Wellcome to Derry

Chapter 1: "They all float down here. You'll float, too..."

IT is the 22nd book published by Stephen King. It was his 18th novel, and the 13th novel written under his own name. The book was released by Viking on September 15, 1986. It was one of the best selling novels in the United States of that year and is now considered a "modern masterpiece" of the horror genre in literature. Since the book's publication King's story has been adapted several times for TV and film. In 1990, Tommy Lee Wallace directed a two-part miniseries starring Tim Curry. In 2017, Andy Muschietti directed the 2017 film adaptation, and its sequel, Chapter Two, in 2019.

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The Town

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About town

"Welcome to Derry", Maine ...it’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real. They were seven unhappy Pre-teens when they first stumbled upon the nearly unspeakable horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and find happiness. But none of them can withstand the force that has called each of them back to Derry nearly three decades later, to face the nightmare without a true face and the evil without a true name.

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The Mistery

referred to as It by the Loser's Club, is the villain and primary antagonist. IT is a shape-shifting monster that appears to its victims as whatever they fear the absolute most, though It often uses the shape of a clown called Pennywise. IT sustains itself by sleeping and waking in a cycle of approximately 27 years. I claims to be eternal, and believes itself to be invincible but Bill Denbrough crushes IT's heart in his bare hands.

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The Losers - More than friends

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Bill Denbrough

Also known as "Big Bill." He is the leader of the Losers Club and he has a severe stutter. His little brother George was murdered by Pennywise. He marries an actress named Audra Phillips.

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Mike Hanlon

Mike is the only black kid in Derry and is the last to join the Loser's club, making a total of lucky 7. He is the only one of to stay in Derry and becomes the town's head librarian. He calls the others when the killings begin again in 1985. Derry's history is explained throughout the novel in journal he keeps.

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Richie Tozier

Is also called Trashmouth because his wise cracks and insults tend to get him in trouble. He grows up and become the biggest disc jockey in L.A.

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Stanley Uris

Is the least willing to accept that It actually exists. His hobby is bird watching. He becomes a partner in a large Atlanta-based accounting firm, and it is hinted that he is the only member of the Losers (aside from Mike) to possess any memory of what happened in 1958. He commits suicide after getting a phone call from Mike Hanlon.

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Edie Kaspbrak

The shortest of the group who believes he has asthma and has an incredibly overbearingly protective mother. He grows up and marries a woman named Myra who is incredibly resembling his mother's physicallity and other intentions.

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Beverly Marsh

The only female in the group, Beverly is a red-headed girl from the poorest part of Derry. She becomes a successful fashion designer and marries Tom Rogan.

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Ben Hanscom

aka Haystack, after the professional wrestler Haystack Calhoun. Henry Bowers tried to carve his name into Ben's stomach. Ben has a crush on Beverly. He grows up to become a very successful architect.

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