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FROM: Therese Odlevak <[removed]@vax.linc.lib.il.us>
DATE: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 15:57:17 -0600

Everyone,

I have a patron who wants to know what Stephen King's Favorite book is. He
said he heard once that it was this book of short stories and he thinks the
cover had a tv on it, or a tv with things coming out of it or something
like that. We thought it might be HP Lovecraft but our patron says it
isn't. This question is NOT to be confused with scariest book Stephen King
ever read, which is the Hot Zone!

Okay,
Any ideas?

Thanks!
Therese A. Odlevak
Head of Readers Advisory
Villa Park Public Library

"Magazines all too frequently lead to books, and should be regarded
by the prudent as the heavy petting of literature."

-- Fran Lebowitz

FROM: Kate Wolicki <[removed]@usa.net>
DATE: 10 Mar 00 15:39:59 CST

Since I get the digest, I suspect someone already answered this, but...
SK's favorite book is _Lord of the Flies_. When I was but a lowly circ worker
last year we did a "celebrities' favorite books" display for National Library
Week. Apparently Steven King gets asked his favorite book a lot, because what
we got was a photocopied page with a partially unrolled scroll pictured on it
with the words "My favorite book is Lord of the Flies etc. etc." along with
a bookmark with SK's picture.

Kate
now a real (though alas nonfiction) librarian

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FROM: "Jennifer Young" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
DATE: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 21:11:06 GMT

This may or may not answer the question: According to the official web site
of Stephen King (www.stephenking.com), Hugh Lofting's Dr. Doolittle books
inspired him to become a writer, while Richard Matheson's _I Am Legend_
inspired him to write horror.

HTH!
Jennifer Young
Tulsa City-County Library System

>From: Therese Odlevak <[removed]@vax.linc.lib.il.us>
>Reply-To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
>To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
>Subject: Stephen King HELP
>Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 15:57:17 -0600
>
>Everyone,
>
>I have a patron who wants to know what Stephen King's Favorite book is. He
>said he heard once that it was this book of short stories and he thinks the
>cover had a tv on it, or a tv with things coming out of it or something
>like that. We thought it might be HP Lovecraft but our patron says it
>isn't. This question is NOT to be confused with scariest book Stephen King
>ever read, which is the Hot Zone!
>
>Okay,
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks!
>Therese A. Odlevak
>Head of Readers Advisory
>Villa Park Public Library
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>"Magazines all too frequently lead to books, and should be regarded
> by the prudent as the heavy petting of literature."
>
> -- Fran Lebowitz
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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