I recently finished a collection of Stephen King short stories
it was very good.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:49, 3 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

He's shit, Al.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:49, Reply)

I'm afraid you are actually wrong about this Monty.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:50, Reply)

AKSHERLLLYYYY!"!!!!!

(Bazongaloid, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:50, Reply)

NO ACKSHERRLLLLY *YOU'RE* WRONG - IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:58, Reply)

NO AKSHERLLLYLYYYY I WAS READING IDIOTS MONTHLY EARLIER
AND THERE WAS A FEATURE ARTICLE ALL ABOUT YOU!!!!!
(Bazongaloid, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:01, Reply)

THAT'S THE ONE WITH YOU ON THE COVER
- AND PAGES OM 1-12 IN A 'AL, THE WORLD'S BIGGEST IDIOT EVER OF ALL TIME' FEATURE. 'AL: WHAT IT'S LIKE BEING A MASSIVE IDIOT' IT'S CALLED.

YOU IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:10, Reply)

His short stories are just too weird for me

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:49, Reply)

His short - and long - stories are just too shit for me.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:53, Reply)

A couple of the books he wrote under the Richard Bachman pseudonym weren't bad.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:55, Reply)

No, 'bad' doesn't cover it at all.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:58, Reply)

It's not like you to make a sweeping generalisation.
Oh... hang on...
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:59, Reply)

I haven't read a word of his writing since about 1987 - I thought they were quite good
but I'm being a contrary knob on the internet. Don't tell anyone though.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:59, Reply)

No I don't believe you.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:01, Reply)

I'm reading through this series at the moment:
www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=node%3D341689031&field-keywords=Logan+McRae
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:51, Reply)

I'm working my way through the same series

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:56, Reply)

How far though are you?

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:57, Reply)

Just finished Shatter The Bones, which I think is number 7.
Got the next one on my Kindle ready for my holidays, then that's me up to date. I'll also catch up on his other short stories, which I've yet to try.

Where are you up to?
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:00, Reply)

Just about to start #7.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:02, Reply)

Cool. I still enjoy them, but the earlier ones were the best.
Have you read any Christopher Brookmyre? Well worth a read.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:03, Reply)

Yep read pretty much all the Brookmyre stuff.
Not impressed with the last couple of ones he's done.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:04, Reply)

Agreed
I'm up to Where The Bodies Are Buried, so I've got a couple to go I think.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:06, Reply)

I liked all his stuff before he started trying to write serious crime fiction
his latest books look like utter wank, so i've not bothered with them.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:14, Reply)

His serious crime stuff is poor.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:16, Reply)

It looks like a poor mans Jack Reacher.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:00, Reply)

Not really comparable to the Reacher books.
Have you seen the Reacher film?
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:02, Reply)

No, but I was reading through old issues of Empire the other day
and they gave it a really good write up, so I might give it a try. I'll probably be disapointed, but that said, I quite like the little scientologist in his action flicks.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:03, Reply)

Doesn't it have Tom 'never been in a good film in his fucking life and shut up with irono-liking Top Gun it's fucking wank' Cruise in it?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:05, Reply)

Yep. I have difficulty imagining him being good as Reacher tbh.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:07, Reply)

DS McRae is excellent, and nothing like Reacher.
Give it a go!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:07, Reply)