Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King
by Tim Underwood (Editor), Stephen King, Chuck Miller (Editor)
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Stephen King talks about writing horror fiction.Tags
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No body writes better advice for horror writers than Stephen King, and lucky for us he's willing to share. It's also nice to know that he didn't become a best selling author over-night, so for those of use struggling to get published--there's hope. Not only does he give insight into his writing, but his ideas about the horror genre in general is unbelievable. He has seen it all. The movies he has seen that get very little attention in today's age of slasher films, has truly made me more of a fan of horror. Time to get watching!
I found Bare Bones to be an insightful look into the writing world of Stephen King. A compilation of various interviews he's given from 1979 through 1987, after all these years of enjoying his work, I actually learned a thing or two about the man. His fiction is, for the most part, great--but I appreciate his nonfiction voice more I think. I would love to see an updated version from 1987 to present.
Gives a new insight on King. I have several books on him, but this one is quite different then any of the others that I own. As cheesy as it sounds I feel like I know him better after reading this.
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Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine, on September 21, 1947. After graduating with a Bachelor's degree in English from the University of Maine at Orono in 1970, he became a teacher. His spare time was spent writing short stories and novels. King's first novel would never have been published if not for his wife. She removed the first few show more chapters from the garbage after King had thrown them away in frustration. Three months later, he received a $2,500 advance from Doubleday Publishing for the book that went on to sell a modest 13,000 hardcover copies. That book, Carrie, was about a girl with telekinetic powers who is tormented by bullies at school. She uses her power, in turn, to torment and eventually destroy her mean-spirited classmates. When United Artists released the film version in 1976, it was a critical and commercial success. The paperback version of the book, released after the movie, went on to sell more than two-and-a-half million copies. Many of King's other horror novels have been adapted into movies, including The Shining, Firestarter, Pet Semetary, Cujo, Misery, The Stand, and The Tommyknockers. Under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, King has written the books The Running Man, The Regulators, Thinner, The Long Walk, Roadwork, Rage, and It. He is number 2 on the Hollywood Reporter's '25 Most Powerful Authors' 2016 list. King is one of the world's most successful writers, with more than 100 million copies of his works in print. Many of his books have been translated into foreign languages, and he writes new books at a rate of about one per year. In 2003, he received the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. In 2012 his title, The Wind Through the Keyhole made The New York Times Best Seller List. King's title's Mr. Mercedes and Revival made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2014. He won the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 2015 for Best Novel with Mr. Mercedes. King's title Finders Keepers made the New York Times bestseller list in 2015. Sleeping Beauties is his latest 2017 New York Times bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography) Stephen King is the author of more than thirty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Among his most recent are "Hearts in Atlantis", "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon", "Bag of Bones", & "The Green Mile". "On Writing" is his first book of nonfiction since "Danse Macabre", published in 1981. He served as a judge for Prize Stories: The Best of 1999, The O. Henry Awards. He lives in Bangor, Maine with his wife, novelist Tabitha King. King's book, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams: Stories, made the 2015 New York Times bestseller list. (Publisher Provided) show less
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- Canonical title
- Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King
- Alternate titles
- Paljaat luut : Stephen King ja kauhun anatomia
- Original publication date
- 1988
- People/Characters
- Stephen King
- First words
- I worry about airplanes.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)My soul must be very black, indeed.
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