Am I the only one to have the sudden urge to put at least one Stephen King book in the display?
It's because of Gerald's Game, isn't it?
Submitted 10 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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istdaslol@feddit.org 10 months ago
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Put a book written under his pen name on there…
OpenStars@piefed.social 10 months ago
Don't put "it" there...
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 10 months ago
The Terror is marvelous. If you’re thinking of buying Paul Tremblay’s shirt story collection, don’t. It’s dire from start to finish, full of half-thought stories and stories that seem to have no point.
leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
+1 for The Terror. That and Carrion Comfort are my two favourite Dan Simmons novels.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
full of half-thought stories and stories that seem to have no point.
Ugh, so many short story collections are like that. It’s such a nice surprise when can find a good author of short stories because I like them more than novels.
generic_computers@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
What about Dean Koontz?
RubberDuck@lemmy.world 10 months ago
vk6flab@lemmy.radio 10 months ago
So, if the author is prominently featured on the cover of a book, how hard is it to not pickup or buy a book by an author you don’t care for?
I mean, you have to at least be able to read before there’s any point in buying a book, unless you need toilet paper in a compact portable form and then the author really doesn’t matter…
Anyone?
li10@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Stephen King has written a lot of books, and a lot of shops promote those books far more than others.
This is just a nice way to give other authors a bit of promotion, I think even Stephen King himself wouldn’t be opposed to this.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I don’t think you’re a good fit for a bookstore manager.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yeah, let’s move on and interview the next candidate.
Aeao@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Is that you Stephen?
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The reason there were so many movies based on Stephen King works for so long is both because he has a large catalogue and because up until the last couple of years if you met certain criteria you could license a bunch of his stuff for $1. He had a whole program set up for it that only ended because the woman who was in charge of it since the very beginning finally retired.
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
What, no Дми́трий Глухо́вский?! Metro rules.
Aermis@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yeah metro is good. My name is Artem so when I listened to the audio book it felt like I was reading a dream.
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Fuuuuuck that dream! Lol the rats, shudder.
SlapnutsGT@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Nick Cutter is awesome, especially if you’re into body horror …. I highly recommend The Breach
2ugly2live@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Better or worse than The Troop?
BCOVertigo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I saw Nick Cutter and wanted to ask this as well. The Troop was such a fantastic book with vile description and really left an inpression on me. Fuck you Shelley.
2ugly2live@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The Only Good Indians is a fun read.
I’m gonna have to read The Terror because the show was 🤌🏾
Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I just read I was a Teenage Slasher, which was super fun. Gonna look into The Terror now!
theangryseal@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Damn, his kid is a writer too?
2ugly2live@lemmy.world 10 months ago
He is! He goes under Joe Hill so people don’t know, but I think he’s great. The Heart Shaped Box was my first book with him and I found it a lot of fun! NOS4A2 is my overall favorite, but it’s a long one, so I always recommend the shorter one first.
GeminiFrenchFry@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Joe and Owen both write
Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I’m not seeing The Girl With All The Gifts there!
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’ve always preferred Geri’s Game anyway
undercrust@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Stephen Graham Jones’ The Only Good Indians was wonderful, and Augusta Bazterrica’s Tender is the Flesh was dystopian nightmare fuel. Both absolutely excellent books.
owsei@programming.dev 10 months ago
HOUSE OF LEEEEEEAAAVEEESSSS
wisemanzero@lemm.ee 10 months ago
So… Richard Bachman?