And the 50th anniversary edition of The Shining is also coming out this year in December rather than the next.

Now I have to read it but first, Salem’s Lot!

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What are your thoughts?

Patrick’s death in It and the death of the villain (I don't remember his name, only that he was a policeman) in Rose Madder are my picks.

I don’t think I’ve ever snatched a book off the shelves faster at a HPB! I’ve seen a copy there before but always for $100+ so this one was a massive surprise!

11/22/63 should be remembered as such imo. I'm curious to hear what you think.

Title says it all! If you could only choose one King book as your ultimate favorite to hand to a fellow reader, which one takes the crown? Let me know your top pick!

I bought Salem’s Lot last year in August and I loved it and in October last year I read Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption and I haven’t read any Stephen king book since then, and today finally I am reading this one. Pretty excited. Did you like it? Is it frightening?

Some of these placements hurt my heart but it had to be done. (Also I loved On Writing; it just doesn’t count for this rank ordering).

Edit: I forgot Later existed. Will be purchasing soon.

Also don’t have the full Gwendy trilogy. lol so thankful I let Reddit audit me. I’d have missed several books otherwise.

They all have unique styles to them. Some of them have the atmosphere of what the story is and some just have nostalgia to the time it came out.

I know, I know. I just wanted to say that as a stand-alone show, not meant to be dead-on accurate to the book, it is actually pretty good. I won’t include any spoilers (not that we all don’t know what is going to happen)! There are some really heart warming moments throughout the time she spends in high school. There are some terrifying aspects too. Just being new to school would be terrifying enough but kids today are downright vicious. It is a unique take on an old classic. I don’t think it does the original any harm because it is different enough to be its own thing “based” on a book. I don’t know, I went into thinking it was a duplicate of the original film but have been pleasantly surprised multiple times about how it was made current!

During the era of Bachman actively releasing books before the official King reveal, I wanted to know what it was like on the other side of things.

Did people know it was King right away or suspect it heavily? If so, what was that reasoning? Did Bachman have any sort of relevance in pop culture then? Was Bachman potentially people’s favorite author? Were you personally tricked as someone who read a Bachman book unknowingly?

or should I say:

let's go, then...

I've been rereading a few King books this year, and something has changed for me. The monsters aren't usually the parts that stick around afterward.

It's the petty people.

The coworker who enjoys having a tiny bit of power over somebody. The neighbor who keeps a grievance alive because being angry feels good. The parent who knows exactly which sentence will hurt their kid and says it anyway. The person who sees somebody embarrassed in public and quietly enjoys it.

King will spend pages inside that kind of person's head, and the frightening part is how rarely they think, "I'm doing something evil." They think they're correcting someone, getting even, protecting what's theirs, teaching a lesson, or simply taking the respect they're owed.

Then he'll introduce the supernatural element and it almost feels like it found an existing crack rather than creating one.

That's probably why Needful Things works so well for me. The premise is ridiculous if you describe it clinically: mysterious shopkeeper sells people objects and asks for favors. But the favors work because Castle Rock is already packed with people carrying around tiny resentments, humiliations and scores they haven't settled.

Same reason characters like Harold Lauder bother me more on rereads than a lot of King's actual monsters. You can watch someone repeatedly encounter little exits from the path they're on and keep choosing not to take them.

When I was younger I thought King was especially good at imagining monsters.

Now I think he might be better at noticing the completely mundane ways people give monsters something to work with.

Loved this story, and I'd consider it a top 10 of all King's books I've read so far. Really enjoyed the two different family dynamics that were explored. Very good read.

Source: https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/movies/stephen-king-on-carrie-the-shining-etc/

When Dan returns to the overlook and is starting the boiler I spotted what may be a framed photo of the Grady twins. I wonder if this is supposed to be a call back to the scrapbook Jack finds in the book or just a coincidence. They appear to be younger in the photo than they are in the movie if so