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 5 weeks ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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istdaslol@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Put a book written under his pen name on there…
OpenStars@piefed.social 5 weeks ago
Don't put "it" there...
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 5 weeks 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 5 weeks ago
+1 for The Terror. That and Carrion Comfort are my two favourite Dan Simmons novels.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 weeks 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 5 weeks ago
What about Dean Koontz?
RubberDuck@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
vk6flab@lemmy.radio 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks ago
I don’t think you’re a good fit for a bookstore manager.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yeah, let’s move on and interview the next candidate.
Aeao@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Is that you Stephen?
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 5 weeks 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 5 weeks ago
What, no Дми́трий Глухо́вский?! Metro rules.
Aermis@lemmy.world 5 weeks 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 5 weeks ago
Fuuuuuck that dream! Lol the rats, shudder.
SlapnutsGT@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Nick Cutter is awesome, especially if you’re into body horror …. I highly recommend The Breach
2ugly2live@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Better or worse than The Troop?
BCOVertigo@lemmy.world 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks ago
I just read I was a Teenage Slasher, which was super fun. Gonna look into The Terror now!
theangryseal@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Damn, his kid is a writer too?
2ugly2live@lemmy.world 5 weeks 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 5 weeks ago
Joe and Owen both write
Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I’m not seeing The Girl With All The Gifts there!
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I’ve always preferred Geri’s Game anyway
undercrust@lemmy.ca 5 weeks 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 4 weeks ago
HOUSE OF LEEEEEEAAAVEEESSSS
wisemanzero@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
So… Richard Bachman?