Comments on: From a Buick 8 by Stephen King http://superfastreader.com/from-a-buick-8-by-stephen-king.htm i read all the books Sat, 19 May 2012 11:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Christine by Stephen King | reading is my superpower http://superfastreader.com/from-a-buick-8-by-stephen-king.htm/comment-page-1#comment-158 Christine by Stephen King | reading is my superpower Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:16:33 +0000 http://superfastreader.com/?p=89#comment-158 [...] no agenda in telling this story, unlike the first person narrator in King’s recent car tale, From a Buick 8, and so the horror happens at a remove. There’s a lot of gore, but no icy fingers of [...] [...] no agenda in telling this story, unlike the first person narrator in King’s recent car tale, From a Buick 8, and so the horror happens at a remove. There’s a lot of gore, but no icy fingers of [...]

]]> By: Janice http://superfastreader.com/from-a-buick-8-by-stephen-king.htm/comment-page-1#comment-111 Janice Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:09:06 +0000 http://superfastreader.com/?p=89#comment-111 I prefer Stephen King although From a Buick 8 is not one of his best. "It" was his best novel I prefer Stephen King although From a Buick 8 is not one of his best. “It” was his best novel

]]> By: superfastreader http://superfastreader.com/from-a-buick-8-by-stephen-king.htm/comment-page-1#comment-110 superfastreader Sat, 03 Feb 2007 21:15:13 +0000 http://superfastreader.com/?p=89#comment-110 That's hilarious... I've read some Dean Koontz. I felt like he was much more formulaic/much less compelling than King. I think what really gets me about King is that he incorporates such highly original detail into his writing. Other genre writers tend to skate by on thrills but don't take the time to develop their characters & dig into the setting. Plus, there are those odd little horror moments that King inserts into character backstory that have nothing to do with the tale at hand. Most memorably, the red dye cereal vomiting in Cujo... That’s hilarious…

I’ve read some Dean Koontz. I felt like he was much more formulaic/much less compelling than King. I think what really gets me about King is that he incorporates such highly original detail into his writing. Other genre writers tend to skate by on thrills but don’t take the time to develop their characters & dig into the setting. Plus, there are those odd little horror moments that King inserts into character backstory that have nothing to do with the tale at hand. Most memorably, the red dye cereal vomiting in Cujo…

]]> By: caveblogem http://superfastreader.com/from-a-buick-8-by-stephen-king.htm/comment-page-1#comment-109 caveblogem Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:21:26 +0000 http://superfastreader.com/?p=89#comment-109 Wasn't there some sort of afterward or something in this, where he thanks the Connecticut State Police or something for helping him dig deeply into procedural stuff? I found myself thinking: I don't care. You could have made it up whole cloth and it would have been pretty much the same book. It was entertaining, but not close to his best work. Sometimes I wonder about King and Dean Koontz, whether they sometimes write intentionally forgettable books to trick us into buying them more than once. I have gotten several chapters into a Dean Koontz only to find that the plot is becoming more than a little familiar. Wasn’t there some sort of afterward or something in this, where he thanks the Connecticut State Police or something for helping him dig deeply into procedural stuff? I found myself thinking: I don’t care. You could have made it up whole cloth and it would have been pretty much the same book. It was entertaining, but not close to his best work.

Sometimes I wonder about King and Dean Koontz, whether they sometimes write intentionally forgettable books to trick us into buying them more than once. I have gotten several chapters into a Dean Koontz only to find that the plot is becoming more than a little familiar.

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