Stephen King Fans discussion

I need help deciding what book to get. I found these books at wal mart. Thinner, The Shining, It, Different Seasons, From a buick 8, Night Shift, Skeleton crew, Lisley's Story, The Drawing of Three, The Waste Lands, Wizard and Glass, or Eyes of the Dragon. What one's should I get. Pick three out of those that I should get. I already bought the shining. I want to get gunslinger sometime. So what are your opinions? :D

The Shining, hands down!

Different Seasons and The Shining are great.And 4 ok to great movies were made from all of them.

if it was me I would have bought them all, read for reading at my leisure - though if I had to pick one it would be IT, thats my personal favourite.

Id have to say any of his books of short stories if your gonna read any Dark Tower start with the gunslinger.

Thanks everyone I'll start The Shining and buy It later. I'll also look for gunslinger. The only thing that puts gunslinger off is because I don't like westerns, but is it horror too?

Dylan, you definitely have to get the word "gunslinger" out of your head. I would describe it as more sci-fi. If you like Stephen King, you have to read the Dark Tower series. Don't let that word make you nervous.

I don't think of the Dark Tower as western at all. I think it might just take place sometimes in areas that would be like the old west. But certainly not a western.

A better way to start Dark Tower is Book 2: Drawing of The Three...then go to #1: The Gunslinger, and work your way forward from there. King gives you enough backstory at the start of #2 to get you started.

Skip From A Buick 8...it ain't really a keeper.

I have to disagree, Agrimorfee, about From A Buick 8. It's not my favorite of Stephen King's books, but I definitely wouldn't skip anything of his. They are all good.....some are just much better than others.

I didn't mean say to skip altogether...but to not buy. I do read everything of his at least once, but I am very fussy about what I actually purchase.