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[Rik]

Originally Posted by Justin101

I enjoy them both for different reasons! They're both really good

I like them both too, Kubrick's version is the better film obviously, but the TV version is by far the better adaptation.

Back to IT, SK has seen a rough cut of the new film and assures us that we won't be disappointed, so I'm really looking forward to seeing it in September

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Rik

I like them both too, Kubrick's version is the better film obviously, but the TV version is by far the better adaptation.

I'm not convinced being the better adaptation is necessarily a good thing when it comes to Stephen King. The novel has some great stuff but it doesn't half drag at times. Falling foul of Kings usual insistence on killing the pace every time it starts to get going by shoving in another 40 pages of flashback exposition bollocks. That's what I love about James Herbert. The guy could achieve in ten pages what takes King a hundred.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by J Harker

I'm not convinced being the better adaptation is necessarily a good thing when it comes to Stephen King. The novel has some great stuff but it doesn't half drag at times. Falling foul of Kings usual insistence on killing the pace every time it starts to get going by shoving in another 40 pages of flashback exposition bollocks. That's what I love about James Herbert. The guy could achieve in ten pages what takes King a hundred.

Except Ash which spends 100 pages sat in some plane seats.

[Rik]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Except Ash which spends 100 pages sat in some plane seats.

I haven't read Ash yet, I really enjoyed his other "Ash" books, so you've just reminded me that I need to pick up a copy of Ash

[Justin101]

I actually found The Shining to be a really snappy book to read and that the flashbacks were very important to the story It sheds light on all sorts of things, Alcohol, Roque Mallets, Danny's voices, Oranges..

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Except Ash which spends 100 pages sat in some plane seats.

Originally Posted by Rik

I haven't read Ash yet, I really enjoyed his other "Ash" books, so you've just reminded me that I need to pick up a copy of Ash

I picked a nice Hardback copy of Ash up in a charity shop a year or so back. Not got round to reading it yet though.

[nosferatu42]

Originally Posted by Justin101

I actually found The Shining to be a really snappy book to read and that the flashbacks were very important to the story It sheds light on all sorts of things, Alcohol, Roque Mallets, Danny's voices, Oranges..

I thought you said "rogue mullets" at first.

[Justin101]

Originally Posted by nosferatu42

I thought you said "rogue mullets" at first.

Eugene on The Walking Dead has a rogue mullet The Saviors even suggested he gets a hair cut last week

[Rik]

Just finished reading Stephen King's IT (fancied reading it again with all the hype around at the minute for the new film, and Justin's posts about the audiobook).
Still one of my favourite books by SK, along with Pet Sematary, Salem's Lot and The Stand

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rik

Just finished reading Stephen King's IT (fancied reading it again with all the hype around at the minute for the new film, and Justin's posts about the audiobook).
Still one of my favourite books by SK, along with Pet Sematary, Salem's Lot and The Stand

I have an Audible credit and don't know what to buy. At the moment, I have narrowed it down to a Stephen King book, either IT or The Stand, The Godfather (read by Joe Mantegna) or The Exorcist (read by William Peter Blatty), but might browse some newer titles as well.

Any opinions?