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.
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My first experience with Stephen King was a made-for-tv movie, rather than a book. Salem's Lot was aired in 1979, when I was 8 years old. My parents (surprisingly) let me and my older sister watch it. Ever since then, I have been hooked.
The next time I was exposed to SK was The Shining (movie), which came out in 1980 - when I was 9 years old. One late night in 1981, when my parents were out for the evening, The Shining came on one of the movie channels. My older sister let me watch it so that I would leave her alone. If my parents knew that, she would have been in so much trouble, because the movie had nudity in it.
Anyway, since I was only 10, I was not allowed to borrow any of his books from the library. So, I convinced my uncle to let me read his copies. I am now officially a Stephen King junkie. I have all of his books in paperback and hardcover.
Thanks to Mr. King I am terrified of clowns, the water (thanks to The Raft), rats, spiders, the list goes on and on. Little kids creep me out (Pet Sematary), and I can't even look at a strawberry pie without thinking of Thinner.
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