Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences

ISBN-13: 9780760376812 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 240 str.

Bev Vincent

Opis

Celebrate the King of Horror's 75th birthday with Stephen King, which explores the connections between Stephen King's life and his body of work.

Recenzje

"Holy smokes, what an awesome book...It's a must read for any fan." Being Fictional

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 THE FUTURE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN (1950-1969)
INTERLUDE: THE POETRY OF STEPHEN KING
CHAPTER 2 THE DOUBLEDAY YEARS (1970s)
INTERLUDE: STEPHEN KING AS RICHARD BACHMAN
INTERLUDE: WELCOME TO CASTLE ROCK
CHAPTER 3 MIDAS TOUCH (1980s)
INTERLUDE: THE DARK TOWER
INTERLUDE: UNSEEN KING
INTERLUDE: WELCOME TO DERRY
CHAPTER 4 EXPERIMENTATION AND CHANGE (1990s)
INTERLUDE: THE ACCIDENT
CONTENTS CHAPTER 5 AFTER THE ACCIDENT (2000s)
INTERLUDE: THE STEPHEN KING UNIVERSE
CHAPTER 5 KING OF CRIME (2010 AND BEYOND)
CONCLUSION THE TEST OF TIME
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX I BOOKS
APPENDIX II SHORT STORIES AND NOVELLAS
APPENDIX III ADAPTATIONS
ENDNOTES
IMAGE CREDITS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

O autorze

Bev Vincent is the author of Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences; The Dark Tower Companion; The Road to the Dark Tower, the Bram Stoker Award-nominated companion to Stephen King's Dark Tower series; and The Stephen King Illustrated Companion, which was nominated for a 2010 Edgar® Award and a 2009 Bram Stoker Award. In 2018, he co-edited the anthology Flight or Fright with Stephen King.

His short fiction has appeared in places such as Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Borderlands 5, Ice Cold, and The Blue Religion. He has been a contributing editor with Cemetery Dance magazine since 2001 and is a former member of the Storytellers Unplugged blogging community. He also writes book reviews for Onyx Reviews and has served as a judge for the Al Blanchard, Shirley Jackson and Edgar Awards.