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Currently looking for a pair of engineer's boots as well

Edit: link to the shirt in case anyone else wants one. It's a nice shirt. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0057XBD5Q/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apap_CRxKU42DUIMoa

Top of my head: 11/22/63, Misery, Revival, Pet Cemetery, the Girl who loved Tom Gordon. I've read all his stuff and it's typical the endings seem rushed, forgettable. For a guy with such a talent and self awareness about what good writing is (read On Writing) it's kind of bizarre.

There's something strange about the nature of fear. It seems like a negative emotion, but we seek it out in droves whenever we can.

I'm sure Stephen King has written about this in On Writing or Danse Macabre, but I can't recall any specific quotes from him.

The difference I see between these and beanie babies, is that you can collect actual characters from movies, bands and icons that you have been admiring your whole life. Not a random different color bean filled bear that has no connection to anything. Dont get me wrong, I can not wait to see the first couple that separates and has to bring their pop collection into the court room to be split in front of a judge!

These shelves are super easy to use, they're made of thin metal and they're hidden in the bottom book. I bought mine at a store years ago, but I found these on Amazon (is it OK to post a link here? I'm new to this) and they look the same! I imagine you can find different kinds online, I just searched for floating bookshelves!

The funny thing is, in On Writing, he talks about how he and his brother actually did create their own paper in school, and it was really funny and they sold a bunch of copies, but they had to give all the money back when a teacher who they made fun of came across a copy.

I really don't think King deserves to be automatically relegated to "non literature" status simply because of his subject matter and wide popularity. When you read his musings on writing, On Writing and Hearts in Suspension in particular, he explicitly talks about his goals to bridge the gap between popular fiction and literature. He rides that line. I don't think everything he has written is literary, but I sure do regard him as a hell of an author--he can be quite poignant, at times.

> For a guy with such a talent and self awareness about what good writing is (read On Writing) it's kind of bizarre.

In the epilogue (I think) for Dark Tower VII he says something that I think is reflective of his work. I don't have it in front of me but he talks about people who think books are about the destination and not the journey. King is about the journey.

Steven Weber's reading of IT is insanely good. That and Campbell Scott's reading of The Shining, and SK's reading of On Writing are my personal favorites. Jessica Hecht's narration of two of the stories from Full Dark, No Stars are fantastic. Enjoy!

Fine commentary and all, Constant Reader - but allow me to reiterate what just about everyone in this thread is likely to SHOUT at you: Climb the Damn Tower.

It's in no way traditional fantasy and the connections to King's other works will delight you throughout. As such a lover of the guys output you disservice yourself tremendously in leaving these books shut - not only is each one a great read, but as you're likely aware they entwine and enhance a lot of SK's other work. I'm about your age and can't really imagine a life without The Dark Tower.

PS - On Writing is a gem too!

While a good read, I think even this defense is a bit harsh.

King still gets a lot of shit for his rude prose (as witnessed by the poke at "poop humor" in Dreamcatcher), but I don't know why. He covers his reasons for this in On Writing, but I don't think he needs to defend himself. I think his humanizing of characters, even with crude descriptions and dialog, lends the charm that makes so many people relate.

While I do admit that sometimes a plot twist or device can be jarring, I can't say I've ever been embarrassed for King as a result of his writing. If you can suspend belief well enough to accept the supernatural nature of the dreams, Flagg, and Abigail in The Stand, then you can excuse the "hand of God" deux ex machina resolution. Likewise, if you can accept a demonic shape-shifting creature that feeds on the emotions of children, you should accept the "Bill Denbrough Beats the Devil II" resolution to the catatonic wife.

Personally, I can't think of any King piece that I just flat-out didn't like and would never read again.

I just don't get some people.

Cujo Cycle of the werewolf The Girl Who Loves Tom Gordon The Green Mile Danse Macabre On Writing Skeleton Crew Cell Blockade Billy The Colorado Kid Joyland Full Dark No Stars Gwendys Button Box Sleeping Beauties

I always recommend On Writing and Different Seasons to people who are new to his work. The former pretty much destroys any perceptions of his style that non-readers might have built up, and the latter provides a great glimpse of how versatile his storytelling can be.

I know this isn't one that you listed, but I read On Writing for a college course before I had read any of his other works. I was so interested in his personal story and the way he describes his own writing style that I felt compelled to read a few of his novels, and he quickly became one of my favorite authors. Plus, it's short and easy to read.

Read his books in order of release. You will watch a writer do the thing he himself purports to be impossible: he went from competent to good to great.

The thing to understand is that King’s writing evolved as major life events forced him to grow and change. From major alcohol/drug addiction, recovery, and then almost being killed walking down the street... his writing changes in many ways.

The one book that could be interesting to read now is On Writing. It’s two short books really, the first is memoir and the second is on the craft of writing. It’s terrific stuff.

There's probably a paper or two to be written about the use of water in SK's work. A number of his stories are set in "mill towns", towns that grew up around mills (usually textile mills) that used the local stream or river as a power source and/or dumping ground for chemicals. SK himself once worked in a textile mill--he said once (in On Writing, I think) that there are probably still coats hanging on hooks around Maine that are made of cloth that he helped produce--and his experience formed the basis of the story "Graveyard Shift."

Something about the Kenduskeag, in particular: it was the site of the murder of Charlie Howard, a young gay man, whose death was the inspiration for the death of Adrian Mellon in IT.

He wasn't drunk, IIRC- he had a large dog and a cooler of meat in the back seat, and turned around to stop the dog from getting at the meat, and managed to run over Stephen King in the process. Source: I've read On Writing way too many times.

These look to be the latest Mass Market Paperback releases from Simon & Schuster. I don't know if these are the same books in the box set, though.

I don't know if this helps with your decision on which book to get, but if you check out AbeBooks, you can find 11/22/63 and Under the Dome for about $5 a piece with free shipping.

I find all such books to be very inspiring, rather than instructional. I do value the hints and tips that SK (and other authors) offer in their 'how to' books, but much more inspirational to me is hearing the details of how their career developed.

My favourite part of 'On Writing' is when he describes getting the phone call to say that Carrie had sold. I was almost fist-pumping in my armchair!

"Waste Lands" stuck with me for weeks after I read it. Not only my favorite book of King's, but probably my favorite book in general. King talks in "On Writing" about how he just writes, with no real plan, how the novels just sort of flow through him. I think "Waste Lands" is the bst possible example of that. It feels stream-of-consciousness in all the right ways. It feels RIGHT, and truer to the characters and the world they inhabit then anything else I've read of his. (To be fair, I feel this way about all the Tower books, but book 3 stands out for me.)

I'm not an expert, but my understanding is King came from a family of addicts and was a drinker even before his fame. When he started getting famous and making big money, his drinking got out of hand and eventually morphed into a cocaine addiction. The Stephen King cocaine years mostly run from Dead Zone to The Tommyknockers, with the "high" point being the super-coked out movie Maximum Overdrive in 1986. I think of The Dark Half as the first "sober" novel, although that may not technically be true. He cleaned up around then. He was sober until his accident in 1999 when he had a brief relapse for a time due to painkillers. I think he's been sober ever since. He discusses his addiction in his non-fiction book On Writing. It's a worthwhile read.

In the forward to the novella 1408 sai King said he originally wrote it for On Writing with the intention to show the stages of rewriting but ended up loving the story so much that he decided to finish it.

I was just telling my husband that the intros where he talks about his childhood or the process of writing are some of my very favorite parts of his books. I was sad that the Misery audiobook I just listened to didn't have one! I should probably read On Writing.

I haven't read much Stephen King yet so I might not be the best person to answer, but I really enjoyed Hearts in Atlantis. It was way different than I thought it would be - it was the first Stephen King fiction book I read (I actually read On Writing first). Before reading it, I'd never bothered with him bc I didn't think I liked horror. After reading that book I now want to read EVERYTHING of his, horror or not. He's just that good. ♥

(The only other ones I have read are On Writing <- super recommend, even though it's not fiction, 'Salems Lot and Joyland. All were excellent.)

His book On Writing is actually my favorite work by him. I know it's not a work of fiction, but I still highly suggest it. Reading it really feels like you're just sitting in your living room having a conversation with the man. As far as fiction goes - I'm actually a big, big fan of his newest work: 11/22/63. It's the only King book that I've read in less than a week. I seriously couldn't flip the pages fast enough. The Shinning is also a solid choice.

This is my chance to highly encourage everyone to grab On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, if you haven't done so yet. In some ways it's the story of his writing life and will really place the face of this little boy into the picture.

Here's the listing on Amazon with a "Look Inside" preview.

It's in "On Writing"

>There's one novel, Cujo, that I barely remember writing at all. I don't say that with pride or shame, only with a vague sense of sorrow and loss. I like that book. I wish I could remember enjoying the good parts as I put them down on the page.

These are also amazing audiobook:
(The completion of the Dark Tower)
11.22.63
From a Buick 8 (some people hate this, the audio book is amazing)
Joyland - (A personal favorite) Doctor Sleep (some people hate this) Mr. Mercedes (trilogy? Im a fan of the first two, but not the final book)
honorable mention, On Writing.

Oh, definitely. I'm having a rough patch in life right now and I'm reminded of something he said in On Writing, while recuperating from his car accident.

I've not been in a car accident, but I still find what he said helpful in hard times: "You try to tell yourself that you've been lucky, most incredibly lucky, and usually that works because it's true. Sometimes it doesn't work, that's all. Then you cry."

King knows about living, loving, and loss; I can always find something in his works that comforts me no matter what specific thing is happening in my life. It makes me so frustrated that I have friends who refuse to try his books because "they'd be too scary" or "he's just a horror writer and I don't like horror." :'(

On my kindle, I'm currently switching between On Writing and Different Seasons. Since the latter is 4 stories, I'm switching after every one. Then I'm also listening to Needful Things on audible.

I'm not addicted at all. ._.

Probably not good. He spends a great deal of his time writing (according to his On Writing book). I've seen him drop a comment on sites or send email that a few people have gotten. I seem to recall that some guy has a conspiracy theory that Stephen King killed John Lennon. King wrote him denying that he killed Lennon ( http://lennonmurdertruth.com). So maybe there is a chance he might.

Wow. Different strokes from different folks. I'm originally from Bangor and it's nice to see different views but you just knocked out all of his classics. The Shining, Pet Sematary, 'Salems Lot, the Stand, IT, etc. etc. etc.

I do agree that On Writing is wonderful as is 11/22/63 and Under the Dome (all post accidents). I enjoyed Dr Sleep but Mr. Mercedes was awful. The characters were predictable and stereotypical to their character. I thought I was reading a James Patterson novel for most of it.

I think it is "On Writing" where he talks about how he never had any intention on releasing "Pet Cemetery" after writing it. He just tucked it away in a drawer for a few years until he need another book to finish a 4 or 5 book contract. Then he was very hesitant but didn't want to work for that company anymore so broke down and released it.

These are called "remaindered" books. Remaindered books are printed books that are no longer selling well and whose remaining unsold copies are liquidated by the publisher at greatly reduced prices. While the publisher may take a loss on the sales of these books, they are able to make some money off the sale and clear out space in the warehouses. You can tell usually when something is remaindered as there is a black sharpie mark on the pages at the bottom. It will look like this.

B&N also sells these on their website, so you can check out the other potentially remaindered King hardcovers here if you don't feel like going to a brick and mortar store.

It's really good. It doesn't have everything in the novel(that would be impossible), and is more fast paced, but in my opinion it is worth it. The best part is that you can get each set of comics in about 6(or 5?) volumes, and they come with these really cool extras such as maps of the characters journeys(which is one of the greatest parts, you actually get to see where the characters live in Boulder, CO, which is fun to google based on the map provided), insight from the artists, unused art for the adaptation, and see the detail put into the art in recreating places like NY. What I did is buy them used off of amazon, because you can get them cheap and hardcover.Here is number one of the Volumes The only thing I didn't really like about them is that they didn't make Larry the blond/ginger that (I think)he was in the book(isn't his beard described as reddish blond?):( I also didn't like the way Randal Flagg looked. I think that they are better than the miniseries and much gorier. It is based on the unabridged version btw

Maybe go with one of his non-fiction works.

"On Writing" was the first King book I read and it single-handedly got me to finally start my first novel after considering it for years. It's still a great read even if you're not interested in writing stuff yourself, just to get a look inside the mind of the man we all enjoy so much.

I have read On Writing, Salem's Lot, The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon, Rage, Rita Hayworth & Shawshank Redemption, and Carrie. Salem's Lot is my favorite because it made me afraid of looking out my window at night.

I'm about halfway through reading IT and I'm enjoying it so far.

Edit: added On Writing

Personally, I didn't enjoy FaB8 very much. It never picks up, so I'd recommend just powering through it since you are almost there. A lot of people are split on this book, because it's not really about the car, it's about the kid growing up and how stories are passed down between generations. King wrote a little about it in On Writing. I can at least appreciate it now, but it's not one of my faves...

IIRC in "On Writing" S.K. Didn't particularly enjoy writing this book. It was one of the few plot driven books he wrote.

But for me I was let down because the way it was described sounded so cool: Everyone in the world has a string that goes up into the sky. There are these things with giant scissors going around that no one can see except this one guy and they're cutting the strings off people and it Kills them. To me that's sounds like a cool beginning of a story.

I hated that the little Drs were these little alien like creatures that were scared of Ralph. I wanted Ralph to be scared of them. Not shooting air bullets at them.

Approximate total: 6.5 million words read.

If each re-read counts separately, then it's 8.3 million.

My list of what I've read:

1. Dark Tower: The Gunslinger—56,583
2. Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three—127,320
3. Dark Tower: The Waste Lands—175,526
4. Dark Tower: Wizard and Glass—260,740
5. Dark Tower: Wolves of the Calla—246,605
6. Dark Tower: Song of Susannah—127,969
7. Dark Tower: The Dark Tower—276,645
8. Salem’s Lot—152,204
9. The Shining—165,581
10. The Stand—471,485
11. The Dead Zone—151,898
12. Pet Sematary—142,664
13. The Talisman—269,473
14. Misery—121,120
15. Needful Things—251,898
16. Gerald’s Game—131,024
17. Insomnia—244,828
18. Desperation—193,635
19. The Regulators—123,301
20. Bag of Bones—210,347
21. The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon—62,578
22. Dreamcatcher—222,575
23. Black House—251,642
24. From a Buick 8—127,270
25. Cell—122,744
26. Lisey’s Story—184,035
27. Duma Key—204,187
28. Under the Dome—333,243
29. 11/22/63—274,105
30. Doctor Sleep—169,419
31. Mr. Mercedes—137,701
32. Revival—121,353
33. Everything’s Eventual—168,239
34. Hearts in Atlantis—185,547
35. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams – Approx. 35,000 (I’m 20% into this one)
36. On Writing— Approx. 40,000 (About halfway through this ine)

That puts him at 22 when King wrote On Writing.

Now that I think about it, King did mention dropping off his 22 year old son at the airport on the day he got hit by the van. Still interesting to me how he never uses Owen's name.

Of the list I'd say all those stories have a pretty good closed universe with the exception of "On Writing".

I'd love to see a film adaptation for Jerusalems Lot. I read the story and listened to the audio book before reading the Salems Lot book or movie. So it is kind of a sequel already.

I'd like to see another anthology book. They tend to be my favorite.

Not OP, but I just bought the Gunslinger from that Dark Tower collection from book depository. They have the entire set, but I wanted to order the first one and make sure it arrives before I buy the entire thing.

It could be a book club edition? Back in the day they didn't document things like that as obviously on the books as they do now.

Same book, but not sure if this person really knew what he had? (cached, listing removed) http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:yhWmr1WbKUYJ:www.ebay.ca/itm/Stephen-King-The-Stand-hard-get-sought-book-collectors-clean-copy-/171330094068+&amp;cd=4&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us

Edit: found something else here, looks like it's a reprint of the first edition? - https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/it.fan.stephen-king/rcctQNNHq0c

The Stand, Doubleday, Garden City, NY, [n.d.], Reprint of the 1978 First Edition with date code A29 on page 823, 8/10 in 7/10 dw, small closed tears. Cdn$30.00 or UK£15.00 or US$21.00.

It's not available to stream but you can get it here. (Oddly enough, though it is available by itself, the triple feature DVDs with IT and Salem's Lot is less expensive.)

I saw that one a while ago when looking for other SK omnibus books because I was looking for a hardcover copy of The Shining. I ended up finding and buying this one instead: https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-King-Novels-Carrie-Shining/dp/0307292053 because it has a nicer cover (sorry Jack) and I already had Night Shift.

Unless you're looking for the very rare hardcover, it is not at all hard to find. :) https://smile.amazon.com/Cycle-Werewolf-Novel-Stephen-King/dp/1501177222/

This is not a scam at all, its just a case of Amazon lumping reviews all into the same product description.

This NEW version released on June 5th is by Stephen King, the reviews are from 2017, 2015 and so on. The review for the "not Stephen King" version are for an officially released school book, Stephen King Retold by Robin Waterfield. There is even a picture in one review showing as such.

I have been impressed by how self assured this early novel is. He seems to know exactly where he's going with it. I have his book On Writing, but haven't read it yet,and I'm wondering if he uses outlines extensively or mostly wings it with just a general idea of where he's going and how he wants to end it. Anyway, thank you for the suggestion.

Danse Macabre is an overview of horror, mostly in literature but including the movies and TV shows King grew up with, and up to the date of the book. In the course of this, King relates some autobiography of his younger years. It's based on the English classes King taught when he was a teacher, and is an absolutely fascinating and easily readable set of essays - you'll probably find a bunch of authors to seek out by reading it.

On Writing is more about how King writes and his tips on how to do it well, though it does - like *Danse Macabre - dip into autobiography at times.

In his On Writing memoir he talks about always being honest about the story he's developing. Sexuality is often either an overt or underlying theme in his stories, especially in It. So to answer the question more directly I would say it's a mixture of that and simply creating a story and a world full of great detail. I wouldn't say that he has some perverted fetish or anything, he's just a good writer and more often than not it helps move the story along and, again, he's being honest about what his characters care and think about.

Hmmm I'd say as far as King books go, my next top 3 favorites would probably be The Shining, On Writing, and Lisey's Story. The Dark Tower is also a must-read of course!

Besides King if you're trying to branch out and read some edgy/weird stuff, I'd recommend Chuck Pahlaniuk (try Invisible Monsters or Fight Club) or Bret Easton Ellis (The Rules of Attraction).

I still like Carrie quite a lot; even though SK has admitted that some of the non-narrative material (the snippets from Sue Snell's book, the woman who used to be the Whites' next door neighbor, the congressional hearing) was to pad out the story to book-length form, it gives the book a sort of scrapbooky feel. I also like the bits in On Writing that describe the real-life classmates who Carrie White is based on.

I'm currently re-reading the first four Bachman books, starting with Roadwork, since I've only read that in bits and pieces, and I'm thinking about how many of his characters--if not the protagonist, someone who's essential to the plot--have serious anger management issues to one degree or another. I'm not saying that I've literally wanted to slaughter my high school class, or any significant fraction thereof, but I'm glad that I didn't have telekinetic powers when I was a teenager.

Audible has a couple of monthly subscription choices. 1 credit for $14.95, 2 for $22.95. They don't have an unlimited option as far as I'm aware and I've been an Audible user for a littler over 3 years. The other options are to get 12 or 24 credits all at one time for $149.50 and $229.50 respectively - you're saving a little money here.

If you use all your credits and need a book, what I do sometimes is buy the kindle version of the book and usually the audio accompaniment, Audible Narration, is greatly reduced after you own the kindle copy. Example: I wanted the book Swan Song by Robert McCammon. Instead of using one of my credits, I purchased the Kindle ebook first for $7.32, and then Audible adjusted it's price for the audiobook to $3.95 (regular $39.95). Just looked at "On Writing" and the Kindle ebook price is $12.99, Audible narration after purchase is reduced to $12.49 ($18.62 regular). Nice savings there. I'm not sure if this works with ALL books, but you'll be able to get lucky here and there.

This is unrelated, but I also like Audible because they allow you to return the last book you listened to if you were unsatisfied with it (crappy narrator, abridged when you wanted unabridged, etc...). I haven't had any issues with SK books but there have been a couple that I was glad to get my credit back.

I read Carrie six years ago, and found it to be okay. Not enough to convince me to read any other SK work though, until last month when I read On Writing. It made me interested in King as a person and after some research, I decided to pick up a copy of IT. I loved it. It's now my favourite book of all time. I finished it about a week ago and am still struggling to move on with life, lol.

Now reading The Stand. About 300 pages in.

I had quite the King summer too, but mine were all first time reads except for On Writing:

End of Watch

The Talisman

Nightmares and Dreamscapes

On Writing

Bazaar of Bad Dreams

Full Dark No Stars

It's good, and worth a reread once in a while. It's like a much longer version of his intro to the short story collection, "Night Shift," still some of his best work overall. Every introduction or Author's Note he's ever penned always go down good. They're like great conversations from a master to a pupil.

For an even better non-fiction book by King (and less on the topic of horror in general), don't miss "On Writing." It's like having a one-on-one lecture with Uncle Steve about his life and the craft of writing.

Pet Sematary! Lol.

No, seriously I'd say Different Seasons, maybe Dark Tower if you're up to it. I ALWAYS recommend Bachman books to first-timers. (I feel Running Man is a great first King book to read. It's short, quick, easy to read, has no connections to anything that I'm aware of, and IMO it's one of his best books.)

Edit: On Writing is a great book too, if you want to read for his writing style, rather than the book itself.

Bonus material from On Writing: King compares the Tommyknockers transformation to his experience using drugs to increase creativity. Drugs could help him imagine some wild and crazy things, but the cost of using them was losing his humanity.

Tommyknockers was not an intentional simile, but one that King felt was a desperate cry out of his subconscious.

Yes he talked about this in his book On Writing, which is an excellent read. I've also been listening to his audio books and it's been over 300 hours of king's material and I agree. I forget the verbage bus essentially he doesn't plan out the books. He asks a question..."what would happen if a killer car terrorized a town?" "What would happen if a disease wiped out 99.9 percent of the population?" "What if a writer was captured by a crazy fan?" He then creates characters and follows them through a series of events. He even claimed the dark tower books wrote themselves and was dissapointed at where the characters were in the end of the 3rd book.

Overall though, none of the endings bothered me at all. It seemed to be a natural conclusion to me, but I might not have as fine a palette as some.

I, too, am a writer (well aspiring) influenced heavily by King. The Shining and On Writing are my bibles at this point, and I must say that no matter how good Doctor Sleep was, it would never live up to the standard that The Shinning set. The novel is incredible, it mad eme feel for the characters more than any movie or game or tv show or book. I cried when Jack finally snapped. He was so close, so damn close to beating the addiction and it just overtook him. King really captured the deepest, blackest sadness with that book and it will always outshine the sequel because of that fact.

That's interesting to hear, because he does not have a voice for reading. I listened to "On Writing" and thought, wow, for such a great writer he has a terrible narrative. Maybe I'll give "Wind Through the Keyhole" a shot now. Thanks!

The Talisman, The Stand, It, Different Seasons, Pet Sematary, Misery, On Writing, The Green Mile, The Gunslinger & The Drawing of the Three.

I only give you the first two Dark Tower books because I know if you read the first two you'll be hooked on the series. :P

I've read Carrie, but I agree, it's hard to get through. Early King seems like he was trying too hard to be groundbreaking from a stylistic sense, rather than just telling a great story. I feel like the guy who wrote "On Writing" would send back Carrie with a lot of notes and red pen marks.

Hey OP! Check out /r/writinghub - there's a lot of subs specifically designed for submitting writing for critique. Also, if you haven't already, be sure and read On Writing by Uncle Stevie. It's full of enlightening advice and insight. Keep honing the craft!

I'm not sure anybody has ever compiled a list like that before. I sure hope one exists though.

All I know for sure (according to On Writing) is that his first book was The Long Walk. Then he wrote Carrie and Blaze. I'm assuming that 'Salems Lot came after that, since he wrote it right before his mom died in 1973. I'm sure he had portions of his other early books written at this time.

According to Wiki, King tells the story himself in the introduction to a 1991 collector's edition of Carrie. Also in On Writing. However, annoyingly, I have neither of those books to check and verify.

iirc, King said in "On Writing" that Bachman's focus was on content that was more risqué than the King works had been up to that point. As stated above, Bachman's focus was less on supernatural horrors and more on what people are capable of doing to themselves and others.

The Dark Tower Series (Favorite hands down)

IT (Favorite stand alone book and my first King novel I read)

The Stand

Pet Semetary

On Writing

Desperation/The Regulators

The Dark Half

The Eyes of the Dragon

11/22/63

This reminds me...I was bored the other night and watched a silly kids movie on Netflix called Bigger Fatter Liar and someone was paying homage to Stephen King. There was a secretary named Penny Wise and the 2 main characters checked into a hotel and guess what room they were in? Yup...237.

Oh, congrats on the anniversary!

If you want to hint less subtly, here's the set I found. The link is for the first book, but the others are on the "also bought" section (except for Song of Susannah, which doesn't match) :)

Can't say about 5 and 7, but I found 6 at Walmart for $5

https://imgur.com/50AKOcv

Here's a link I found to buy it:

http://www.abebooks.com/9780743254557/Dark-Tower-VI-Song-Susannah-0743254554/plp?cm_sp=plped-_-4-_-image

These are fantastic looking! I've only bought the first four in the US because the paperbacks don't look the same.

As an option, if you want to get these through AbeBooks, the total will come to US$ 121.27 with shipping, since the shipping on all of the books were free. Jus search by the ISBN and it'll pull up the correct edition. I selected the cheapest new copies of each volume and the total above is what was given to me.

EDIT - I also found a coupon for $5 off a purchase of $80+ with the coupon code "A28JL2RETAILMENOT"

I googled the ka symbol and did something with it. If it's not the right size or anything, I apologize. It might not be the best quality either, because instead of editing a picture I took, I was editing an image that already had a specific resolution before I got in there. Also did this from mobile, so if it's not great, I'm sorry.

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In short, I love this movie. It's as faithful a book adaptation you can hope for without having a 15 hour movie. I am excited for the remake, but have suspicions that it will miss the mark.

OMG some of those are worth quite a bit. This first edition of Carrie is selling for $2500. That's an amazing inheritance! Take good care of them!

https://www.stremio.com/

It works like a really simple version of XBMC or Kodi. Install the app on your PC or Android device, launch it, add community add-ons for Torrent sites and then you can find pretty much anything. Movies, TV, whatever.

It's one-click instantaneous streaming for most stuff. Watch a couple YouTube vids on how to set it up, you'll never use anything else again.

I'd suggest you get "The Stephen King Companion." I'd read through that as I made my way through the books in the order they are released (this book follows that order as well).

https://www.amazon.ca/Stephen-King-Companion-Decades-Master/dp/1511376791

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Yeah, no, that's why I was wondering if you mean first editon or if he was looking for any edition. Because you can get a regular edition for less than $10.

https://www.amazon.com/Writing-10th-Anniversary-Memoir-Craft/dp/1439156816

I did use Marty Robbins as the pose reference. ;)

https://www.amazon.com/Gunfighter-Ballads-Trail-Songs-Robbins/dp/B0000296J9

Do you mean The Princess Bride? It's readily available on Amazon in multiple formats. I see it at Barnes & Noble pretty much every time I go there.

From Wikipedia (pretty much accurate):

> When the novel was originally published in 1978, Doubleday believed the readers would be averse to such a long book, and that The Stand would be a bigger seller if it was much shorter. Stephen King cut approximately 400 pages (around 150,000 words) from the original manuscript.

> In 1990, a new unabridged edition of The Stand was published, billed as "The Complete & Uncut Edition". Published in hardcover by Doubleday in May 1990, this became the longest book published by King at 1152 pages. This edition reinstates most of the deleted pages (as selected by King), as well as updates the setting from the 1980s to the 1990s. This new edition features a new preface by Stephen King, and illustrations by Bernie Wrightson.

> Additionally, Doubleday published a deluxe edition of The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition, limited to 1,250 numbered copies and 52 lettered copies. This edition, known as the "Coffin Box" edition due to the book being housed in a wooden case, was signed by Stephen King and Bernie Wrightson.

The 1978 version was about 700 pages or so (for some reason, 600+ sticks in my head). That's the original I'm referring to. I'm not aware of a version with 1,400 pages. Where did you get it?

Here's a link to the 1978 edition on amazon.

This listing on amazon UK is for a copy weighing in at 1344 pages. Doorstop time. ;-)

The price differential was only about $20 on amazon. Worth the price and I didn't own or read books 2 or 3 yet. Needless to say I'm excited! https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/1501142062/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1

Got a paperback of the Bachman books with rage in it on Amazon. But its pretty much a hit an miss, you may or may not get a copy with it.

https://www.amazon.ca/Bachman-Books-Stephen-King/dp/0451147367/ref=tmm_mmp_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=

It was the UK version of The Wind Through the Keyhole: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/144473170X/

If you zoom in on the back cover there on Amazon, you can sort of see the images. Mine's on there too! :)

Those are pretty!! I've never seen these printings before!

EDIT - Amazon link for those interesting in owning their own

Long Walk is in the Backman Books and I actually have Dolores Claiborne but I was about to get rid of it because I heard it wasn’t great. I’ll have to keep that one then, thanks! The Dark Tower set is right here . It’s only $75 for a limited time before it goes back up to $150.Go to my account and I’ll post pictures of the books and the box itself (that’s the only way I can think of to do it because I don’t know how to use imgur sorry). Here’s the link to the Amazon account. The books themselves seem to stay in nice condition.

Yeah you can get a 9'' or 10'' roll of it on Amazon for about 12 bucks, or any library supply site. Those sizes covered all of my SK covers. 10 yards can cover several books, and Brodart sells the longer rolls too of course.

Its actually a strangely satisfying chore!

edit: to add a link

I don’t have arthritis, but I have a condition that causes hypermobility and pain in my joints, and my fingers and wrists are affected pretty badly. I have a lot of trouble holding/supporting books without pain. I got “The Book Seat” from Amazon and it has been SO HELPFUL. I can read physical books for hours without pain (well, no pain in my hands and fingers and wrists-my neck is another story haha)!

The Book Seat

https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-Kings-Stand-Don-Summer/dp/B00BW4S8AC/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3PKXT5FQF9SNW&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=the+stand+stephen+king+dvd&amp;qid=1602610886&amp;sprefix=the+stand%2Caps%2C173&amp;sr=8-3

He said in On Writing that a professional writer must be willing to put in at least four hours of writing and four hours of reading per day. I know that doesn't explicitly answer your question but it seems relevant.

As someone whose life's goal is to be a published writer, I have to say that On Writing was the best book I've ever read on the subject.

I love that he included a rough draft of 1408 (it's like posting a picture of yourself naked, in bad lighting, and without make-up). Too many times, I want to scrap what I've written because I read through it and think it's so bad compared to published works I've read. After reading his rough draft I realized that there's a reason we do drafts. Of course, what he publishes has gone through rewrites, edits, critiques, etc., but it's easy to forget when you read the end result.

Years ago, I found a used publication of The Bachman Books. It had Rage, which is no longer published (King's decision; it's about a school shooting) and rare to find. If he's never read it, he might like to receive that. It's actually a really good story, but I can appreciate why King doesn't want it published anymore.

If your husband writes and doesn't have it, On Writing is the best book I've read on how to write.

There's a link to merchandise on King's official site as well:

http://stephenking.com/merchandise.html

I would personally love this hoodie:

http://www.cafepress.com/stephenking.1032520796

(Yes, my username is a nod to Stephen King.)

really enjoyed Full Dark, Revival and Mr. Mercedes. Looking forward to Sleeping Beauties.

my favorites list: NOVELS: The Shining, It, The Stand, Dolores Claiborne, Misery, 11/22/63, The Green Mile, The Long Walk (Im sure there are others I'm forgetting)

NOVELLAS: The Mist, The Body, Low Men in Yellow Coats, 1922, A Good Marriage

SS COLLECTIONS: Skeleton Crew, Night Shift, Nightmares and Dresamscapes

NON FICTION: On Writing (his very best, imo)

DISAPPOINTMENTS: Rose Madder, Needful Things, From a Buick 8, The Gunslinger

PLEASANT SURPRISES: Rest of DT series (especially fond of Wastelands, Wizard and Wind), Danse Macabre, Joyland, Blaze, Eyes of the Dragon

I thought the bull was supposed to be her husband? Hell, I don't know, the novel was like a fucking fever dream and it's one of my favorites even though I don't understand it.

King isn't a big fan of it, though. In On Writing, he called it "stiff" and says he was "trying too hard." So analyzing it is probably a waste of time.

Well, there are probably more reasons why i love it. Firs of all, i like young King, 70's and 80's. He was not yet a superstar writer, still connected to the common people, fresh and high on coke :). He puts his life a lot into his work, something that is very obvious, but in the book On Writing it is even more emphasized. So this one is just it, something from his life turned to a thriller story. I liked the characters, they are a bit cheesy and stereotype, but i don't mind. The last thing is it is not long. The longer the King's book, the worst the aftertaste. Almost every of his books starts amazing, but longer they go, they loose that kick from the start, except few classics.

go back through your copies of Danse Macabre and On Writing.He recommends a number of authors who influenced him, people like Ray Bradbury, Shirley Jackson, Lovecraft, Richard Matheson.

outside of that, I'd recommend Phillip K Dick.