Peter Straub and Stephen King Style

[mistyh]

Black House was not one of my favorites, but it was pretty creepy though. Imagine travelling through the toilet! Uhggg! I am trying to read KoKo, now - has anyone read this one by Peter Straub? I definitely prefer SK over Straub, I feel like Straub seems to struggle through his books, and sometimes I get lost. It seems like when I catch the groove of reading in one of his books, the flow stops and starts in a different direction. Might be just me, don't know.

[omm poppa mow mow]

Black House was not one of my favorites, but it was pretty creepy though. Imagine travelling through the toilet! Uhggg! I am trying to read KoKo, now - has anyone read this one by Peter Straub? I definitely prefer SK over Straub, I feel like Straub seems to struggle through his books, and sometimes I get lost. It seems like when I catch the groove of reading in one of his books, the flow stops and starts in a different direction. Might be just me, don't know.

Yes, I've read Koko and I've reread it once. I think it is a great story, but that is me....crap crap crop crap crap crap crap crop...

something to do w/Thailand, as I recall.

Straub's stories, or the list that I have read, have this mystery-element to them...this question about where someone is...as in Koko...or whether that someone is still there or not....or just what the hail is going on, an element of mystery....and so on and so forth. That helps the story along, seems to me. I've never been disappointed in a Straub story.

Check out his Pork Pie Hat when you get a chance. Great story. There's a pile of others.

[CCRider529]

I am reading 'Lost Boy, Lost Girl' right now by Peter. As I was reading it yesterday, I thought to myself that Stephen, and him are alike in the way they tell a story. But this is the first book I have read just by Peter, so maybe I'm wrong..

[CarrieJo]

I enjoyed The Talisman SO much and am looking forward to reading Black House. I haven't read anything else of Straub's but he's definitely on my list of writer's to read. That being said, I couldn't really tell the difference between who was writing what in The Talisman. We will see what happens with Black House but I'm thinking I'll probably have a better idea of the differences once I read some of Straub's solo work. Which I very much look forward to.

[JohnDalglish]

I enjoyed The Talisman SO much and am looking forward to reading Black House. .

Hi,

You may possibly feel a little initial disappointment with the start of Black House, because it's very different from The Talisman, but after the first, oh, fifty pages or so you'll be right into it, marvellous book IMO.

Can't wait for Talisman 3!

Long days and pleasant nights

[dsurrett]

To me, Straub's work seems more psychological. Not sure if that's the right word, but it's the only one that comes to mind. I've read A Dark Matter and Magic Terror by him. Both are very dark. Magic Terror is a collection of short stories. Wouldn't be a bad place to begin if someone wants to read several styles by the one very good author.

[aliphil]

i thought stepehen king wrote bag of bones on his own????but i have got talisman to read upstairs..god i have go loads to catch up with lol...but if bag of bones was the 2 of them i defo never noticed any difrence in the writing

[Moderator]

Stephen did write Bag of Bones on his own. He wrote The Talisman and Black House with Peter Straub.