Just a Wonder

**Checkman** · August 19th, 2009

It's a good read and an even better reference book despite it's age. One can never have enough reference books.

**scarywriter** · August 25th, 2009

I am a huge horror fan and have been since I was a kid. I thought it was very interesting to see the films and books approached with a more "scholarly" outlook.I would definitely read an updated Danse.
Another good one in this vein is "The Philosphy of Horror" by Noel Carroll.

**dav** · August 27th, 2009

If only it were that simple. Some things are passed along in genetics and others you either have or you don't. I personally think SK mind is one of a kind....

**Lina** · August 28th, 2009

I read Danse Macabre a few weeks ago. I wanted to read it so much because I do like non-fiction by Stephen King.
I like Danse Macabre because it's really interesting to read about the movies and the books that King likes, although it was very difficult for me to read this book because I haven't seen all the movies described in it and haven't read all the books. But I noted some books that I would like to read once.
So, I don't regret I've read this book. But it also would be interesting to read about new books and movies, to know what he thinks about them.

**giftshoparty** · September 8th, 2009

Going to start a thread to talk exclusively about books and films discussed in DM...you remember the days before cg and blockbuster...me too...

**bryantburnette** · October 5th, 2009

Personally, I'm a big fan of [I]Danse Macabre[I].

I'm also a big fan of audiobooks, and apparently Danse Macabre is finally getting an audio release in January '10! Amazon has it available for pre-order.

No word on who the reader is; I'm definitely hoping it's King himself.

**Dana Jean** · October 9th, 2009

I loved Danse Macabre. And I'm pretty positive I may be an army of one here, but I almost like his nonfiction voice better than his fiction voice.

Don't get me wrong though. I love his fictional work. It's because of that, that I love to listen to him as just a regular person.

**bryantburnette** · October 13th, 2009

I agree; I've always thought King was underrated as a nonfiction writer. I'd rank both Danse Macabre and On Writing amongst his very best works.

**fushingfeef** · November 9th, 2009

Here's an idea. Since SK doesn't want to write a sequel to Danse, I wonder if some other author would like to take this project on, (if they haven't already)?

Maybe SK could write an introduction? I'm sure if he agreed to do that, you'd have authors lined up wanting to tackle this project!

**A. R. Braun** · December 29th, 2009

I was thinking the same thing my friend. I was going to ask that very question. It would cover horror from 1981 to 2011, I believe. If he's not going to do it, someone should!