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[Mr. Palmer]

It was the summer of 1985. I was 13 years old. And my grandmother (rest her soul) gave me a hardback of CHRISTINE that she'd bought at a yard sale.

I'd heard of Stephen King, sure, but had never read one of his books. I opened the book up with trepidation. I wasn't exactly sure what I was going to find from the master of the macabre.

Holy heck!

CHRISTINE floored me. And it's remained my favorite Stephen King outing all these years later. I now read the book annually without fail.

What does everyone else think of this book?

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

I think it's great too (and I feel a re-read coming on as we speak!).

And the movie was OK, if not as good as the book, it was still cool to see Christine.

Long days and pleasant nights

[michal]

I read it when I was 20 or so and was enchanted by the "love threesome" - well, foursome now that you think of it :biggrin2:, and the way the car gradually takes power over everything.

Fantastic story, and now you made me itch to reread it. ***m it! I'm going to the book store.

[aptpupil]

Quite agree, Christine was an excellent novel, certainly one of my "SK Top Ten".

The movie, however, was, in comparison, a disappointment, IMO. :cool2:

[jules17330]

My Christine story is similar to yours: I was a young girl of about 8 or 9 and I saw Christine in a Woolworth's not far from my house. It was the first book I read by him and loved it. To this day it's still one of my favorites and I re-read it about once a year. It has some of the best internal dialogue EVER! When he's focusing on Arnie, you can really tell when he's LeBay and when he's Arnie again. It is positively a masterpiece, IMHO. I think it's one of King's more underappreciated books.

[Bluey Lunger]

one of my favorites, mr. palmer. there was a '57 chevy wagon in my youth, green and yellow. a station wagon. saw it all over the place. don't know what came of it. maybe petunia got it, i don't know. we knew it was wrong, but not why. i don't think they make cars like christine anymore, do they?

[ItaliaQueen]

its such a gripping book!!!! i could hardly put the dam thing down lol

[Hans]

It was the summer of 1985. I was 13 years old. And my grandmother (rest her soul) gave me a hardback of CHRISTINE that she'd bought at a yard sale.

I'd heard of Stephen King, sure, but had never read one of his books. I opened the book up with trepidation. I wasn't exactly sure what I was going to find from the master of the macabre.

Holy heck!

CHRISTINE floored me. And it's remained my favorite Stephen King outing all these years later. I now read the book annually without fail.

What does everyone else think of this book?

In general discussion there is a thread called "what was your first S.K. book and how old where you" and I replied:

Christine in 1985 at age 13....a friend gave it to me and I was fascinated and decided to get a Plymouth Fury when grown up

Sounds familiar to you? ... so basically we did the same thing in the summer of 85 at age 13 :smile2:

[Bob Ross]

I love the book. In many ways I look at it as a great companion piece of Carrie (only from the geeky boy's POV). The one thing I must say however, is I prefer the way the movie stays ambiguous as to the origins of Christine. In many ways I wish the book had done the same thing. Not that I didn't enjoy the ghost of LeBay, but I wish he were a separate entity to the car.

[Mr. Palmer]

Hans: That's too cool! What a 1985 summer it was. And I still want one of those darn cars. I've been looking for years, but am still empty-handed. Ah! But one day...

[Kmart85]

It sure was a beauty of a car wasn't it?
The way SK described everything, down to the smell of the car, was amazing!
My girlfriend thinks I should name my Jetta Christine because she says the car hates her. LoL:laugh:

[sai slone]

Loved Christine. My granddad bought a 1957 plymouth furry brand new. At the tender age of 10(in 1968)I got to drive it. It looked just like Christine,fins and all. This book brought back fond memories of driving with pappaw.:biggrin2:

[casstess146]

Still to this day my 2nd favorite right behind Salem's Lot