The towns of derry and castle rock grow sturdy over time. Even if youve never read one of his works, youve seen it in some variation, be it miniseries or movie adaptation. List of adaptations of works by stephen king wikipedia. Rage tells the story of a school boy who decides to takes a gun to school and starts killing. Stephen kings the institute sidelines the multiverse for. May 29, 20 now, i totally do not recommend ten year olds reading stephen king books messed me up good, but this was when my life long relationship with mr king began. His writing is very popular, and his books are in high demand. Stephen king creates a list of 82 books for aspiring writers.
A reading guide to stephen kings dark tower universe. Books of the 1970s notable books of the seventies the 70s. Do you ever think that stephen king could be a seriously. A ranking of the greatest novels, short stories, movies, and other creations of the worlds most popular writer stephen. Edward abbey, john nichols, james dickey and stephen king in this thriller.
Hes spawned an intricate universe where characters reference events from his other books like theyre trading gossip about an old school friend. To celebrate these recent accomplishments, and stephen king s entire career, today we look back on his most famous books. By the late 70s, king had an alcohol problem that was growing in direct proportion to his success. The dark tower, it is the day that jake chambers and stephen king save stephen kings life. The stephen king shared universe ranking the ringer.
He says they have similar habits hunting down children with powers. In 112263, this is the date that the vermont yankee nuclear reactor. He now has more than 70 published books, many of which have. It concerns johnny smith, who is injured in an accident and remains in a coma for nearly five years. All of the books in that stephen king wrote under the richard bachman pseuonym are superb. For the past four decades, stephen king, an american master. In this novel, dallas gives us the fictional colorado town of mingo. His 1986 epic it is a perfect nexus not only does the terrifying novel reference books. The tower in long gone, demolished at the climax of it, but in its place. Ive read through the ups and downs of stephen kings work, and for the most part, im a pretty big fan.
Stephen king fictiondb your guide to fiction books. Part of 112263 takes place there, and that storys hero george amberson actually meets losers club members beverly marsh. It goes without saying that stephen king is brilliant and created an entire universe with characters and places. Honestly, its hard to think of a stephen king book that hasnt left at least. Josh jones is a writer and musician based in durham, nc. King almost always writes about his home state of maine, but even beyond all of these otherworldly events taking place in that one mostly rural state, the stephen king universe has more connections running through. Of all stephen kings novels, the dark tower saga has had the most persistent hold upon the authors imagination. Now were talking about the dead zone, a king staple. In turn, manx refers to doctor sleeps villains, the true knot, in his book. The dark towers major connections to kings stories.
Old stephen king photo from the likely pre the shining days. When allworld was created, gan appeared in a metaphysical form as a giant edifice known as the dark tower. The drawing of the three 1988 the tommyknockers 1988 nightmares in the sky photo book with text by king 1989 the dark half 1989 dolans cadillac limited edition. Heres a sampling of some of the more notable books of the 1970s. Hes a character in the dark tower series, in which he plays a. Oct 30, 2019 stephen king is a very recognizable name in the genre of horror fiction, though not all of his books fall into this category. In many of the novels and short stories written and cowritten by stephen king, there is the concept of a multiverse created by the author himself. I read them back in the 60s and 70 s when i was in my impressionable teens and 20s. Sep 15, 2019 stephen kings imprisoned kids mirror the horror at the border. Kings ongoing preoccupation with relationships between men and boys. Stephen kings books are all connected to each other, and its. The hulu show castle rock is packed with dozens of nods and callbacks to stephen king s characters, books, and movies like the shawshank redemption, cujo, and the shining.
Most of us live comfortably along the interstate 25 or i 70. Though exposure to the tommyknockers who piloted the alien craft has detrimental effects on residents health, the people of haven develop a talent for creating innovative devices under its increasingly malignant influence. In the dark tower books, he goes by the following names. A list of all stephen kings series in reading order. The book that made stephen king a household name and began a lifetime career as one of the worlds most skilled authors was none other than carrie. Heres some background on the mainebased writer and a bibliography, featuring details about some of his most notable works. He met kirby mccauley at a publishing party in 1976, but didnt sign up with him right away. The revised version mostly added some foreshadowing and fixed some cultural references that didnt work for the series as it developed, if i recall. The dead zone is a horror and supernatural thriller novel by stephen king published in 1979. He switched publishers and, for the first time, had a literary agent. Sep 23, 2016 i think youd struggle to find a moreread author in the 1980s than stephen king. I exposed him time and time again and so i wrote articles about the blasphemous action and 9 11 predictions in the stand and running man and i also believe that he started to predict all of this false flag missions with cars with his book mr. In a preexisting world, instead of starting from the ground up, king adds layers to whats established.
First editions are sought after by collectors and avid fans. Stephen king is one of the most prolific authors alive, known for writing horror, fantasy, and psychological thrillers. Why stephen kings it still terrifies 30 years on books. His recent work includes the institute, elevation, the outsider, sleeping beauties cowritten with his son owen king, and the bill hodges trilogy. Stephen king books in chronological order stephen king revisited. The end of the 1970s saw a change in direction for stephen king. Her work has appeared regularly in the orlando sentinel. In the beginning, there was a magical presence known as the prim, also referred as the darkness behind everything, which gan arose. The following is a complete list of books published by stephen king, an american author of. These stephen king characters all appear in multiple books. The stand by stephen king, it by stephen king, the shining by stephen king, misery by stephen king, salems lot by stephe. The institute initially seems like a slamdunk for multiverse tieinsits bones are the stuff of classic stephen king. The overlook bookstore catalog does feature some key items on stephen king, however the stephen king catalog features everything available on his work. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies and comic books.
Stephen king took to twitter sunday to reassure his 5. In season two of castle rock, lizzy caplan plays annie wilkes, a version of the same character from stephen king s 1987 novel misery and the 1990 rob reiner. The dark tower, it is the day that jake chambers and stephen king save stephen king s life. Stephen king is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. In the more than 40 years since the book s release, king s work has formed the basis for more than 100 movies, television movies, series, and episodes. Ghost brothers of darkland county, an original musical with book by stephen king and. Throughout the 70s and early 80s, king carved a path for himself as the worlds foremost writer of horror fiction. Stephen king born 1947 is an american author of horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. John nichols, james dickey and stephen king in this thriller. Mercedes 2014, an edgar award winner for best novel, all published by scribner. The dead zone novel the dead zone is a horrorsupernatural thriller novel by stephen king published in 1979. Gray to the remains of the towns water storage standpipe.
Stephen kings most popular series is the dark tower. It was made into a tv film starring ron perlman, tom skerritt and steven weber in 2006. The debate on whether or not to return to the house to save meg is a parody of a scene late in the amityville horror were the family decide to return to the house to save the family dog. Lamours books have sold more than 300 million copies. Bill denbroughs hardcover publisher is the viking press. With emilio estevez, pat hingle, laura harrington, yeardley smith. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies and comic books. Stephen king book list welcome to stephen king book list. Dolores claiborne is an american opera composed by tobias picker. Harrigans phone, the life of chuck, rat and the title story if it bleeds each pulling readers into intriguing and frightening places.
Stephen king is one of the most prolific authors of alltime. Both mr mercedes and end of watch received the goodreads choice award for the best mystery and thriller of 2014. The stephen king catalog dedicated solely to stephen king books and items. This guide tries to keep it light on the spoilers, but there are some, gunslinger. The number nineteen is a magical number in the dark tower novels. The dark tower connects everything in stephen kings universe. Maya is a stephen king superfan whos been reading his books and noting connections between them for 20 years casually, at first, then obsessively. What are some of king s bestselling novels and films throughout the years. When the adult richie tozier approaches derry, he is listening to wzon on the radio, the radio station owned by stephen and tabitha king. The following is a complete list of books published by stephen king, an american author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. Stephen king didnt care for it, but stanley kubricks take on the shining is one of the greatest films ever made. This bestselling novelist has published more than 100 novels, nonfiction books, short stories, novellas, poems and screenplays, so it can be hard to keep track of everything that hes written. A guide to the worlds of stephen king stanley wiater, christopher golden, hank wagner cemetery dance 382001 the modern weird tale s. Sure, the world martin created for the backstabbing inhabitants of a song of ice and fire is meticulous, but its not the tightly woven domain king has hinted at throughout some 50 novels.
Stephen king s horror stories scarred many of our childhoods and adulthoods, for that matter, but the most upsetting thing of all might be that all of king s books are connected. In 112263, stephen king hides a little easter egg from. How stephen kings it connects to all his other stories. Cocaine would soon become an issue as well, and hes made. Join her and her startled friends as they wade through the endless king universe and how its alllll connected. I went to maine for a week searching for at least some of the things ive read about in stephen king books. The stephen king universe, a very detailed flowchart linking. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name richard bachman, and five nonfiction. Since then, he has written more than 70 novels, nonfiction books and story collections. Based on the 1979 stephen king novel of the same name, the dead zone was adapted for film by screenwriter jeffrey boam and director david cronenberg, a big name in the horror genre specifically for body horror. A prolific author with a career stretching back to the early seventies, stephen king connects his. A guide to his horror, his history, and his legacy vox. Book reading order much like with the star wars movies, stephen king fans frequently debate the best order in which to read his dark towerrelated books.
Stephen kings books are all connected to each other, and it. Stephen kings short stories tended toward a grim denouement. My love for his books is based around his characters. In stephen king books, twinners are doppelgangers in other universes. Walter, the dark man, the man in black, walter of allworld, walter of endworld, walter odim, the crimson kings prime minister, walter padick. Its a testament to his writing that the names of people and places permeate and linger. The two novels represent parallel universes relative to one another, and most of the characters present in. In another of king s alienpossession novels, a detour into derry leads a character named mr. Lee ranaldo sonic youth and raul refree rosalia at paste studio nyc tue, 18 feb 2020 19. Sep 09, 2017 stephen king gets a lot of milage out of the sleepy maine town of derry. And if you buy one of his books today, you get the present. Stephen kings dozens of books all connected back to the dark. It is his seventh novel and the fifth novel under his own name.
Desperation is a horror novel by american writer stephen king. I stopped reading him around rhe time of his cocainefuelled antimasterpiece the tommyknockers and the spectacularly uninspired four past midnight. The only thing i may look forward to more than a new stephen king novel is a new collection of his short stories. Stephen kings books are all connected to each other, and. Oct 28, 2017 dick hallorann, pennywise, and beverly marsh all appear in multiple stephen king books. Song of susannah, we learn that this is the day that stephen king was hit by van near lovell, maine. Jake chambers from the dark tower is a twinner of bobby garfield from hearts in atlantis. In 112263, this is the date that the vermont yankee nuclear reactor exploded. From signed limiteds, hardcovers, magazines, videos, posters, promotional items. Finally someone has started to expose stephen king. In this collection i particularly like rage and the long walk. Ghost brothers of darkland county, an original musical with book by stephen king and music and lyrics by john mellencamp.
A list of all stephen king s series in reading order. Derry maine, which is the setting for many stephen king stories and novels including, 112263 is mentioned in the dark tower novels. In the novel, dick halloran tells danny torrance that his grandfather was friends with charlie manx, the vampiric villain of hills book nos4a2. Pretty sure a number of us grew up in the 80s when every kid was reading stephen king. Stephen king has 1645 books on goodreads with 23782975 ratings. The 10 best movies based on stephen king books according. Feb 25, 2015 stephen king book connections posted on february 25, 2015 by amandareimondo while reading different seasons, a compilation of four stephen king novellas rita hayworth and shawshank redemption, apt pupil, the body and the breathing method, i noticed the mention of the dog cujo in the body. Randall flagg is one of the many incarnations of an archbaddie found in the stephen king universe. The white over red color of christine is not a factory color for the 58 furry yet a car fitting the same description shows up in both it and 112263 not sure if she shows up in others but in those two she is connected. Stephen kings imprisoned kids mirror the horror at the border. When he and doubleday reached an impasse on a contract for his next few books, despite internal. Simply put, everyone has their own favorite horror stories by king. Yes, i love stephen king, but even being a constant reader doesnt prevent me from being willing to admit that the man can and often does go long on his word count.
At one point in 112263, stephen king s new novel about a man who travels back in time to try to stop the jfk assassination, the main character jake epping crosses paths with a pair of characters from his 1986 book it. How to build connections with journalists and writers on twitter wojdylo social media. Written by kings son, nos4a2 contains several connections to the dark tower series, including mentions of midworld and the clearing at the end of the path. The extended opening of the novel, which tells the rambling story of tim jamieson, a former florida cop trying to figure out his next steps after losing his job under a cloud of controversy, has the unhurried pace and character focus of king s small towncentric novels. These are a few books that ive read that had the strongest connection. Perhaps the biggest connection between all the stephen king books is that stephen king appears in the stephen king books. Derry connection the stephen king superfans guide to maine.
Explore a comprehensive list of stephen king books and stories including. Ive never met king, but ive read decent amount of his books. Illuminati symbolism of stephen kings it illuminatiwatcher. Ive never been before, so a lot was a stab in the dark, but ill share what ive learned for your next obsessive fan trip. Aug 24, 2015 terrific story, shattering conclusion. Stephen edwin king, born in 1947, published his first novel, carrie, in 1974.
Stephen king book connections a bookworms guide to movies. It was published in 1996 at the same time as its mirror novel, the regulators, itself published under king s richard bachman pseudonym. Their connections thicken through the experiences of generations of kings characters. A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal. And i love the links and connections between the books. In that piece, which you can read here if youre a subscriber or if you buy. Stephen king creates a list of 96 books for aspiring writers to read.
Stephen king has spent half a century scaring us, but his legacy is so much more. All 58 stephen king movie and tv series adaptations, ranked. Entertainment weekly has a pretty comprehensive break down of all the easter eggs and connections it contains to other stephen king works of fiction. Stephen king doesnt just reference his own work in doctor sleep.
Delve into any stephen king novel, and at some point youll likely find a secret passageway into another. When you come to pick up your next king book theres a strong likelihood youll recognise the name of a bit character or an unusual event mentioned in an offhand. His first crime thriller featuring bill hodges, mr mercedes, won the edgar award for best novel and was shortlisted for the cwa gold dagger award. But king, whose every book becomes a best seller and, now more than ever. Stephen king is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers.