Do people ask you, "do you ever read anything besides SK?"

[unclelouie]

So a friend asks me, "do you ever read anything besides SK?". I thought for a moment... sure... periodically I enjoy some non-fiction.. huge fan of Hunter Thompson and Noam Chomsky. Occasionally, Ill read (usually re-read) some Steinbeck or Sallinger. But in large.... no, I really I don't. I feel as though the entire body of work of SK is just one big epic tale of a strange universe, with many worlds... all linked by the Dark Tower. I feel like if I miss a SK book, I am missing part of "the story". Do others feel this way?

[fljoe0]

So a friend asks me, "do you ever read anything besides SK?". I thought for a moment... sure... periodically I enjoy some non-fiction.. huge fan of Hunter Thompson and Noam Chomsky. Occasionally, Ill read (usually re-read) some Steinbeck or Sallinger. But in large.... no, I really I don't. I feel as though the entire body of work of SK is just one big epic tale of a strange universe, with many worlds... all linked by the Dark Tower. I feel like if I miss a SK book, I am missing part of "the story". Do others feel this way?

When you get asked that question, reply by saying, "yes, I also read Richard Bachman."

[carrie's younger brother]

While I have read and re-read just about everything SK since Carrie was first published in paperback, I do read many other authors. In fact, there are times when I feel like I have OD'd on SK and have to "put him away" for a while.

I do agree that at this point I HAVE to read everything or I am missing part of "the story" as you put it.

[Shasta]

Not really. I read about a book a week so I'm always reading something different.

I do get, "Wow, you really like Stephen King" a lot when people see my bookshelf.

[Lily Sawyer]

I don't feel like I'm missing part of the story if I don't read everything Mr. King publishes. I haven't read all of the Dark Tower series and I guess ignorance is bliss for me. I also haven't read some other tomes...but then again, while I love Mr. King's works, there are other authors whom I also love. So many stories and not enough time.

[GNTLGNT]

...sure they do, and I simply and quietly reply..."Yep, just renewed my subscription to Yak Porn Monthly"....

[TheInterloper]

I don't let people see my precious, this they don't know about it, I won't let anyone hurt my precious.

I only deal in lead sir

[Sundrop]

Nope. They don't need to.
Everyone who knows me at all knows that my favorite writer is SK..... they also know that I do read other writers, and that I have been known to read a biography or two now and then.

[unclelouie]

...sure they do, and I simply and quietly reply..."Yep, just renewed my subscription to Yak Porn Monthly"....

...don't talk back...

[Domenic]

What does SK read?

[Moderator]

He's a voracious reader and has a broad range of reading interests.

[Patricia A]

Most people I know, know I am an avid fan of Stephen King's work, but I am not exclusive, and I suspect the people who don't know me don't care.

A side story. I had a customer come up to me the other day and ask me where the Stephen King books were and if I could recommend a good place to start with his fiction. She had read "Guns" and had wanted to finally read some of his fiction. She said I looked like a good person to ask.
I said, ahhh, my reputation precedes me, with some pride. She said, no your t-shirt does.
I forgot I was wearing my WKIT T-Shirt. :blush:

[mustangclaire]

I read Clive Barker, Bill Bryson, sucker for a Jilly Cooper and mostly anything that is to hand.

[king family fan]

Basically I read King. Lots of times I read about written about king or by one of Kings family members.

[jacobtlong]

There are times when I read multiple books by one author in great spurts (I read about forty of SK's books in high school, I think), but I do not exclusively read SK or any author. More often I'm asked if I read anything else other than horror (or something along those same lines). I typically respond something like "yes, I read fantasy and thrillers and mafia books, but it's not as much fun as horror." :biggrin2:

[Domenic]

We all start writing with a goal. My goal, is to have King read me.

[Sepia and Dust]

We all start writing with a goal. My goal, is to have King read me.

He may very well read you someday (http://www.stephenking.com/community/showthread.php/28130-Can-you-name-this-author), but only after your book is published. As I understand it, his lawyer quite insists upon that.

[~Ally~]

Not really. I read about a book a week so I'm always reading something different.

I do get, "Wow, you really like Stephen King" a lot when people see my bookshelf.

Ditto. :y:

[blunthead]

Before I discovered sK I was a reading fan and had accumulated a few favorites: CSLewis, Tolkein, Michael Chricton, JDSalinger, William Goldman, Dean Koontz, Woody Allen, Douglas Adams, I think about covers it. Since, all I currently want to read are sK books, mostly because they fascinate me, but partly because I'd really like to have them all read at least once and I am so way behind.

[fljoe0]

I have many authors I like to read but it seems that when I get in an SK mood, I can't stop at just one. Last year after I finished Wind Through The Keyhole, I ended up reading DT5-7, The Dead Zone, Hearts In Atlantis, Misery, The Colorado Kid and a couple of the new short stories afterwards. I haven't read any SK since (except for Guns) but I know a big SK spree will be coming close to when Doctor Sleep is due to be released. I'm planning on reading The Shining again before Dr. Sleep is released and we will see what happens after that.

[Moderator]

Hopefully people won't forget about Joyland which comes out on June 4th ahead of Doctor Sleep.

[fljoe0]

Hopefully people won't forget about Joyland which comes out on June 4th ahead of Doctor Sleep.

Yes, I forgot about that one. My spree may start early.:biggrin2:

[Daniel Lee Severn]

Of course I read other authors, tons, but SK is my favorite and I can read his books over and over again, they entertain me that much.

[GNTLGNT]

Hopefully people won't forget about Joyland which comes out on June 4th ahead of Doctor Sleep.

....is it true that the Colorado Kid makes a cameo in Joyland?....:biggrin2:

[Robert Gray]

Hopefully people won't forget about Joyland which comes out on June 4th ahead of Doctor Sleep.

I'm looking forward to both. :)

[Moderator]

....is it true that the Colorado Kid makes a cameo in Joyland?....:biggrin2:

Only 100 pages in so far of the 285, but no cameo yet. :dunno: