https://www.thewrap.com/stephen-king-say...of-carrie/
Stephen King’s debut novel “Carrie” was published 50 years ago on Friday, a fact that the author himself can barely believe—though the fact that he’s still alive to enjoy the book five decades later is all the more incredible to him. As King tweeted on Thursday, “Tomorrow, CARRIE turns 50. Hard to believe I’m alive to see it.”
The fame that followed the release of both the novel and the Sissy Spacek film by the same name also ushered in an intense era for him. His battle with addiction was chronicled in the 2013 book “Doctor Sleep,” which King published decades after his family staged a life-saving intervention in the 1980s.
King was working as a teacher when he published “Carrie” in 1974. In his spare time he wrote short stories for men’s magazines, and the eventual novel was originally intended to be one such submission for Cavalier. He admitted to The Guardian that if he hadn’t published the book he might have never really become an author at all.
Happy 50th anniversary to Carrie! It marked the start of an incredible career: in subsequent years, Stephen King has gone on to become a living legend
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Where do you think it ranks among his novels?
Stephen King’s debut novel “Carrie” was published 50 years ago on Friday, a fact that the author himself can barely believe—though the fact that he’s still alive to enjoy the book five decades later is all the more incredible to him. As King tweeted on Thursday, “Tomorrow, CARRIE turns 50. Hard to believe I’m alive to see it.”
The fame that followed the release of both the novel and the Sissy Spacek film by the same name also ushered in an intense era for him. His battle with addiction was chronicled in the 2013 book “Doctor Sleep,” which King published decades after his family staged a life-saving intervention in the 1980s.
King was working as a teacher when he published “Carrie” in 1974. In his spare time he wrote short stories for men’s magazines, and the eventual novel was originally intended to be one such submission for Cavalier. He admitted to The Guardian that if he hadn’t published the book he might have never really become an author at all.
Happy 50th anniversary to Carrie! It marked the start of an incredible career: in subsequent years, Stephen King has gone on to become a living legend
. Where do you think it ranks among his novels?
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