Question of the Day #18: If you could have any Stephen King First Edition which would it be and why?

For me, it would be IT because that is the book that got me hooked on SK's books.  When I think of this book, it transports me to a time when I connected with characters in a book for the first time.  His books, beginning with IT, have filled many boring moments in my life.  He manages to get me to laugh out loud and gasp all in the same sentence.  Ha ha ha ha.  I love that he dedicated IT to his three children.  You feel the love that went into the characters and the relationships between them all.  He has a way of growing/building wonderful relationships between the children far into adulthood, which goes beyond time and distance.   If I could have another First Edition my second choice would be 'Salem's Lot.


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Question of the Day #7: When reading SK's books, what intrigues you the most about his writing?

Mostly I am in awe of his character development.  When he writes about someone, I feel like I had just personally met them.  To me, that is a very difficult thing to do as a writer, making the reader feel "close" to a fictional character.  Whether it be anger, endearment, distaste, pity, fear, joy, sadness, he manages to make me feel all of these feelings (and many more) when he writes.  There is just so much depth to each character he creates.  The other thing about his writing that intrigues me is just how much he has written and continues to write.  Articles, short stories, novellas, screenplays, novels, you name it he writes it.     




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