the regulators

[Homer403]

I just finished reading The Regulators and thought it was not SKs best work.

[motocop]

Any more feed back than that? Have you read Desperation?

[GNTLGNT]

It's arguably not his greatest...but I'll take bad SK over other authors anyday(This is not a paid endorsement)...

[bobledrew]

Seemed to me to be an experiment that was not entirely successful ... the premise owed a fair bit to the story "It's a GOOD life" by Jerome Bixby, IMO. I much preferred the treatment of the subject and the characters in Desperation, personally.

[omm poppa mow mow]

Made me want to go to the store and stock up on Spaghetti-Os. Rethinking it now, the story does have that 'under a dome' feeling to it, maybe a kind of Looney Tunes beep-beep, horn-section playing in the background. One of the ideas behind the story, and Desperation, that of taking a group, actors, and putting them in different situations is interesting but in the end maybe all it did was confuse readers?

[Doc Wilson]

I'd have found it more surprising if you had said it WAS his best work.

I found the Regulators/Desperation to be quite enjoyable, but it takes a lot to break the King top 5 or top 10 even.

[JellybeanJay]

The Regulators is in my top 5. I loved this book, it grabbed me from the first page and didn't let go! Desperation on the other hand didn't peak my interest as much. Maybe if I would have read Desperation first I would have a different opinion.

[Silhouette86]

I really enjoyed "The Regulators". Same with "Desperation". Stephen King wrote stories about demons very well. Am I off track, or is Tak not a demon?

[Sanguise]

if tak is a god or demon is unknown if SK had a hierarchy for his mosters i would stab ppl to get at it :P

[Homer403]

Arguably is right ! And ya.. bad SK is still better than most authors. I thought there was too many characters in the story.I still dont understand why he introduced "Steve".