Desperation
I caught the Stephen King movie last night... I doubt it drew people away from American Idol. It was very predictable and disappointing. I truly believe his strength is in the Short Story...but dont' get me wrong...he does tell a good tale, but in my opinion his best work was during his 'hungry' stage--by that I mean during his beginning years. Stories like "IT" and "The Stand"..."Carrie" and "'Salom's Lot" ...just to name a few.
Desperation is one of the few novels, I didn't finish. Finding that girl dead on the doorsteps of the Police sation, really bothered me. As I watched the movie, I realized I probably should have kept reading. That it might have gotten better...but know what? I dont' think so.
My hope for this summer is that the short story collection "Nightmares and Dreamscapes" that TNT is putting together will be much better...if not...they'll ruin a great set of short stories.
dribbled by Sherrie @ 5/24/2006 03:23:00 PM
2 Comments:
At 6:53 PM,
Bob said…
I was scanning channels for something to watch and saw Desperation was on... so it was a nice surprise to me, and I liked it a lot... major body count in that one tho, very spooky too... I was glad it wasn't watered down to much for the prime time network channels... I read the book years back, but forgot most of the tale, so last night was a good refresher.
At 3:36 AM,
Um Naief said…
did see this... sorta wish i had. i like Stephen King but haven't read any of his stuff for years. the last few times i tried getting into one of his books, i couldn't.
have you ever read Gerald's Game? i loved Cujo... and i have a book that has many short stories of his in it.. it's not bad.
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