I read The Shining and The Green Mile and they both sucked ass + L + tchncs.de user

I get that you have fond memories of reading his books but "one of the greatest authors alive"? Really? It's horror schlock for teenagers, it's fun but it's not this groundbreaking literature you're making it out to be.

Steven King is well known as one of the greatest authors alive

Your argument would be more persuasive if you knew how to spell his name :)

He has a book On Writing that is very, very good. He goes through his writing process, discusses other authors, gives advice of the trade, etc. He openly admits he's merely okay/good at writing and that there's eons of better authors than him. He is being humble, but he's not the greatest writer alive by any means. He talks a lot about luck, name recognition, etc. that continue to propel him, and other shit ass authors, ahead.

The Dark Tower series is fantastic.

Dark Tower rules. I still think Complete/Uncut The Stand is, bar none, the best shit he's ever written without a doubt. I haven't got to Fairy Tale yet tho.

The Dark Tower series is fantastic

i keep hearing this but i swear king has the dullest writing style of any author i've ever read. i suffered through the entire first book and when i got to the end all i could think was that i had picked up the wrong book by mistake bc there's no way people could be lavishing praise on that shit

to each their own ofc but king feels like one of those authors whose work is conceptually interesting but terribly executed imo

See the turtle, ain’t he keen? All things serve the fuckin’ Beam.

I do love the DT as a series, but I certainly like some books more than others. The Gunslinger and Wizard and Glass are among my favorite fiction novels, while I’m not crazy about of Song of Susannah.

And the patron saint of Hexbear, Matt Christman, is a Dark Tower fan.