I've always wondered what happened to that poor kid in 'Salem's Lot. Boy, that book creeped me out. The footsteps coming up the stairs at sunset, the kid maintaining absolute focus trying to get loose, then his buddy at the window on another night . . .

King definitely has his moments, and my favorite part of On Writing is the memoir about his accident, where he describes the guy who hit him as "a character out of one of my own books."

I like King. But I like giant books. I like his older stuff better than his newer stuff, although I thought "Bag of Bones" was just terrific.

I like King whenever I pick up one of his books. But for some reason I hardly ever think to grab one of his books when I'm looking for something to read. I should probably change that.

A "sequel" to The Shining could be great, I think. I'd love to know what happens to Danny.

I swore off King after finishing The Dark Tower series. I have never been so pissed off at the ending of anything in my life!

I never read those -- I'm not a fantasy person, really.

Hi Rayne. I thought the ending was fine. I was pissed off at the racial stereotypes and plain old bad characterizations and godawful prose and poor storytelling that came before the ending.

I didn't bother finishing the Dark Tower series. But I would LOVE to see a follow-up to 'Salem's Lot.

My mom has a good portion of my (admittedly small) collection of King. She snagged Different Seasons and Misery (for herself) and The Stand (for my niece) when she was visiting last month. I still have his latest collection of short stories that I haven't read yet--maybe I'll get started on that after I put up my tree this weekend.

I couldn't read the Dark Tower series. and I neer read Salem's Lot. How odd.