pdenton on 5/5/2007 at 09:35
Finished reading this last night. I picked it up after a long delay at an airport not expecting much but damn, this book really hooked me. Anyone else give it a read? It's a really interesting take on the "zombie" apocalypse with great atmosphere and Stephen King's touch of characters. If anyone else has read it, I'd love to discuss the ending.
Sadly, Eli Roth is doing the movie adaptation of it. Shame.
Aircraftkiller on 5/5/2007 at 20:02
The book kinda reminds me of SS2 in a sense, as to what happens with the zombies as time passes. Creepy read though, especially since I read the whole thing in a night. I definitely want to check out the movie, I'm hoping it'll do the book some justice
Sluggs on 5/5/2007 at 20:50
Have all of Stephen King's books been turned into movies? If not, which one's haven't?
Shoshin on 6/5/2007 at 01:53
The Dark Tower series, for one. Which started out pretty good, but didn't end that well.
Renzatic on 6/5/2007 at 05:05
The Dark Tower books were great up til Wolves of the Calla, then just good up til the last 100 pages of The Dark Tower. Then it totally fell apart.
But even it will probably get the film treatment. I've heard rumors that J.J Abrams might pick up the rights to do a movie or miniseries based on it.
belfong on 7/5/2007 at 12:17
I hate books without ending.. and The Cell is that kind of book. Shall we post spoilers?
ignatios on 7/5/2007 at 21:07
If you do, please use spoiler tags.
Actually I'll just keep out of the thread.
Carry on!
Dia on 7/5/2007 at 21:12
I've been waiting to read this one, but have been a bit apprehensive. That's only because I found that I enjoy King's older novels more than his more recent ones.
Since I'm almost finished with the novel I've been reading I guess I'll take the plunge & start Cell tonight.
I'll let you know my take when I've finished.
TheAlbaniac on 7/5/2007 at 23:49
I wish King would just write good character-driven novels and ditch the campfire horror. It's been a while since I read one of his books, but I recall almost every one starting out with awesome characters, but in the end becoming a silly, predictable horror novel.
Now, I love his short stories, because they force him to condense everything and focus on one or the other. His longer books almost always seem to derail horribly. I think it's partly because of his writing philosophy: don't outline or plan too much, start out with detailed characters and see how things end up.
I loved Hearts in Atlantis, and from what I recall the supernatural/horror element took a back-seat to the characters there...
Dia on 8/5/2007 at 04:21
The Shining and The Stand are King's greatest novels to date, imho. After that his work seemed mediocre at best until The Green Mile.
