6. Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King edited by Chuck Miller and Tim Underwood (Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1988). The first collection of interviews, compiled from various sources and gathered together by theme. Nearly one-fifth of the book’s contents is taken from interviews conducted by Stanley Wiater. Also published as a trade hardcover by McGraw-Hill (New York) in 1988.
7. Feast of Fear: Conversations with Stephen King edited by Chuck Miller and Tim Underwood (Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1989). A second collection of interviews, compiled from various sources and gathered together by theme. Also published as a trade hardcover by Carroll & Graf Publishers (New York) in 1992.
8. The Stephen King Companion edited by George Beahm (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1989). The first collection of articles, interviews, appreciations, reviews, and so forth to be issued by a major publisher. An interesting mixture of both new and reprinted material compiled by a recognized popular culture authority. (Beahm has also edited The Unauthorized Anne Rice Companion for the same publisher.) The same publisher issued a revised edition in 1995.
9. The Shape Under the Sheet: The Stephen King Encyclopedia by Stephen J. Spignesi (Ann Arbor, MI: Popular Culture Ink, 1991). A monumental work that reportedly took more than four years to write and compile. The book is both a companion volume (interviews, articles, reviews, fiction) and a concordance to everything (and we do mean everything) that King had written up until that time. A noted popular culture authority, Spignesi is also the author of two quiz/trivia books on King and, most recently, 1998’s The Lost Work of Stephen King (Secaucus, NJ: Birch Lane Press), described as “a guide to the unpublished manuscripts, story fragments, alternative versions, and oddities,” and 2001’s The Essential Stephen King (New Page Books).
10. The Stephen King Story by George Beahm (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1991). A literary profile of the author, with emphasis on the manner in which King has become a celebrity and a worldwide publishing phenomenon. Given the rate at which King produces new work, the volume was revised and updated for its 1992 appearance in paperback.
11. The Films of Stephen King by Ann Lloyd (New York: St. Martin’s, 1994). A heavily illustrated if woefully slender volume first published in England the previous year, it still remains one of the most accessible and entertaining of all the books written on the subject. Three other volumes covering much the same “pre-2001” territory: Stephen King at the Movies by Jessie Horsting (New York: Starlog Press, 1984), The Films of Stephen King by Michael R. Collings (Mercer Island, WA: Starmont, 1986), and Stephen King Goes to Hollywood by Jeff Conner (New York: NAL, 1987).
12. Stephen King from A to Z: An Encyclopedia of His Life and Work by George Beahm (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1998). An earnest attempt to look at the life and work of King through the format of an A-to-Z encyclopedic compilation, with entries ranging from “Ackerman, Forrest, J.” to “ZBS Productions.” According to the publisher, the volume is “the only book of its kind. Illustrated with seventy-five photos and twenty-six illuminated letters, the book includes hundreds of entries covering everything you wanted to know about King … but were afraid to ask.”
13. Stephen King Country by George Beahm (Philadelphia, PA: Running Press, 1999). Subtitled The Illustrated Guide to the Sites and Sights that Inspired the Modern Master of Horror. A fascinating collection of photographs and text presenting the world of Stephen King from two viewpoints: first, the locations in Maine that show the “real” world of Stephen King, such as his home, the laundry where he once worked, and his old high school. It also has original photographs showing the actual sites, buildings, and locations that reportedly inspired corresponding locales in his fiction. These include the Shiloh Church in Durham, which may have inspired the Marsten House in ’Salem’s Lot (1975), and the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, the inspiration for the Overlook in The Shining (1977).
14. Creepshows: The Illustrated Stephen King Movie Guide by Stephen Jones (London: Titan Books, 2001). Inside you’ll find a candid look at each and every Stephen King movie, sequel and spinoff through the end of the millennium, all complete with major cast and credit information, along with television adaptations, stage shows, radio plays, and computer games, plus details of upcoming projects. Another recent book of note regarding King cinema is Hollywood’s Stephen King by Tony Magistrale (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003), which Publishers Weekly called “a useful elucidation of King’s work through the skewed lens of Hollywood.”
15. Horror Plum’d: An International Stephen King Bibliography and Guide by Michael R. Collings (Woodstock, GA: Overlook Connection Press, 2003). Exactly as billed by its subtitle, this is an exhaustive study of four decades of King’s work.
16. Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: A Concordance, Volumes I and II, by Robin Furth (New York: Scribner, 2003, 2005). In his foreword to Volume I, King says, “I found this overview of In-World, Mid-World, and End-World both entertaining and invaluable. So, I am convinced, will you.”
17. The Road to the Dark Tower by Bev Vincent (New York: New American Library, 2004). Again, a King blurb says it all: “Wonderful … opens doors to Roland’s world that not even I knew existed. If you like the Dark Tower books, you’ll like this. Enthusiastically recommended.”
[NOTE: We would be greatly remiss if we didn’t strongly recommend what remains the most personal and in-depth look at King’s thoughts, feelings, and opinions on the subject of horror: Stephen King’s Danse Macabre (New York: Everest House, 1981). Encouraged by editor William Thompson to write a nonfiction study so that he would never have to answer interviewers and fans about the topic again, King reluctantly but enthusiastically bent to the task. (The fact that what he had already said about horror filled no less than two volumes of interviews may also have had something to do with the undertaking.) As King explains in his introduction, “Writing this book has been both an exasperation and a deep pleasure, a duty on some days and a labor of love on others.” As engaging and moving as his fiction, Stephen King’s Danse Macabre remains an affectionate yet perceptive look at how horror in the mass media and the arts has affected our popular culture in general—and one little boy from Maine in particular.]
APPENDIX B
Recommended Web Sites
As one might imagine, there are literally hundreds of Web sites devoted to the world’s most popular author. For the sake of not writing another book just to discuss the subject of Stephen King on the Internet, we have chosen several Web sites that we feel will be the most useful—and most entertaining—to the devoted Stephen King fan. On most of these you will find book reviews, movie reviews, the latest news about Stephen King as an author and a celebrity, trivia games, discussions between fans, and so on.
OFFICIAL
1. The Official Stephen King Page (www.stephenking.com)
Just as the title says, the only Web page authorized by King and maintained directly from his office.
UNOFFICIAL
2. Skemers (www.skemers.com)
Started in 1995, it is the largest King fan club for those wanting to discuss and chat about their favorite author online.
3. The Stephen King Cover Galley ( http://home5.swipnet.se/~55592/gallery.htm)
An incredible site, fan Anders Jackson has scanned in more than a thousand different editions of Stephen King book covers from around the world.
4. The Stephen King Web Site (www.utopianweb.com/king/)
A comprehensive King site, very well done.
5. David’s Stephen King Page (www.lisp.com.au/~davidth/king/king.html)
A comprehensive King site, more informal and purposely entertaining than most.
6. The Stephen King Page (http://malakoff.com/sking.htm)
A very entertaining page, this site includes a Randall Flagg Homepage and a Richard Bachman Homepage.
7. The Last Gunslinger (www.geocities.com/Area51/Dimension/1004/gunslinger.html)
A very impressive, visually dazzling site devoted exclusively to t
he Dark Tower epic.
8. The Unofficial Stephen King Website (www.stephenking.net)
A very well designed and respectful site maintained by fan Ian Richardson, which has been in service since 1996.
9. Stephen King Information Site (www.eddog.com/sk/)
One of the oldest and most reliable King sites out there, run by hardcore fan Ed Nomura.
10. Charnel House: The Stephen King Site for the Discerning Reader (http:/members.tripod.com/~charnelhouse/) A full-service information source for “all things King.”
11. SkingWeb—Stephen King Fun and Information (http://skingweb.virtualave.net/)
Just what the title indicates; this is part of the “official” series of Stephen King sites in the Stephen King webring.
12. IMDB—Stephen King (http://usidmb.com/Name?/King,+Stephen)
The International Movie Data Base listing of all movies associated with Stephen King. Complete and factual, but without any visuals to go along with the reams of data.
13. The Dark Tower.Net (http://thedarktower.net)
As indicated by its address, this site is devoted exclusively to the object of the Gunslinger’s quest.
14. Horrorking.com’s Stephen King site (http://horrorking.com)
A site created and maintained by David Rawsthorne, author of Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished (Forest Hill, MD: Cemetery Dance, 2006).
APPENDIX C
The Fiction of Stephen King, in Order of Publication
1. Carrie (1974)
2. ’Salem’s Lot (1975)
3. Rage (as by Richard Bachman) (1977)
4. The Shining (1977)
5. Night Shift (1978) (collection)
6. The Stand (1978)
7. The Long Walk (as by Richard Bachman) (1979)
8. The Dead Zone (1979)
9. Firestarter (1980)
10. Roadwork (as by Richard Bachman) (1981)
11. Cujo (1981)
12. Creepshow (1982)
13. The Running Man (as by Richard Bachman) (1982)
14. The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (1982)
15. Different Seasons (collection) (1982)
16. Christine (1983)
17. Pet Sematary (1983)
18. The Talisman (with Peter Straub) (1983)
19. Thinner (as by Richard Bachman) (1984)
20. Cycle of the Werewolf (1985)
21. Skeleton Crew (collection) (1985)
22. Cat’s Eye (original screenplay) (1985)
23. It (1986)
24. The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three (1987)
25. The Eyes of the Dragon (1987)
26. Misery (1987)
27. The Tommyknockers (1987)
28. The Dark Half (1989)
29. Four Past Midnight (collection) (1990)
30. Needful Things (1991)
31. Stephen King’s Golden Years (original television series) (1991)
32. The Dark Tower III: The Wastelands (1991)
33. Sleepwalkers (original screenplay) (1992)
34. Gerald’s Game (1992)
35. Dolores Claiborne (1993)
36. Nightmares & Dreamscapes (collection) (1993)
37. Insomnia (1994)
38. Rose Madder (1995)
39. The Green Mile (1996)
40. Desperation (1996)
41. The Regulators (as by Richard Bachman) (1996)
42. The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass (1997)
43. Six Stories (collection) (1997)
44. Bag of Bones (1998)
45. Storm of the Century (original miniseries) (1999)
46. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)
47. Hearts in Atlantis (1999)
48. Dreamcatcher (2001)
49. Black House (with Peter Straub) (2001)
50. From a Buick 8 (2002)
51. Everything’s Eventual (collection) (2002)
52. The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla (2003)
53. The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah (2004)
54. The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (2004)
55. The Colorado Kid (2005)
56. Cell (2006)
INDEX
The index that appeared in the print version of this title does not match the pages of your eBook. Please use the search function on your eReading device to search for terms of interest. For your reference, the terms that appear in the print index are listed below.
Names listed in boldface refer to characters.
Abagail, Mother
Abel and Christa (Kingdom Hospital)
Ace High (The Stand)
Ackerman, Leigh (Cabot)
Adam magazine
Adams, Brooke
Adams, Bryan
Adley, David
Affiliation
Aftermath, The
Ageless Stranger. See Fannin, Richard; Walter/Marten/Flagg
Agger, Michael
Al (Cycle of the Werewolf)
Albert, Dave
Algul Siento. See Devar-Toi
Alien (film)
“All That You Love Will Be Carried Away”
Allen, Nancy
Allgood, Cuthbert
Alonso, Maria Conchita
Alpert, Michael
Amanda (“The General”)
Ames, Steve
Amick, Mädchen
Anderson, Bobbi
Anderson, Harry
Anderson, Josef
Anderson, Mike
Anderson, Molly
Anderson, Quilla
Anderson, Ralph “Ralphie”
Anderson, Roberta “Bobbi”
Andolini, Jack
Andrews, Jude
Andros, Nick
Andy the Robot (Wolves of the Calla)
Antaeus magazine
Antubis (Kingdom Hospital)
Apt Pupil
Apt Pupil (film)
Arkanian, Arky
Arquette, David
Arrowhead Project (The Mist)
Arthur (“I Am the Doorway”)
Asbury, Pam
Atropos (Insomnia)
Attias, Daniel
Auel, Jean
Auster, Harry
“Autopsy Room Four” (Six Stories)
“Autopsy Room Four”
Bacall, Lauren
Bachman, Richard (King alias)
See also titles of works
Bachman Books, The
Bag of Bones
adaptations
Baker, John
Balazar, Enrico “Rico”
“Ballad of the Flexible Bullet, The”
Bannerman, George
Banning, Clive
Banning, George
Barbeau, Adrienne
Barker, Clive
Barlow, Kurt
Barris, Chuck
Barrymore, Drew
“Bartleby the Scrivener” (Melville)
Bateman, Glen
Bates, Kathy
“Battleground”
Baxley, Craig R.
“Beachworld”
Beals, Robbie
Beasley, Allyce
Beaumont, Charles
Beaumont, Liz
Beaumont, Thad
Bedelia, Bonnie
Beer, Daniel
“Beggar and the Diamond, The”
Bellman, Dinah
Bergl, Emily
Bernie (“Night Surf”)
Bester, Alfred
Bettis, Angela
Big Chill, The (film)
Big Injun Woods (The Tommyknockers)
“Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman #2)”
Billings, Lester
Billingsley, Tom
Bird, Miss (“Here There Be Tygers”)
Bixby, Jerome
Black Hotel (The Talisman)
Black House
Black House
Black Thirteen
Black Tower, The
Blaine the Mono (The Waste Lands)
Blatch, Elwood
Bleak Ho
use (Dickens)
“Blind Willie”
Blood and Smoke
Blue Heaven. See Devar-Toi
Blue Ribbon Laundry (“The Mangler”)
Boam, Jeffrey
Body, Theadaptations
Bollinger, Kevin
“Boogeyman, The”
Boogeyman, the
Boon, James
Boone, Charles
Boone, James Robert
Boone, Philip
Boone, Robert
Booth (“One for the Road”)
Bowden, Todd
Bowers, Henry
Bracken, John
Bracknell, Sarah
Bradbury, Ray
Brady, Charles
Brady, Mary
Brannigan, Skipper
Braugher, Andre
Brautigan, Ted
Breakers
Breathing Method, The
Brenner, Olivia
Brentner, Ralph
“Bride of Frankenstein, The”
Bright, David
Broadcloak, Marten
See also Walter/Marten/Flagg
“Brooklyn August” (King poem)
Brower, Henry
Brower, Ray
Brown, David
Brown, Hilly
Brown, Jim
Brown, Steve
Browning, Robert
Buckland, Homer
Buckley, Betty
Buick Roadmaster (From a Buick 8)
Burke, Matthew
Burke, Robert
Burlingame, Gerald
Burlingame, Jessie
Burnside, Charles
Busey, Gary
Busfield, Timothy
Caan, James
“Cain Rose Up”
Calhoun, Rory
Call, R. D.
Calla Bryn Sturgis
Callahan, Father Donald
Calvins, The (The Dark Tower)
Camber, Brett
Camber, Charity
Camber, Joe
Campbell, Ramsey
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