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I have never read King. When I first joined Hubski, I mentioned that I stopped reading fiction at 28 years of age. The kicker was Doctor Faustus which literally fucked me up. Earlier, I had felt intense revulsion (after being forced to read for class) The Good Soldier. All this lead me to the following conclusion: One must exercise great care as to the feeding of the mind.
I frankly never understood the point of scary stories. So have never read in that genre. The only reason I saw Shining -- with some reluctance -- was because it was SK. And even that is upsetting enough (i mean that old diseased hag in the bathroom -- awful -- did I need that image in my mind?) -- edit -- That said, that video got me poking around for more King talks and I believe I have a sense of the phenomena finally. I find him hugely appealing as a person and a thinker. "What about hell?" Loved it.