Books: What have you been reading?

[sakuyamons]

Currently re-reading Stephen King's IT

[The Darknight Detective]

Currently re-reading Stephen King's IT

Great read. Close to 30 years since I first tackled it myself. BTW, the first book (comics are a different story ) of fiction I ever bought was by King (Night Shift).

[batnbreakfast]

I love modern King's writing, hate 80s King. Anyone with similar feelings??

[The Darknight Detective]

I love modern King's writing, hate 80s King. Anyone with similar feelings??

I like all of his stuff, but I do think he has improved over the years.

[DebkoX]

I finally started a superb read on libertarianism.

[sakuyamons]

I like all of his stuff, but I do think he has improved over the years.

I actually think that story wise the quality has gone downhill imo.

[batnbreakfast]

I like all of his stuff, but I do think he has improved over the years.

King has a great personality, I guess, I love On Writing, the Mr.Mercedes trilogy, Doc Sleep etc. but then I went and bought Needful Things... the style is so different. I'd love to love Needful Things and the DarkTower but ultimately don't. Still am a King fan, he writes great dialogue, I hope to improve my English by reading King and he seems to be such a classy guy (despite his troubles which he overcame). MARVEL's adaption of the Stand is really great, too.

[The Darknight Detective]

King has a great personality, I guess, I love On Writing, the Mr.Mercedes trilogy, Doc Sleep etc. but then I went and bought Needful Things... the style is so different. I'd love to love Needful Things and the DarkTower but ultimately don't. Still am a King fan, he writes great dialogue, I hope to improve my English by reading King and he seems to be such a classy guy (despite his troubles which he overcame). MARVEL's adaption of the Stand is really great, too.

I actually read The Stand in one sitting a little over 30 years ago. That's the only book of that size that I ever did that with, too.

[The Darknight Detective]

I actually think that story wise the quality has gone downhill imo.

I was referring more to his prose style than the actual plots themselves. In regard to the latter, you may have a good point.

[WillieMorgan]

I love modern King's writing, hate 80s King. Anyone with similar feelings??

Well, I certainly enjoyed work like 'The Tommyknockers' and the aforementioned 'It'. I thought that King's work from that period was fine.

It was a period in the 90's that I felt like he'd taken his eye off the ball. I found both 'Gerald's Game' and 'Dolores Clairborne' underwhelming. 'Rose Madder' too.

Not read King in years. I think 'From A Buick 8' was the last one actually. Are his most recent works worth checking out?

[Malvolio]

I loved Dolores Claibourne. I especially enjoyed how there were no chapter breaks and the whole thing was one long rambling run-on speech from the title character. I also liked how the only part of the story that was even close to supernatural was the eclipse.

[The Darknight Detective]

Not read King in years. I think 'From A Buick 8' was the last one actually. Are his most recent works worth checking out?

Joyland is my favorite from recent years, Willie.

[batnbreakfast]

Joyland is my favorite from recent years, Willie.

I second Joyland and imho the sequel to Mr.Mercedes is just as great (I kinda like novels that actually are about books and writers)

[sakuyamons]

Well, I certainly enjoyed work like 'The Tommyknockers' and the aforementioned 'It'. I thought that King's work from that period was fine.

It was a period in the 90's that I felt like he'd taken his eye off the ball. I found both 'Gerald's Game' and 'Dolores Clairborne' underwhelming. 'Rose Madder' too.

Not read King in years. I think 'From A Buick 8' was the last one actually. Are his most recent works worth checking out?

I actually enjoyed Dolores Claiborne, not as a horror movie but as a mystery one, though I believe the movie was better. I have Gerard's Game but I haven't read it.

My first King novel was Cell, if I'm not mistaken, which was kinda...whatever but I guess it's because zombies aren't my thing, I think King's weakest point are the endings like Scott Snyder I was very skeptical about a sequel for The Shining, but Doctor Sleep was good.

I was referring more to his prose style than the actual plots themselves. In regard to the latter, you may have a good point.

Oh, I was talking about the plots, agreed with the prose style though.

[TakoM]

I read a lot of Tang Jia San Shao LNs particular his DD series.
I'm reading his DD3: Legend of the Dragon King at the moment.

After this I will try his Throne of Slaughter LN(Shen Yin Wang Zuo)

Some may remember this out of DD2
Yeah it has a manga adaption too but for me it was to slow

The fascinating thing is his world is interconnect like DC or Marvel :
copied from novelupdates from point of DD3:

Skyfire Avenue (Shared Universe)
Mad God (Shared Universe)
Child of Light (Shared Universe)
Shen Yin Wang Zuo (Shared Universe)
Douluo Dalu (Prequel)
Douluo Dalu 2 – The Unrivaled Tang Sect (Prequel)
Magic Chef of Ice and Fire (Shared Universe)
Heavenly Jewel Change (Shared Universe)
Jiu Shen (Shared Universe)
Zither Emperor (Shared Universe)
Douluo Dalu: 2.5 – Legend of the Divine Realm (Prequel)