Discuss one of Stephen King's greatest and most influencial novels.

This book always disturbed me a bit, not because of the monster but rather the sexual interactions between the kids. You know, the junkyard scene and stuff. I dunno, it went a long ways out there yet it seem to be exceptionally integral to the story.

This is the only Stephen King book I've ever been a little creeped out by. I really like the structure of the story, especially with its dual climax.

I know what you mean. I was grossed out when Beverly was in the junkyard watching Patrick umm....how can I put this....play with him and Henry's thing (Penis) and then Patrick asks him if he can suck Henry's.
Plus Patrick took little puppy dogs and kittens and little animals and froze them in a fridge. Then would think about coconut popsicles when he saw the frozen spit around their mouth. Then when the parasites attack Patrick and Beverly. Richie is known in the book as Richie "records" Tozier because he is a disc jocky.
In the book Richie is a coke head. Beverly at one point made love to all the boys. If you saw the TV movie, read the book and you relize it is nothing at all like it. IT the tv movie was excellent but it wasn't the same league as the book.

Didn't she make love to all of the boys when they were 12 and all at the same time (well, one after the other)? That always disturbed me. Didn't seem like it needed to be there.

i just started reading this, my second time, only about 950 pages to go.

Agreed. I remember as I was reading that part thinking "Where did this come from? Why is it in here?"

Other than that it was a lot of fun.

I'm not sure it's in my top five, though.

My only problem with "It" ironically has nothing to do with the book itself, but what happened after it.

King stated in interviews, IIRC, that "It" would be the last novel he wrote with children as victims. "Needful Things", his next novel, didn't exactly adhere to this claim.

I was very disappointed about that....