Nicola Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 By the sounds of it, i wouldn't give your mum a book like The Road or The Shining, perhaps a nice cup of tea and a copy of the crossword is more appropriate! I think even crossword books could be too risky....you just never know what words could pop up! Bless her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenKingman Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 I think even crossword books could be too risky....you just never know what words could pop up! Bless her Ah well, its good to have a bit of variety and i guess a huge number of older, and maybe a few younger people, lap up the harmless, sunday afternoon-type books where nobody ever swears and people live like the 1940s where conforming to social and societal graces is the norm! Not for me though, i would consider watching an episode of Heartbeat or Wild at Heart absolute torture. Give me blood guts and sex right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie2008 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 I think I need to start reading some scary books just to see if I can't sleep afterwards. Like I said, I've never read a book that's kept me awake. Maybe Stephen King is a good place to start then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenKingman Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 I think I need to start reading some scary books just to see if I can't sleep afterwards. Like I said, I've never read a book that's kept me awake. Maybe Stephen King is a good place to start then A very good place, i think. Its all personal though, you may not find scary what others do. But im sure King will rob you of a few hours sleep at some point if you pick the right book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Give me blood guts and sex right now. In that order! I think I need to start reading some scary books just to see if I can't sleep afterwards. Like I said, I've never read a book that's kept me awake. Maybe Stephen King is a good place to start then I feel an addition to my Facebook quotes coming along! I really enjoyed Misery Stephanie and would recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie2008 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Well I read Carrie and wasn't keen, and tried Misery earlier this year and really couldn't get into it. To be honest, the only Stephen King book I loved (and it's my favourite book) is Green Mile. Maybe I need to branch away from the "movie" books and try something like Cell. Not the Facebook quotes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenKingman Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Well I read Carrie and wasn't keen, and tried Misery earlier this year and really couldn't get into it. To be honest, the only Stephen King book I loved (and it's my favourite book) is Green Mile. Maybe I need to branch away from the "movie" books and try something like Cell. Not the Facebook quotes Well, King also wrote a few short story books like 'Just After Sunset' and 'Nightmares and Dreamscapes' which contain about a dozen short stories each, some of which are very well written and deal with themes like loneliness, death, abduction, monsters and the occult and at least you dont have to dedicate your time to an entire novel, its like bite sized chunks of fear! If you want to move away from his famous movie books, maybe try books like The Girl who loved Tom Gordon ( a simple premise of a girl lost in the woods, and not too long either) or the underrated Rose Madder (but that does have elements of sci-fi to it), or maybe read the stories behind some of his fanous non-horror movies. Stand by Me and Apt Pupil were both based on novellas written by King called Apt Pupil and The Body, respectively. Brad Renfro is very well cast in the movie of Apt Pupil, shame we lost him through a drug overdoes a few years back. And of course King's short story Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption has spawned possibly the greatest movie ever made, and all three novellas are compiled together in his book Different Seasons, along with a fourth story but that was quite weak. I agree with you about The Green Mile as well, fantastic book and movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runner Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 speaking of Stephen King a book not often mentioned by him is "on writing" which is really an auto bio....short and snappy read and described as a fondly sardonic autobiography and a tough-love lesson for aspiring novelists I read in one sitting and good to see how he started on the road to success Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenKingman Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 speaking of Stephen King a book not often mentioned by him is "on writing" which is really an auto bio....short and snappy read and described as a fondly sardonic autobiography and a tough-love lesson for aspiring novelistsI read in one sitting and good to see how he started on the road to success Yes, 'On Writing' i an interesting book and gives fans a glimpse of the real man behind the books. Another very worthwhile purchase is 1982's Danse Macabre, in which King discusses the various different types of horror movies and writers, analyses his own books and movies and ponders on what actually makes a tale scary and suspenseful. He also muses on the power of cinema and the desires of modern audiences. Seeing as horror had undergone such a dramatic shift in the pasr two decades, from slasher movies to Japanese revivals, torture porn and low budget affairs, i would love to hear King's views on these, so maybe an update should be in the pipeline! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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