Well I still considered myself new to king since I started reading him just a couple of years ago. I have however, been ripping thru novel after novel. I am just about done with defending jacob and was going to start dark tower III. But I had a change of heart. My dad passed on in 2001. He wasn't a big reader. A book or 2 a year. He was a vietnam vet. A very strong man. I always saw him as invincible. That why I will never forget the day that he said to me, " you want to scare the sh%€ out of yourself, read this at night time (saying this as he tapped the book IT.) Something that actually made my dad scared? I was in awe of the book. Maybe that's why maybe subconsciously I have been passing on it read after read after read. Well I just ordered it. Probably have it on Fri or sat. I can't wait. Finally gonna read the book that scared the u know what out of my dad. I'm scared just thinking bout it. Excited as well