What was Stephen King's first written novel. As i know Carrie was the first published novel but i thought i heard that was actually the 4th novel he had written but the others had not been published at the time. What were his first WRITTEN novels?
First Written Novel
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I think he started writing several novels during college, many of which he abandoned (he reworked one of them and later published it as Under the Dome), but I think his first completed novel was Rage, then The Long Walk. I need to do some research to be sure. In the foreword of The Bachman Books King talks about writing Getting It On (which became Rage) and The Long Walk during the years of 1966 and 1967. As you said, it wasn't until Carrie that he was published.
The Star Invaders was King's first attempted novel, according to Wikipedia. He wrote it in 1964, but I think this was one he didn't finish. There could be something prior to this, not sure.
Moderator Can you verify this? Do you have further information on this? Thanks.
Moderator Can you verify this? Do you have further information on this? Thanks.
Although he started writing Rage (Getting it On) first, The Long Walk was the first one he finished. Then he finished Rage.
Thank you all. As I was curious about all that. It's very interesting that he finished The Long Walk first as I thoroughly enjoyed that one. I haven't read Rage or Under The Dome yet
Thank you, Bev, for clarifying that.
.....Bev is like a good shampoo....clarifying.....
...and gone so quickly, like dandruff. He really is a boss with all the King lore and info. LOL
