Board 8 > Vulture ranks the Stephen King books

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http://www.vulture.com/2012/04/ranking-all-62-stephen-king-books.html

just starting now, so I have no comments... yet

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okay

first problems:

41. The Running Man
38. The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla:

considerably too low; somewhat too low, respectively

(These guys don't like the Bachman stories)

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on the short fiction side:

39. Just After Sunset:
36. Everything's Eventual

two of my three favorite short story collections not even in the top 30. ouch

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I have read very few King stories (not even most of his more acclaimed work except for The Green Mile) but I thoroughly enjoyed the Bachman ones

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Tag tag tag

Need to get to work on my own ranking

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27. The Eyes of the Dragon

27.

The Eyes of the Dragon



27.

augh.

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Green Mile and Carrie not in the top 20 (23 and 25)

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Hearts in Atlantis, my favorite of his short fiction, at 22. Skeleton Crew (which contains The Mist), my fourth favorite, is 13.

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Dark Tower Ranking

56. The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
38. The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla:
35. The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole
31. The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
26. The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
19. The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
14. The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger
7. The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass

Well, at least they got #1, 2 and 3 in the right order.

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Tag! Stephen King is awesome, I haven't read all of them yet, but I'm working on it ;-)

Misery, my favorite of his novels, at 6.

The Shining, which isn't all that great, is at 4, presumably because of how good/influential the movie was. Arg

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On Writing at #2 is such a copout >_>

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#1 sounds about right. Can't comment on #2, though I probably would have put #3 there.

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Dark tower ranking for me:
1. Drawing of the three
2. The Waste Lands
3. Wizard and Glass
4. Wolves of the Calla
5. The Dark Tower
6. The Gunslinger
7. Songs of Susannah

Didn't read The Wind through the keyhole yet... Need to get my hands on it asap!

From: Vishje3000 | #015
Didn't read The Wind through the keyhole yet... Need to get my hands on it asap!

it comes out today

as soon as my mail comes...!

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Loving 4.5 so far. Haven't read 5-7 yet, gonna read them after this (just got into SK recently, mostly)

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4 too low.

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From: Achromatic | #019
4 too low.

Dark Tower IV or #4 on the list

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From: CherryCokes | #020
Dark Tower IV or #4 on the list

Dark Tower IV.

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As much as I love Wizard & Glass, in his entire canon, it feels about right, even if the books in front of it aren't necessarily the right half dozen

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Oof, Black House too low for my tastes. And Talisman too high.

Ooh, and Faithful makes the list! Yes! It definitely should be higher. Also, how hasn't "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" shown up yet?

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Ones I've read:

1. The Stand (1)
2. The Dark Tower IV: Wizard & Glass (7)
3. The Shining (4)
4. 'Salem's Lot (8)
5. It (3)
6. The Dead Zone (9)
7. Skeleton Crew (13)
8. Faithful (37)
9. The Dark Tower II: Drawing of the Three (19)
10. Carrie (25)
11. Under the Dome (12)
12. Black House (49)
13. The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (14)
14. The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands (31)
15. The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla (38)
16. The Eyes of the Dragon (27)
17. The Running Man (41)
18. The Long Walk (47)
19. The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (26)
20. Needful Things (48)
21. Bag of Bones (40)
22. Dreamcatcher (60)
23. The Tommyknockers (61)
24. Insomnia (59)
25. The Talisman (15)
26. Cell (53)
27. Rage (57)
28. The Girl Who Loved tom Gordon (30)
29. The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah (56)
30. The Regulators (58)

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YEESSSSS He ranked Wizard and Glass the highest.

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Slightly hijacking this topic for an interest guage:

How many would be interested in a ranking of the top King villains?

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From: OctilIery | #026
How many would be interested in a ranking of the top King villains?

Walkin Dude top tier

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CherryCokes posted...
On Writing at #2 is such a copout >_>

It is, and yet curiously I happen to be reading it right now and I've never looked at the man's work before. (Unless you count the myriad movies made from his books.) And it is a decent book, I suppose, but I hesitate to believe it's as good as his actual works of fiction.

And if villains get too much love, what about secondaries? Those characters, aside from the main or major protagonist, who don'tg et as much limelight or die too early in the story?

*coughHenryLeydencough*

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ExThaNemesis posted...
From: OctilIery | #026
How many would be interested in a ranking of the top King villains?
Walkin Dude top tier

I'm pretty sure the contents of the top 5-10 will be predictable, if not the exact order.

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So finally started reading.

What a terrible terrible ranking.

He literally says The Langoliers is one of the best novellas and The Library Policeman was one of the worst.

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On Writing doesn't even give much writing advice, it's more of a memoir. I felt annoyed at that.

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From: OctilIery | #032
So finally started reading.

What a terrible terrible ranking.

He literally says The Langoliers is one of the best novellas and The Library Policeman was one of the worst.

arguing over novellas in Four Past Midnight is like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic

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From: Mega Mana | #030
And if villains get too much love, what about secondaries? Those characters, aside from the main or major protagonist, who don'tg et as much limelight or die too early in the story?

*coughHenryLeydencough*

I think we all know who wins this list too

(Straker)

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