tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post4117771056289370741..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: Stephen KingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-40602816744700623572010-09-01T14:23:19.984-05:002010-09-01T14:23:19.984-05:00Like Matt, I started reading Stephen King before M...Like Matt, I started reading Stephen King before Middle School. I started with Firestarter. My mother was never a reader, but my intense reactions to reading Misery made her pick up the book. She finished it two days later.<br /><br />Gerald's Game was the one that really sticks with me. I hated and loved that book. I kept closing it vowing to stop reading, but I couldn't. King had sucked me in and I had to keep turning the pages to the end. Damn him!Joelle Charbonneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13608552691748018256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-42253148491058217712010-09-01T13:59:17.495-05:002010-09-01T13:59:17.495-05:00You didn't think of me here in Maine, John. I&...You didn't think of me here in Maine, John. I'm deeply hurt.<br /><br />(kidding)<br /><br />King. I've read almost all his books and the one that stands out is Misery. Good lord that was brilliant writing. He left me on edge if the author was going to make it or not.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-34802229671688720312010-09-01T10:06:12.579-05:002010-09-01T10:06:12.579-05:00I started reading Stephen King when Salem's Lo...I started reading Stephen King when Salem's Lot was published. Flash forward a bit and Night Shift has just come out. I was all over it, so much so that when the office gang departed early for a softball gang and someone had to stay and cover the phones, I volunteered, knowing I'd be able to get into the book with many interruptions. Got as far as The Bogeyman story. That story pushed every fear button I'd ever had up to that time. Too scared to keep reading with no one else in the building, I actually did some work just to get my mind off my inner terrors. Thanks, Stephen King, for making me look like a complete brown nose.Naomi Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08005429772070247806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-565938140588572762010-09-01T02:10:44.011-05:002010-09-01T02:10:44.011-05:00I started reading Stephen King way before I was ol...I started reading Stephen King way before I was old enough to be reading Stephen King. I think I was 9. Maybe 10. Not sure exactly, but I was young.<br /><br />The first King book I ever read was Salem's Lot. Ah yes, the tale of... was it Ben Mears?? It's been over twenty years, but I can still remember things that stand out here and there. <br /><br />One in particular is a scene where, and I can't remember who, perhaps it was Ben himself, cut off the bottom stairs on a stair case. Cut off the hand railing and everything. Then he busted out the light bulb so you couldn't see where you were going. Last but not least, he planted a bunch of sharp knives in the floor of the basement somehow. <br /><br />When the bad guy made his way down the steps, he had the misfortune of falling to his death. At least I think he died. Either way it hurt.<br /><br />While I can't exactly remember specifics, the point is, THAT scene in the story has stuck with me for 20+ years. And honest to God, every single time I walk down an old creepy set of steps, I see this playing through my mind and I use a little extra caution as I make my descent.<br /><br />The truth is, King has inspired a lot of writers. Whether they realize it or not. He was probably the starting point for a lot of us.Matthew McBridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09436991291191800178noreply@blogger.com