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The Stephen King Companion is an authoritative look at Kings personal life and professional career, from Carrie to The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.

King expert George Beahm, who has published extensively about Maines main author, is your seasoned guide to the imaginative world of Stephen King, covering his varied and prodigious output: juvenalia, short fiction, limited edition books, bestselling novels, and film adaptations. The book is also 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, this book looks at his 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...

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Thirty years ago I asked
you to stand by me, and you have.
This ones for you, Mary.

Courtesy of Tim Kirk This book is the third iteration of The Stephen King - photo 4

Courtesy of Tim Kirk

This book is the third iteration of The Stephen King Companion The first - photo 5

This book is the third iteration of The Stephen King Companion. The first edition was published in 1989; the second, in 1995; and this third, in 2015, owing to Kings prolific output during the past twenty years.

In 1989, as reported to Time magazine, Kings publishers celebrated the fact that King had published 20-odd books that sold 60 million copies earning him Picture 620 million. But by the end of 2015, King will have published, according to his Web site, 74 books (56 novels, 7 nonfiction, and 11 story collections) that have sold an estimated 350 million copies (biography.com).

But his real life is not about the fame or the fortune; its all about storytelling.

This book celebrates his storytelling, from the early days when he was self-publishing in a few dozen copies in rural Maine, to Revival, which reached millions of readers worldwide.

My approach to the book is clearly pop culture, not academic; in other words, a college professor, I aint. Ive arranged the contents chronologically and in context, so youll get a sense of his life and times; the text herein is spiced with interviews, anecdotes, factoids, and commentary by important figures in the King community. For a retrospective book like this, a wide range of voices is essential.

Because Kings early years in Durham and in college are critical to understanding him and his work, Ive devoted considerable space to both, to lay the necessary groundwork for the discussions of the books that follow. Consider both skeleton keys to unlocking Kings fiction.

This book is an overview covering four decades, written with Kings new fans in mind, especially younger readers who watched Under the Dome on TV or picked up his latest novel and wondered, Who is this guy, and what else has this guy written?

This book answers that question. But despite its length, it could have been far longer had space not been a consideration: Writing about Stephens career requires king-size books: Stephen Spignesis 1991 The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia is 780 letter-sized pages, and Robin Furths Stephen Kings The Dark Tower:The Complete Concordance (revised and updated in 2012) runs 688 pages.

Given his popularity and visibility, King will assuredly be the subject of many more books in the years to come.

The text to this book is supplemented by artwork by Michael Whelan and Glenn Chadbourne, and by photos from my files taken since 1988. Both the art and photos herein give a dimension to this book that text alone cannot achieve.

By the way, there is some unavoidable duplication of text in this book because this is a companion book with both original and reprinted material.

One final note: Just as I finished up this book, Rocky Wooda well-regarded and highly respected King criticpassed on. Unlike some others, Rocky always gave credit when due, and his sudden departure is an immeasurable loss. As Stephen King wrote, Rocky, you rock.

Rock on.

George Beahm

Writers are exorcists of their own demons M ARIO V ARGAS L LOSA Now the - photo 7

Writers are exorcists of their own demons M ARIO V ARGAS L LOSA Now the - photo 8

Writers are exorcists of their own demons.

M ARIO V ARGAS L LOSA

Now the simple fact of horror fiction in whatever medium you choose the bedrock of horror fiction, we might say, is simply this: you gotta scare the audience. Sooner or later you gotta put on the gruesome mask and go booga-booga.

S TEPHEN K ING, Danse Macabre

This introduction is dedicated to the memory of Rocky Wood In order for the - photo 9

This introduction is dedicated to the memory of Rocky Wood In order for the - photo 10

This introduction is dedicated to the memory of Rocky Wood In order for the - photo 11

This introduction is dedicated to the memory of Rocky Wood

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.

F RANCIS B ACON

It was the possibility of darkness that made the day seem so bright.

S TEPHEN K ING , W OLVES OF THE C ALLA

Is writing nature or nurture?

Is the ability to write brilliantly inherent? Is it in the genes? Or is it just a craft that one gets better at with hard work?

Lately, whenever I speak about Stephen King in different venues, I read aloud a brief excerpt from the writings of Joe Hill, Stephen Kings eldest son. I then ask the audience if they believe that Stephen King wrote what they just heard.

King reading from The Revenge of Lard Ass Hogan for an event with JK Rowling - photo 12

King reading from The Revenge of Lard Ass Hogan for an event with JK Rowling and John Irving in NYC, August 1-2, 2006.

The majority of times, they say yes.

King himself was once asked what would happen to his unfinished works if he unexpectedly, yknow, took a ride on a pale horse. His response was revealing, and boiled down to Joe could finish them.

Is it a coincidence that the writers Stephen King and Tabitha King gave birth to a son who ended up being a writer and, more important, a writer whose work reads like that of his fathers?

I dont think so.

And let us not overlook the fact that their other children are also writers. Owen is a novelist; Naomi writes essays and sermons.

I teach composition at the university level, and I ceaselessly emphasize to my students that writing is, indeed, a craft that can be learned. We wouldnt attempt to wire a house without learning the skills of an electrician. Language skills and rules; syntax and diction guidelines; and, of course, a voluminous vocabulary need to be learned and fully absorbed before we can use these tools effectively. This is sadly proved by reading the writings of people who may have a terrific imagination, but who never troubled to acquire the fundamentals of grammar and writing. As Irving Berlin said, Talent is only a starting point. And King himself weighs in on this in

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