Hey, everyone, I'm thelitcritguy. I co-host the horror movie podcast Horror Vanguard, have been a regular guest on Revolutionary Left Radio, and make Youtube videos on culture and aesthetics. I write on horror, capitalism, and cultural criticism (you can read my last piece here https://readpassage.com/the-horror-of-capitalism-squid-game-and-the-gothic-trap-of-debt/)

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  • thelitcritguy [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Okay, when I was like 12/13 I was allowed to read anything I wanted at the school library. However I found it, I picked up a copy of an old paperback, which showed a deserted cabin on the front. The title was "Misery" and I was absolutely hooked. Not the best Stephen King novel but I think that's almost certainly were it all started.

    • DerEwigeAtheist [she/her, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Thanks for the answer. What is, for you, the best king novel? I read a few, but found that none of them really stood out. The only ones i remember clearly are Cujo, Salem and the one where the guy gets thinner.

      • thelitcritguy [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        This is a very personal answer and probably wouldn't be one that lots of King experts would agree with, but I think Carrie is very different from the (excellent!) film version but is both very terrifying, and like much of the best horror, deeply almost painfully sad.