"dreamcatcher" by stephen king

[LifeDuringWartime]

ever read this book? im only 184 pages in, and was hooked way before that.

[proud patriot]

1. The Movie was great I bet the book is better

:D

[Momgonepostal]

2. Yes, those weasel things were disgusting

[alphafemale]

3. A fun read.

It takes a true King fan to really appreciate.

[LifeDuringWartime]

4. the only other king book ive read

is "the stand"

this seems just as good

[Blue-Jay]

10. Not nearly as good as "The Stand" in my opinion.

But I still rather enjoyed it. The Stand is probably his best book.

[RebelOne]

11. I agree. The Stand was one of King's best works.

In my opinion, the unedited version was the best. But of course, anything by Stephen King is first-rate reading if you are a fan of his type of writing.

[redqueen]

12. Oh drop the qualifiers already

The man is a master! We just won't hear it from the 'experts' until he's gone.

Stupid experts. :grr:

[RoyGBiv]

5. Yes ...

It's good, not one of his best, but still good.

I hated the movie, mostly because I read the book. Like most King horror novels translated to the screen, something significant gets lost.

I can't figure it out. Movies like _It_, _The Stand_, etc. were frankly horrible movies when compared to the books, in many ways not even the same story.

Then there are movies like _Shawshank Redemption_, Stand By Me_, and many others that are adaptations of King novels or shorter stories not so horror driven. These are excellent, in some ways better than the books.

[alphafemale]

6. You can't translate "Dread' visually

My favorite book to movie interp was "Green Mile."

I think they got that just about perfect. Even the casting was as good as could be hoped for.

[Dan-W]

7. Retraction

this is Adam, I am Dan-W's son, I printed the last post under his name, my name is ZeroOne.

[RebelOne]

13. It's the same with Dean Koontz' books.

None of the movies have been able to compare with the written versions. "The Watchers" was one example. The characters were totally changed in the movie. The main character in the book was a man, but in the movie it was changed into a young boy.

[ZeroOne]

8. Specifics

Actually, a female can not hold "Alpha" status in a pack. The highest rank a female can hold is "Beta".

[DS1]

14. ?

:wtf:

[redqueen]

9. Oh yes

I've read all of his stuff except for the dark tower series. I'll get to that eventually.

Enjoy! :hi:

[ironflange]

17. Same here

I decided to wait til he finished the Tower series, so I'll soon be digging in.

[politicat]

15. s'ok... not my favorite, but okay mind candy.

As he says of himself in Dark Tower VII, he's got a tin ear for language.

Pcat

[ironflange]

16. Not among his best, but great fun (very mild spoiler)

Some genuinely chilling moments, and I'll never be able to look at bacon the same way again.

[LifeDuringWartime]

18. just finished it!

badass book, thats all i have to say