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The Long Walk is stephen king's most underrated story.

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Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car
  08/06/20
Long walk and Rage are his two best stories period Road w...
yapping antidepressant drug
  08/06/20
you think columbine shooters read Rage? it was my first thou...
Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car
  08/06/20
Sure thought so at the time. King was tapped into something ...
yapping antidepressant drug
  08/06/20
Several school shooters before them did. https://en.m.wi...
Chartreuse Round Eye Mother
  08/06/20
what is road work about? i can't remember. running man wasn...
Glittery Hospital
  08/06/20
long walk? a bunch of kids, like hundreds walk down us1 f...
Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car
  08/06/20
i know the long walk. road work was the 4th story. i don't r...
Glittery Hospital
  08/06/20
i have that collection. maybe i'll reread it. i don't recall...
Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car
  08/06/20
road work is a guy who joined a construction crew to bury a ...
costumed tanning salon immigrant
  08/06/20
No, that's "Dolan's Cadillac"
Light sound barrier institution
  08/06/20
Cr. Road work is a guy whose house is getting eminent domain...
yapping antidepressant drug
  08/06/20
that sounds awesome. i need to reread his shit.
Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car
  08/06/20
My copy is falling apart. I keep it permanently in the shitt...
yapping antidepressant drug
  08/06/20
king was still an angry populist back then
180 confused pervert site
  08/06/20
i don't know what that means or how that story reflects that...
Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car
  08/06/20
it was a subtextual theme in most of his early writings...we...
180 confused pervert site
  08/06/20
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useless glassy rigpig
  08/06/20
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jet beta party of the first part
  08/06/20
sometimes textual. there's a rant in the Shining about the C...
Contagious space
  08/06/20
or the entire short story, the mangler, set in a laundry...k...
180 confused pervert site
  08/06/20
revival was pretty good for a more recent novel I like mo...
maize pit
  08/06/20
i think the most recent novel i read of his was like salem's...
Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car
  08/06/20
doobs was the antagonist of the long walk.
costumed tanning salon immigrant
  08/06/20
Not flame... bad guy was a creepy skinny wierdo named "...
Light sound barrier institution
  08/06/20
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Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car
  08/06/20
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yapping antidepressant drug
  08/06/20
cr
useless glassy rigpig
  08/06/20
did you like dolan's cadillac?
maize pit
  08/06/20
The running man was his most populist work... here is my ...
180 confused pervert site
  08/06/20
what about Apt Pupil? a prestigious athlete stanford bound a...
Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car
  08/06/20
i didn't really get that as all that much populist...maybe a...
180 confused pervert site
  08/06/20
i don't care about that stuff. i meant ranking the story
Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car
  08/06/20
oh, great stuff...all those early shorts and novellas were t...
180 confused pervert site
  08/06/20
i think it was Berkeley. also i think it was in different se...
maize pit
  08/06/20
yeah maybe. i remember he called his girlfriends tits "...
Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car
  08/06/20
it's the best story in different seasons IMO
maize pit
  08/06/20
fuck. at the time i think it wasn't as exciting it wasn't al...
Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car
  08/06/20
similar feeling about last rung on the ladder by SK
maize pit
  08/06/20
never read that. just saw it's from night shift time and abo...
Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car
  08/06/20
what about the girl who loved tom gordon
Exciting theater stage
  08/06/20
don't remember that one, but i think i read it
180 confused pervert site
  08/06/20
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Date: August 6th, 2020 5:20 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car



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Date: August 6th, 2020 5:30 PM
Author: yapping antidepressant drug

Long walk and Rage are his two best stories period

Road work is good too. Running man is the best known but the worst of that group.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40716502)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 5:31 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car

you think columbine shooters read Rage? it was my first thought when hearing of the school shootings.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40716512)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 5:32 PM
Author: yapping antidepressant drug

Sure thought so at the time. King was tapped into something there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40716520)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 10:58 PM
Author: Chartreuse Round Eye Mother

Several school shooters before them did.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_(King_novel)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40718062)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 5:56 PM
Author: Glittery Hospital

what is road work about? i can't remember.

running man wasn't great.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40716612)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 5:57 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car

long walk?

a bunch of kids, like hundreds walk down us1 from maine. they have to keep a 4 mph pace or after 2 warnings soldiers shoot them dead. the winner, the last guy walking, gets a billion dollars. it follow mainly the point of view of one contestant.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40716618)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 6:00 PM
Author: Glittery Hospital

i know the long walk. road work was the 4th story. i don't remember what it is about.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40716629)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 6:01 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car

i have that collection. maybe i'll reread it. i don't recall that story at all.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40716635)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 6:23 PM
Author: costumed tanning salon immigrant

road work is a guy who joined a construction crew to bury a mobster who murdered his wife.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40716738)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 10:44 PM
Author: Light sound barrier institution

No, that's "Dolan's Cadillac"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40717975)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 11:15 PM
Author: yapping antidepressant drug

Cr. Road work is a guy whose house is getting eminent domain pwned and he loses it, loses his marriage, goes nuts, buys an armory, and blows shit up.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40718170)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 11:16 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car

that sounds awesome. i need to reread his shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40718175)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 11:28 PM
Author: yapping antidepressant drug

My copy is falling apart. I keep it permanently in the shitter and reread parts rather frequently

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40718225)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 5:36 PM
Author: 180 confused pervert site

king was still an angry populist back then

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40716551)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 5:38 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car

i don't know what that means or how that story reflects that. you had to walk 4 mph or you got shot.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40716557)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 5:39 PM
Author: 180 confused pervert site

it was a subtextual theme in most of his early writings...went away sometime in the 1980s...now he is pure establishment

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40716562)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 10:24 PM
Author: useless glassy rigpig



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Date: August 6th, 2020 10:25 PM
Author: jet beta party of the first part



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Date: August 6th, 2020 10:27 PM
Author: Contagious space

sometimes textual. there's a rant in the Shining about the CIA from some random extra when the black guy is on the plane

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40717882)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 10:52 PM
Author: 180 confused pervert site

or the entire short story, the mangler, set in a laundry...king worked in a laundry...that story was populist as hell

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40718014)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 5:59 PM
Author: maize pit

revival was pretty good for a more recent novel

I like most of his short stories too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40716628)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 6:00 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car

i think the most recent novel i read of his was like salem's lot in hs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40716630)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 6:23 PM
Author: costumed tanning salon immigrant

doobs was the antagonist of the long walk.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40716743)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 10:46 PM
Author: Light sound barrier institution

Not flame... bad guy was a creepy skinny wierdo named "Stebbins"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40717977)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 11:03 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40718104)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 11:16 PM
Author: yapping antidepressant drug



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40718174)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 10:24 PM
Author: useless glassy rigpig

cr

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Date: August 6th, 2020 10:30 PM
Author: maize pit

did you like dolan's cadillac?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40717895)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 11:02 PM
Author: 180 confused pervert site

The running man was his most populist work...

here is my ranking of his books and short story collections, best at the top:

'Salem's Lot

Pet Sematary

Night Shift

Different Seasons

The Dead Zone

The Running Man

Firestarter

Cujo

Christine

The Stand

Misery

It

Carrie

Skeleton Crew

Nightmares & Dreamscapes

Thinner

The Shining

The Long Walk

Roadwork

Rage

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger

The Talisman

The Eyes of the Dragon

The Tommyknockers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40718101)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 11:04 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car

what about Apt Pupil? a prestigious athlete stanford bound and blackmailing a nazi war criminal.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40718111)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 11:04 PM
Author: 180 confused pervert site

i didn't really get that as all that much populist...maybe a little...well, the reason i bring this up is because i found king to be a pretty populist writer in his first years...he grew up super poor

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40718114)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 11:05 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car

i don't care about that stuff. i meant ranking the story

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40718119)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 11:07 PM
Author: 180 confused pervert site

oh, great stuff...all those early shorts and novellas were top notch...only a very few of his books were ever better than his early short stories

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40718133)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 11:04 PM
Author: maize pit

i think it was Berkeley. also i think it was in different seasons which he listed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40718116)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 11:06 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car

yeah maybe. i remember he called his girlfriends tits "balls of meat" and he kills homeless bums.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40718125)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 11:06 PM
Author: maize pit

it's the best story in different seasons IMO

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40718131)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 11:09 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car

fuck. at the time i think it wasn't as exciting it wasn't all action, but after gong through college and shit looking back the story is more horrific and fucked up it passed the test of time well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40718144)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 11:10 PM
Author: maize pit

similar feeling about last rung on the ladder by SK

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40718151)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 11:12 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy heady market stock car

never read that. just saw it's from night shift time and about suicide. that's gotta be fucking sick.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40718157)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 11:06 PM
Author: Exciting theater stage

what about the girl who loved tom gordon

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40718124)



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Date: August 6th, 2020 11:07 PM
Author: 180 confused pervert site

don't remember that one, but i think i read it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598879&forum_id=2в#40718136)



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Date: September 13th, 2025 7:55 PM
Author: ;..........,,,...,,.;.,,...,,,;.;.




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