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[Nick]

Dean wrote: "11/22/63 is an awesome book. I have read it twice and plan to read it yet again. King's power for description and subtle details of background paint a picture so real that I feel like I went back t..."

Back to the Future!!

[Erin]

Welcome Debbie

[Mr.]

Good afternoon Stephen King Fans,

My name is Erick Wofford and I am a huge fan of horror and I recently launched a campaign for my newest film SPLATTERPUNK! The Movie. This is an action horror anthology film made in cooperation with the one and only DAVID SCHOW! (We are shooting his award winning short story "Blue Amber- The years best dark fantasy and horror 2014") So please if you have a few minutes click on the link to the movie and donate or share. Thank you!

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[Thomas]

Intro:

Greetings to all group members around the world! It's Tom from Germany, with an unquenchable thirst for (almost) everything King. Looking forward to get in contact with you! If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Cheers

[Kandice]

Thomas wrote: "Intro:

Greetings to all group members around the world! It's Tom from Germany, with an unquenchable thirst for (almost) everything King. Looking forward to get in contact with you! If you have any..."

Welcome. You'll find that most of us in this group are unquenchable where King is concerned. :)

[Erin]

Thomas wrote: "Intro:

Greetings to all group members around the world! It's Tom from Germany, with an unquenchable thirst for (almost) everything King. Looking forward to get in contact with you! If you have any..."

Welcome!

[Annerlee]

Hi there

I'm Annerlee (obviously)and I've just joined the group.

I love Stephen King's books in general. I recently read Duma Key, which I thought was creepy but not too scary... until I was on my own one night shift checking deserted corridors with creaky doors and the wind howling outside(!ugh*!*) - I live in the Shetland Islands (Scotland)and the sea is never far away. (GET A GRIP!!!) It's amazing how SK's books get under your skin.

The Dark Tower Series is my favourite series of all time! I've read it three times and am always so down when it finishes. Feel soo sad that no-one understands. Maybe I'll find my Ka-tet here?!?

[Kandice]

Annerlee wrote: "Hi there

I'm Annerlee (obviously)and I've just joined the group.

I love Stephen King's books in general. I recently read Duma Key, which I thought was creepy but not too scary... until I was on m..."

Welcome! Duma Key is one of my very faves. Some of the phrases King created in that book haunt my everyday.

Scotland sounds lovely, by the way, despite creaky doors and howling wind.

[Patti]

Hi All, I am so happy to find fellow Stephen King readers! My name is Patti and I am living in Tulsa. I love all his books. When my Mom was alive we would take turns buying the latest and then sharing it. My only change now a days is that I would rather buy them on my Kindle instead. Takes less space :-)

[Masa]

Hiya. My name is Masa pronounced Mesa. I have been a true blue Stephen King Fan all my life. Read sooooooooo many of his books. I am in the process of reading a book about him. I am stoked. It is very Interesting so far. I want to Thank you for having me and can't wait to discuss his readings.

[Kandice]

Masa wrote: "Hiya. My name is Masa pronounced Mesa. I have been a true blue Stephen King Fan all my life. Read sooooooooo many of his books. I am in the process of reading a book about him. I am stoked. It is v..."

Which book are you reading about him? I have quite a few and was just wondering if it's one I've read.

[Kandice]

Patti wrote: "Hi All, I am so happy to find fellow Stephen King readers! My name is Patti and I am living in Tulsa. I love all his books. When my Mom was alive we would take turns buying the latest and then s..."

Welcome!

[Rach]

Welcome, Thomas, Annerlee, Patti and Masa! It's lovely to have even more people here!
P.S. Annerlee, I think I'm a tad jealous of you living up in the Shetlands, I've had some great holidays in Scotland.

[Judeyu]

Hello,everyone.I'm judeyu from China.I had read English novels about 20 years,from British classic novels like Thomas Hardy to Stephen king.And king is the best novelist I liked,and 13 novels wrote by him was done.I will trace his newest novel in the future year.

[Judeyu]

Hello,everyone.I'm judeyu from China.I had read English novels about 20 years,from British classic novels like Thomas Hardy to Stephen king.And king is the best novelist I liked,and 13 novels wrote by him was done.I will trace his newest novel in the future year.

[Angie, Constant Reader]

Welcome everyone!

[Cory]

Hi, My name is Cory Abernathy. I'm a huge Stephen King fan. I grew up reading most of his work; probably much sooner than my parents would have liked too. The Stand, The Talisman, and the entire Dark Tower series are some of my favorites. However, I really don't think I appreciated King as much as I should have until I read his books that didn't really fit into the classic horror genre though they did have some supernatural elements. Books like Duma Key and 11/22/63 were incredible and had incredibly complex characters. I also loved The Eyes of the Dragon. King is such a complete writer. I've tried, unsuccessfully, to emulate his writing. I just published my first novel, 'Ogden' and then I think back on his work and realize that I have a long way to go but thinking you will ever be as good as King is a fool's errand. I try to keep that in mind with my work. I look forward to discussing his work with all of you.

[Kandice]

Cory wrote: "Hi, My name is Cory Abernathy. I'm a huge Stephen King fan. I grew up reading most of his work; probably much sooner than my parents would have liked too. The Stand, The Talisman, and the entire..."

Welcome Cory! And congrats on the book. That's a huge accomplishment and more than most of us can say.

[Erin]

Welcome Cory, congrats on the book!

[R.J.]

Hello All, my name is R.J. McCabe, well Richard to most, I'm a huge Stephen King fan! Since I finished the book IT I have been hooked and recently listened to needful things on audio book and have to say it is my second favourite of his, I thought it was amazing. Very much looking forward to his short story collection as that was the second horror book I read and he has inspired me to finally write my first novel Undead at Sundown that I published on kindle just over a week ago. Good to meet you all :)

[Kandice]

R.J. wrote: "Hello All, my name is R.J. McCabe, well Richard to most, I'm a huge Stephen King fan! Since I finished the book IT I have been hooked and recently listened to needful things on audio book and have ..."

Needful things felt like King's nod to us fans for following his books for so long. There were so, so many references to his other novels and shorts.

Welcome!

[R.J.]

Thanks and ps I meant to say Night shift was the second horror book I read lol, I have yet to read Finders Keepers or Doctor Sleep, but i'll get there. I would love to be able to emulate his work , however i think as you start to write you kind of find your own style by accident almost. :)

[Erin]

Welcome R.J.

[Dave]

Hi, I am Dave. I grew up in Brewer, Maine; across the river from Bangor (Derry?). I started with 'Salem's Lot when I was about 11. My favorite King novel is The Stand, although IT scared me the most.

[Kandice]

Dave wrote: "Hi, I am Dave. I grew up in Brewer, Maine; across the river from Bangor (Derry?). I started with 'Salem's Lot when I was about 11. My favorite King novel is The Stand, although IT scared me the ..."

Welcome! Have you ever seen his house? Since you are kind of in the neighborhood? :D

[Dave]

Kandice wrote: "Dave wrote: "Hi, I am Dave. I grew up in Brewer, Maine; across the river from Bangor (Derry?). I started with 'Salem's Lot when I was about 11. My favorite King novel is The Stand, although IT s..."
Yes, I have driven by the house on West Broadway on more than one occasion. For awhile, my dad worked at WZON, a radio station that Mr. King owned, and he would receive Christmas cards from the Kings. They usually had a dark comic aspect to them as one might expect.

[Cheryl]

Hi there, My name is Cheryl but my friends call me Shay. I have been a Stephen King fan since I was 13. My family would go on major road trips so that is where I got my love of reading. My first book was Eyes of the Dragon. My favorite so far is IT.

[Kaylee]

Hi my names Kaylee and I'm quite new to all this group discussion thing so bear with me and sorry if I write on the wrong thing! My favourite SK book so far is The Long Walk, I think, or maybe Desperation, or Running Man... It's hard to choose isn't it! Slowly working my way through the books I've maybe only read 20 King/Bachman books so far, I'm currently about 3/4 of the way through The Regulators!
So Hello everyone!!

[Stace]

Hi All! SK is probably one of my all time favorite writers. My favorite is The Dark Tower Series. If I didn't have so many other books on my list, I would probably read it all over again. 11/22/63 is my most recent read of his and I fell in love all over again.

I haven't read IT yet. Trying to build up the courage. :)

[Kenneth]

Welcome Shay, Kaylee, and Stace!

[Nick]

Kaylee wrote: "Hi my names Kaylee and I'm quite new to all this group discussion thing so bear with me and sorry if I write on the wrong thing! My favourite SK book so far is The Long Walk, I think, or maybe Desp..."

Hey Kaylee, great bunch of books for starters. The long walk is one of my favorites. Take a look at IT and see what you think... one of the very best.

[Kaylee]

I have read IT a few years ago, but it's one of the only books I've read AFTER seeing the movie, which I watched when I was a teenager, so I'm not sure if that tainted my view slightly so I didn't find it that scary.... Please don't all grab your pitchforks...

[Kaylee]

Ps. Just finished Regulators and it may replace Desperation in my favourite stakes... Now going to start The Talisman... It looks like it might take me a while haha!

[Nick]

Kaylee wrote: "I have read IT a few years ago, but it's one of the only books I've read AFTER seeing the movie, which I watched when I was a teenager, so I'm not sure if that tainted my view slightly so I didn't ..."

Movies can really mess up your perspective on a book... even the best of them don't measure up... well, okay, maybe The Shawshank Redemption.

[Kenneth]

I agree, Nick. As good of a movie as Misery was, it screwed up my perspective for when I read the book. I ran right out after seeing the movie and got the book which i then didn't like. It wasn't until years later that I gave it another shot and ended up loving it. I needed that time of separation from it to be able to appreciate it.

[Kaylee]

I think I was all askew when Bill was bald!

[Lester]

Hi I'm Lester and I'm a monster Stephen King fan. I've been reading his work for roughly 10 years and never looked back. I'm currently 369 pages into The Stand (Complete and Uncut) and I've fallen in love with it.

[E.]

Hey to Shay, Kaylee, Stace and Lester. Welcome to this group. Lots of great people here. Always good discussions, especially on group reads.

[Rach]

Welcome Shay, Kaylee, Stace and Lester, its nice to have you here, I look forward to hearing more of your thoughts!

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Namorrah wrote: "Hi there. I'm Namorrah from Ireland. I've just recently discovered Stephen King, and I've decided to start from the beginning!"

Welcome Namorrah - I'm doing the same thing (reading in publication order, more or less).

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Hey... we've got the same avatar, too :)

[[deleted user]]

Namorrah wrote: "Cool! Have you read any of them before?

Yup, when I started I had already read a few of them. My next King book is The Stand.

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Namorrah wrote: "I'm still on Carrie. New to Goodreads, so I'm trying to get used to the whole thing!"

I started with Carrie as well - I was really impressed by it.

[Kandice]

I love epistolary fiction and King does it very well, especially taking into consideration how young he was when he wrote it!

[Nick]

First of all I had to look up "epistolary" even though I've read many epistles and (unfortunately) written a few as well. Anyway, it is a great form, and Carrie is fine book that I've always under-appreciated. It deserves another read on my part. Have to say though, while I admire the idea, I can't bring myself to read the complete works of S. King in order.

[Nick]

Namorrah wrote: "I'm looking forward to reading them all. :)"

Great... should provide lots of insights. I know that I regretted read some of them out of order.

[Nick]

The ones that really bothered me were the castle rock series, Cujo, The Dead Zone, and Needful Things, just because I thought they implied more than was really there. Of course there are all the connections to the Dark Tower too... not just the series but all the connecting books, The Stand, etc. IT and 11/22/63 are slightly connected. King does link a lot of his books, no question about it... and seeing those connections are some of the great joys of reading his work.

[Kandice]

Because I’ve read them all as they were published (with the exception of the middle DT books) I’ve gotten all of his little “in jokes” and references to his own worlds. I am also a notorious re-reader, to the point that I have read some of his 10 or 12 times. Of course those are read out of order and that brings its own insights, so I don’t think you are missing much either way. :)

[[deleted user]]

Hi, I'm relatively new to Goodreads as well as Stephen King's novels. Last month I read my first book of his which was "Carrie" and really enjoyed it. I just picked up "Joyland" and am excited to read it. I've recently got into horror books and I feel Stephen King falls under that category, so I plan on reading tons of his books! I am also interested in YA fiction books, basically the "hyped books", so I am looking for anyone interested in discussing any kind of books with!! Feel free to message me

[Margarita]

Hi guys, my name is Rita Margarita Kouznetsova, I’m new to the group. Very excited! Please feel free to recommend a great book, I love fantasy. If there’s anything I can do for you, let me know.