User blog comment:Skydropshasfallen/Intro pt 2/@comment-24381191-20140826143704/@comment-24918243-20140828065953

I really don't get the whole "King Worship" stuff. I read quite a bit of his books when I was younger and some are good, and some are not so good. It's not surprising since he has written quite a bit, so some of it was going to be good. I personally preffer his earlier stuff.

But there are so many good horror writers out there, i'd even dare to say some that are better than him, but aren't as well known.

As for the movie adaptations, you really can't judge by those. There are some that are very close to the book, like for example "The Green Mile" while other have nothing, and I mean nothing to do with the book. The one that stands out there is "The Running Man". That was just a completely different story.