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Originally Posted by gmw
Ah, you see, I would have used this as an example of a series going downhill after the first book or two (not to mention taking the rest of his work with it). When he wrote the first one he was young(ish) and cared what his editors told him, by the time he really started writing the rest of the series ... no idea, but I didn't like it, and there was just so much of it not to like.
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When he wrote the first stories, he was young. He started writing them in 1970, though he didn't start publishing them until 1978.
At any rate, I've heard several people claim King went downhill after the publication of The Shining or The Stand or whatever early book of his they really liked.
I disagree, but to each his own.