It perhaps sounds a bit weird, but jumping headlong into a pop culture staple can be intimidating. Be it Star Wars or Star Trek, Marvel or DC, or any other long-running series or franchise, one can look at the full breadth of a canon and be frozen by the scope to the point that you don’t know where to begin. That being said, having the guiding view of an expert can help mitigate any of that daunting feeling. For example, who better to take advice from about Stephen King books than Stephen King himself?
When it comes to getting into King’s expansive body of work, there are three particular titles that he would recommend starting with – and that’s the lead story in this week’s edition of The King Beat. But that’s not the only headline, as the pop culture icon has also revealed some fun facts about his personal movie-watching habits and discussed how the on-going Vietnam War in the mid-1960s ended up influencing him to write the exceptionally hardcore tale that would become his first completed novel: The Long Walk. There’s a whole lot to get into, so let’s dig in!
