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The Golden Argosy - another King recommendation

$title - $authorStephen King again. This time the King of Horror has listed his favourite book of all time - it’s The Golden Argosy, according to the BBC.  The Golden Argosy is an anthology of 55 short stories from folks like Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

He bought his copy of The Golden Argosy in a sale for $2.25 in 1955.

“At the time I only had $4 and spending over half of it on one book was a hard decision,” King said.  “I never regretted it. [It] taught me more about good writing than all the classes I have ever taken.”

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3 Responses to “The Golden Argosy - another King recommendation”

  1. EelKat Says:
    February 23rd, 2007 at 12:32 pm

    Thanks for recommending!

  2. Kev Moore Says:
    February 24th, 2007 at 5:30 am

    I think I shall have to seek this out..though I doubt its available at just over 2 dollars anymore!

  3. Zen of Writing Says:
    February 24th, 2007 at 9:32 am

    Probably a great collection. It would be nice to see the table of contents — I suspect I, and many other readers, have read many of the stories already.

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