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Question for Stephen King fans

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MiaWallace · 25/02/2007 18:12

Can you recommend me a SK book which isn't a horror?

I read The Green Mile when it game out as a series.

I loved both Stand by me and Shawshank redemption - read neither but watched the films

So is there anything else he has done worth reading which isn't horror?

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Scootergirl · 25/02/2007 18:22

The original story was Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, which I think was one of the Bachman Books (written under an assumed name) but I could be wrong. The Running Man is also a good short story and, although quite horrid in places, isn't actually a horror story as such.

expatinscotland · 25/02/2007 18:21

Sorry, The Body is the short 'STand by Me' was based on.

I meant the one w/the Nazi fella. Was that Needful Things?

I can't remember.

paulaplumpbottom · 25/02/2007 18:20

The Body was made into Stand by Me. All of his short stories are brilliant. Sometimes I think I prefer them to the novels.

NadineBaggott · 25/02/2007 18:20

short stories? you can't beat The Long Walk

NadineBaggott · 25/02/2007 18:20

The Body is Stand by Me expat

NadineBaggott · 25/02/2007 18:19

define 'horror'?

Misery
Needful Things
Insomnia
Desperation

expatinscotland · 25/02/2007 18:17

'The Body' is another of his great short stories.

paulaplumpbottom · 25/02/2007 18:17

Stand by Me and the Shawshank Redemption are both short Storys.

I can't think of anything that doesn't have a bit of thrill to it. Let me say though that I am not a huge fan of the Horror genre. However he is amongst my favorite authors and I have read everything he has written. I don't read his books because they are scary (although he has kept me awake many nights) I read them because they are all wonderful storys and are full of the sorts of things that I imagine you loved about the Green Mile. They are all worth a read.

fryalot · 25/02/2007 18:15

Gerald's game,

Dolores Claybourne,

Rose Madder,

There are also a couple of books he's done of short stories. Some of the stories are horror, and some aren't.

Saturn74 · 25/02/2007 18:14

I loved Rose Madder.