It's Stephen King's Birthday!

[Siwsan]

A 'Renaissance Man' with one of the most brilliant and creative minds on the planet. Even for someone like me, who is not much of a fan of the horror genre, I run out of fingers trying to count the number of books and the movies based on those books, that still mesmerize me, every time I read or watch them.

[padah513]

1. My favorite author

Got a lot of his work in hardcover, even as his pseudonym Richard Bachman. Happy birthday Mr. King.

[lark]

2. Happy birthday to one of my fave authors and a person of conscience and good politics.

Keep on trucking!!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

3. Currently reading The Outsider! 👍🏻

[MuseRider]

4. I loved that book.

I listened to it so was done fairly soon. Enjoy!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. Thanks!

[MuseRider]

5. Love his books.

Such great story development but the characters, hardly anyone really fills out characters like he does. He hooked me in the late 70's with The Shining and I have never looked back. Only books I could not read were Pet Cemetery and Cujo.

Happy Birthday to the person who has probably entertained me more than anyone with his books.

[Siwsan]

7. 'Salem's Lot' was the book that terrified me

I remember I was on the couch, at night, reading a particularly frightening passage, when my Dad walked in the door and startled me to the point that, I swear, I levitated right off of the couch!

His psychological thrillers, like 'Dolores Claiborne' and 'Misery' are my favorites. Well, actually I should say are AMONG my favorites. 'Apt Pupil', 'The Green Mile' the seed he plated with 'Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption' are incredible stories/movies.

[Lars39]

8. I'm currently watching Haven on Netflix.

Based on The Colorado Kid.

[Bayard]

9. Have loved Stephen forever

Since my first boss handed me, "Salem's Lot", to take home and read. He didn't count on me staying up all night to read it, and calling in sick the next day.

I'm his biggest fan.......

[Siwsan]

10. I see what you did, there........

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. I read "Carrie" when it first came out in 1974, before the movie.

It scared the bejeebers out of me and I've been a fan ever since. King is a first-rate story-teller. (And have you ever noticed that he rarely uses adverbs? Avoiding adverbs makes his style really clean and clear.)

[TexasBushwhacker]

12. His book "On Writing" is a real treat

It's half autobiography and half his thoughts on being a writer and how to be a better one.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. Does he mention avoiding adverbs?

Because that's something I noticed in his work. He just doesn't use them but instead finds a specific word or phrase that doesn't clutter up the sentence.

[TexasBushwhacker]

17. He does!

He says there is usually a verb that works better. For example, why say "walked slowly" when you can say "strolled"?

[smirkymonkey]

13. Happy Birthday Mr. King!

[jpak]

15. My One Great Regret in Life was...

not buying out the entire University of Maine at Orono bookstore inventory of this poster...



and selling them on Ebay to fund my retirement

(SK was an English instructor at UMO when I was there...)

[Siwsan]

16. WoW!

I've seen so many of his interviews, and he always comes across as such a down to earth person. One would never guess, from watching him, what kind of tales take root in his mind.

I follow his Corgi's Facebook posts. Hilarious. Absolutely hilarious.

[Niagara]

18. Happy Birthday, Stephen King

Fun fact: Stephen King wasn't happy with "Carrie" and threw it away. His wife rescued the debut novel from the trash.







Stephen King's cameo in Maximum Overdrive.