The fantastic IT by Stephen King is currently 99 pence on Amazon for the Kindle edition..
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Biker Jeff
23 Dec 16#1
Only rarely are Stephen King books this price on Kindle...... and this is one of his best.
Bully
23 Dec 16#2
1400 pages...just buy the movie :smiley:
bigbaz to Bully
23 Dec 16#5
How often is the movie as good as the book?
harg7769 to Bully
24 Dec 16#40
Don't. The film is rubbish compared to the book.
kay1992
23 Dec 16#3
Silly price. Good find op
bigbaz
23 Dec 16#4
1396 pages! that's some reading for 99p.
Voted Hot.
spanglish03
23 Dec 161#6
Classic at a bargain price
ronmanager
23 Dec 161#7
In the case of Stephen King, hardly ever
spanglish03
23 Dec 162#8
Love reading so much better than watching someone else's imagination
LoRdPlOps111 to spanglish03
23 Dec 16#9
Mmmmmm...I'm on the fence with that one, if you'd have asked me 20 years ago I'd have agreed with you completely...these days, either I'm choosier about what I read or films are just a lot better...they both have their merits.
sabu57
23 Dec 16#10
A superb story, but spoiled (imo) by a faintly ridiculous denouement. Ignore that, and the rest is sheer brilliance.
LoRdPlOps111 to sabu57
23 Dec 161#17
I would say that across his career I have struggled with King's endings, they are the weakest parts of many of his books - The Stand, IT, Under The Dome (really, really bad) etc. - The Mist is still his best effort IMO.
Biker Jeff
23 Dec 16#11
I agree. The only 2 movies imo that have done SK books justice are The Green Mile and Shawshank Redemption...... apart from them its mostly 'made for tv' films.
ADOX
23 Dec 16#12
I thought Cronenbergs The Dead Zone was a fantastic effort too.
Biker Jeff
23 Dec 16#13
Probably about 30 years since i've seen it..... i cant remember now whether i rated it or not.
When i get a chance, i'll give it another watch.
espirit77
23 Dec 16#14
Been waiting for this this thanks OP (they drop it down every so often - the publisher). £13+ in store.
ronmanager
23 Dec 16#15
Interested to see what they do with Dark Tower.
Salem's Lot was good but not that close to the book and not really a film. Interested to see what they do with The Dark Tower.
kay1992
23 Dec 16#16
The film Pet Sematary is more scarier than the book.
LoRdPlOps111 to kay1992
23 Dec 16#18
The book blows the film right out of the water, much more to it, and much more explained and yet unseen (if you've read the book you'll know what I mean).
FREEZIN WOLF to kay1992
23 Dec 16#21
You'd think as a writer he'd be able to spell the word cemetery.... Pah!
Writer.... Schm-writer
CloudHeaven to kay1992
24 Dec 16#34
Do you know you keep spelling cemetery wrong? Also in your first post "more scarier" really? You don't need the word "more" in there at all. I'm not sure what you have been reading but my seven year old nephew would pull you up on your grammar. Stick to your comics...
kay1992
23 Dec 16#19
If a book was made into a film word for word the film would be 6 days long. The film covered all the main points of the book and does it justice. It's not more explained, the phrase you're looking for is 'fleshed out'. Look into it. (You should have been able to tell that I have read the book).
FREEZIN WOLF
23 Dec 161#20
I personally hold Pennywise (the clown) responsible for me **** myself as a child.
He was a personal friend of my fathers and we popped round to his house one weekend. In anticipation he'd made a (Tim) Curry. However i suspect he'd used poor quality, potentially spolied meat. I felt belly gurgling but never anticipated the carnage that ensued when I gave in and chanced a danger-fart.
From that day forth Ive never been to a circus.
kay1992
23 Dec 16#22
To be fair, the children had named and created the Pet Sematary to bury their dead pets.
LoRdPlOps111
23 Dec 16#23
No, no, I know what I'm talking about, if you've misinterpreted it then that's your problem.
yezza29
23 Dec 16#24
Is this better than the Dummies guide to using a computer?
kay1992
23 Dec 16#25
Thank you for your constructive response. 'The book blows the film out the water because it's more explained'
Pahh! Lol.:smirk:
Pagemaster
23 Dec 16#26
Surely 'the shining', 'stand by me', 'Carrie', 'Running Man' and 'Misery' can't be classed a 'sub par' or 'made for T.V.'?
But I always thought the made for T.V. IT movie was poor, and I hope the new one does justice to the book.. IMHO
ADOX
23 Dec 16#27
Wow yeah forgot about Stand By Me. One of my favourite films. Misery is a pretty good adaptation too.
LoRdPlOps111
23 Dec 161#28
Sorry for the delay I was busy watching a more scarier film :stuck_out_tongue:
kay1992
23 Dec 16#29
Watch the film because we know you aren't doing any reading :innocent:
LoRdPlOps111
23 Dec 16#30
'We'? he he he! That's last act of a desperate man on the troll-ol-ol.
kay1992
23 Dec 16#31
We also know that you're a moron confirmed. 'It's more explained' bahahaha
BLOSSOM143
23 Dec 16#32
also 99p on Google Play
TKDBlackbelt
24 Dec 16#33
The body/stand by me, one of the all time favorites
sillyboi
24 Dec 161#35
Thanks for this OP, just used my 'no rush' credit!
kay1992
24 Dec 16#36
If you were intelligent enough to read the book 'Pet Sematary' you won't be saying this. You're looking like a right mug now. Please don't even reply to me as you clearly need to go back to Biff and Chip. Better yet, sit there watching your nephew read.
pibandpob
24 Dec 16#37
This was 99p back in September, but heavily discounted Stephen King e-books don't come round very often, so heat from me. I'm still waiting for 'End of Watch' to come down to a reasonable price - I refuse to pay £9.99 for a Kindle book!
thesameagain
24 Dec 16#38
Thank you!
thesameagain
24 Dec 16#39
Just received a £1 promotional credit for buying this, so effectively I've made a profit!
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Voted Hot.
When i get a chance, i'll give it another watch.
Salem's Lot was good but not that close to the book and not really a film. Interested to see what they do with The Dark Tower.
Writer.... Schm-writer
He was a personal friend of my fathers and we popped round to his house one weekend. In anticipation he'd made a (Tim) Curry. However i suspect he'd used poor quality, potentially spolied meat. I felt belly gurgling but never anticipated the carnage that ensued when I gave in and chanced a danger-fart.
From that day forth Ive never been to a circus.
Pahh! Lol.:smirk:
But I always thought the made for T.V. IT movie was poor, and I hope the new one does justice to the book.. IMHO