Strunk & White's Elements of Style

While I was reading the part of Stephen King's On Writing entitled "Toolbox," it struck me how much respect he has for Strunk & White's Elements of Style. He makes frequent references to it and even quotes it. Then I flipped to the beginning of the book and read in the second foreword that King claims that the book should be read by every aspiring writer. This is a book that is now ninety years old (Strunk originally wrote it at that time - White revised the book in 1959, source Wikipedia), but yet still has great value in terms of the effect it has on the English language. King, a successful, modern novelist, is letting his readers know how much of an influence the book has had on his writing style.
I actually have Elements of Style, but I have never read it. The funny thing is that the professor of the very first college English Composition course I ever took recommended that everyone in the class get the book. It's not very long, but perusing it gives one the feeling that it's not meant to be read cover-to-cover. It seems more like a quick reference handbook. Either way, I've never done more than maybe read the introduction or start the first chapter. Perhaps Mr. King has given me the extra push I need to sit down and read it. With all of the changes in the English language over the past several decades, the book has seemingly stood the test of time.