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[Malina]

Welcome Bruno! I love Portugal :)

[Maatakiri]

Hello to everyone, my first Stephen King book was Dead Zone (1979), I was 17yrs old. My second book was Different Seasons (1982) and I've been hooked ever since. My favourites over the last 30+yrs have been The Stand, Needful Things, It, Thinner, Eyes of the Dragon, and The Dark Half. My children would buy Stephen King books as Mothers Day presents as they knew I was a big fan lol :) NZ fan living in Australia :)

[Justice]

I too loved Eyes of the Dragon, it's one of my favorites..
I hardly ever hear someone else mention that book :)

[Maatakiri]

Hi Justice, thanks for your comment. I loved Eyes of the Dragon not only for it's writing but for the fact he wrote for his daughter and her age group (I think she was 13 at the time) as she didn't feel his books catered to the youth. A definite favourite of mine for all time. I'm thinking of starting a collection again as when I moved to Australia, my books were given to the local second hand book store. :)

[Kandice]

Justice wrote: "I too loved Eyes of the Dragon, it's one of my favorites..
I hardly ever hear someone else mention that book :)"

I've read it aloud to each of my three children and at least two, maybe all three of them, went on to read it again themselves. I think it would make an amazing movie if handled correctly.

Like others, the fact that he wrote it for his daughter makes it even better.

[Matt]

Hi, I'm Matt. I'm new to the site and the group, and I'm a big Stephen King fan; the guy is an inspiration to me. Home is near Portsmouth in the UK, I'm 41 and have 4 kids. One of those kids is only a wee one and very noisy, which means I do most of my reading at night. The perfect time for a King novel don't you think?

[Dan]

Welcome, Matt. Yes, night is perfect for a King novel.

[Nick]

Justice wrote: "I too loved Eyes of the Dragon, it's one of my favorites..
I hardly ever hear someone else mention that book :)"

I like it a lot. Just got the audiobook for future listening... after IT.

[Luciana]

Hi, my name is Luciana, i'm from Brazil but I live in Ireland. I am a huge fan of Stephen King, but I guess I have watched more films than read books, I am afraid. Hope this group will make read at least one of his books per months, but he has written so many that I don't know if I will ever manage to read them all!

[Nick]

Luciana wrote: "Hi, my name is Luciana, i'm from Brazil but I live in Ireland. I am a huge fan of Stephen King, but I guess I have watched more films than read books, I am afraid. Hope this group will make read at..."

Welcome, Luciana. How scared do you want to be on your next read?

[Susan]

Hi Luciana! Most of books are a lot better then movies, so definitely try to catch up on them :)
Hi Matt, its good to know that there are more people from UK here :)

[Luciana]

Hi Nick, thanks for the welcome, and I love to be scared, so the more, the merrier :) True, Susan, but the man is such a fast writer! I will do my best though.

[Nick]

Luciana wrote: "Hi Nick, thanks for the welcome, and I love to be scared, so the more, the merrier :) True, Susan, but the man is such a fast writer! I will do my best though."

Susan wrote: "Hi Luciana! Most of books are a lot better then movies, so definitely try to catch up on them :)
Hi Matt, its good to know that there are more people from UK here :)"

Luciana: try IT, Pet Cemetery, Christine... or if you want a slow building scare, Duma Key. This assumes you already know all about The Shining.

[Margaret]

Welcome Luciana. I would recommend Rose Madder . It s a fine novel about domestic violence with a touch of supernatural. It is scary enough (the kind of fear that you experience when you watch the movie "sleeping with the enemy" with Julia Roberts) . It has also references to Greek mythology. I m from Greece so I consider this to be an advantage . It is not a " classic King" and the symbolisms are not so significant as in other books of him, but I thing it is great for starters . And then of corse The stand , It, Needful things, definitely 22/11/63, insomnia, Pet cemetery , ok someone stop me before I write down all his bibliography !!! Enjoy your reading!

[Luciana]

Thanks Nick and Margareth for your suggestions!

[Nick]

Luciana wrote: "Thanks Nick and Margareth for your suggestions!"


I second Margaret's mention of Rose Madder, though King himself doesn't like it much. The husband is terrifying. And speaking of scary people who could be real, the bad guy in Gerald's Game is unbelievable. And then of course, there's Salem's Lot... vampires.

[Adam]

Hello, I'm Adam. I was first exposed to Stephen King during elementary/middle school when my dad started collecting his earlier books and sharing some of the frightening tales at the dinner table. And they were actually scary. I started out watching the movies and remember reading It and Misery during high school, but I didn't really appreciate his writing and imagination until I was in college. He's written some bummers, yes, but overall, I love his creativity, his unique worlds and the characters in them.

[Kandice]

Welcome Adam!

[Erin]

Welcome, Adam!

[Carrie]

Hello every one my name is Carrie. I was 12 when I picked up my first Stephen King book which was It. I can't wait to get my hands on Revival when it comes out Next month. So excited!!

[Erin]

Welcome, Carrie! I can't wait for Revival too.

[Paolo]

Hi group.

Thought I'd join in seeing as I'm on my 2nd SK book and I've got a lot of his other works on my to-read list.

I wasn't really planning on getting into SK since he writes a lot of horror, which is far from my genre of choice, but I wanted to read a good book about writing recently, so I picked up On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. I don't give out 5 stars lightly, but I 5-starred that sucker.

So I got curious and looked for what SK's highest rated book was on GR and found out it it was The Stand. It's top tag is "Horror" (as most SK books are) so I asked around first if it's truly scary and some folks I know said not really, so I gave it a go.

It's a really fascinating read (I'm 1/3 into it already - (view spoiler)[Randall had just saved Lloyd (hide spoiler)]) and its first 100 pages or so is one of the best openings for a book that I've read thus far. And it's not scary at all so far. I'm starting to feel like people attach the "horror" tag to SK books more because they're SK books and not always because of the book's content. Or... maybe the genuinely scary stuff in The Stand is yet to come?

Anyway, that's all for now. Other SK books I plan on reading after this are The Gunslinger (and maybe the whole Dark Tower series after that) and 11/22/63.

[Kandice]

Welcome Paolo. I think most of us in the group would agree that horror is only a small part of what King writes. His characterization and ability to make you care about his characters is where most of the fear comes into play.

[Erin]

Welcome, Paolo.

[Nick]

Paolo wrote: "Hi group.

Thought I'd join in seeing as I'm on my 2nd SK book and I've got a lot of his other works on my to-read list.

I wasn't really planning on getting into SK since he writes a lot of horror..."

Good choices Paolo, BTW if you want to try a book that gradually moves into horror from more of a character study, try Duma Key.

[Margaret]

Welcome Paolo. I keep asking myself: what is horror? What really truly scares me ? Ghosts? Aliens? Vampires? Nope! I don t believe I will ever meet one of these fellows. But a tiny virus that "could" eliminate lots of people? After King wrote the stand , we had AIDS, recently the Ebola situation, so maybe the stand is horror from the very first page, but it will get scarier trust me.

[Kelsey]

Hi! I'm Kelsey. IT was the first scary movie I ever watched (I was about 3 years old), and have been a SK and horror fanactic ever since! My favorite SK is 11/22/63. I recently my grandparents gave me all of their copies of SK, and they had vintage copies of Dead Zone, The Tommyknockers, Salem's Lot, and The Dark Half. I haven't read any of those, and I'm really excited to start one of them!

[Marisa]

Hi everyone! My name is Marisa and I'm so excited to finally join a SK group. I've been a fan for years but was never actively involved in discussing his books or movies in a group setting. I think for me it all began with Pet Semetary and It as a young girl. Watching those movies intrigued me greatly as I've always gravitated towards the horror genre. My first SK book was The Shining. I love his use of diction and character depth. Not to mention the easter eggs he hides and ties all of his books together in an elaborate world. I'm going on a road trip through Maine in October and just bought my ticket for the Revival Book tour this morning so I am really excited for the upcoming couple of months. Looking forward to chatting with y'all

[Nick]

Kelsey wrote: "Hi! I'm Kelsey. IT was the first scary movie I ever watched (I was about 3 years old), and have been a SK and horror fanactic ever since! My favorite SK is 11/22/63. I recently my grandparents gave..."

WOW, what a great lot to choose from. I'd recommend Salem's Lot... the best of the bunch, then The Dead Zone.

[Nick]

Marisa wrote: "Hi everyone! My name is Marisa and I'm so excited to finally join a SK group. I've been a fan for years but was never actively involved in discussing his books or movies in a group setting. I thin..."

Get a great King book set in Maine to read along the way. One you haven't read before... IT, The Dead Zone, Cujo?

[Marisa]

Nick wrote: "Marisa wrote: "Hi everyone! My name is Marisa and I'm so excited to finally join a SK group. I've been a fan for years but was never actively involved in discussing his books or movies in a group s..."

Good idea, Nick! Most of them do take place in Maine which is one reason I love him so much. Next on my to-read list for SK is The Stand and Salem's Lot. I collect his books in hardback and haven't been successful in finding Salem's Lot in that version.

[Paolo]

Margaret wrote: "But a tiny virus that "could" eliminate lots of people? After King wrote the stand , we had AIDS, recently the Ebola situation, so maybe the stand is horror from the very first page, but it will get scarier trust me"

Funny story - when I got around 70 or so pages into reading The Stand, I came down with one of the worst flus of my life. It started out as a mild fever + joint pains, then I started sneezing, my fevers would get better then worse cyclically, then I started coughing and had migraines... All that lasted for around 5 days and then I started to get better.

But the timing of it all with regards to my book of choice could not have been worse :))

[Read me two times]

well well... I'm not sure I didn't do it previously, but I think not. So here I am, a really constant reader. I like reading SK because in his books I can find everything, horror, love, joy, blood, tears, smiles, scream, friendship. I can find life, everywhere, in every page and every word. My fav one is IT, followed by The stand (closely) and The dark tower series (I'm on the fourth book, now). This is my top three. But I also really like The long walk (it moves me every time I read it), Bag of bones, Misery, The tommyknockers, Hearts in atlantis, Desperation, Different seasons...ok, I think you get the idea XD
The dark half was my first, many many years ago, I was 12 and it was love at first reading...I didn't stop since then, and I hope our King will go on and write again and again.
I love you, King ^__^

[Nick]

Paolo wrote: "Margaret wrote: "But a tiny virus that "could" eliminate lots of people? After King wrote the stand , we had AIDS, recently the Ebola situation, so maybe the stand is horror from the very first pag..."

Terrible timing. I would have stayed sick for the duration of the read... at least.

[J.R.]

Hello everyone! I've been a Stephen King lover since I was around eleven and I have pretty much devoured every book of his that I've come across since then. I'm excited to connect with some other people who think that he's as brilliant as I do.

[Nick]

J.R. wrote: "Hello everyone! I've been a Stephen King lover since I was around eleven and I have pretty much devoured every book of his that I've come across since then. I'm excited to connect with some other p..."

Welcome J. R. What's your favorite King read?

[J.R.]

Hard to pick a favorite, but I'm going to say I'm on the fence between Rose Madder and Needful Things :) What's yours?

[Nick]

I have a list of my top 40 up somewhere... in a blog for sure on my page or www.nickiuppawrites.com. #1 Wizard and Glass (though I'm sure I'm in the minority on that one)... then IT, The Shining, 'Salem's Lot, On Writing. I do rank Rose Madder pretty high.

[Jeff]

I have Needful Things on my to read list. My favorite is The Stand and I loved Under the Dome and 11/22/63.

[Joan]

Greetings to Everyone! I have been a SK reader for about four decades. I read "Carrie" as a high school senior in 1977. I took a ten-year time-out from King's work after "Insomnia." But "Under the Dome" and especially, "11/22/1963" brought me back and the outstanding "Doctor Sleep" made me fall in love with the world of SK again.

However, I could not truly re-claim my Constant Reader status without reading King's Dark Tower series.

Well, I inhaled DT books 1-6 in just under one month. Now I have started the final book in King's magnum opus, and I am savoring DT book seven with absolute reverence. It will be an honor to discuss King's work with devoted fans.

[Erin]

Welcome, Joan! Dark Tower series is one of my favorites by him.

[Joan]

Erin wrote: "Welcome, Joan! Dark Tower series is one of my favorites by him."

Thanks for the welcome Erin. I am loving DT, my beloved Oy is my favorite character followed by the larger than life Roland Deschain.

[Erin]

Roland would be my favorite but I did like Oy as well.

[Taylor]

Hi everyone! I'm Tally. I live in Seattle, WA, I work in healthcare, and I'm a Stephen-King-aholic (why else would I be here??). In terms of books, I like most genres, but I tend to prefer horror, mystery, fantasy, and sci-fi. Most of my friends (in the non-virtual world) think King's books are "too scary and gross", so I'm glad to be here with fellow King-lovers!

[Erin]

Welcome, Tally!

[Nick]

Tally wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Tally. I live in Seattle, WA, I work in healthcare, and I'm a Stephen-King-aholic (why else would I be here??). In terms of books, I like most genres, but I tend to prefer horror, ..."

Hey Tally, bet your friends haven't read some of KIng's great non-horror works... different seasons for one. Anyway, glad your here.

[Jackie]

Hello everyone - I also love Stephen King. I'm currently reading Mr. Mercedes. I first starting reading his books when I was around 13. I always had a love of reading. My favorite all time is The Stand. I also loved IT and have thought about reading it again since I was so young the first time. Thought I might appreciate it better second time around.

[Erin]

Welcome, Jackie. I am also a big fan of The Stand. How are you liking Mr. Mercedes?

[Jackie]

Erin wrote: "Welcome, Jackie. I am also a big fan of The Stand. How are you liking Mr. Mercedes?"

As soon as I started reading it I was hooked. I'm very curious to see how it ends and I'm only a little over a hundred pages in! I just read that it is the first of a supposed trilogy.

[Erin]

Jackie wrote: "Erin wrote: "Welcome, Jackie. I am also a big fan of The Stand. How are you liking Mr. Mercedes?"

As soon as I started reading it I was hooked. I'm very curious to see how it ends and I'm only a..."

I liked the book as well. I did hear it was suppose to be a trilogy, not sure when the second book is suppose to be released.