Stephen King - didn't like Carrie, what are the others like?

What's great about him though (and as this thread is already showing) is that his novels are so very diverse that there really is something for everybody within his back catalogue and that even his 'Number One Fans' and 'Constant Readers' will still find some they fail to enjoy, even as they love the man!

Misery - boring? I usually agree with you but you've crossed a line now!!! What about when he starts losing the keys from his typewriter? Surely, for that to happen to a writer in itself is horrific enough to be not boring? :)

I hated Gerald's Game though.

The Shining, The Stand, and The Dead Zone are classic must-reads.

Among his more recent works, Duma Key is very good. Needful Things was also quite good.

Stephen King also has a book on writing that is aptly called On Writing, which I'm sure you will find interesting.

Misery was so boring that it made me miserable. Stephen King can make a story that takes place in a room interesting (remembering the one where the woman was left handcuffed to a bed) but that magic just hasn't happened in Misery.

I loved Under The Dome

i like his short stories best.

would recommend Misery, The shining, Insomnia and Dolores Claibourne.

I never liked carrie much either.

Ruthie - Under The Dome isn't bad but it is a somewhat pale imitation of The Stand, which is masterful. Please read it! :) I liked Under The Dome except for the ending, which felt a bit of a cheat to me.

His new one Under The Dome is brilliant, I couldn't put it down! Have read that it's a similar style to The Stand but I haven't read that one

The Dead Zone is very good as is Needful Things; I remember enjoying The Dark Half and Cujo is good/scary!

Agree with those who say his short stories are excellent. Look at those works by Richard Bachman too - some very well-written stuff there, including 'The Running Man'. And of course if you've never read Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption but only seen the film, shame on you!

Carrie is quite different to most of others and v much of its time, I think. It has dated more than the other early ones.

Deffo try The Shining, which is nothing like Carrie but by no means his strongest book imho.

Misery would be worth a try for somebody fairly new to him too and yes to The Green Mile. Or maybe The Girl Who Loved Tom Garden. These are all fairly short but instantly gripping I think - and are far removed from the more conventional horror of novels such as say, The Shining, It or Christine.

Oooh - try Cujo too.

short story collection are the best imo

Green Mile is brilliant!
I don't know what to classify it as. It's not horror but not really sci-fi or anything else.

Ah who cares! It's still one of my favourites.

I would definatly give a few of his others a go before writing him off.

The stories are all so different your sure to find a few that suit. The Shining and Carrie are no where near the same.

I would recommend The Stand and It as the best of his in my opinion