First Books

[Tina tcwp]

Salem's Lot was the first book I bought for myself. I went straight from Enid Blyton's Malory Towers to Salem's Lot. I read it to shreds and it led me to a lot of other great novels. Initially, I read a lot of horror because of it, but then hopskotched to crime, mystery, humour, horror, crime, romance! and all around the spectrum. I spent a long time casting about for what I wanted to write myself but, perhaps as with most things, I went back to my first love. This year I wrote my first novel, a horror set mostly in Ireland.

I have read such a tremendous quantity of books, good and bad but I will never forget that it Salem's Lot was the first proper book I bought with my pocket money.

Tina

[scarywriter]

I understand the love of that first SK book. Mine was Different Seasons and I read it so many times, I had to tape the binding together.
congrats on the book.

[fredo]

Sitting here trying to remember the first book I bought with my own money. It was probably a J.D.MacDonald using lawn mowing bucks. Man, that was a long time ago. 'Salem's Lot was the first King novel for me and the cause of my current addiction.

[Matthew.Degnan]

can't remember what the first book i bought wih my own money was

Think it could have bween Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin

[aeroplane]

The first King book I bought with my own money was either Cujo or Pet Sematary, most likely Pet Sematary.

The first book I bought with my own money, period, was "Winning Baseball" by Pete Rose.

[CrazyAbe]

Hi this Abe

Salemìs lot is beatiful story

my first SK book has benn Sometime they come Back

[Cowboy]

Night Shift was my first. Had a elementary teacher reading it for us in class and begged my Mom for a copy so I could read all the stories. She was cool with it and I was hooked.

[KazMic]

The first book I bought myself was The Outsider by S.E.Hinton (I think). The first Stephen King book I bought was Cujo. A friend had 'borrowed' her sisters copy and told me it was brilliant. After reading it I became a huge Stephen King fan.

[Scott C]

The first SK book i read was the Tommyknockers...It's still one of my favs...i think no matter which one you read first it's going to end with wanting another!!

[Scott C]

By the way...Congrats on the Book...I like the Ireland connection!!