Stephen King is without a doubt, the hardest author to place in terms of quality for me. How could a person responsible for such incredible work as 'The Shawshank Redemption' or 'Stand by Me (The Body)' also have done such crap as Silver Bullett or Maximum Overdrive? Both of the first movies practically moved me to tears because of the thoughtfullness and intelligence in their stories. The second two moved me to tears because they SUCKED so bad! 'The Shining' is the scariest book I have ever read, hands down. 'The Stand' is a masterwork. But the you have garbage like his Bachman Books with 'Thinner' and 'Rage'
So where do you place Stephen King?