My brother's been trying to get me to read the Gunslinger series. It's on my list, I swear.
Good. It should be at the top. :) If you've read anything of Stephen King's before, I have to tell you this isn't like his other books, though he does tend to make allusions to his other stories within his stories (ex: the 4th book in this series has a few brief allusions to The Stand).
It had such an impact on me that I haven't been able to bring myself to read any of the other books, cause I don't want to take the chance that any of them aren't as good (it's a weird issue I have, I've done the same thing with Dune).
Same here, for the exact same reason. I first read it four years ago, and I asked my cousin not long after if the other books were as good (he had to read EG for freshman year in H.S), and he said they were good, but not as good. I'm still afraid to read more for fear of spoiling the warm& fuzzy afterglow of reading the original.
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Re: You have great taste.
Date: 2003-01-26 09:04 pm (UTC)Good. It should be at the top. :) If you've read anything of Stephen King's before, I have to tell you this isn't like his other books, though he does tend to make allusions to his other stories within his stories (ex: the 4th book in this series has a few brief allusions to The Stand).
It had such an impact on me that I haven't been able to bring myself to read any of the other books, cause I don't want to take the chance that any of them aren't as good (it's a weird issue I have, I've done the same thing with Dune).
Same here, for the exact same reason. I first read it four years ago, and I asked my cousin not long after if the other books were as good (he had to read EG for freshman year in H.S), and he said they were good, but not as good. I'm still afraid to read more for fear of spoiling the warm& fuzzy afterglow of reading the original.