FireStarter

[ginapenn]

That's a great list!

There are too many great ones. Firestarter is one of my faves but I'd have to say Christine and Rose Madder are a little above those (for some reason, the internal dialogue of Norman Daniels cracks me up and gets funnier no matter how many times I read it) but I really enjoy SK's The Shining, Dead Zone and and his short story collections.

The great thing about his prolific career is that once you get through his books, you can start over again.

Please don't ever stop writing, Mr. King!

[RichardX]

I've started re-reading this one after about 30 years. What strikes me is that the writing is a lot less polished than more recent stuff (no surprise) but also some prior stuff like The Shining and Dead Zone. Not that it is bad but just streaming. Almost like SK sat down and wrote the whole thing out in a couple of marathon sessions and there was little editing. I could be completely wrong, but that's how it strikes me. I know he had some problems with drugs and alcohol. Reading the Keith Richards book about how the Stones had these drug fueled three and four day recording sessions. Maybe something along those lines or maybe the editing is just tighter on some books than others.