Happy birthday, Stephen King.

[seanan_mcguire]

Growing up in the 1980s means that I can't remember when I first heard of Stephen King, because everyone had heard of Stephen King. I know I giggled with recognition and delight when I saw the shirt that Sean was wearing in The Monster Squad (1987). By that point, I had already seen the "Gramma" episode of The New Twilight Zone (1986), and

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[serge_lj]

Did you ever see King's original miniseries "Golden Years"? That was the one bright spot of 1991 for me.

[serge_lj]

A few weeks ago, there was a photo circulating around the net of Ron Perlman all dressed-up as HellBoy because there was this young boy whose Make-A-Wish wish was to meet Big Red. Yay for Perlman!

[sdelmonte]

I really enjoyed that way back when. I wonder if it holds up.

[taraljc]

I always forget I'm a birthday twin with King. This is kinda awesome.

[seanan_mcguire]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY TARA.

[dulcinbradbury]

I could have written so much of this.

[seanan_mcguire]

That is because he means so much to so many of us.

[leesalogic]

What a lovely tribute. I think he would be touched to read this.

[seanan_mcguire]

I just try not to be creepy.

[chinders]

I read most of my Stephen King illicitly from the school library; my mother had flipped her shit at some point and decided that she had to read everything I was going to read to be sure it was appropriate. (Note: not double check, or glance over, but actually *read*. As a single mom in med school. So that went well.) Stephen King would a) have never got past the content filter and b) I would have been waiting years for her to have time to finish it.

There were a lot of Stephen King books hidden under the bed at my mom's house over the years. I think mostly he taught me that you could break the rules if you were willing to face the consequences, and that kids could take care of themselves, sometimes better than their parents could.

They were worthwhile lessons.

[seanan_mcguire]

Woooooooooooooooooooooow. Yeah, you would have had issues getting reading material.

And those are awesome lessons.

[chinders]

This, in practice, ended up meaning that I just read whatever I wanted, with no input from my mom, in secret. This is what we call a plan that has backfired.