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(3.64) | 11 | Profusely illustrated with nearly 200 photos, color illustrations by celebrated "Dark Tower" artist Michael Whelan, and black-and-white drawings by Maine artist Glenn Chadbourne; supplemented with interviews with friends, colleagues, and mentors who knew King well; looking at King's formative years in Durham, when he began writing fiction as a young teen, his college years in the turbulent sixties, his struggles with early poverty, working full-time as an English teacher while writing part-time, the long road to the publication of his first novel, Carrie, and the dozens of bestselling books and major screen adaptations that followed; covering his varied and prodigious output--this book is a comprehensive guide to the imaginative world of Stephen King.… (more) |
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"I think with the best writing you actually feel the writer's joy, the writer's vision, or something like that. God, it's a strange way to make a living. It's a child's activity, really.z" Stephen King  | |
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▾Book descriptions Profusely illustrated with nearly 200 photos, color illustrations by celebrated "Dark Tower" artist Michael Whelan, and black-and-white drawings by Maine artist Glenn Chadbourne; supplemented with interviews with friends, colleagues, and mentors who knew King well; looking at King's formative years in Durham, when he began writing fiction as a young teen, his college years in the turbulent sixties, his struggles with early poverty, working full-time as an English teacher while writing part-time, the long road to the publication of his first novel, Carrie, and the dozens of bestselling books and major screen adaptations that followed; covering his varied and prodigious output--this book is a comprehensive guide to the imaginative world of Stephen King. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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Includes a chronology of King's writing careem Playboy interview, public talk in Virginia Beach, trivia, a humourous fictional meeting between a publisher and King, the famous mansion in Bangor and its custom built fence. . A section on the Stephen King phenomenon. A look at the books themselves with synopsis, with information on book editions, audiotapes and movies. finally a price guide to King collectibles. Has over 100 articles, interview, profiles and synopes. Includes 50 photographs. | |
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The book is also in serious need of editing, because on multiple occasions, the same information is delivered multiple times. Sometimes within a few pages of each other. There's absolutely no need for that, and it becomes quite irritating to read after a while.
Finally, there's very little critical review of King's work. Even stuff that King admittedly doesn't like himself, the author seems to fawn over and make excuses for.
I love Stephen King. I love his writing. But I don't like every single thing he's put out. Every once in a while, it'd be nice to see someone be a little more critical of his failures, instead of slavish devotion to the so-called King of Horror. It got a little too sweet for me, and by the end, I pretty much had a toothache and diabetes.
An okay overview, but overlong. (