Fear not, the king of chills serves as a friendly guide to his personal library.
BANGOR, Maine — It was not possible to arrive alone in this city after dark on a quiet night in summer, knowing that I was there to meet Stephen King, and not feel a little creeped out. Or a lot.
Richard Matheson, author of “I Am Legend” and much else, gave King an even more specific piece of advice, Later, we came across a signed first edition of Cormac McCarthy’s second novel, “Outer Dark,” published in 1968. “I love Cormac McCarthy,” he said. Asked if he knew him, King said: “No. I mean, you didn’t know Cormac McCarthy, but I read everything. I readand I thought, this guy is like 87, 88 years old, and he’s as good as he ever was. Just blew me away. I mean, I didn’t understand all of it.
Though he described himself as not a very fast reader, he stopped to recommend some quite time-consuming books, including John Galsworthy’s epic “The Forsyte Saga” and Anthony Powell’s 12-volume “A Dance to the Music of Time.”I remarked on the fact that all of the books on the fiction shelves — or very nearly all — were hardcovers. King said that was to make up for not having them growing up.
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