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Jeff (thelongwait) | 293 comments I concur with Nick


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James (slaytanicphanatic) | 4 comments Jim, Phila. U.S.A. In about 1982, 83 my mom made me go to the library to research a report. I was 13 and in Catholic school so of course I had heard of Stephen King. The Shining and Carrie were just 2 movies I was forbidden to see. Apparently reading was a good thing though and I was up for a couple nights reading Salems Lot. I got in trouble for falling asleep in class but after school I walked the 7 long, 4 short blocks to the library for more. The Stand was a beast! Took many more sleep deprived nights to conquer but I was hooked.


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Paul (writer1984) Hello, constant readers! I have been reading Stephen King since the young age of 7 (I found a copy of Salem's Lot in my mother's room) and I read it, not understanding much of the big words but I was terrified by the story! Since then, I have collected all of his works and had a few of them signed. I hope to discuss the master and his work with all my fellow fans!


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Jeff (thelongwait) | 293 comments Welcome new members


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Erin (ems84) | 2671 comments Welcome Jim and Paul.


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Steve Parcell | 176 comments Hi all my name is Steve and I live in Hertford near London in England (not to be confused with Hartford Conecticutt) I have grown up loving the books of Stephen King and recently read The Stand for the umpteenth time. It will be next for the 3rd time!


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Erin (ems84) | 2671 comments Welcome Lily and Steve! The Stand is a great book, one of my favorites by him.


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Suburbansteve | 17 comments Hi guys my names Steve and I'm an avid reader of all sorts of books specially if it's recommended by a friend with similar tastes, followed the dark tower series from the day the first book was released (took approximately 15 years for the whole series.) and over the course of time waiting reread the books over again, my favorite is The Drawing of the Three not to say I haven't enjoyed the series in my opinion is the best he's written, anyway hi again to all and look forward to finding new authors


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Kandice | 4387 comments Suburbansteve wrote: "Hi guys my names Steve and I'm an avid reader of all sorts of books specially if it's recommended by a friend with similar tastes, followed the dark tower series from the day the first book was r..."

Welcome!


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Erin (ems84) | 2671 comments Suburbansteve wrote: "Hi guys my names Steve and I'm an avid reader of all sorts of books specially if it's recommended by a friend with similar tastes, followed the dark tower series from the day the first book was r..."

Welcome


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Deborah Mitton (goodreadscomdeborah_mitton) | 15 comments Hi - I have been a fan of Stephen King's work since he started writing (Yes - I'm that old). I have read the Stand 3 times & saw the 1st TV version of it (Okay). Looking forward to the remake. Also I always read the book first before the movie.

He has been a big influence in my writing ... I love horror.


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Erin (ems84) | 2671 comments Welcome Deborah


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Hannah (jupiternorth) Hi everyone! I'm Hannah, 22, from The Netherlands. I've been reading King's books since I was about 13 or 14, my father introduced me to his works. I have read more of his older work than his new work. I still really want to read The Stand and am about to start the Dark Tower series because I've heard it's great.:)


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Nick Iuppa | 4272 comments Hannah wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Hannah, 22, from The Netherlands. I've been reading King's books since I was about 13 or 14, my father introduced me to his works. I have read more of his older work than his new w..."

Welcome Hannah. What's your favorite King book so far?


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Hannah (jupiternorth) Thank you Nick!
Well, that is a difficult question... I don't have just one favourite I think ;) My favourites would be The Shining, Needful Things, Salem's Lot and IT, I think. I also loved Doctor Sleep. I still need/want to read The Stand and am about to start the Dark Tower series as well. I've heard both are great, so they might end up on my favourites list too!


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Nick Iuppa | 4272 comments Hannah wrote: "Thank you Nick!
Well, that is a difficult question... I don't have just one favourite I think ;) My favourites would be The Shining, Needful Things, Salem's Lot and IT, I think. I also loved Doctor..."


I'm sure they will... at least some of the dark tower. Looking forward to your comments as you go along.


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Malina | 304 comments Welcome to all new members!


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Sue Henshaw | 9 comments I started reading SK in 1977. I think maybe it was Carrie or Salem's Lot. I've all of his. The Green Mile and Dreamcatcher are my favorites, but I did like Joyland and Mr. Mercedes.


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Nico (njstrachan) | 3 comments Hey! Just joined! Just finished Wizard and Glass so I'm understandably jacked up with the SK fever right now.

I mostly do it Audiobook style, so that added a whole heap of cowbell to the whole thing. It's so far my most favourite Audiobook, the Muller-King combo was miraculous. Aye, so it was.

Trying to teach myself to write, and king is running a clinic on epic fantasy with the dt series, so he is. I aspire, admire and envy simultaneously


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Peastatgeria | 7 comments Hannah wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Hannah, 22, from The Netherlands. I've been reading King's books since I was about 13 or 14, my father introduced me to his works. I have read more of his older work than his new w..."

Hello Hannah! Nice to have another Stephen King fan aboard.The Dark Tower Series is my favorite books that King has ever written! I love all of them. Alot of King fans do not like these books for some reason.
I have seen King at a YMCA event. I even got to ask him a question about the Dark Tower series. I was nervous when I spoke to him. It was so cool. Let me know how you like the series.


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Peastatgeria | 7 comments Suburbansteve wrote: "Hi guys my names Steve and I'm an avid reader of all sorts of books specially if it's recommended by a friend with similar tastes, followed the dark tower series from the day the first book was r..."

Nice to meet you Steve. I LOVE, LOVE,LOVE The Dark Tower Series. It is my favorite King books ever. I love the Drawing of the Three as well. I read the series as the books were released. I had started to reread them one after the other I got up to Wolves Of The Calla and I realized that reading them this way made the Dark Tower experience a better cohesive experience than reading them years between releases.


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Nick Iuppa | 4272 comments Skye wrote: "That's fair, haha. I haven't read 11/22/63 yet but the idea of the plot seems really interesting, although if it wasn't written by an author I was familiar with I'm not sure if I'd be too intereste..."

11/22/63 is one of King's best, there's much more there than the summaries suggest.


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Kandice | 4387 comments Skye wrote: "Hi! I'm Skye, it's nice to meet you all. :) I've been a fan of King for about two years - I started reading his books when I was 15. The first book I read was Misery, which was a recommendation fro..."

We actually did a group read of Revival. We (try to!) mark spoilers, so visiting that thread should be safe. Revival seems to be one of his that got very mixed reviews. Personally, I didn't love it, but as a lot of us say, King's tripe is another author's caviar, so it's still certainly worth reading.


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Nick Iuppa | 4272 comments Nico wrote: "Hey! Just joined! Just finished Wizard and Glass so I'm understandably jacked up with the SK fever right now.

I mostly do it Audiobook style, so that added a whole heap of cowbell to the whole ..."


Get a copy of On Writing, the audiobook is great too. There's a lot of biography but also so solid lessons on everything you need to know about writing, even adverbs (he said sarcastically).


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Chuck Cubbage | 1 comments Hey everyone! My name is Chuck and I live in Louisville, KY. I have been reading SK for about 15 years off and on. Favorite book has to be "It" I didn't like clowns before reading that book and have hated them ever since. I am always reading different things whether it is for work, school, or fun.


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Joan (joanofsnark) | 79 comments Nick wrote: "Nico wrote: "Hey! Just joined! Just finished Wizard and Glass so I'm understandably jacked up with the SK fever right now.

I mostly do it Audiobook style, so that added a whole heap of cowbell ..."


I second that Nick. "On Writing" is a superb primer for any aspiring or established author.


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Tsvetelina Patseva | 3 comments Hello, I`m Tsveti and I live in Plovdiv (Bulgaria). I am a fan of King since I was 15. I`ve read all of his books in Engish and Bulgarian. I am sorry If i make grammar mistakes, I gues I am better at reading. My favourite books are "The green mile", "Salem`s Lot" and "The Shinning".


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Erin (ems84) | 2671 comments Welcome Chuck, Tsveti and Stephanie


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Claire Hi, everyone. I'm Claire and obviously I'm a huge King fan (and horror in general). My favourite books have to be The Dark Tower series (oh, poor Roland!), but aside from them I just adored The Stand and It.
The next book on my King reading pile is 11/22/63 and I'm looking so forward to it.
Great to be a part of a group that so clearly has good taste!


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Kenneth McKinley | 277 comments Welcome to the group Chuck, Tsveti, Stephanie, and Claire. All great choices for King favorites.


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Jeremy Megargee (flagglives) Hey guys, my name is Jeremy and I'm a huge Stephen King fan. I discovered King's work when I was still in high school and it's been a huge part of my life ever since. My favorites are The Stand, Pet Semetary, IT and The Dark Tower series. I'm a fan of Joe Hill too!

King inspired me to write my own novel and I getting so much joy out of his stories.


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Chelsey Stonehouse Hello, my name is chelsey and I do enjoy Stephen king. I'm sure I don't need to add that since it is obvious, as I joined the group :p I am excited to be a part of this group!


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Kandice | 4387 comments Welcome Jeremy and Chelsey!


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Chelsey Stonehouse Thank you Kandice!


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Nick Iuppa | 4272 comments Chelsey wrote: "Hello, my name is chelsey and I do enjoy Stephen king. I'm sure I don't need to add that since it is obvious, as I joined the group :p I am excited to be a part of this group!"

So come join the group read of Gerald's Game starting on March 1. (you too Clare & Jeramy) Everyone reads it and we argue about it as we go, hopefully with spoilers hidden.


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Chelsey Stonehouse Nick, where do I find the group to join? I am super new to this App so I'm still trying to find my way around.


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Nick Iuppa | 4272 comments Chelsey wrote: "Nick, where do I find the group to join? I am super new to this App so I'm still trying to find my way around."

Just check the topics, after March 1 or thereabouts there'll be a topic called group read Gerald's Game... Just click on it and join in. If no one comments by then just wait a few days.


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Nick Iuppa | 4272 comments Chelsey wrote: "Nick, where do I find the group to join? I am super new to this App so I'm still trying to find my way around."

Here's a better answer than the one I thought I just gave. Go to the home page, scroll down under boards until you come to the topics called Buddy Reads (or it may be higher on the list.) You'll see it. Then click on the topic and you'll go to the discussion. After that if you click on Emila me when people reply you'll get e-mail messages when people post to that topic.


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Chelsey Stonehouse Ok perfect! I will check it out when it is up.


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Jo Phillipson | 41 comments Hey everyone! Jeremy-have you published your novel?


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Todd (toddwn) Hey everyone. My names Todd. I am a fan of Stephen King too! I am currently reading 'Desperation'- which is very good! My favorite works of his are Misery and Carrie! Much appreciated if people check out my ratings and reviews! Cheers! :)


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Nick Iuppa | 4272 comments Todd wrote: "Hey everyone. My names Todd. I am a fan of Stephen King too! I am currently reading 'Desperation'- which is very good! My favorite works of his are Misery and Carrie! Much appreciated if people che..."

I just checked out your reviews Todd. Good comments. I enjoyed Cell myself... plan to read it again very soon. Also like your quotes from Mr. King. Be interesting to hear what you think of Rose Madder. There was quite a discussion of it here last month.


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Todd (toddwn) Thanks!


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Erin (ems84) | 2671 comments Welcome Todd


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Daphne (daphnebrouwer) | 5 comments Hello I am Daphne. I am from Rotterdam. I just discovered GR. *Hallo ik ben Daphne. Ik heb net GR ontdekt.


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Kandice | 4387 comments Daphne wrote: "Hello I am Daphne. I am from Rotterdam. I just discovered GR. *Hallo ik ben Daphne. Ik heb net GR ontdekt."

Welcome Daphne! Have to admit, I have no idea what the second half of your post means. ;-)


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E. | 242 comments verwelkomen Daphne! denk je Stephen King lezen in het Engels of in het Nederlands?
welcome Daphne! do you read Stephen King in English or in Dutch?

I have always felt that translations would lose something. I've read things translated from other languages and I can tell I'm not getting the full effect originally intended. With King, it would seem important. Plus, so many of his characters are defined by their US location, ie; Maine.


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Anthony Dalton Hi, my name is Anthony, the first time I read Stephen King, was in 1976, I was 9 years old and read Carrie. It confused me and frightened the hell out of me, somewhat understandably I didn't pick up another of his books for another 4 or 5 years. My out and out favourite is 'The Stand', an absolute masterpiece in my opinion


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E. | 242 comments Welcome Anthony.
Carrie was my first also in the 70s, but it made me want to read every King that came out after that. But I was a few years older...


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Kelsey Ellis Hey everyone! My name is Kelsey, and I suppose I'm a fledgling Stephen King lover (but a lover nonetheless!). I travel quite a bit and have found Audible best for me to enjoy a good Stephen King book. As a matter of fact, every book of his that I've "read" has been done though Audible. So far I have only read Under the Dome and 11/22/63. I am nearly finished with The Stand (which has been a long journey). I plan to add more to my list. I've invested in The Gunslinger boxed set, and also have Bag of Bones on Audible that I plan to listen to. Happy to be here and have some discussion!


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