Stephen King -- Discuss the man and his books here.

[Mary]

^^Ah! I forgot about Bag of Bones! I just re-read that this summer, I don't know how it slipped my mind. Sarah Tidwell is another strong female character.

[Becky]

It happens Mary! ;) My King shelf is literally right in front of me, so I can browse the books and go through them in my head. (Is that cheating? LOL)

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

Becky wrote: "I don't think that King is really Oprah's style. Not nearly downtrodden-to-uplifting enough."

There's an uplifting part to Oprah books? :-)

[Michelle]

The only King I've ever read was It, which I read in middle school and found super scary. I had the paperback edition with the clown face staring out from the spine and had to turn it around backwards in my bookcase in order to fall asleep. Perhaps not the best reading for a 12 year old.

I never read any King afterwards, but I think it's time to get back up on the horse (decades later). I've heard so much good stuff about The Stand that I went ahead and ordered it and plan to start it this evening.

[Becky]

The Stand is excellent. The Shining is great as well. :)

[Becky]

JG wrote: "Becky wrote: "I don't think that King is really Oprah's style. Not nearly downtrodden-to-uplifting enough."

There's an uplifting part to Oprah books? :-)"

JG, I just saw this comment! LOL I'd say that Oprah BC books are uplifting, in a way. There's always a theme of overcoming adversity and self-discovery, blah blah. Like Oprah's personal story, y'know?

I like some of the books she's chosen, like "I Know This Much Is True" (which is one of my favorite books ever) but I don't go looking for OBC books.

:)

[Becky]

Katie, Under The Dome is out, it came out last week. It's enormous. :)

And aside from the dome itself, I doubt there's very much similarity between The Simpsons Movie and King's novel, LOL. Maybe a riot or two.

[Becky]

No problem. Anything to do with King gets me super excited! :)

THere have been a ton of comparisons to The Simpsons Movie because of the dome theme, but in reality, King has been "working" on this book for years. He first started working on it under the title of The Cannibals, I think. It's just one of life's little coincidences. Although, if a baby is able to teleport in and out through the sandbox, I'll begin to wonder... :P

[Leanna]

Becky wrote: "He's pretty strange to me, but I love him and his writing despite that."

I think I love him because of that. :D

There's so much I could say about how I much I adore King, but most of it's already been said. He's definitely one of my favorite authors; it's really cool because he's one of my oldest brother's favorites, too, so it's a source of sibling bonding we have. :)

I've been reading a lot of his Bachman stuff lately, just read The Regulators this past weekend and loved it. The only one I have left, I think, is Roadwork, which I've heard is one of the worse ones.

The Dark Tower series would probably have to be some of my favorites because they're so different and interesting. I've got a lot to read right now, but next, I'll probably try and read The Regulators, then Salem's Lot and maybe Desperation. I go through phases sometimes where all I want to read is Stephen King.

I recently acquired the majority of his books in paperback from my brother. He's trying to get all of the King books in hardcovers and I prefer paperbacks anyway, so he gave me a giant box full this past summer. I've read quite a bit of his stuff, but he's written so much that there's still plenty for me to read without having to wait a year or two for his next release.

[[deleted user]]

i never read any of his books at all could someone tell me what was his 1st book so i can buy it and try him out?

[Rachel]

Carrie is his first...

[[deleted user]]

ok i,ll try that book

[[deleted user]]

was carrie wrote in dec of 1994?

[Becky]

Tammie, I answered you in your other thread as well, but here's a link to King's novels by publication date: http://www.stephenking.com/library/no...

[Becky]

And no, Carrie was written in 1974 not 1994.

[[deleted user]]

ok well he has 2 books of carrie one in 1994 and one in 1974

[Becky]

Might be a reprint- there are a couple of those, but the original book was published in 1974. :)

[[deleted user]]

oh ok