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So, I found out that this year was the 50th Anniversary of Carrie, his first published novel. It's damn impressive how prolific and active he's remained after all these years. I really respect the man for his passion and love of the craft. He genuinely finds a lot of joy in the process and has said that he would continue to write, even if it were to never be published, because it's just that much fun.

On a vaguely related note, someone in another topic mentioned Stephen King has a reputation for bad endings. It is true that a sizable amount of his novels have weak to bad endings/third acts, but I feel the problem is overblown in comparison to how often it is mentioned. I feel the problem is typically reserved for his more relatively obscure novels (Rose Madder, Tommyknockers, Needful Things, The Outsider, etc.) and epic long novels (IT, The Stand, The Dark Tower series, Under the Dome, etc. And some of these are more divisive than outright panned). For many of his famous works (Carrie, The Shining, Salems Lot, Misery, Pet Semetary, The Dead Zone, etc.), the endings are generally solid and stick the landing well enough.