sometimes you can feel that this guy is almost touching greatness,

>>8696320
>what is it about him that makes his books sell so well despite his flaws?

>why do Britney Spears albums sell despite her being a vapid cunt?

commercial success doesn't need to be explained. So much shite sell so well and so few ppl can reproduce said shite - its just mostly luck

recently watched him talking to george rrrrrr martin and he seems borderline...'special'

>sometimes you can feel that this guy is almost touching greatness, but then he ruins it with corny lines and strange dialogue
yes i agree he's right below cervantes

>what is it about him that makes his books sell so well despite his flaws?
it is a mystery

>>8697348
I watched that too. I think he was annoyed with George RR Martin for some reason.

if he can serialize a story online and people will pay to read it, i'd say he's already touched greatness several times, and greatness is going to report him for inappropriate touching.

"okay, greatness, can you show me where on this copy of "Save the Cat!" Mr King touched you?"

He's not good by /lit/ standards because his books are good on the surface and there's nothing past that.

If you look at horror narrative history however, he really did reinvent the genre, giving birth the comfy american small town horror story.

No, it's not great literature, but they are cool stories told in amusing, original ways.
There's a reason his books have been adapted by respected directors like Stanley Kubrick, David Cronenberg, Brian de Palma and Frank Darabont among others.