Does Stephen King cause nightmares or do nightmares cause Stephen King fans?
Alex January 2nd, 2007
Alright, this is not very surprising, but it is interesting: When answering this question:
What was the earliest dream in your life that you can remember?
The people who have read a Stephen King novel answered with ‘nightmares.’
Big deal, right? Right. See, the question asked about the earliest dream we could remember. Did an early batch of nightmares give us a taste for being scared? Or did reading Stephen King remind us of our nightmares and keep them fresh in our memories?
[updated 2010.02.21 - this continues to be one of the strongest correlations we’ve found]
| Have you ever read a novel by Stephen King? [straight results] |
|||
| No | Yes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| What was the earliest dream in your life that you can remember? [straight results] |
a funny dream | 2 | 2 |
| a good dream | 2 | 3 | |
| a nightmare | 5 | 25 | |
| a wet dream | 1 | 1 | |