Worst of Stephen King - Worst books or stories

[Mola Ram]

2 teachers, actually. "Book Bags" who was teaching the class, and one other teacher who came to the door to try and get the class evacuated due to the fire alarm going off when Charlie set fire to his locker before going to class and shooting his teacher. (I re-read it recently)

Ah, I haven't read it since I lost my Bachman Books omnibus some years ago, and now it's usually too expensive to bother replacing.

 

[Jason Wynn]

Ah, I haven't read it since I lost my Bachman Books omnibus some years ago, and now it's usually too expensive to bother replacing.

If you don’t mind ebooks it’s pretty easy to find a pirated copy. Hell if you want later this afternoon I’ll upload a copy if you want it.

 

[The Un-Clit]

If you don’t mind ebooks it’s pretty easy to find a pirated copy. Hell if you want later this afternoon I’ll upload a copy if you want it.

Yes, both Anna's Archive and OceanofPDF have copies. I prefer anna's despite slower download speeds as they are better scans of the original and in many formats. OceanofPDF re-formats the books and watermarks it's URL all over the place.

 

[naaaaiiiiillllll!!!]

My mom said I’m not allowed to read Sephen King anymore because he’s woke

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[Cholesterol Gremlin]

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[Internet War Criminal]

Ok, please tell me we are not at that point of the cycle where shitting on IT is a thing (except for that one part that deserves all of the shitting).

 

[BubbaDaLoveSponge]

Not on the list but Trucks suck ass as a book, Im glad Stephen was coked out if his mind making Maximum Overdrive because that is the perfect way to make that story enjoyable

 

[Arthur Morgan]

Ok, please tell me we are not at that point of the cycle where shitting on IT is a thing (except for that one part that deserves all of the shitting).

I wouldn't shit on it, but personally I wasn't a fan. I just found it too long and boring. It seemed to meander a lot, with a lot of bullshit that didn't need to be in there. I would have liked more development for the kids, like the moment when Eddie stands up to his mother when he wants his friends to come visit him. Maybe there were more moments and I've forgotten them, but for the most part the book just went on and on, when it could have easily been trimmed down.

 

[Mola Ram]

I wouldn't shit on it, but personally I wasn't a fan. I just found it too long and boring. It seemed to meander a lot, with a lot of bullshit that didn't need to be in there. I would have liked more development for the kids, like the moment when Eddie stands up to his mother when he wants his friends to come visit him. Maybe there were more moments and I've forgotten them, but for the most part the book just went on and on, when it could have easily been trimmed down.

What on earth do you mean, those three pages spent on Butch Bowers's girlfriend and the twelve gallons' worth of beans she baked every weekend was absolutely critical to knowing just how it came to be that Henry and his friends needed to fart in the dump.

 

[PrettySneakyCis]

Not on the list but Trucks suck ass as a book, Im glad Stephen was coked out if his mind making Maximum Overdrive because that is the perfect way to make that story enjoyable

A hundred years ago, I picked up a two-story collection called "Road Rage," which has "Duel" by Matheson and "Throttle" by King. "Duel" is a singularly fantastic book - the textbook example of conflict - and began my love affair with Matheson as an author. "Throttle" is an extremely forgettable story about a truck running down bikers that I'm sure King came up with on the shitter after his publisher said, "Yo, Steve, we want to milk some more money off of Matheson's old work. You mind?" It's quintessential King right down to a MacGuffin having a retarded nickname (a flashbang named "Little Boy") that no fucking meth-running biker would use, regardless of if he had served or not.

 

[Mola Ram]

A hundred years ago, I picked up a two-story collection called "Road Rage," which has "Duel" by Matheson and "Throttle" by King. "Duel" is a singularly fantastic book - the textbook example of conflict - and began my love affair with Matheson as an author. "Throttle" is an extremely forgettable story about a truck running down bikers that I'm sure King came up with on the shitter after his publisher said, "Yo, Steve, we want to milk some more money off of Matheson's old work. You mind?" It's quintessential King right down to a MacGuffin having a retarded nickname (a flashbang named "Little Boy") that no fucking meth-running biker would use, regardless of if he had served or not.

Co-written with his son, interestingly enough.

 

[McMitch]

I wouldn't shit on it, but personally I wasn't a fan. I just found it too long and boring. It seemed to meander a lot, with a lot of bullshit that didn't need to be in there. I would have liked more development for the kids, like the moment when Eddie stands up to his mother when he wants his friends to come visit him. Maybe there were more moments and I've forgotten them, but for the most part the book just went on and on, when it could have easily been trimmed down.

A major issue with It is, by this point in his career, there wasn’t an editor alive who could make King revise his work. That last hurrah was spent trying to get The Stand to a readable state. And no one was going to force more than two drafts of an 1100 page book that was going to sell no matter what. Honestly, Bill Thompson doesn’t get nearly enough blame for not telling King when his ideas are fucking stupid.