Before I start talking, let me introduce myself fully; I am the husband of Scary_Nurse314, and all of "her" guides/reviews and most of her posts are mine. I am much more long-winded, and love to hear the sound of my own voice (and the sound of my own typing) much more than she does. While she certainly is a nurse (although not scary at all), I am a teacher of the history of the ancient world.
Now, on to the question at hand: what was your first book (or movie, even) that drew you into the world of Stephen King? What made you a fan of his works?
Even before I started reading SK, I was on a Boy Scout camping trip, and a high-school-aged fellow scout was talking about one of King's books (which I later learned was The Eyes of the Dragon). It was later that year, when I was still in either fifth or sixth grade, that I started reading Stephen King books. I think my first King book was "It," although I'm not terribly sure about that. I was astounded by the imagery of King's books, and remember being surprised that he used actual product brand names, like Pepsi, instead of the usual childhood books that did not. To be honest, I didn't understand a lot of what was going on at times since I was still fairly naive about the world...but I was hooked anyway. I continued reading King's books, and loving them more and more. As I grew older, and eventually outread King's writing, I started rereading them again (now in high school), and understood much better what was going on. I continued to read through college, found my wonderful future wife, and introduced her to the Dark Tower series. My first Christmas gift to her was my set of Dark Tower books, minus The Gunslinger (which I could not find anywhere since it was before the reprints). Since she had to start with The Gunslinger anyway, I had to borrow the book from my library and included it with the rest of the books that actually were a gift.
I often think that it was our love of Stephen King that finalized our life together...especially since I didn't have too much else to offer. For that (and for many other reasons), Stephen King will continue to be my favorite author of all time.
aaahhh,i remember my first experience with stephen king as if it was only yesterday....(but now that i think about it,it's been 21 years!!! i'm old...haha) anywho, i was on an amtrak train going from california to nebraska for the summer. i had brought a long a werewolf story to read for the 3 day trip (not silver bullet,and not sk...i wish i remembered the author though...it was a good book) so,as i was reading this book,a gentleman came up to me and asked if i actually enjoyed that genre of book. after confirming that,yes,i actually did,he showed me the book that he was reading called 'it' by someone named stephen king,and he said i would probably enjoy it...after i got back home,i went and bought this huge book,and started reading it...i was instantly hooked!!! so,the first time i read 'it', it took me two weeks!! now i can read it in about 3 days haha....i've read it a total of 5 times,and i own the movie (don't really care for the movie much,though...i can't get over the fact that "john boy" and his mole were in the cast...) and that is how i came to respect and admire an artist named stephen king...
The first Stephen King book I read was Pet Cemetary. I believe I was about 12. I was so hooked I couldn't put the book down. I stayed up all night and read the whole thing. I had gotten it from the public library. The next day I went back and got more of King's books from the library. I have managed to get my husband hooked on King too.
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