Overall Review

[jlessl]

Just finished reading Skeleton Crew and enjoyed it immensely. My daughter picked it up and loaned it to me. Really enjoyed The Mist, much better than the movie, natch! I also recognized the Raft as seeing it as a movie, can't recall whether it was a made-for-TV movie and what the title was ... anyone know that?

[Charms7]

I'm thinking it might have been in one of the Tales From The Darkside movies?

[jlessl]

Oooh, thanks for reminding me of that show! I used to watch it faithfully. Loved it! Too bad it's no longer on. There was another one that was on near it, same channel, I believe, I think it was called Monsters? Both my daughter and I watched both.

[Spideyman]

Just finished reading Skeleton Crew and enjoyed it immensely. My daughter picked it up and loaned it to me. Really enjoyed The Mist, much better than the movie, natch! I also recognized the Raft as seeing it as a movie, can't recall whether it was a made-for-TV movie and what the title was ... anyone know that?


I think The Raft was in the book Skelton Crew and the movie in Creepshow 2, which had a different ending.

[jlessl]

My previous "quick reply" didn't take so ... I'm reposting.

Oooh, thanks for reminding me of that show! I used to watch that all the time. There was another, I think it was called "Monsters" that came on right before or after. Both my daughter and I loved those shows! Too bad they're not on anymore (and nothing like them since).

[Charms7]

Or possibly Creepshow 2

[The Outsider]

It was Creepshow 2 I watched that after reading skeleton crew just for the raft part.

[nevermind]

My first Stephen King book to read... I was 12-13 years old back then and they were creepy stories but I loved them. What bothered me was the stories never really ended, always an open door at the end, I had to figure out what comes next.
I don't mind it any more of course :)) It's doubles the mystery.

[KimWheel]

I'm currently in the middle of reading Skeleton Crew (just finished Nona and starting For Owen) and loving it, like I love pretty much all SK books. My favorite, by far, was Mrs. Todd's Shortcut. SK really knows how to tap into a woman's psyche and I am most definitely Mrs. Todd behind the wheel of my little go-devil. ; ) The story made me think of Boo'ya Moon in Lisey's Story and now that I think of it, the trunk of the Buick 8.

Bool! The end.

[Seb Shaw]

A fantastic and compelling read all round.
Highlights for me were: The Mist, Mrs. Todd's..., The Reach and The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet.
As long as King keeps writing short stories of this magnitude, the art will never die

[krs72]

It's my fav. short story book next to "Night Shift" , I mean come on just "The Mist" alone is worth the read . I had the one with the monkey on the front , something about those monkeys with the cymbals are creepy .

[Seb Shaw]

It's my fav. short story book next to "Night Shift" , I mean come on just "The Mist" alone is worth the read . I had the one with the monkey on the front , something about those monkeys with the cymbals are creepy .

That would have been cool, but I probably would not have touched that book.... creepy monkey :( lol.

[king family fan]

I enjoy the short stories but find myself more into the novels. I like longer reads best.