The Writer's Block: JA Conrath

Saturday, February 26, 2011

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by Stephen King
Start date: July 31, 2009

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by Stephen King
Start date: August 1, 2011

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The Green Mile by Stephen King
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I saw this movie before I read the book, but it was the best adaption of a Stephen King story. This is right there with The Shining and Christine as my all time favorite Stephen King novels. It's just ahead of Pet Semetary for best King adaption. Many of Stephen King's adaptions were not good. In my humble opinion it's about 50-50 good and bad. Stephen King didn't like Kubric's version of The Shining, but I did. It wasn't better than the novel, but it was damn good and scary. This is a must read for fans of any genre.

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Gerald's Game by Stephen King
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This wasn't the best Stephen King book I've ever read. In fact it might be the worst, which is saying something because it wasn't very bad. It's just not one I'd highly recommend. I don't feel like I wasted my time, although there were better King books I could have read.

The story line was good, the prose was good, and it had everything a good SK book should have, but it fell short of some of the other awesome books of his that I've read. The story did drag on in places and probably could've been a short story or novella.

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Christine by Stephen King
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I read Christine at 10 years old, and could remember loving it. I had to read it again as an adult, so I read it again in 2002. I have the book in my collection just in the event that I might read it a 3rd time one day. That coming from the guy who doesn't want to read the same book twice.

I had to rate this 5-stars, because this was the best example of storytelling you can find. He twists reality with fiction so well in this story. It made the story seem very real. I never once found myself rooting against the turned antagonist Arnie, or Christine.

Christine is under appreciated, and maybe that's because the movie was a huge success. The movie was great, but it missed something the novel had from a realistic stand point. Reading this novel inspired me to write myself. This book is in my top-3 Stephen King stories.

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The Regulators by Stephen King
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was one of the strangest books I've ever had the chance to read. Like a fly in a spiderweb the story has a consuming quality about it. It was somewhat like a puzzle, and King did a great job of pulling it all together. I read Desperation before reading this one, so I thought it was awesome how he used the same characters in in different roles in both books. I give this story 5-stars, because it's tight and right.

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Desperation by Stephen King
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

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The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book was what I call good horror. He stayed very close to the Sylvia Likens case. Some readers of the book called it torture porn. Nothing could be further from the truth. The book is very well written, it's horror at its best, and it gets five stars from me. I recommend this book to anyone who likes realistic horror.

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Off Season by Jack Ketchum
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

From the reviews I read I expected it to be worse. In no way was this torture porn, but it was pretty extreme violence, however still not as over the top as I expected it to be. I liked the story a lot, and immediately began reading The Girl Next Door upon finishing Off Season. Jack has picked up another fan.

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On Writing by Stephen King
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was an awesome look into how a legend goes about the craft. I've applied some of the advice into my own work. Especially the part about the second draft and revising process. If you want to write or are a fan of Stephen King, then don't wait another minute to read this book.

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The Writer's Block

Saturday, February 26, 2011

JA Conrath - Short Stories

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