What does /lit/ think about Stephen King?
>>25122718His writing turned to shit the moment he got a computer and stopped using a typewriter
>>25122718I think the same thing about his writing as I do about his claim of being 6'4".
>>25122718Ayuh, he's a fine example of Americana. Don't nobody else got the balls to say nigger several times a book for no good reason. Speaks to me and my chambray shirts, he does. Ayuh, s'good author.
>>25122718Hes been alive for far too long
I'm not afraid to admit that I love the Dark Tower
>>25122753what was his first computer book?
>>25122718He unironically could have had his place in the horror canon if he had just stuck to less than 12 novels and a handful of short story collections. Instead he decided to completely ruin any goodwill readers may have had for him in the future by writing endless slop. Say what you will about his actual writing, but Misery, Salem's Lot, Pet Sematary, The Shining (obviously outshined by the Kubrick movie), The Stand, The Body (also outshined by the movie), IT, Carrie, his first few short story collections, and maybe the Dark Tower books (haven't read them) are the only important books King has ever written. If he had just kept it to those and a few others, he would probably be remembered well in history. But future generations (if they're still literate, that is) will be able to see through this slop for what it is. They will refer to Stephen King as a writer who has no creative intergrity, and he will be a laughing stock, comprable to a real life Garth Marenghi. Which is ironic, as his contemporary, Frank Herbert, who burned out far faster than King, was one of the main inspirations for Garth Marenghi.
>>25122718Pre or post brain rearrangement?
>>25123375It must be THE TOMMY KNOCKERS because that shit reads like it was written on a computer.
>>25122753So when he stopped using cocaine
>>25122718Got no bad feelings toward him. Don't like most of his books (love Dreamcatchers, though), but I recognize that he has a gift for writing really greasy people. Every time I've opened a book of his, there's a character that just makes me uncomfortable. Sometimes even the main character, that doesn't actually DO anything wrong, they just have that aura of someone morally gross. It's really impressive, and I have to respect him for that.
>>25123418>He unironically could have had his place in the horror canonhe does
>>25122718I know being a contrarian is popular around here, but I unironically like most of his books. Didn't care for the night flier though, and I think the Stand was longer than it needed to be. But other than that, I think his writing is mostly solid. I enjoyed Insomnia very much when I read it as a teen.
>>25122718I think he’s very good at his job.
>>25123438How can you tell?
>>25122791Kek
>>25122718>WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS >WORDS WORDS WORDS >DEUS EX MACHINA>BUY 50 MORE OF MY BOOKSHe's a hack.
>>25124316I can tell from some of the pixels and from having read quite a lot of books written on a computer in my time.
Word processor diarrhea.
>>25122718Writes by the poundCan't publish anything without extensive editing because he has no real storytelling abilityLooks like the biggest pedo ever
>>25122718Now I've seen the slop on his shelves, his books make a lot more sense
>>25126177I like how his personal library of garbage is basically a cuckshed in a closet on his house
>>25122718glad to see he's an R. L. Stein fan
>>25122718I love this cantankerous old Democrat like none other, and I've only read a small handful of his books.
