George Beahm

Stephen King Companion

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Produktbeschreibung

Fully illustrated with photographs and artwork, the book is a detailed look not only at Stephen King himself and his personal life, but his professional life as a writer. The cornerstone of any King library, this book will appeal to veteran fans and new readers alike, especially since his film/tv adaptations and prolific output continue to bring new generations into his fold.

Produktdetails

• St. Martins Press-3PL
• Verlag: Macmillan US / St. Martin's Griffin
• Seitenzahl: 624
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 154mm x 48mm
• Gewicht: 693g
• ISBN-13: 9781250054128
• ISBN-10: 1250054125
• Artikelnr.: 42245812

Autorenporträt

GEORGE BEAHM is a New York Times bestselling author. He has written more literary companions than any other writer, and has published more than thirty books on pop culture icons, such as Michael Jordan, J.K. Rowling, Philip Pullman, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Indiana Jones, Anne Rice, Patricia Cornwell, The Big Bang Theory T.V. show, Caribbean Pirates, censorship, and several books on Stephen King. A former U.S. Army officer, he served on active duty and in the National Guard and Army Reserve.

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A Note to the Reader
Foreword: The Learn'd Astronomer by Stephen J. Spignesi
Introduction: The Golden Years by George Beahm
Part One: Maine Roots
1. Family Roots
2. Durham, Maine
3. EC Comics
4. "Three Durham Lads Publishing Bright Hometown Newspaper" by Don Hansen
5. A Special Occasion: Chris Chesley's Friendship with Stephen King
6. Stephen King at the University of Maine: A Writer in the Making by
Sanford Phippen King Graduates: A Blessed Event?
7. Rick Hautala: Maine's Other Horror Writer Rick Hautala: An Interview
8. Burton Hatlen: An Interview
9. Crossing the Kittery Bridge into Maine's Heart of Darkness
10. From Student to Teacher: Stephen King and Carroll Terrell
Part Two: Pre-Carrie: A Hardscrabble Life
11. A Writer's Nightmare, a Writer's Dream
12. A Good Angel": Cavalier editor Nye Willden
13. The Bones of the Family Business: Writing
Part Three: Doubleday Boo ks: Magic Time-The Making of the Master of H
orror
14. King's Classic Books: An Overview
15. William G. Thompson: Another Good Ange
16. Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King: The Future Queen of Durham Ruth P. King
Obituary
17. Carrie
18. "Campus Columnist Publishes Novel" by Burton Hatlen Stephen King:
American Gothic
19. Salem's Lot On 'Salem's Lot as the Great American Novel
Stephen King and Frank Darabont on Limited Edition Books
20. The Shining
The Stanley Hotel Shines On
21. Night Shift - Keep on Trucking: Maximum Overdrive
22. The Stand: Taking a Stand Against Doubleday 000
23. Cemetery Dance's Deluxe Special Editions of the Doubleday Books
24. The Early Bachman Books" Rage (1977), The Long Walk (1979), Roadwork
(1981), The Running Man (1982)
Part Four: "The Bestsellasaurus Rex" Stomps Over to New American Library
25. Turning the Page: King Goes to New American Library
26. The Dead Zone
27. The Kings' Maine Haunt in Bangor Terry Steel on the King's Fence "Bats
and Spiders"
28. Firestarter
29. Dark Forces: "The Mist"
30. Frank Darabont on "The Mist": An Interview Conducted by Hans-Åke Lilja
31. Cujo Coming Clean: King's Addiction
32. Danse Macabre
33. Stephen King's Creepshow
34. Drawn to Darkness: Bernie Wrightson, an Artist Inspired by Stephen King
35. Stephen King: A Chautaqua in Pasadena, California
36. Different Seasons
37. The Road to the Dark Tower: Roland's Quest
38. Michael Whelan: Illustrating the Dark Tower
39. Christine
The King's and Queen's Cars
40. Rock and Roll Haven: Stephen King's Station, WKIT 100.3 FM
41. Pet Sematary
42. Thinner
43. The Talisman
Anthologist Peter Straub
44. Douglas E. Winter's Stephen King: The Art of Darkness
45. The Eyes of the Dragon
Illustrator Kenny Ray Linkous
46. Castle Rock: "All the News That's Fit to Print"
47. Cycle of the Werewolf
Bernie Wrightson and Cycle of the Werewolf
48. Skeleton Crew
49. J. K. Potter: Illustrating the Limited Edition of Skeleton Crew
50. Off the Beaten Path: Stephen King's Office
51. Marsha DeFelippo: An Interview by Hans-Åke Lilja Fan Mail
52. It
"Stephen King, the Master of Pop Dread"
Michael Collings on Stephen King as Storyteller
53. SK Tours of Maine: Stephen King's Maine Haunts
54. Misery
"Happiness is a Warm Gun"
55. Making Whoopee: Stephen King's "Gift of Gotta" Harry, Carrie, and Garp:
Stephen Kingat the Press Conference
56. Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
57. The Tommyknockers
Stephen King on The Tommyknockers
58. Bag of Nerves: Meeting Stephen King by Kevin Quigley
59. The Dark Half
60. The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition
61. Stephen King Draws on Bernie Wrightson to Illustrate The Stand "I
nearly jumped out of my skin"
62. A Dark Treasure: The Limited Edition of The Stand
63. Michael Collings on Four Past Midnight
64. Rock Bottom Remainders
65. Quotes by and About the Rock Bottom Remainders
66. Needful Things
67. Gerald's Game
68. Philtrum Press
69. Nightmares and Dreamscapes
70. Dolores Claiborne
71. Michael Collings on Insomnia
72. Rose Madder
73. Clive Barker: Demon Fabulist: Clive Barker on Stephen King
74. Desperation and The Regulators: A Bulleted Book
75. The Green Mile
Part Five: Scribner: Building Bridges
76. The Winter of King's Discontent
77. Michael Collings in Bag of Bones
78. Storm of the Century: An Original Screenplay on Storm of the Century
79. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
80. The Day That Changed King's Life: The Accident-June 19, 1999: "The
Bonus Round" and Gallows Humor
81. Hearts in Atlantis
Coda: "Squad D"
82. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft and Secret Windows: Essays and
Fiction on the Craft of Writing
83. Dreamcatcher
84. Black House, with Peter Straub
85. The Ultimate Stephen King Horror Story: Retirement?
86. From a Buick 8
87. Stephen King Receives the National Book Award
88. Take Stephen King. Seriously.
89. Everything's Eventual
90. Faithful
"Not in my lifetime. Not in yours, either."
91. Stewart O'Nan: An Interview by Hans-Åke Lilja
92. The Colorado Kid
93. How to Speak Like a "Mainah" : A Mainer on Actors' Maine Accents by
David Lowell
94. Cell
95. Lisey's Story
96. Blaze
97. The Haven Foundation: A Place for Freelance
98. Duma Key
99. The Kings' Main Home in Florida: Touring "Duma Key"
100. Just After Sunset: the Story Behind "The Cat from Hell"
101. Under the Dome
The TV Adaptation of Under The Dome
102. Blockade Billy
The Skeleton Crew at Cemetery Dance
103. Full Dark, No Stars
104. 11/22/63 "Q&A: Russell Dorr, Stephen King's Researcher": Interviewed
by Stephanie Klose
105. The Dark Man - Glenn Chadbourne: An Interview by George Beahm
106. Joyland
107. Doctor Sleep: Oscar the Cat
108. Mr. Mercedes
109. World Fantasy and World Horror Conventions: November 2014
110. Revival
111. Stephen King's Revival Book Tour: Stephen King on Death
112. Are You There, God? It's Me, Stevie
113. "I Hear Time's Winged Chariot Drawing Near"
114. Finders Keepers
115. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
Part Six: Movies: Screamplays
116. Stephen: A Box Office King
117. Ten Notable Films in Chronological Order - Unearthed and Untold: The
Path to Pet Sematary
118. Frank Darabont: An Interview by Hans-Åke Lilja
119. The Real Thing: Drew Struzan: A Profile by George Beahm
Part Seven: The Critics' Corner
120. Stephen Spignesi: An Interview Conducted in 2015 by George Beahm
121. Stephen King and the Critics: A Personal Perspective by Michael
Collings
122. Steve's Take: An Interview with Stephen King by Tony Magistrale
123. The King and I: Further Adventures with Stephen King by Sanford
Phippen
Part Eight: Steph en King in Cyberspace
124. Top Web Sites for King Fans Glass Onion Graphics: Michael Whelan's
Dark Tower Prints
125. Lilja's Library: An Interview with Hans-Åke Lilja by George Beahm
126. An Interview with David A. Williamson of Betts Books by George Beahm
127. Making the Grade: Assessing Book Condition
A Chronology of Stephen King's Life:
Personal and Professional, 1947-2015 000
Acknowledgments
About the writers
About the artists
About the author