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What was your first Stephen King book?
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My 1st King book was IT when in HS. I devoured it in a weekend and have been a fan ever since.
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My first Stephen King book was The Stand. The original, not the uncut version. After that I was hooked and read one Stephen King book after another.
My first SK book was Pet Cemetery back around high school sometime.
Hi all you STEPHAN KING FANS YOU!I started being read to at 3,
Started to read to my self at 4 - 5.
Got the first of my long line of library cards at 6 and started meandering from used book store to book store at 6.
Every Monday Wednesday and Saturday I'd be found cozier up in a story/ library till closing tine. I devoured books. To this day when people give to me a gift it's Opium perfume by Yves St Laurent, or a book by my favourite authors, of which I have numerous favourites.
I'm 63, still reading like it's being outlawed next week.!!
I love it.
Hi STEPHAN KING FANS..it's Debra, I forgot in my last comment to add the object of the comment which was which was the first SK BOOK I ever read was.
It was, of course, "CARRIE"
Read on!
DEBRA
My first King book was "The Shining". I had seen Kubrik's movie about 20 times prior to reading the book and was amazed at differences.
An old friend recommended King for me. He told me just to get a hold of any King book. I saw Bag of Bones in offer. I liked it very much and lead to that king was the only auhtor i read for a while.
Hi all you King Fans you!!I just started reading "Mr. Mercedes".
I'm only one chapter into this book, so far so good!
Happy Reading!
Debra.
The Shining, I was in 7th Grade and my grandma bought it for me in mass market paperback at Wal-Mart... devoured it and moved on to IT then saw the movie and was hooked on King.
I read Pet Sematary when I was in school. But I didn't read anything Else of his until just recently and I chose to start with Bag of Bones. I have been wanting to read that one since I saw my dad with it when I was 8 but I was told I wasn't old enough to read it. I have also finished The Green Mile, The Shining,and Doctor Sleep.
Mine was The Gunslinger. I fell in love with king's writing during the first sentence
Diego wrote: "Mine was The Gunslinger. I fell in love with king's writing during the first sentence"“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.” has to be in the top five best opening lines ever.
Firestarter was my first King book. I was young at the time and thought it was the best thing I've ever read...then I became acquainted with his other works.
My first Stephen King book was Salem's Lot, I was hooked to his writing ever since. However, I never really got into the Gun Slinger series, I guess now that I'm retired I'll have time to read it. But first I have got to read Mr. Mercedes!!
Cock-a-doodie Misery
My first King book was insomnia. Was a surprise because i've always thought that SK was a horror novelist. But Insomnia, The langoliers, and then The Dark Tower novels convinced me that SK was a great novelist, not only for the stories but for the words.
The first book of Stephen King I ever read was Bag of Bones. My girlfriend was very into horror at that time
Bag of Bones was my second and I loved it.
Pet Sematary. I was staying at a vacation cottage (it's a lot less fancy than it sounds), and there were a ton of books and mags left in front of the TV by previous patrons. Someone left "Pet Sematary". I read it -or most of it-and it freaked me out, particuarly the kid's funeral, about which there is nothing supernatural. Paying it forward, I left my copy of "Wired" (the book) and Rolling Stone for the next inhabitants.
Danielle wrote: "Bag of Bones was my second and I loved it."Great, great book!
I've already been thinking of what my sons first Stephen King book might be. He's not a reader yet, but neither was I until I first read Pet Cemetery. I think I was in probably 7th or 8th grade. He's not quite there yet though.
Carrie. I decided to start at the beggining of King's work and read my way up to his latest works.
Cujo read it when I was 12, been reading King ever since
Callum wrote: "Misery was my first — simply because it was the only King in the bookshop at the time! I'm glad I read it, though, it's one of my favourites so far and it certainly encouraged me to buy more of his..."I remember when HBO was a new thing and they would play like 12 movies a month over and over and over and I watched Cujo about 100 times in one summer. It's a great book and one of the few movies that is almost as good. Dee Wallace was the quintessential 80's mom, right?
Bag of Bones when I was 12. My family rented a vacation house for a week one summer, and I had finished the book I brought. I checked out their shelves, and Bag of Bones was the only thing that looked interesting. I wasn't finished by the time the vacation was over, so I made my mom call the people renting it to us and ask if we could keep it! Luckily they said yes, and I've been hooked ever since.
The Tommyknockers, and I loved it! I need to reread it though, as I remember little.
My first King novel was the girl who loved tom gordon, it was my moms copy, and I've been hooked ever since
The Shining I took from my mom to read I was pretty young
Salems lot was my first i have every book now and re read them all the time! SK is an amazing writer!
Either The Stand or Salem's Lot, I think. It was a long time ago!
Salems Lot was my first. Found it a bit of a let down but I'm glad I picked up another SK book and gave him another go. Found him to be a great writer. Will revisit Salems Lot again some time and give it another chance. I don't think it's the best intro to his writing style.
I think my first King book was Dead Zone. I enjoyed it. I was glued to it the entire time I was reading it. I also liked its TV adaptation on... I want to say SciFi?
It was my first book. I was hooked after that! I love Stephen King now.
Oh my gosh this question is so hard because I'm 45 years old and I've been reading his books since the late 1980's. I graduated High School in 1986. If I had to guess, it was probably "Carrie". But my all time favorite book that I can read over and over and have the big book unedited edition that he put out years ago. is "The Stand" I don't know why I adore that book by him but I do.
First complete king book I read was under the dome but the first one I ever bought was just after sunset.
Pet Semetary in 1986. I was in 6th grade and my parents had the paperback. I took it to read and had nightmares, but loved it! I did a book report and my teacher was quite disturbed, LOL! I've been hooked on King ever since!
Julie wrote: "Pet Semetary in 1986. I was in 6th grade and my parents had the paperback. I took it to read and had nightmares, but loved it! I did a book report and my teacher was quite disturbed, LOL! I've ..."I think you should disturb a teacher whenever you can. I try to disturb my teacher/wife as often as possible. :-)
BTW, I went back for a high school reunion and was amazed to see several stephen king books in the required reading section of the student bookstore. One of them was The Shining.
My first Stephen King book was It. A big read for the first book, but I was so into it, it felt like it took no time at all.
The Stand (original version) around 1980. I've read it many times over the years. I always seem to come down with a cold immediately after.
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