First Stephen king book

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BeverleyMarsh

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The Twilight Zone
Carrie, age 8. I had borrowed it from my mum's bedroom. The cover really intrigued me, there was this girl looking scared and the title was "Carrie" which isn't a name in France, it just means tooth cavity :confused:. I just had to find out what that story was about and boy, I wasn't disappointed.I didn't even know what periods were then! Also, I interpreted the different scientific excerpts on telekinesis and newspapers cuttings to mean that I was reading a true story :wow: So the book was scary on many levels but it didn't deter me one bit :)

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mal

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Hi hliasdio. Salems' Lot - 14 years old. I was wearing bluejeans. I've mentioned this in another post that when I finished the book it was about 1AM. I turned off the light to go to sleep and around 10 minutes later, got up, turned on the lights and radio because I was scaring myself too badly in the dark, contemplating what I just read. Welcome!
 

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Man, I wish I could remember. I think I picked up Night Shift first and enjoyed most of the short stories.

Then I think it was The Shining. I liked it until the last part. I think it got too blacked up in the oven there.

Next, I think, was The Stand, and I was hooked.

Then there was a string, some of which I liked, some of which I didn't (Dead Zone is my favorite, Firestarter was a joy, Cujo edges out It for the biggest disappointment), but always in awe of the writing mastery.
 

GNTLGNT

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Non-fiction: Read On Writing at age 38. And it leaves me with a vague notion of what I've been missing for years, growing up.

Fiction: not long after finishing On Writing, I decided to start with Carrie. It isn't often that I find myself tearing through a book the way I did with Carrie.
...I find myself savaging a new King story like I would a plate of fresh baked cookies....then I have to return later and actually taste the damn thing....
 

Desert Kris

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...I find myself savaging a new King story like I would a plate of fresh baked cookies....then I have to return later and actually taste the damn thing....

I have this weird feeling, having started to reading SK, but it doesn't make any logical sense. All my life I've seen other people, family and friends, classmates reading ST, and picked up and put them down constantly for reason I can't explain. There were so many that I idly thought, "I should definitely read that one some day, it looks interesting," and it's a thought I've had about many SK books. The weird part is that I feel like I was meant to have been reading him this whole time, and have stretched against how my own personal history should have unfolded (and in a parallel universe next door, I have read many of the books I've always intended to). So I've found myself caught in a general frenzy, scrambling to "right" the universal balance...sounds mental I know. I'm also trying to pace myself at the same time, so I don't burn out on ST.
 

Neesy

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I have this weird feeling, having started to reading SK, but it doesn't make any logical sense. All my life I've seen other people, family and friends, classmates reading ST, and picked up and put them down constantly for reason I can't explain. There were so many that I idly thought, "I should definitely read that one some day, it looks interesting," and it's a thought I've had about many SK books. The weird part is that I feel like I was meant to have been reading him this whole time, and have stretched against how my own personal history should have unfolded (and in a parallel universe next door, I have read many of the books I've always intended to). So I've found myself caught in a general frenzy, scrambling to "right" the universal balance...sounds mental I know. I'm also trying to pace myself at the same time, so I don't burn out on ST.
So which book was your first?

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Neesy

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Non-fiction: Read On Writing at age 38. And it leaves me with a vague notion of what I've been missing for years, growing up.

Fiction: not long after finishing On Writing, I decided to start with Carrie. It isn't often that I find myself tearing through a book the way I did with Carrie.

Ooops - sorry! Missed this one :cool-new::p:a11: