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[Kandice]

Nathan wrote: "Bad thing is it was only noon when I wrote it. /tipsy

No, I meant drinking at night. Ladies night tried to kill me last night. Those darned women love emotional men. ;)"

LOL

[Nathan]

Glad to make you laugh. Such a beautiful smile you have. ;p

[Kandice]

Shucks. We're just bonding all over the place.

[Nathan]

Ha!

I just sent you a message before I checked this. We both said shucks. And here I thought I was the only one that used that word.

[Jo]

Flirting over Stephen King? Can anyone join? ;-)

[Nathan]

Hey perty thang! /wink

And we weren't flirting (or were we). It's just my southern way. Reading Gone With The Wind is going to my brain.

[Jo]

I think you're a charmer, Nathan!!

[Nathan]

Why thank you!

I notice you're reading Odd Thomas. Great book! I hope you enjoy it.

[Jo]

I've finished it-just haven't updated my status. I'm about to start Pet Sematary. Can't believe I haven't read it before!

[Nathan]

Then I bet you can't believe I own Pet Sematary and still haven't read it. I lucked out on a book show a few months ago and bought roughly two dozen of Kings hardbacks for about a hundred bucks. Best money I ever spent.

Nice profile pic. If you know that woman, tell her I said she's a mighty perty woman.. ;) /now that's flirting

[Jeff]

Well played sir!

[Nathan]

Why thank you.

[Erin]

Hi! I'm Erin. I've been reading SK since I was 13. First book was The Stand. Still a fave. I would have to say he's probably my favorite author. Thanks for letting me join!

[Jeff]

Welcome Erin:-)

[Kandice]

Erin wrote: "Hi! I'm Erin. I've been reading SK since I was 13. First book was The Stand. Still a fave. I would have to say he's probably my favorite author. Thanks for letting me join!"

When you first read it, was it the original version, or the uncut? I'm always curious to know which people read first and if they've read both, which they prefer.

BTW, welcome!

[Erin]

It was the unabridged. I didn't read the abridged until about 10 years later. You miss so much in the abridged version. I've also listened to the audiobook a couple of times. The guy that reads it does a great job.

[Kandice]

I'm glad you liked the unabridged better.

I read the abridged first (Obviously older than you!) and thought it was amazing, but when the complete and uncut was released it felt like an extra Christmas present. There are never enough pages in a King book for me.

[Erin]

Oh I know what you mean!! I can get sucked into an SK book faster than any other book, and I always want more. My mom told me about reading the abridged book first, and she felt the same as you. It was 20 years ago that I read it for the first time (to tell you my age. )

[Kandice]

I often find that people who read the abridged version first (usually because that's all that was available at the time!) prefer it to the uncut. They say the stuff that was cut is just extra and unnecessary. I'm always baffled by that.

[Erin]

Trashcan Man alone you learn so much more about. He's much more fleshed out as a character. I'm all for more to a story as long as it really does make sense. Like the book Cell. I'm still waiting for the unabridged version. It felt chopped up.

[Kandice]

Erin wrote: "Trashcan Man alone you learn so much more about. He's much more fleshed out as a character. I'm all for more to a story as long as it really does make sense. Like the book Cell. I'm still waiting f..."

I thought I was one of the (very) few people that liked Cell! As much as I liked it, I agree that it screamed for more pages. I would suspect that at this late date King's editors don't cut a ton of his stuff, but it did feel as if a lot had been cut from that one.

[Erin]

I hope we get it someday, because I loved the idea of it.

[Nick]

Nathan wrote: "What's happening, Folks! Looks like I found the place for me.

I've only been reading King for a few years now. I ride public transit regularly and needed something to do with my time. My g/f ow..."

In re-reading full dark no stars I see in the afterword (or whatever he calls it) that King says The Long Walk was his first novel, written at the age of 18. To me the success of the long walk and the almost universal acclaim it receives is proof of some kind of standard of excellence that we all carry around. We may argue about the details of some other books, but there's no doubt about the quality of this one.

[Nathan]

Hey, Kandice! The first one I read, and only, was the uncut. I don't know if that's good or not, but I loved it! /must be good

I hope your day is going well, lady bug!

[Nathan]

I need to start reading more than just the last few comments.

I did like Cell a lot. I also wish it had an uncut version.

I guess I hit the lottery when my library only had the uncut version of The Stand. I can't imagine reading any other way!

[Jeff]

I have read the "complete" only, but i have a copy of the original and am thinking bout giving it a try.

[Kandice]

The original The Stand is a great novel, I'm not saying it isn't. I just prefer to have as many words from King's hand to my eyes as possible! The uncut goes so much deeper into the characters back stories, and I think we've established that King's strongest talent is characterization.

[Jeff]

I agree. But kinda wanna read the original to compare.

[Kandice]

TheLongWait wrote: "I agree. But kinda wanna read the original to compare."

Absolutely do, even if just to see what the editors felt was dross.

[Jeff]

Of course editors also cut 400 pages out of Infinite Jest and that was published at 1,079 pgs.....

[Nathan]

The uncut version is worth it for The Kid alone. You'll see what I mean.

[Noorilhuda]

King is one of my fav. authors and hence am glad to be here. Can't wait to begin Revival. Here's to scary nights!

[Angela]

My name is Angela and I am from Australia. I have been reading King since i was about 13 or 14. I am 35 now. It an The Stand are my two favourite books. I re-read them every 2 to 3 years. I believe I have read the majority of his books, but I keep coming across one that I havent read.

Im pretty new to Goodreads, so hit me up if you like.

[Angela]

deleted user wrote: "Hi I'm Rick. I know I'm giving away my age here but I was first introduced to Stephen by way of his short stories in men's magazines when I was in the military. I recall seeing his first novel Carr..."

I wish i could have read his short stories in the mags. To me that is like saying you saw the beatles, or hendrix or joplin in concert.

[Nathan]

I know, right! To have read King before he was.... well, King.. must have been awesome!

[Projectbio]

Hello to everyone. I'm new to this site and need some time to get used to all its users and style.

I really like Stephen King. My father introduced me to his work, I started with collection of stories and the first book of his I read was Salems Lot. Loved The Dome, Joyland and especially 11/22/63 and I believe his recent works are some of his best. Haven't read Dr.Sleep and Mr. Mercedes and I'm not sure if they're worth it much. I want to believe though that Revival will be another ''small epic''

[Chad]

Erin wrote: "Hi! I'm Erin. I've been reading SK since I was 13. First book was The Stand. Still a fave. I would have to say he's probably my favorite author. Thanks for letting me join!"

That was the first King book I read. Blew me away, way back in the 80s when I was in junior high. Reread it last year, blew me away again.

[Chad]

Kandice wrote: "Erin wrote: "Hi! I'm Erin. I've been reading SK since I was 13. First book was The Stand. Still a fave. I would have to say he's probably my favorite author. Thanks for letting me join!"

When you ..."

Kandice, I have read The Stand twice, and both times it was the original version. I would like to read the uncut edition, perhaps..., but, I don't know. I'm a little bit leery of reading it. It's not the original one published, and I wonder if it will spoil my memories of reading the edition I read. Don't know if that makes sense. It does to me.

[Kandice]

I don't think it will spoil your memories at all. You'll just be getting a little...more. Nothing changes, you just get so much more detail.

Read it!

[Nick]

C. wrote: "Kandice wrote: "Erin wrote: "Hi! I'm Erin. I've been reading SK since I was 13. First book was The Stand. Still a fave. I would have to say he's probably my favorite author. Thanks for letting me j..."

Somewhere along the way I read that the reason they shortened the first edition was because the publisher didn't want to spend the money on the paper it would take to print the whole book; so they insisted that the book be cut down. I think it may be in the intro to the edition I read. Seems like a pretty arbitrary reason to cut down a book. It's not like King thought it should be shorter. So I'd give the uncut version a shot so that you can see how King really wanted the book to be.

[Amanda]

Hi, my name is Amanda and I'm excited to be a part of this group!

My first experience reading King was in high school. We had a set silent reading time and I had forgotten my book that day. I went to grab a something random from the bookshelf and found myself drawn to Misery. Call it teen angst, I guess. Well I was immediately hooked-I couldn't put it down.

Since then I've considered King's books my guilty pleasure. I especially loved The Stand and The Shining. I look forward to reading and exploring more great writing!

[Kandice]

Amanda wrote: "Hi, my name is Amanda and I'm excited to be a part of this group!

My first experience reading King was in high school. We had a set silent reading time and I had forgotten my book that day. I wen..."

You'll have to get over that "guilty pleasure" label! There's nothing to feel guilty about. ;)

Welcome to the group!

[Margaret]

Welcome Amanda. You sure have a long way to go. Sit back and enjoy the ride!

[Amanda]

Amanda wrote: "Hi, my name is Amanda and I'm excited to be a part of this group!

My first experience reading King was in high school. We had a set silent reading time and I had forgotten my book that day. I wen..."

Thanks, Kandice and Margaret! And Kandice, you're right about overcoming that label. For me it comes in part from being an elementary teacher. In comparison to books like Charlotte's Web, books like IT feel like a bit of a rebellion :)

[Jeff]

Welcome Amanda! And I do not believe, as Kandice does, that King is a guilty pleasure. His work has been one of the reasons why I find Pynchon, Wallace and DeLillo so enjoyable.

[Angela]

Amanda wrote: "Hi, my name is Amanda and I'm excited to be a part of this group!

My first experience reading King was in high school. We had a set silent reading time and I had forgotten my book that day. I wen..."

I know how you feel, i started reading king when i was like 13 and i used to sneak read him out of my mums bookshelf :-) total guilty pleasure tjen, but now he is my number 1 author.

[Nathan]

Awwwww, look at all of us! We're all telling our guilty pleasure. Well let me start with this one night in the year of '99..

Books! Keep the subject to books!

You're right, Kandice. There is nothing guilty about reading King. We should just be thankful that we have him to read.

Amanda, it's nice to meet you! I can understand how reading Charlottes web and It may be a difficult thing to do in the same day. That fricking spider was evil, I tell ya...! Ha!

Welcome to the group! I think you'll love it around here!

[Jo]

Welcome! Will you be reading Revival? It's the November book choice.

I live in London and it's not released till 11th November. Does anyone know if there's an earlier release date in the US?

Thanks x

[Kandice]

Jo wrote: "Welcome! Will you be reading Revival? It's the November book choice.

I live in London and it's not released till 11th November. Does anyone know if there's an earlier release date in the US?

Tha..."

There isn't, we are just chomping at the bit to read it.

[Jo]

Haha! Me too!!