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Originally posted by EXTR3MIST
Nonsense - Stephen King is just out of fashion, not out of talent.
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I think King has written too much. He has some wonderful books - really top notch stuff (even in terms of literary merit). But then it all started going downhill. I recently read From a Buick 8 and thought there was some lovely writing and great characters - but then he couldn't seem to figure his way out of the story. To me that's lazy, hasty writing and - let's be honest here - no EDITING. No editor in the world is going to look at a King manuscript at this point in his illustrious career and say - "gee Steve, kind of gets sloppy at the end." I think this is the death of most "popular" writers in the current economy of mass-production/consumption. People get famous and then stop getting good editing.