Stanley Wiater

A 1993 collection of interviews of artists and writers who worked in comic books and challenged the juvenile-oriented status quo. An interesting recap of times when young adults were challenging much of the existing cultural standards. But, unless you are a collector or avid reader of comic books, novelty will only carry you so far in reading.

This was a mildly interesting read, but that's about the highest recommendation I can give for it. Admittedly, it doesn't help that I waited to read it until several years after its publication, years which included the publication of several more King novels, including the three concluding novels of his seminal Dark Tower series. Still, even if I had read it when it first came out, I don't think I would have gotten much more out of it than I did reading it now.

One problem I had with this show more book is that it's plagued with editing errors. The incorrect quotes, typographical errors, and missing words were a distraction. Beyond that, it just felt like a great deal of the material was nothing more than filler--which, for a book this size, is unnecessary.

Ultimately, this book is little more than a recap of each of King's works (those that were published before this was written). Seeing some of the connections I had missed or forgotten, as well as those established in the few King stories I haven't yet read, was pretty cool. However, as most of the connections tie into the Dark Tower series, which wasn't finished when this book was written, there really isn't a whole lot of point to it. It did make me want to re-read several books I hadn't thought about for a while, though. show less

I have learned a ton of information from this book, discovered connections between books that I would have missed otherwise, and random bits of trivia that should win me lots of money on Jeopardy should ever a Stephen King category come up. =)

I learned a lot from this book. I learned the inside workings of his mind and why he writes what he does. This book allowed my interest in his other works to grow. I haven't read or seen many of his works, but after reading this guide, I wanted to read and see everything, mainly to see what they were talking about.

As far as I can tell, this guide lists most of his work up until publication, it included the "Dark Tower Series", so it was a revised edition.

One book that is now on my 'to read' show more list that wasn't on there before is "The Stand". I think this is a nice companion to people who want to get more into the world of Stephen King. show less