Confusion about 'The Shining' (book)

[Panich52]

I was sequestered in boyfriend's house because Erie, PA was suffering from a 'winter hurricane' - blizzard w/ gale-force winds. (City had such a storm on 2 successive years.) It was OK. We had plenty of food & beer and I'd just gotten a new book from a relatively new author (his 3rd) - 'The Shining.'*

With latest storm, I was recalling those Erie storms but couldn't remember the years. So I googled the book. Both Wikipedia & Barnes&Noble said it came out in 1977. That's wrong. I read The Shining either the January, 76 before the July Bicentennial, or Jan, 1975.

I know I'm gettin old and my memory may be not what it was (what 60s?) but there's no doubt I read the book before July 76.

Anyone help me out? My 1st edition is in storage.


*1st of 2 Stephen King coincidences I've had. 2nd was reading 'Misery' that cousin sent while I was recovering frim motorcycle accident that crushed my foot.

[orleans]

1. i just googled erie, pa. blizzard and the year 1978 popped up on the search bar

i clicked on this:
http://www.nwas.org/digest/papers/1978/Vol03No2/1978v003no02-Blackburn.pdf

and this: see the first number/listing--apparently there was 62 inches of snow in january of 1978
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/cle/climate/eri/records/eritop10snow.html

this is about jan. 1977
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_of_1977

1978:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern_United_States_blizzard_of_1978

wiki doesn't have a blizzard of 1975 or 1976 page

and this page for pa. shows nothing happening in jan. or feb. or '75 & '76
but it shows "severe winter weather" for jan. 77 & the blizzard in '78 for all the counties:
http://www.emsei.psu.edu/hazards/general3.htm

so i'm guessing you probably read the book in early feb. of 1978 when that second blizzard hit and after the book came out in '77.

[Panich52]

2. Appreciate all that checking...

I must have read it in Jan 77, then. It was a new book (a book-of-month club). Guess I'll need to dig out old photos to try and straighten out the timeline on that relationship. (Didn't have great ending at all but 1st couple years were good.)

Again, thx f/searching. I need new phone & extensive searches w/ this one long & frustrating.