@ThatDamnCat yeah. as a pre-teen/early teen i was quite the king fan. loved the stand (long version), IT, waste lands, short stories (the sun dog!) etc. (needful things was ok. hated tommyknockers).

i stopped being so into him around 1992's dolores claiborne, which was decent, but after that i drifted away. i felt his quality decreased but perhaps it was my tastes changing. or maybe that he quit drugs.

i still think i should read the two peter straub books, talisman and black house. hear they're cool.