Like I needed to love Stephen King more

[apeygirl]

I was looking up stuff on the new IT movie (which I can find nothing concrete on. Shouldn't there be a cast by now?) when I came across this article:

"The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good."Apologies to all Twilight lovers, but I just adore when people I

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[apeygirl]

I never thought it was possible to love him more. Sigh. Loved that man since I was thirteen.

I think my sudden resurgence of Stephen King adoration came about because I had a wee movie marathon with my uncle and we watched Dolores Claiborne. I didn't tell him it was Stephen King right away (because he scoffs at my tastes). After, I told him all the Stephen King movies he'd seen, but didn't know were King's (like Misery, Green Mile, Shawshank, Stand By Me). I hate when people act like he's just some horror writer (though his horrors still remain the best I've read) when he can do EVERYTHING! I think he may be remembered as the best writer of the twentieth century down the line and I'm not kidding.

Anyway, I remember when OOTP came out, he did a review of it for some publication or other. He had no complaints (except Rowling being too fond of adverbs), but seemed impressed by the world she'd crafted. I am, too. So I hate when people mention Rowling and Meyer together, as this interviewer did. I like that he put the situation to rights. Go, Steve!!!

[cheerful_earl]

I haven't read much of Stephen King's (aside from columns!) but you've totally inspired to read more. I have a collection of his short stories on my iPod that I loved listening too, and I'm reading the first Dark Tower book now. He's so good with imagery.

Stephen King movies, I've seen! I like pretty much all the ones you mentioned, though I've never seen The Green Mile.

I hate it when people mention Meyer and Rowling together, too. Rowling created this dense, many-layered world full of real people dealing with hard choices. I mean, can you imagine Snape in the hands of Stephenie Meyer? I don't think that Meyer is a bad worldbuilder, per se; she did some interesting (and some dumb) things with it, but overall, I don't think there's a question as to who is superior as a writer and creator of worlds. Meyer's wouldn't work, not because her version of the supernatural doesn't make sense but because the *people* populating her world don't.

Also... since you are a Stephen King fan... Have you heard about the guy who claims King murdered John Lennon? He comes into the bookstore I work at sometimes; dude's a trip.