Thoughts?

>>24566929 (OP)
Check out Billy Summers, it's one of my personal favourites from him.

>>24566929 (OP)
I've only read Salem's Lot and I read it this year. Went in expecting slop, and while some of the dialogue certainly was sloppy, there were genuinely inspired moments.

>>24566929 (OP)
>Wizard and Glass in C tier
It's the most kino SOVLFVL book King ever wrote

>>24567096
I completely forgot I read that one. D

>>24567096
When will this nigga get arrested?

>>24566929 (OP)
>S tier is just the film adaptations
Fuck off you normie tastelet.

Is The Body any good? I really liked its film adaptation Stand By Me

>>24566929 (OP)
The Shining is overrated and it's hilarious that out of all the shit media that's been made from his books the one he seethes about, still at almost 50 years later, is a masterpiece.

>>24566929 (OP)
Stephen King has never written a single good book.

>>24568209
not a crime in maine

Once you turn 18 everything should go under F desu

>>24568221
What's YOUR top King works faggot

>>24566929 (OP)
put Bag of Bones in F tier too.

>>24566929 (OP)
Wizard and Glass is way better than the Wastelands. Your opinion is wrong

>>24567110
>>24569968
Personal bias against fantasy settings, it's only as high as it is on the list because it's written well

>>24566929 (OP)
The Dork Tower is shit

Why the FUCK don't you have Christine in S? You're a SHITTER op

>>24570208
Never read it, will get around to it eventually

>>24566929 (OP)
I thought 11/22/63 was fun why's that so hated

>>24569972
That makes sense. I personally just didn’t like Charlie the Choo Choo. The name is just a little too silly for me, once it’s Blaine the mono it’s a little easier to take seriously. Also felt the pacing was weak in the third book

>>24570303
D is the "meh" tier, just wasn't feeling it

>>24570488
I like The Dark Tower's silly aspects (and King's stuff in general). Come to think of it, the beginning and end of Wizard and Glass were perfect silliness, might have bumped it up to B on another day

The end of the Stand should doom it to F tier
Jesus Christ what a shit ending

Hearts in Atlantis >> half of these

>>24566929 (OP)
>Needful Things
>f-tier
Explain yourself

>>24570731
BORING

If "It" is the best this retard has to offer, I'm glad I never read anything else. This guy is so outrageously overrated. I'm a huge horror lit fan, and I'm glad I haven't wasted much time on his drivel and have instead given it to far more talented writers.

>>24568571
Uuuh

>>24566929 (OP)
Where does "On Writing" go?

>>24571947
Haven't read it

>>24566929 (OP)
I haven't read a single King book and I never will.

>>24570497
I like it to a certain extent. But the silliness is what makes Stephen King more unique than other writers. He has that presentation of very absurd scenarios which can be dark at times. What did you think of the demon sex to get the key in the third book?

>>24571947
I enjoyed “On Writing”. I like that he recommends writers to read like 6+ hours a day. He treats reading and writing like actual work instead of like emotional screeds we get now.

>>24566929 (OP)
Richard Bachman's early four books are S-tier publications.

>From A Buick 8
I remember that this was some ultra comfy novel about firefighters finding shit in a car trunk.
Its one of the least known books of him, which makes it even better

>>24566929 (OP)
Good list, especially the S Picks (I might swap The Stand with Pet Sematary).

The only real issues are that Needful Things should be in at least C Tier (arguably B Tier if you care about the lore), and I'd bump Under the Dome down to D Tier.

>>24568228
yes, it's among my favourites, cosy and even a bit more emotional than the film; it's also pretty short.

I don't consider anything he ever wrote worthy of S-tier, and only a few (dozens or so) of his short stories and a couple Bachman novels can arguably be considered A-tier. I understand that this is supposed to be a self-contained rating and we're not comparing him to other authors or placing him on any kind of a general scale but even still I've never been impressed by his work enough to consider putting it into the S-tier, even as a kid. I'm surprised so many here seem to really love him. He's definitely got some talent but it's also undeniable he's been writing for a paycheck (and a gargantuan one at that) and while high as a kite for most of his career which has inevitably taken a heavy toll on the quality.

>>24566929 (OP)
It should be B, Mr Mercedes should be A, Dark Tower should be C

>>24572395
I feel like his crusade against adverbs has impacted me to this day, even though I've slowly tried to start using them again, at least in small doses.

>>24568563
I liked On Writing.

>>24574861
I read that. He actually gave rather horrible advice.

>>24574861
It’s really bad and seems like a cash grab

Lmao King becomes kino again once you enter your 30s. There's something about the scenarios he comes up with that just click.
>the institute
>the jaunt
>running man
>the long walk
>desperation
These are all kino that you won't find in any top 10 list, they'll say shit like the stand, it and misery are the best but that's bullshit

>>24574877
>Whoa man what if someone had to like enduring something br00tal and grueling and sensational that's awesome I'll write about it for way too long maybe I'll get a movie adaptation for making middle aged midwestern women gasp at the macabre premise

>>24574880
>middle aged midwestern women
truthy

>>24574867
Such as?

I never read King and I heard his endings are retarded. Which of his books have retarded endings? Rank them from least retarded to most retarded.

>>24576014
Cunny juice *slurp slurp slurp* S tier

>>24575992
Nta but contrary to what the order of the words of the title might suggest, it’s less a guide on writing and more a pompous memoir. My issue is that he writes genre fiction yet prescribes general advice, and he speaks in a haughty, absolute tone:
>don't use a strict and organized plot and just let the story come out as you write.
Fine, that works for genre slop when you’re drunk and high on cocaine, but imagine writing a 600 page novel without organizing the plot. Likewise on characters:
>just let the characters develop naturally bro
Again, fine for an uppers addict churning out genre slop, and some exceptional geniuses on a time crunch like Dostoevsky, but there are countless examples of great novelists fastidiously mapping out plot details, themes, characters, symbols, and so on. Then comes the good stuff:
>prefer the active voice to the passive
>show, don’t tell
>read a lot
>be concise and direct
These are the arcane truths On Writing that King magnanimously offers to you for $20 USD. If I had to guess, he wrote this because he was bored and felt like talking about himself, and thought a guide on writing would be a more humble vehicle to do so.

King of goyslop

>>24566929 (OP)
List seems a bit short for King.

>>24576014
It's easier just to list out the ones with non-retarded endings. Here's a list of ones with endings I'd say are at least decent.

Great
>Pet Sematary
>The Running Man

Good
>Misery
>Carrie
>The Long Walk
>Thinner

Not Bad
>Gerald's Game
>Cujo
>The Shining
>The Dead Zone
>Salem's Lot
>IT

His short stories tend to have pretty good endings as well since he doesn't have much time to screw them up.