When anyone asks what’s wrong with my generation, gen X, I always tell them that we all read Stephen King when we were too young to read Stephen King…
Stephen King wasn’t the issue- he was in fact tame compared to the Flowers in the Attic series and Clan of the Cavebear - which I read in 4th/5th grade at the ripe ol age of 9-11. I still read/reread @stephenking.bsky.social - currently listening to “On Writing,” again.
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Same!! And Dean Koontz!!
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In fact- I gave my uncle “Thinner” to read in 5th grade bc he was the only smoker I knew, fave uncle. Thinner definitely kept me from doing more than smoke a menthol in college- hoped it would scare him to stop too- the naive hope of a child scared straight by Stephen King story read “too young.”
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I had completely forgotten about Clan of the Cave Bear. I read it when I was 11 or 12. My word.
