So, when I came home from work yesterday, there was a large box sitting on the bed. My beloved informed me it was MY box. Strange, I don't seem to remember owning a box.
"So what do you think was inside your box?" My wife asked.
I dunno. Books?
"Well, you do have a box f duplicate Stephen King books. But this box is full of Stephen King books on tape."
"CDs?"
"TAPES. So you want me to throw them away, or ebay them?"
I didn't think much of it until I started going through the box. Strange how things can cause of to be sentimental, right? I LOVE these tapes! I've listened to them over and over and over!
So, here is what was in the box:
- 2 books on CD. (HA!)
- The Drawing of the Three, read by Stephen King. My favorite of the Dark Tower covers is this one. I almost bought this set on ebay recently, but didn't because I reasoned it would just end up at the bottom of a box somewhere.
- Secret Window, Secret Garden, from Four Past Midnight. I bought this in High School, then found myself incredibly "sick" the next day -- requiring I miss school and listen to my book while I played video games. It was a tough life. I didn't like the ending at all. I was intrigued by the idea of two writers writing exactly the same book. But it seemed to easy for him to just be having a mental breakup. Besides, wasn't that the Dark Half? Also, I couldn't figure out where the Window and Garden were?! So there was no secret garden, no real duplicate book -- just a crazy writer. But, it was a good day off school.
- The three volume edition of Needful Things on tape. I got this for my 18th birthday. (I think 18.) Each time someone would give me birthday money, I'd go to the store and buy the next volume. I absolutely fell in love with that book! Loved King's reading, loved the story and even loved the boxes they came in. I lined the boxes up neatly on my bookshelf, thinking how cool they looked.
- Dolores Claiborne. Once again, this is a great book! And, once I've read many times. In particular, I remember listening to it on a rainy day at my Grandma's house when I was in college. I was alone in the house, and there was serious storming going on. I took the tape recorder from room to room with me to keep me company. (That house was scary in thunder storms. So, naturally -- the thing to do was listen to a Stephen King book. So wise.)
- The Shining. I listened to this a few years ago, right before tapes went bye-bye.
- Some books I never finished. From A Buick 8, which I still can't get through. And Dreamcatcher, which my wife and I listened to together for a long time -- until it jumped characters and became about a Men In Black military general who's insane.
So what will I do with the box of tapes? I actually don't know. Probably haul them down to the shed. But then my wife will find them and tell me I can't say ALL the stuff down there is hers. But it is. Because the Christmas stuff counts at hers.
Holy crud, don't you EVER through that collection away. EVER!
ReplyDeleteChrisC
The alien's poisoning the well! Gasp!
ReplyDeleteI am doing this right now as well. My wife wants me to get rid of all her stuff in the storage unit so we can get a smaller one. The stuff that is mine is mostly books and artwork I did, it's hard to say goodbye to those things.
A big purge is coming.
-mike
I want those DT2 tapes though. Might pick them up one day.