was Stephen King on drugs? will they show the turtle in

Did they show the turtle in the IT book? Cause I don't think the movies will be connected to anything else

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>>87649006
We can only hope.

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>>87649089

He was on massive amounts of cocaine and alcohol back during that time of his life.

>>87649041
It's not a picture book, anon...

>>87649587
This is the true answer. King has a decent writing style normally, honesty nothing to deserve his fame but when he was on drugs he was a really good writer. Now he's just another sober has-been whining on twitter because it's the only way people will give him attention anymore.

>>87650283
Pretty much.
I liked Revival, it was long and I'm more for the journey than the destination with King, because god knows his destinations are fucking awful

>>87649006
>was Stephen King on drugs?
His entire writing process in that period was to get absolutely loaded on booze and cocaine and see what kind of shit he threw down on paper.

>>87649006
>was Stephen King on drugs?

All the drugs.

>>87649006
>was Stephen King on drugs?
No, just cocaine.

>>87650283
>when he was on drugs he was a really good writer
Honestly on the aggregate he's sub-mediocre. The Stephen King strategy was to rapid fire publish books and hope that a handful were actually good. The strategy has worked pretty well for him. The vast majority of his books are shit, but the good ones really hit it out of the park as far as becoming part of the cultural zeitgeist.

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>was Stephen King on drugs?

>>87649006

Seeing as how Dark Tower movie flopped and was forgotten the day after it premiered I doubt we're seeing the turtle so no way in hell are we getting a King cinematic universe.

>uses mythology
>"LOL DRUGS"

what are the best King books if I wanna read a couple?

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>>87650745
Salem's lot, pet cemetery, dead zone if you want simple spooks

>>87650745
The Stand
IT
11.23.63

>>87650745
There aren't any

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Anyone seen this, What works of his are worth a watch?

>>87650836

I've had 11.23.63 and Under the Dome sitting on my shelf since they came out, how do they compare to 80s King? I like a lot of his 80s book but I just wasn't feeling a lot of his newer material from the early 00s up to current. I've heard very good things about the time travel JFK novel and I've been wanting to read that since he first pitched the idea in a Dark Tower comic.

>>87650835
>>87650745

The Talisman is top tier, haven't read Black House yet but I've heard good things about it.

>>87649006
Does nobody see the turtle in the opening scene of the movie? Georgie runs right past it.

I can see the turtle in the sequel as a Yoda-figure teaching the Losers the ritual of CHUD to defeat Pennywise once and for all.

>>87650745
shining
it
cujo
carrie
misery
mist (skeleton key)
salems lot
pet sematary
needful things

>>87649006
That's A'Tuin from Discworld, not Maturin from IT.

I honesty find Stephen King to be an overratted author who got popular through contracts.

I see him as a Justin Bieber of the books.

>>87649006

>was Stephen King on drugs?

I hope this was a rhetorical question

>>87651424

>Justin Beiber of books
That's James Patterson

>>87650745
Heart in Atlantis
Pet Sematary
The Long Walk
The Running Man
The Mist
From a Buick 8
Thinner
It, Under the Dome, and The Stand are all worth reading but he drops the ball hard in the last hundred pages or so in each one
Dreamcatcher is worth reading because of the what-the-fuck factor if for nothing else.

>>87651424

I disagree, I liked a lot of his stuff from early on in his career (when he was high as a kite), IT, Salem's Lot, Pet Sematary, Dead Zone... obviously they are not as good as his fame suggests, but they're not bad.

>>87649006
Yes. He was on drugs. He was coked out his mind when he directed Maximum Overdrive and was on a drinking bender and woke up to find the Cujo manuscript he has no recollection writting, so it wouldnt come as a surprise as the turtle and many other things in It are the result of substances

>>87650884
>>87651424
t. brainlet

>>87649006
>will they show the turtle in the second film?
If they didnt in the first it would make no sense to in the second. In the book It claims (and nothing contradicts) that the turtle is dead when the Losers return.

>>87650937
It's just a remake of Riget with a shitty Red Sox subplot added.

>>87651612

Wasn't it Running Man he wrote while high on drugs and drink and had no idea how he got the script or was that the book he wrote in a day while loaded?

>>87650745
Skeleton Crew and Night Shift are two great collections of short stories

>>87650937

Langoliers (tv miniseries) were shockingly good, at least in my opinion. I watched it in TV and the way it drew me in was really surprising... but it was so many years ago, I couldn't tell you why it was good.

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Pretty sure a turtle that holds up the world trope existed a few years before King..

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Turtle

>>87650975
I've read a lot of King for some reason and honestly Under the Dome is one of my favorites. It was really comfy and had lots of different normal yet interesting characters. I could see how people would be butt hurt about the end but I liked it. Haven't read the other one maybe I should

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>>87649006
UHUHHHH>>87649089

>>87650745
The first one you read will be great. The second will be good enough to read a third. The 4th or 5th coming of age story set in maine with alcoholic fathers, evil fundamentalist christians and an otherworldly horror antagonist youll realize why /lit/ calls him a hack. Also his endings can suck. After reading King until you hate him youll be ready for Kuntz or Bachman, thats the good shit

>>87650975
>Under the Dome
Burn it. No really go outside and burn it.

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>>87651765
They build up to it in the movie. I'm sure it will appear in some way or another.

>>87650358
Why doesn't he just let his son finish his stories.? He already admitted his son was better at it.

>>87651497
>From a Buick 8

Trash.

>>87652080

But it's cold and wet outside. I can't be bothered doing such a task and just want to stay inside where it is warm watching KOTH. The rain water would just extinguish the fire anyway.

>>87650937
DarkPlace was better

>>87650443
Surprizingly it worked

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>>87649041
>Did they show the turtle in the IT book?

>>87649006
Yes he was on drugs and no they'll probably leave that out since the story works better without that weirdness.

>>87651966
HAH.

>>87650745
The long walk

>>87650663
If you think the success of It won't propel a cinematic universe, that will eventually include Dark Tower elements, I don't know what to tell you

>>87653976
I could see a cinematic universe with Stephen King monsters, a la the conjuring movies, but probably not Dark Tower for IP reasons.