Source: "Carrie" stars recommend films and TV shows to Carrie White - Film Geek Guy

Halfway through I thought "since Flanagan never misses, he should adapt The Shining next."

Now I just picture Katie Segel's character showing up to the overlook with a hair dryer and thawing out Jack Torrance to recruit him.

I so wish they didn't hijack Carrie at the conclusion. Im genuinely baffled at the lack of disappointment from fans. I enjoyed ALL season but this finale.

I was actually excited with just about every liberty, even the institute-like accomplices, but Carrie's pseudo-possession, Chris's last minute apology, Margaret White SURVIVING the house collapse? C'mon yall. It all feels so "second season incoming" and that undermines the entire point of what Carrie is. I feel as pissed as at the end of Halloween 2018 when Laurie leaves Michael to burn lol.

In defense of the show its my mistake for thinking it was a limited series, but man. Narrative suffering for the sake of longevity. Its unfortunate.

So thanks for letting me vent I guess. Im going to start the Dark Tower audiobooks now because I was saving them for later in life but now scared shitless so gonna knock them out.

Can I just say that this brings me so much joy?

It’s wonderful how the older generation supports the new one in this way 🥲

Literally just finished The Shining a few minutes ago as of writing this.

Should I jump straight into Doctor Sleep?
OR
Are there other books that connect directly with DS and TS that I need to read first?

Also The Shining is not scary at all. Why do people keep saying it’s scary? I’ve never been scared of a book ever. I felt more intrigued like I was Jacky T trying to piece together the mysteries of the Overlook.

Was a little slow for me at first but picked up nicely. Happy to have read and finished it.

i’ve always wanted to challenge myself to read every king book, and i think i made a pretty sick layout to really dive into his world and get the fullest effect. would love if anyone joined! who knows if this will be feasible but audible will be my best friend next year 😂

I’ve been detouring my King binge to read this book that’s been on my shelf for years; it’s an experimental novel about a found manuscript about a house, littered in footnotes and “sources” — this particular chapter about a labyrinth, so of course the text on the page becomes a maze of a labyrinth itself — and was delighted through my tedious page flipping to find a King story mentioned. The Shining also got a mention in another similar footnote.

I confess that I’ve never been much of a book fan, but when I finished Blood Meridian, it reminded me of It, I bought the book because reading a PDF while listening to the audiobook strains my eyes

I’m on chapter 8, and I never imagined I’d feel such discomfort and tension regarding Pennywise he’s given me the creeps on a few pages. I’ve also really enjoyed the interaction between Beverly and Richie,And I also feel like I’m in the town of Derry; I know I should have read other books before IT to get to know King’s universe, but IT has been really good so far.

I found the beginning a bit slow, but once I got further in, I couldn't stop reading. Because of this book, I ended up buying The Shining (I’m trying to contain my excitement about starting it)

Gawddammit Campion!

It was before every option at Barnes and Noble was either a larger paperback for $10+ OR a trade paperback that’s $20+

But mainly because these were the books being printed and sold when I fell in love with reading. Hoping to have a copy of each of them someday

This is about my 10th Stephen King book read with my eyeballs, and I was a little worried that knowing the story and having seen the movies and TV adaptations would negatively affect the experience. Happy to report that couldn’t have been further from the truth. This might have taken over the top spot as my favorite book I’ve ever read.

My experience with this one has been a little unique. I’m 36, so I’m right around the age of the older Losers. I have three sons, two of whom are 10 and 12, and my wife and I have recently decided to give them a little more freedom. For now, that freedom has come in the form of letting them explore our neighborhood on their bikes. It’s bittersweet to watch those 2 little losers ride away.

Something about reading this book this fall, with my kids at these ages and myself right around the age of the adult Losers, has made this experience extra special. It’s hard to explain, but I have a feeling this sub will understand exactly what I mean.

In his recent Locus interview, King said:

I'm working on something now that's called 1968. 1968 is something that I wrote, originally, in 1968, when I was 20 years old. I had just broken up with a girl and it was a place to go, a make-believe place where I could retreat from my pain. Nobody feels emotional pain like a 20-year-old - except maybe a 15-year-old! So, I wrote this long book, and I thought, 'This is not a very good book,' and I never looked at it again. Then, when I finally did, I decided, 'Yeah, it's okay. Maybe I can do something with it.' I might, and I might not. I'm trying!

Comparing this with what King wrote in On Writing about his early unpublished novel Sword in the Darkness, I wonder if 1968 could actually be a version of that manuscript.

What do you think? Could these be the same book?

I really loved The Langoliers!

Edit: fuck it I’m buying all the collections

Okay guys, I have Night Shift, Skeleton Crew, Different Seasons,Everything’s Eventual, Four Past Midnight, Just After Sunset, and You Like It Darker in my basket. (Im buying them used). Any other ones I need to add?

Edit #2: I absolutely love that everyone has a different answer!

Last week, I finished Other Worlds Than These, officially bringing my journey through Stephen King’s bibliography to a close. I also wanted to share a photo of my bookshelf because, honestly, it means a lot more to me now than it did a few months ago.

Our house flooded over the summer, and miraculously, my entire book collection survived. After months of repairs, living in hotels and an Airbnb with a little one and another baby on the way, we’re finally getting our home back together. Yesterday, I was finally able to put my entire King collection back on the shelf, and seeing it all together again just makes me incredibly happy. Bonus painting that one of my students did for me; still looking for a good spot to put it.

Anyway, I figured this would also be a good opportunity to share my personal ranking of King’s works. I know there are some controversial placements in here.

Be nice, please!

1. IT
   
2. The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
   
3. The Stand
   
4. 11/22/63
   
5. Misery
   
6. The Shining
   
7. Pet Sematary
   
8. The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
   
9. The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
   
10. ‘Salem’s Lot
    
11. The Green Mile
    
12. Different Seasons
    
13. Needful Things
    
14. Joyland
    
15. Under the Dome
    
16. The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
    
17. The Dead Zone
    
18. The Long Walk
    
19. Revival
    
20. Insomnia
    
21. You Like It Darker
    
22. The Wind Through the Keyhole
    
23. The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
    
24. The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
    
25. Dolores Claiborne
    
26. Full Dark, No Stars
    
27. Cujo
    
28. Gerald’s Game
    
29. Billy Summers
    
30. Black House
    
31. Hearts in Atlantis
    
32. If It Bleeds
    
33. Finders Keepers
    
34. Everything’s Eventual
    
35. Christine
    
36. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
    
37. Bag of Bones
    
38. Duma Key
    
39. Other Worlds Than These
    
40. Desperation
    
41. Danse Macabre
    
42. Later
    
43. The Outsider
    
44. The Institute
    
45. Blaze
    
46. The Dark Half
    
47. Doctor Sleep
    
48. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
    
49. Mr. Mercedes
    
50. From a Buick 8
    
51. Nightmares & Dreamscapes
    
52. Skeleton Crew
    
53. Night Shift
    
54. The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger
    
55. The Colorado Kid
    
56. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
    
57. Gwendy’s Final Task
    
58. Just After Sunset
    
59. Gwendy’s Button Box
    
60. Thinner
    
61. Holly
    
62. End of Watch
    
63. Lisey’s Story
    
64. Dreamcatcher
    
65. Cycle of the Werewolf
    
66. Carrie
    
67. Faithful
    
68. The Eyes of the Dragon
    
69. Rose Madder
    
70. Four Past Midnight
    
71. The Talisman
    
72. The Running Man
    
73. Firestarter
    
74. The Tommyknockers
    
75. The Regulators
    
76. Roadwork
    
77. Elevation
    
78. Fairy Tale
    
79. Never Flinch
    
80. Sleeping Beauties
    
81. Cell
    
82. Rage

I’d love to hear which of my rankings you agree with and which ones you think are about right.

And you were all absolutely right, I loved it!
I was still annoyed at the discrepancies because I'm weird like that, but it was an amazing movie with immense actors.
Is Dolores Claiborne as good as Misery?

Hey yall! Hope everyone's day is going well! These polls are daily please feel free to post any covers I missed. When we have gone through individual books we are gonna do a big bracket or tier list to determine the best book cover overall. We are going in release order or close to it. Hope you all have fun :)

Just got the last bits done to our campervan conversion. My wife and I were trying to give it a name, and she loves tortoises and turtles.

Well, we realised that turtles and tortoises can stop and hide in their shells wherever they like, kinda like a campervan....so we went for the tortoise idea...

Then I remembered the D.T segment about the scrimshaw turtle, and well, we were in Sweeden when we where thinking of the name, and I explained to my wife about the "Skölpadda", and she loved the name!

So here is our van! Our Skolpadda!

Hope this is ok to post and any other S.K fans appreciate it =)

It is an actual legitimate criminal crime that Little Sisters is not available on its own.

Yes, I know about the collector’s edition that goes for about 4000 dollars. Don’t want that. Just a plain ass little novella, about Elevation sized that I can put next to the rest of my Dark Tower books.

I feel like it’s not too much to ask.

That’s all. Just wanted to gripe about that.

Last Night I finished reading Other Worlds Than These by Stephen King and Peter Straub

No spoilers as the book only came out 2 weeks ago but, I feel like it was a great cap off to The Talisman series the authors started so many years ago.

My next King journey will be the excruciatingly long Under The Dome book which ironically was the last "Brand New" King book I ever bought when it was originally released.

Happy Reading Everyone!

Went to Tesco yesterday and picked this up for £12.50 with Clubcard discount (£14 without Clubcard) so a lot cheaper than Waterstones and other retailers.