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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[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.