> I know I may be a minority, but I�ve quit reading Steven King�s
> work completely. I started with King (and his additional
> persona) while in High School. Over the years his book failed
> to hold my interest, to where I had to start a book a couple of
> times, and almost force myself to finish. Yes, in the end
> �good� overcomes the �evil�, but at what cost throughout the
> book.
> The final straw was Gerad�s Game (think that the correct
> title). I din�t even finish it. Frankly, there is so much junk
> and meaness in the world, I decided not to put more in my head.
> His books began to strike me like the tale of the girl who
> happily cleans out stall after stall of horse manure and says
> �with all this sh*t, there�s bound to be a pony�. I don�t even
> try to look for a pony in his stories anymore. I wasn�t tempted
> by the book series. It seemed like a way to make money & maybe
> catch some new readers. I may have been right, at least about
> the cost and it doesn�t look like I�m missing anything.
Arlene, I wouldn�t say you are a minority. the same thing happened to me. I
began to read King with his first books, then with the years I lost interest.
For me, the beginning of his decadence is traceable to �IT�, that was still
more or less good. Then, as you said, the horse manure load increased
steadily, and I�m not interestd anymore in the books.
There was a posting in this list, a few days ago, stating that the
entertaining value of an author decreases with the increase of his income.
Unfortunately, it�s often true. Other than S. King, this unfortunately
applies to A. C. Clarke, R. A. Heinlein, P. Anderson and I. Asimov. (Terry
Brooks and his Shannara series has ALWAYS been of little entertaining value,
so there is also this kind of people to take in account....
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