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Originally Posted by CJ Steak
Thanks for the tip. I don't have many King books. Just The Shining, and Christine, so I'll be sure to hunt down IT. I have the movie and loved it since I was a kid.
Not sure if you feel this way or not, but something about bad things happening in the 50's is so creepy. The 50's were supposed to be this bright and shining moment in American culture... but if you look at the dark side of the 50's, things get really interesting. Unsolved murders, drugs, seedy celebrities and politicians, etc.
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It and Salem's Lot are my favorite Stephen King novels. 'It' is a very long book (over 1,000 pages) that goes into great detail about the events in the 50s, the present day (1985 at the time), and significant events that occurred
during It's cycle in the 1929-30 and 1907-09 time periods. I loved every minute of it.
I think I understand what you mean about the 50s. People who are too young to have been there tend to think of life being like it was in Leave It To Beaver, but it just wasn't so.