I like to rank things, and in the “Top 300 Books of All Time” thread I mentioned that for some time I had been thinking of ranking everything I’ve read by Stephen King, just for fun. It crossed my mind to do it as an official countdown here, but I wasn’t sure whether there would be enough interest to make it a worthwhile thread. Given the amount of times he has already appeared in that thread, it seems like there probably would be.
The biggest issue is that I certainly haven’t read everything he has published. He has written a ton of stuff. I think I’ve probably read about 2/3 of it. That definitely means there is enough for a robust countdown, but it will have some notable exclusions, and people can comment on that if they’d like.
I think I’ll format it somewhat like I did with my Allman Brothers countdown. The bottom-dwelling material will just be a simple list, all released as a single post with summary comments.
Then for the top X number of entries (probably the top 100), each will get its own individual post, and I’ll include basic information like publication date and genre, a rating for how scary or disturbing it is, a one-liner summary of what it’s about, and then a few sentences of my own commentary. Novels, novellas, non-fiction books, and short stories will be eligible. Screenplays and essays will not (though many of these are very good).
I can’t remember what timeline @kupcho1 gave for his countdown, but I need at least a little time to prepare and will be busy for the next couple of weeks at work anyway. I definitely don’t want to comment early on anything that has the potential to be on his list. So, I’ll plan on tentatively starting at the end of the month which hopefully give him time to finish his threat and digest it, but will be close enough to the end that people still have the list on their mind.
I may throw in some random trivia and stuff too. If people have other things they think would make this fun, let me know.
The biggest issue is that I certainly haven’t read everything he has published. He has written a ton of stuff. I think I’ve probably read about 2/3 of it. That definitely means there is enough for a robust countdown, but it will have some notable exclusions, and people can comment on that if they’d like.
I think I’ll format it somewhat like I did with my Allman Brothers countdown. The bottom-dwelling material will just be a simple list, all released as a single post with summary comments.
Then for the top X number of entries (probably the top 100), each will get its own individual post, and I’ll include basic information like publication date and genre, a rating for how scary or disturbing it is, a one-liner summary of what it’s about, and then a few sentences of my own commentary. Novels, novellas, non-fiction books, and short stories will be eligible. Screenplays and essays will not (though many of these are very good).
I can’t remember what timeline @kupcho1 gave for his countdown, but I need at least a little time to prepare and will be busy for the next couple of weeks at work anyway. I definitely don’t want to comment early on anything that has the potential to be on his list. So, I’ll plan on tentatively starting at the end of the month which hopefully give him time to finish his threat and digest it, but will be close enough to the end that people still have the list on their mind.
I may throw in some random trivia and stuff too. If people have other things they think would make this fun, let me know.
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