Hello there
I want to discuss today's topic (You already saw it in the title): Stephen King.
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Many of us have seen or know about at least one of Stephen King's stories, like the most famous right now, It, or other classics like The Shinning, Misery, Cujo, Pet Sematary, or The Green Mile. Amazing stories that even have had adaptations to movies and TV shows, I remember watching Cujo with my mom when I was a kid, and I was scared of the demonized Saint Bernard; I stopped seeing the movies of the dog Beethoven the same way since then. I also remember watching the popular movie The Shinning on the channel TCM I didn't feel scared, but I realized that the Simpsons used this story in one of the Treehouses of Horror. The point is that Stephen King has been a big icon of pop culture, especially in horror culture.
He's my favorite writer, but sometimes I wish he would retire because he is still writing novels, he is going to release a new novel in September; My dream is to have his whole collection of novels on my shelves, but if he continues writing is going to be more expensive and expensive. I have some of his books already, like It, The Shinning, Pet Sematary, and Cujo, so yeah, the classics.
The first book I read was Carrie, the first novella he published, and then I read others like Salem's Lot, The Dead Zone, and Rage (This one was banned because is a story about a young man who makes a shooting in his school). I remember borrowing a book from him at the University library, it was The Dreamcatcher, I was surprised they had his novellas, the book was charming but weird, I remember I was crying a little on the bus while I was reading it,
The thing I love the most about his books is that there are so many connections between the books, they all share the same universe with recurring characters, places, and entities. I would say that Stephen King is a master of writing, not only horror but all genres, basically, he has written about horror, romance, crime novels, suspense, mysteries, fantasy, science fiction, and more; but one thing that he should improve is the endings. Well, thank you for reading a whole post about me simping Stephen King and his literary universe, I hope you've learned something new today, and I would recommend you to read one of his books.
Thank you dear reader,
And in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night.
-Carlos Meléndez
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