#CarrieAt40: My Thoughts on Carrie by MARK WEST

MARK WEST On the web: http://www.markwest.org.uk On Twitter: @MarkEWest As a kid of the ‘70s and ‘80s, I grew up with Stephen King and was aware of him – and a certain book – before I really knew who he was or what he did. During the ‘70s, my Dad was a fan of paperback […]

#CarrieAt40: So High School by SARAH LANGAN

SARAH LANGAN On the web: sarahlangan.com On Twitter: @SarahVCLangan I first read Carrie in high school, which, given my personality and social status, worked about right. What surprised me was the humanity allotted to the characters– Carrie White is sympathetic and tragic. Sue Snell and her Tommy are good kids. The bad kids, well, they’re […]

#CarrieAt40: Carrie White at 57 by BEV VINCENT

BEV VINCENT On the web: http://www.bevvincent.com On Twitter: @BevVincent On Facebook: bev.vincent A lot of people think of Carrie as Stephen King’s first novel, but it wasn’t—not by a long shot. It was his first published novel, but by the time it came out he had already written over a half dozen books, most (but […]

#CarrieAt40: The Beginning by JOHN CONNOLLY

JOHN CONNOLLY On the web: johnconnollybooks.com On Twitter: @jconnollybooks Carrie wasn’t the first Stephen King book that I read. That honour goes to ‘Salem’s Lot, King’s second novel, which I must have read in the late seventies, or 1980 at the latest. (I have a clear memory of a classmate in school pressing The Shining […]

#CarrieAt40: A Regular Guy by ALISON LITTLEWOOD

ALISON LITTLEWOOD On the web: http://www.alisonlittlewood.co.uk On Twitter: @Ali__L I don’t actually remember the first time I read Carrie. I can remember reading it, of course – I’ve done so more than once – but not the when and where. It would have been when I was pretty young, and busy reading everything I could […]

#CarrieAt40: CARRIE by Stephen King

CARRIE Stephen King (www.stephenking.com) Hodder & Stoughton (www.hodder.co.uk) £7.99 And there is, of course, the knowledge that Carrie went home on Prom Night. Why? It is hard to tell just how sane Carrie’s motives were by that time. She may have gone for absolution and forgiveness… In any event, the physical evidence seems to indicate […]

#CarrieAt40: From Film to Book by BOOK GEEK

BOOK GEEK On the web: bookgeeksays.blogspot.co.uk On Twitter: @Book_Geek_Says Stephen King is of course a deity of the horror/suspense/scifi/fantasy fiction world, ok, maybe just of the world in general. I will fully admit that until 2009 I was only aware of SK’s work due to film adaptations. My first experience of which was watching Misery […]

#CarrieAt40: An Evening with Stephen King by KEITH B. WALTERS

KEITH B. WALTERS On the web: http://www.keithbwalters.com On Twitter: @keithbwalters Sections of the following essay are taken from Keith’s book, DARK WORDS: KILLING TIME WITH HORROR FICTION AUTHORS, which is available on Kobo and Amazon Kindle. Surely every one of us is that ‘Constant Reader’. When asked if I could submit a piece of writing […]

Celebrating #CarrieAt40

April 5th 2014, 40 days from now, marks the 40th anniversary of the original publication of Stephen King’s first novel, Carrie. As a lifelong fan of King’s work, I can’t let this publishing landmark go past without comment. So, to celebrate, I have asked some friends to tell me what Carrie in particular, or the […]

The 2013 Round-Up

And so, once more, to the end of the year and the requisite retrospective of my reading habits over the past twelve months here at Reader Dad. Regular visitors and Twitter followers will know that 2013 has been a year full of ups and downs (more downs, unfortunately, than ups) for me, what with five […]