The Dark Tower Series became my gateway to epic fantasy, and even what many consider a clunker, Needful Things, fed my love of Dark Comedy. The first novel I remember truly scaring me and actually entering my nightmares was It (they all float down here…). I can trace the point where I moved from mildly interested in Post Apocalyptic tales to utterly obsessed when I turned my first page of The Stand. But unlike Koontz, King’s writing truly transformed me as a reader. I had read The Bad Place, then Watchers and loved them, and often heard the two authors compared, so I began to read King as well. Unlike many people my age, my first forays into the horror/suspense genre wasn’t through King, but Dean Koontz. The first Stephen King novel I ever read was Christine, and since then, I have always had a bit of a love/"meh" relationship with his work. 11/22/63 is classic Stephen King full of the subtle horror themes that permeate his best works as well as an amazing cast of fascinating characters, all of whom, for good or ill adds something to the overall story. Quick Thoughts: People who think they know King from his labels as a horror novelist and pop icon will say that 11/22/63 is a departure from his other work.
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