Provides a guide to reading and accessing Stephen King for fans and scholars alike. It examines the enormous popularity of King, the worlds he has created, the films made from his work, and provides a primer to reading his fiction. A detailed encyclopaedic entry is provided for each of his written works, in addition to lead characters and locations.
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Summary
Provides a guide to reading and accessing Stephen King for fans and scholars alike. It examines the enormous popularity of King, the worlds he has created, the films made from his work, and provides a primer to reading his fiction. A detailed encyclopaedic entry is provided for each of his written works, in addition to lead characters and locations.
Description
This companion provides a two-part introduction to best-selling author Stephen King, whose enormous popularity over the years has gained him an audience well beyond readers of horror fiction, the genre with which he is most often associated. Part I considers the reception of King's work, the film adaptations that they gave rise to, the fictional worlds in which some of his novels are set, and the more useful approaches to King's varied corpus. Part II consists of entries for each series, novel, story, screenplay and even poem, including works never published or produced, as well as characters and settings.
Awards
Winner of Bram Stoker Awards (Nonfiction) 2011
Critic Reviews
“"essential reference"-- Library Journal ; "treasure trove of trivia, biographical tidbits and bibliographical explanations"-- Rue Morgue ; "marvelous...excellent....highly recommend"-- Monster Librarian ; "excellent series of Literary Companions"-- Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine .”
“essential reference”—Library Journal; “treasure trove of trivia, biographical tidbits and bibliographical explanations”—Rue Morgue; “marvelous...excellent....highly recommend”—Monster Librarian; “excellent series of Literary Companions”—Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.
About the Author
Rocky Wood is the Bram Stoker Award–winning author of many books about Stephen King. He is president of the Horror Writers Association and lives in Victoria, Australia.
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