Your First SK Book

[TerribleT]

I loved Needful Things!!!!

[Mike Beck]

hell yeah! alan pangborn was the man. that was the first of his that I read that involved so many characters. the way those people were pitted against one another. sick and amazing.

i wonder what leland gaunt is doing these days.

[Ruki]

i've been begging a friend to read needful things. he keeps going on and on about how awesome the movie was but no matter what i say he refuses to believe the book could be anywhere near as good. fucking freak.

[cozener]

My first King book was The Gunslinger. It was only after I got all the way up through W&G did I start looking at his other books. I wasn't interested in horror until I started reading DT

[Mike Beck]

i've been begging a friend to read needful things. he keeps going on and on about how awesome the movie was but no matter what i say he refuses to believe the book could be anywhere near as good. fucking freak.

arr, the books are always better!!

[tamez]

my first book was The Shining
i think i was in middle school or something
scared the shit outta me!

[Mike Beck]

look, it's Tamez.

[sarah]

my first book was The Shining
i think i was in middle school or something
scared the shit outta me!

My little brother borrowed my hardcover Shining before Christmas and I still don't have it back. I'm trying really hard to not got all OCD on him.

[cozener]

I'm sorry but the rules are quite clear. You cannot ask for a book back before the passing of one month.

[Brice]

my first book was The Shining
i think i was in middle school or something
scared the shit outta me!

My little brother borrowed my hardcover Shining before Christmas and I still don't have it back. I'm trying really hard to not got all OCD on him.

I'd have gone OCD by Christmas Day probably.

I'm sorry but the rules are quite clear. You cannot ask for a book back before the passing of one month.

True, however this rule does not apply to SK books, especially hardcovers. If I allow you to hold one of my SK books long enough to read the dustjacket this constitutes a loan and is probably as close as you'll ever get to one so long as I'm alive.

In the unlikely event I do actually think enough of you to really loan you one I'll be asking how the books coming along before the next day begins.

[1ofthe19]

My first SK book was The Gunslinger. I read it in 7th grade (three years ago) and LOVED it. By the time I read it all the DT books were out and so I didn't have to wait between volumes. It was SWEET!

[alinda]

Brice I now only lend the paperback versions....Hardcovers are the sole exclusive property of their owner.......ME!
I am considering when I am dead, a gift to either this site or my local library.





If I allow you to hold one of my SK books long enough to read the dustjacket this constitutes a loan and is probably as close as you'll ever get to one so long as I'm alive.

In the unlikely event I do actually think enough of you to really loan you one I'll be asking how the books coming along before the next day begins.[/QUOTE]

[blackrose22]

First SK book for me was The Dead Zone, loved it and haven't looked back since. Also liked the film adaptation of it as well.

[Lance]

I think my first was Night Shift. If it wasn't that it was 'Salem's Lot because I loved the mini-series as a little boy. But once I read the first one it was like crack. I was fortunate to have a huge library even though I lived in a podunk north Georgia town and they had almost every one of his books there.

[Clacke]

My first was 'Salem's Lot in 1980. And 28 years later here it is:


It's been many times read, and it's well past its sell-by date, but I'll never part with it.

[Daghain]

That's one well-loved book right there.

[Wuducynn]

First one I read was Pet Semetary, first one I owned was It, second one I owned was both The Gunslinger and The Drawing of Three because I bought them together.

[Unfound One]

My first SK book was The Gunslinger

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

My first was 'Salem's Lot in 1980. And 28 years later here it is:

It's been many times read, and it's well past its sell-by date, but I'll never part with it.

That's the way a book should be. Dog-eared but well read. Great book Clacke.

[Heather19]

Pet Semetary is what started it all for me.

[hoin1585]

My first book is On Writing , I read it 3 years ago (I was 11).

[Sam]

My first King story was one I read when I was about 10 years old. My mother was working as a public librarian at the time and brought home many books for me to read. During that time, I read books like The Odyssey, The Illiad, and other adult level books. One day she brought home Cycle of the Werewolf. I read it about a week later. I've been hooked on King since then. My older brother would later introduce me to The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three, and Eyes of the Dragon.

[Roland number 19]

My first book was the Gunslinger and thank God for that. If I hadn't of had such a strong first reaction to King, I do not think that I would have plunged so far into his works. Which was the best thing that could have happened to me.

I remember being a thirteen year old and walking through Sam's and seeing the cover of the book and buying it on a whim. Now look at me. :]

[Ari_Racing]

Thinner...long back (1993...or 1994...I don't remember)

[Ves'Ka Gan]

My first King was *I Think* Skeleton Crew (is that the one with Chattery Teeth?). Or the audio book of The Mist, the two were very close together, so I can't remember which came first.

The first full length novel I'm pretty sure was Tommyknockers (way creepy becuase a lot of family members names turn up in that book!).

The first movie was IT. I loved that movie dearly for years before I ever read any King, and sadly reading IT killed the movie for me. I don't even sort of like it anymore.