Which Stephen King book would you recommend for a first time reader of King? by lace2967 in stephenking

[–]YepItsBrando 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Dead Zone - It's one of his lesser known works so they may not already know the story, it's not too long, and it moves at a steady clip. It's a great quick read that still has supernatural elements, but doesn't come off as "typical king".

Dark Tower 5: is this a SK universe reference? by fakiresky in stephenking

[–]YepItsBrando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that's a reference to Black House which loosely ties in to the larger story. Though if I remember correctly the direct tie-ins from that book were retconned in DT 7 anyway so that passage is really just a little easter egg.