave me that book as a gift and i love her so much, i try so hard but i just cannot read that damn book. I cant even put my finger what makes it such a rough read for me. My brain just leaves. I wasnt feeling Hell Raiser either. Galilee was....eh. I try hard with him...every few years ill try with that book lol. My friend loves that shit though and she loves dicussing it even more lol.
