I am and always will be thankful for actually getting to meet Mr. King and shake his hand. I got to meet him at the 11/22/63 event in Dallas, TX on November 10th, 2011. I had never been to ANYTHING like this before. I've wanted to just tell him thanks and keep on doing what he does for thirty years. When someone's books mean so much to you along that kind of timeline you take part of those books as your own. In the good times, the bad times, and the really $h1tty times of my life, Mr. King has kept on writing wonderful tales and they have always allowed me something to focus on when I needed to get out of my head. So anyway, I'm wondering around the top floor of the Majestic Theater with the other people who bought the ticket for the meet and greet. I met some really cool people, some from as far away as Boston. There was no fanfare at all, one minute I was drinking a glass of something, don't remember what, but it tasted expensive, then I turn to my left that there is Stephen King, just kind of standing there drinking a bottle of water and looking like he had just popped in to see the local night life or something. He was such an...ordinary type of guy. There was no aura about him, no special light. He was just a helluva guy who seemed to have time to talk to every single person in the room, people asked him questions about books, about the Red Sox, he took the time to answer everyone with the same easygoing "how ya' doin?" attitude. He was great to be around. Some people say it's not smart to meet your heroes and I agree with that for the most part but my hero was a helluva nice guy and seemed genuinely inquisitive and curious about his fans. Thanks again for coming to Dallas, TX Mr. King. We were well met on the path of the beam that night, I say thank-ya sir.