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King is remarkably out of place here

😕

why

Sometimes

He has some good endings here and there

Look at those 4 names in OP
Stephen King is closer to James Patterson than he is the other 3 names there

Not at all

James is a hack who doesn’t even write his books anymore

No, he's not. It's not like the list is "Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, Joyce, King".

Very reasonable company for him to be keeping.

It’s not… like, I like The Stand too but King and BALDWIN in company ??? anyways I wouldn’t have made a big deal out of it in the first place

To be fair I've only read If Beale Street Could Talk by Baldwin, and it was very great. I haven't read any Atwood but I've ready Vonnegut and while he's incredible and probably a better artist than King I don't think it's crazy company for him to be keeping.

But I agree it's not that big of a deal. King is just way better than most writers and his best books have a depth that I think is really under appreciated. This is coming from someone who grew up assuming he was a hack but once I started reading him I realized how great he was.

king a goat, f*** outta here

some of you guys never read IT and it shows

King is more prolific than he is great