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Bad? Is It The New Good, Or Vice Versa? Literary Life Is
Complicated:    Psst. It's "Stephen." No worries; I can't
remember the names of my junior high school friends either.
Russell Arben Fox  "I have so much affection for [Stephen] King
on account of countless pleasant hours spent reading his first,
second, third, fourth and fifth rate fat novels."  Since you're
a literate and well-read guy, I'm curious John: which King
novels do you regard as first rate, and second, and third, etc.?
I haven't read any King in years, but back when I did (mostly in
high school, some later on), I really wasn't that impressed with
his novels (not even The Stand, which from what I can tell
almost all his serious fans seem to consider his best), though
he could certainly keep his plots cranking right along. What I
loved were his short stori