re: Is Stephen king a bad author?

Posted on 11/29/22 at 12:32 pm to DaleGribble

Posted by Sam Quint

Member since Sep 2022

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Posted on 11/29/22 at 12:32 pm to DaleGribble

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Are you just parroting the Stephen King fans that ride his dick and read nothing else, except maybe some Dean Koontz and Anne Rice?

this makes no sense, since I have actually read the books I'm referencing. and if you actually read what I have said on this thread, I am far from riding his dick. I actually pretty much cant stand him anymore.

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He's quantity over quality and has been since at least the 80s.

THIS i agree with.

now Dean Koontz - there's a hack, in my opinion. and I say that as someone who has actually read several of his more popular books.

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Posted by GentlemanTiger

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Posted on 11/29/22 at 2:09 pm to DaleGribble

I am Stephen King fan and do not believe he is a hack by any stretch. You don't get the cultural cache that he has by being a hack.

Your opinion seems to come from elsewhere instead of being informed by your own actual experience. I have heard many complaints against King (many of them valid - his endings are terrible, overly long, slow pacing, etc.) However, his character work is exceptional and his work in individual scenes is almost second to none.

Maybe read a full book by him before forming an opinion? Or even some of his short stories?

Dean Koontz is definitely a hack, which is why he is not anywhere close to having the cultural cache of King.

You can dislike King and his works, but to call him a bad writer is not accurate.

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