This was my little b-day present to myself this year (it was a bit of a splurge because I bought the “collector’s edition” that included a DVD with an animated/graphic novel adaptation of the short story “N.” [which is kinda boring because it’s not really animated….it’s more like someone took photographs and then converted them to drawings])…..anyways: book was awesome. I LOVE how King puts stories that will scare the living shit out of you in the same collection with stories that just make you feel good, with stories that will just quietly make you uncomfortable—no flash, no bang, you just read it and you’re unsettled. I LOVE BEING UNSETTLED!!!
“N.” is terrifying. Seriously creeped me out. I maybe slept with a lamp on after reading this.
“The Things They Left Behind” belongs in the “feel good” category. It’s a little creepy at first, but then it just made me feel that sad/happy way that I loooove.
“The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates” nearly made me cry. In a good way.
When I was 11, my dad got married. That meant that instead of spending a few weeks out of the year at his little apartment, we spent them at my new stepmom’s house. My new stepmom had hundreds of books—whole shelves full on their living room, and more hidden away in cabinets, just stacked up all mishmash because she was out of room. She had every Stephen King book ever made (at the time) and although I *may” have read some King before then, I didn’t really get into him until I started reading it at their house. The first books I can remember reading were the short stories….probably Nightmares and Dreamscapes, but I know it was at her house I read Different Seasons. My point is I started King with short stories, and even though getting into a meaty novel like Insomnia or a lengthy series like Dark Tower is great, I like coming back to the short stories every now and then. They’re special. I do NOT regret buying this book. :)
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