What's the coolest way you've ever read an SK story?

[91rewoT]

Okay, I'm a little late in posting this, but I guess it's still a good story...

On December 20th we had a blizzard. It snowed all day, and most of Wisconsin was closed. We got about 20" of very heavy wet snow, and then the wind started to gust. Trees fell and the power went out. My husband and I found ourselves sitting in a slowly cooling house with just candles and a battery operated lamp. No TV. No computer. No heat. What to do, what to do? It seemed there were only a couple of options, so - yup, you guessed it, I took my flashlight and retrieved my copy of The Wind Through the Keyhole from the bookshelf! Grabbed a blanket and my booklight, and settled in on the couch to read about the Starkblast while the wind continued to howl! It was the perfect way to read an excellent story!

[kingricefan]

I layed down on a slab of ice and read Storm Of The Century. It was pretty cool. Does that count? :rofl:

[GNTLGNT]

...poolside in Myrtle Beach...was afraid if I got any nearer the water, whalers would try to harvest me blubber...

[Out of Order]

I read Beachworld while at Popham Beach State Park one summer.

[Jojo87]

OK this is funny maybe but I was with my mother and my grandmother in the car and my mom she drove and I knew the
car trip is gonna be boring so I took From a Buick 8 with me and a flashlight because it was late evening and dark in the car.
Unfortunately the battery end in the flashlight, so I sat there in the dark car and was angry cause I wanted to read, when I realize
that Hey the car have a reading light, so I put the light on in the car (I sat in back seat) and continue with the reading.
Stupid blond why I didn't realize that before I even took the flashlight with me. Much more easier with the light in the car. :biggrin2:
Don't know if it's a coolest way.

[blunthead]

I seem to remember reading a sK passage which had to do with crashing thunderstorms while that's exactly what was happening right outside the house.

My favorite place to read is in a restaurant, preferably this little Italian hole-in-the-wall where I order a salad with hot chicken strips and beer. I read til the food arrives, eat, then relax and spend the rest of the afternoon reading and finishing my beer. I always order the beer that comes in the big glasses.

[Spideyman]

Something similar to you Tower. Hurricane season and The Dark Tower was just published. Sitting in a manufactured home, no lights, battery TV, flameless candles and flashlight in hand. Determined I'd know the fate of Roland before that hurricane blew me off the planet!

[fushingfeef]

I don't know if I'd call it "cool", but reading "It" on a Greyhound bus going through Ohio during a blizzard was certainly memorable!

[carrie's younger brother]

Maybe cool, but definitely my most memorable:
I worked for SK's publisher when Riding the Bullet first came about and I was asked to read it on an e-reader (big bulky thing; can't remember who made it) in the office before it was available to the public. I guess this was around 2000 or so. I remember loving the story but hating having to use the e-reader to read it.

[AnnaMarie]

It was SK, but it was horror comics. I don't think King was publishing at the time.....

i was visiting my cousin. I always thought her house was haunted. It's HUGE. And OLD. And the front room was rented out as a funeral parlour. (Seriously...who does that? Lol)

Anyway, no dead bodies while I was staying there, so, we sat every day in the funeral parlour room, reading horror comic books, eating chocolate Popsicles, and listening to Jimmy Osmond's album.

It would have been a great place to read Kng's books.

[carrie's younger brother]

...so, we sat every day in the funeral parlour room, reading horror comic books, eating chocolate Popsicles, and listening to Jimmy Osmond's album.

It would have been a great place to read Kng's books.

That...sounds...so...COOL!!!

[Ayko]

Somewhere secluded, candles on, lights out, a smoke...

[LongTallSally]

When I read Cell a long time back, I did it late at night by flashlight while hiding under the blankets in bed hoping like hell someone wouldn't toot under the covers and ruin it for me. All went well and it was a great way to read an SK book.

[Shoesalesman]

Reading on a sunny morning, on the porch, cup of coffee or tea nearby, kids and noisy neighbors still in bed... ahhh, that's Zen for me.
Anytime I can be outside, reading in the sun, I'm happy.

[Charms7]

While naked and circling the planet in a space shuttle. Just kidding! Now that I have your attention, I was on a city bus, reading the ending of one of SK's books, crying my eyes out and nearly missed my busstop! The book was The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.

[mustangclaire]

I re-read Blockade Billy whilst sat at Brands Hatch in the VIP parking bit in front of the track watching American v8's racing each other, and waiting to take part in an exhibition lap in our Mustang. Reading to the sound of v8's whizzing past had me in Bliss!!

[TalkingHead88]

I listened to In the Tall Grass on my headphones while writing a piece titled Sounds of the Jungle. That particular neighborhood holds a historic and creepy feel at times. It is not the most peaceful place in terms of seclusion. As I began attempting this piece, particular lines and words were stealing me away. I usually only listen to music while writing, although I try to multitask.

[Kati33]

Not cool, as I definitely freaked myself out- but I read the Langoliers while on an airplane. I tend to read and sleep on planes... tried my damnedest not to fall asleep on that flight!

[Shoe]

Around 4,200ish meters of elevation while in the Salta province region of the Andes Mountains; near Seclantás Adentro and Cachi Adentro, Argentina. I was reading Dreamcatcher on and off throughout the long journey to mountains. It was tough to stay focused with all the gorgeous scenery all around. For two of the days I was staying at the Finca Montenieva, a ranch ran by the Aban family. Even if I were a better wordslinger I do not think I could express the deep awe I felt from the natural beauties of the lands. Let me just say that this is a place where you can look at the night sky, without any instrument aids, and see in detail the Milky Way.

Even with all that went on in those short days I did try and sit down to sneak in a few pages. I did not get very far before the youngest son (8 years old give or take) who lives on the ranch came a sat down next to me. He was totally fascinated with the book in all aspects. It was hard to know exactly why because my Spanish was lacking and his English was worse. I found out why later after talking with his father and relaying his sons' fascination with the book. The son had turned shy and was hiding behind his father while we worked out the explanation for the fascination. Turned out that just about anyone in the region would have had great interest in the book. Books were hard to come by out there and books with English text are nearly nonexistent. The reasoning seemed so obvious to me then, this is a place where the kids still use horses as a mode of transportation to school. I was struck hard (not for the first time on the trip and certainly not the last) just how MUCH is taken for granted by myself and those around me in my American/Modern way of living.

There was no question at all in my mind then, the book simply must be gifted to the boy then and there. But the book was such a rare object that he was reluctant to take it at first. I absolutely insisted and after some back and forthing he finally excepted but only on the condition that I take his pocket knife in return.

So that was how I came to give away (for the first and only time ever) an SK book that I had started but not yet finished.

[Lily Sawyer]

I started The Talisman (but didn't finish) on a train from Munich to Kempten, which is a beautiful trainride, so that speaks to how engrossed I was in the story. I read every single night while I was in the Alps.

[Spideyman]

Around 4,200ish meters of elevation while in the Salta province region of the Andes Mountains; near Seclantás Adentro and Cachi Adentro, Argentina. I was reading Dreamcatcher on and off throughout the long journey to mountains. It was tough to stay focused with all the gorgeous scenery all around. For two of the days I was staying at the Finca Montenieva, a ranch ran by the Aban family. Even if I were a better wordslinger I do not think I could express the deep awe I felt from the natural beauties of the lands. Let me just say that this is a place where you can look at the night sky, without any instrument aids, and see in detail the Milky Way.

Even with all that went on in those short days I did try and sit down to sneak in a few pages. I did not get very far before the youngest son (8 years old give or take) who lives on the ranch came a sat down next to me. He was totally fascinated with the book in all aspects. It was hard to know exactly why because my Spanish was lacking and his English was worse. I found out why later after talking with his father and relaying his sons' fascination with the book. The son had turned shy and was hiding behind his father while we worked out the explanation for the fascination. Turned out that just about anyone in the region would have had great interest in the book. Books were hard to come by out there and books with English text are nearly nonexistent. The reasoning seemed so obvious to me then, this is a place where the kids still use horses as a mode of transportation to school. I was struck hard (not for the first time on the trip and certainly not the last) just how MUCH is taken for granted by myself and those around me in my American/Modern way of living.

There was no question at all in my mind then, the book simply must be gifted to the boy then and there. But the book was such a rare object that he was reluctant to take it at first. I absolutely insisted and after some back and forthing he finally excepted but only on the condition that I take his pocket knife in return.

So that was how I came to give away (for the first and only time ever) an SK book that I had started but not yet finished.


Shoe, that story touched my inner spirit. The book will be treasured by the boy.

[Shoe]

Shoe, that story touched my inner spirit. The book will be treasured by the boy.

Glad to hear it. It was a trip that touch my spirit too. I was in Argentina for about a month and had countless experiences and stories as a result. But those two days up in the mountains staying on that families ranch were some of the most affecting and memorable.

[Shoe]

Doh! If only there were some way to edit. :dunno: Definitely meant accepted...not excepted.

[MadamMack]

I can relate to this. I lost power at my home once and spent it reading The Regulators. Three days . . .because it's a southern city we were shut down due to an ice storm and I just read. Had everything I needed --but power and I really enjoyed that time.


Okay, I'm a little late in posting this, but I guess it's still a good story...

On December 20th we had a blizzard. It snowed all day, and most of Wisconsin was closed. We got about 20" of very heavy wet snow, and then the wind started to gust. Trees fell and the power went out. My husband and I found ourselves sitting in a slowly cooling house with just candles and a battery operated lamp. No TV. No computer. No heat. What to do, what to do? It seemed there were only a couple of options, so - yup, you guessed it, I took my flashlight and retrieved my copy of The Wind Through the Keyhole from the bookshelf! Grabbed a blanket and my booklight, and settled in on the couch to read about the Starkblast while the wind continued to howl! It was the perfect way to read an excellent story!

[mjs9153]

Shoe, that story touched my inner spirit. The book will be treasured by the boy.

Indeed..and a pocket knife to be treasured too.. not for the object,but for the memory..:grinning:

[starkblast19]

I was once guarding a power station working twelve hour night shifts. It was a large site and there were only two of us covering it and in between hourly patrols I was reading IT. The patrols took one of us around the site whilst one remained at the gatehouse.We had to walk around the outside of the perimeter in poor lighting along narrow pathways with a fence one side and woodlands the other and a patrol took around fifteen minutes. On returning from one of these particular patrols around three in the morning whilst unlocking the gate that led me back onto the site my so called work collegue , who knew I was reading IT and who had seen the film and was hiding behind the gate giggling no doubt decided in his pretty good pennywise voice to shout out "KISS ME FAT BOY!"
I screamed like a girl.

[cat in a bag]

I was once guarding a power station working twelve hour night shifts. It was a large site and there were only two of us covering it and in between hourly patrols I was reading IT. The patrols took one of us around the site whilst one remained at the gatehouse.We had to walk around the outside of the perimeter in poor lighting along narrow pathways with a fence one side and woodlands the other and a patrol took around fifteen minutes. On returning from one of these particular patrols around three in the morning whilst unlocking the gate that led me back onto the site my so called work collegue , who knew I was reading IT and who had seen the film and was hiding behind the gate giggling no doubt decided in his pretty good pennywise voice to shout out "KISS ME FAT BOY!"
I screamed like a girl.



:rofl: AWESOME story!!!

[AchtungBaby]

It stormed pretty badly last month, and we were without power for a few days. I read about 200 pages from The Stand by candle-light late at night. Everyone else was asleep. It made Larry's journey through the tunnel seem much more...real. :eek2:

[Shoesalesman]

We have rain in the forecast for today and tomorrow. I'm going to find a quiet spot by a window and try to put a sizable dent in The Tommyknockers.

[Lina]

I like reading at night a lot, when everyone at home is asleep and I can be alone with the story. I guess now I have the most exciting reading ever, as I read 'Salem's Lot at nights, and every night I get so scared reading it that I am afraid to turn my head and watch through the window...who knows what I can see there :wink:

[not_nadine]

Excellent Lina! Yeah, keep the covers up :smile2: :eek2:



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