My favorite book of all time

[raggedyman79]

It's been a while since I read this book, but I'm rereading it now. I feel like I'm one of the Losers more than ever, as I hit a passage that I had forgotten and suddenly go "Oh yeeeeeeaaaahhhhh" as recollection hits. And there are some things I don't even remember at all, some lines or snatches of dialogue, and it's fun to find that I'm still discovering new things even though I've read it what seems to be a zillion times.

I'm looking forward to the remake, and I hope it's still on track. I don't know how they're going to beat Tim Curry's iconic performance in the original, but I'd love to see someone like Michael Fassbender try!

 

[Dana Jean]

Welcome! Tim Curry was so good!

 

[Robert Gray]

I find something new every time I read the book, and I tend to read it once a year to once every two years at the latest. I suppose the time I don't find anything new or see something I didn't understand before, I'll start leaving a longer period between cracking the covers.

 

[Lily Sawyer]

I liked It, but it isn't my favorite King work. But I still pick it up every few years or so and give it another read.

I'm very curious about a re-make. I've got some great casting ideas for the adults.

 

[kingricefan]

I really, really loved It when it was first published. I really, really want to do a re-read, too, but every time I think about it I look at my pile of TBR books and start to sweat.

 

[GNTLGNT]

I really, really loved It when it was first published. I really, really want to do a re-read, too, but every time I think about it I look at my pile of TBR books and start to sweat.

...oh you're such a fussbudget....

 

[raggedyman79]

Should we throw out some casting suggestions? I'm game! Although I'm sure there's another board for that!

I liked It, but it isn't my favorite King work. But I still pick it up every few years or so and give it another read.

I'm very curious about a re-make. I've got some great casting ideas for the adults.

 

[raggedyman79]

I really, really loved It when it was first published. I really, really want to do a re-read, too, but every time I think about it I look at my pile of TBR books and start to sweat.

TBR?

 

[FlakeNoir]

TBR?

To Be Read. (pile)

 

[kingricefan]

...oh you're such a fussbudget....

I just can't handle the pressure! All of those books whispering readme readme readme.....

 

[GNTLGNT]

I just can't handle the pressure! All of those books whispering readme readme readme.....

 

[HollyGolightly]

IT's one of my favorites as well. I liked the mini-series, and I liked Tim Curry in as Pennywise. One of my roommates was dating a really obnoxious guy when the series aired, and he came over every night to watch it, and every time Pennywise was on screen he'd say, "Hey, that's Tim Curry! He was in the Rocky Horror Picture Show". I wanted to poke his eyeballs out. She married the guy and divorced him within a year.

 

[HollyGolightly]

Ohmygoodness. Did I really say I wanted to poke someone's eyeballs out? Say sorry, Sais - this was pre-coffee. I only wanted to tape his mouth shut and tell my friend not to marry him. He's a spaz.

 

[doowopgirl]

I didn't like IT when it first came out. Avoided it for years. I recently reread IT and it was like Where you been all my life. Now I need to read IT again. To really get it.

 

[FlakeNoir]

Ohmygoodness. Did I really say I wanted to poke someone's eyeballs out? Say sorry, Sais - this was pre-coffee. I only wanted to tape his mouth shut and tell my friend not to marry him. He's a spaz.

 

[mustangclaire]

I agree totally and try and read it once a year. Welcome.

 

[Kurben]

It is one of these book that you can't get enough of. Reread about once a year. Probably the book i have read most times.

 

[bigkingfan91]

I'm reading it now for my 1st full time! Only about 200 more pages left though. I have to say, for me, I enjoy the heck out of huge novels, the longer the better. I LOVE backstory, subplots, etc. I love the way King wrote it, going back and forth, that was awesome. I know some folks don't like too much backstory, etc. but I wish this one were 2k pages. Amazing book, and I'm not even finished yet!

I have a good question. The Stand is often considered King's masterpiece, and in that same sentence it is often referred to being his longest work... Like they are classifying it as his best work, simply because of the length.. Why is IT never mentioned in that breath? Did IT not sale as well or something? Or is it because of how The Stand is apocalyptic and a very large novel in terms of subplot and characters? I'd argue IT as a darn VERY CLOSE 2nd... Amazing how SK told this story.

 

[HollyGolightly]

Good question - I think maybe The Stand had a little more something for everyone, while IT is definitely more of the horror genre with

Spoiler

a little sci-fi, too

.

 

[Kurben]

I'm reading it now for my 1st full time! Only about 200 more pages left though. I have to say, for me, I enjoy the heck out of huge novels, the longer the better. I LOVE backstory, subplots, etc. I love the way King wrote it, going back and forth, that was awesome. I know some folks don't like too much backstory, etc. but I wish this one were 2k pages. Amazing book, and I'm not even finished yet!

I have a good question. The Stand is often considered King's masterpiece, and in that same sentence it is often referred to being his longest work... Like they are classifying it as his best work, simply because of the length.. Why is IT never mentioned in that breath? Did IT not sale as well or something? Or is it because of how The Stand is apocalyptic and a very large novel in terms of subplot and characters? I'd argue IT as a darn VERY CLOSE 2nd... Amazing how SK told this story.

According to me IT is his best book. The Stand is for me number two. IT is long but you just float through the book as if it were just 200 instead of 1000+ pages.