It's a good, sprawling story without being bloated.

Yeah, but the flaws won't let me forgive it. My favorite is the first half of The Stand because it freaked me right the hell out. Deadly viruses released by human error are much more terrifying than nameless evil to me.

My favorite is the first half of The Stand because it freaked me right the hell out. Deadly viruses released by human error are much more terrifying than nameless evil to me.

Right there with you, baby. Freaked my shit out. And I read it at the *beach* one year. (I don't think those are related, but I felt compelled to mention it.) The Tommyknockers freaked me out, too, now that I think of it.

And Pet Cemetery was the first King I read, at age 13, and it had me literally looking over my shoulder while I read it. Of course, it didn't help that we had 2 cats at the time, and no proof that they weren't resurrected demon cats.

I love reading Stephen King stories even though I find that most of his endings suck. In my opinion, the man can really spin a tale. It's too bad he doesn't know shit about visual mediums like television and film.

I still remember Blue Oyster Cult playing over the first scenes of the miniseries.

more cowbell

Shawn, that's the only part of the miniseries I remember. Okay, I didn't watch all of it, but I saw enough to be forever freaked out by "Don't Fear the Reaper."

Until Christopher Walken and the cowbell saved me, anyway.

It's too bad he doesn't know shit about visual mediums like television and film.

Even that wouldn't be a problem if he knew enough to stay away from TV and film. Well, and if whoever was responsible for Cujo hadn't changed the ending.

When you read It for the first time at 12 y.o. you can't really forget a scene like that.

Waitwaitwait... are you younger than I thought you were?

You've just sprained something in my head.

Waitwaitwait... are you younger than I thought you were?

Hmmm, maybe I was 13. I'm 30, btw.

You've just sprained something in my head.

Well if you'd stop banging it against the monitor, dear...

It came out in September of 86. I remember reading it in hardcover at 12/13.

For some reason, my brain had you fixed at 3-5 years older than me, rather than pretty much the same age.

The monitor is far. My head is strained from lack of sleep.

Pet Semetary was also my first King book. Then I read Cujo, Salem's Lot and Christine, and I read It in the hardcover as well so it must have been around Fall of 86. Though for some reason I have this notion that King comes out with all his books in October.

For some reason, my brain had you fixed at 3-5 years older than me, rather than pretty much the same age.

I get that a lot.