Stephen King, American Master: A Creepy Corpus of Facts About Stephen King & His Work
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A fun and informative compendium for Stephen King fans—interviews, essays, and loads of facts and details about all of his work. Fascinating facts, trivia, and little-known details about the Master of the Macabre’s life and work, plus interviews, essays, and insights for King fans, from the casual to the fanatical! Did you know…? In his early teens, Stephen King sold typed copies of his short stories at school. King originally thought his novel Pet Sematary was too frightening to publish. King’s legendary Dark Tower series took him more than 30 years to write. Thinner was the novel that revealed his “Richard Bachman” pseudonym to the world. King wrote The Eyes of the Dragon for his daughter Naomi. He has never liked Stanley Kubrick’s film version of his novel The Shining . It took him four years to write what some consider his magnum opus, IT . The 2017 film version of IT has grossed more than $700 million worldwide. In addition to novels, King has written essays, plays, screenplays, and even poetry. Review: Tantalizing Trivia and Fun Facts about Stephen King's body of work - Published by Permuted Press, this 421-page book is one-third interviews/articles/profiles/essays and two-thirds fun trivia about King's fiction. As such, the general King reader will find the first third of the book to be of more interest, whereas die-hard King fans will gobble up the little nuggets of information that Spignesi--the author of 6 previously published books on King--serves up: bloody little bon mots that will slake your thirst. Throughout this all, Spignesi's enthusiasm for King's fiction has remained undiminished over the years, since 1991, when his tombstone-sized THE COMPLETE STEPHEN KING ENCYCLOPEDIA spoke volumes about his tenacious talent in researching every nook and cranny of the King multiverse. As with books of this kind, you can dip into it anywhere and find yourself smiling when you come across an entry that sheds light on something about King you never knew about: e.g., There were signed copies of King's CHARLIE THE CHOO CHOO, written under his pen name "Beryl Evans," but not in the matter you would think: actress Allison Davies posed as Beryl Evans and signed copies of the book at the 2016 New York Comic Con. Bottom line: This is a fun, fascinating, fact-filled book that anyone with more than a casual interest about King will find compulsively readable. PS: At $16, it's priced affordably for a 400+ page trade paperback. Review: A Masterful Work On Mr. Stephen King. - I choose this book on Mr. Stephen King by Stephen Spignesi for a friend in the fervent hope and desire that he will "enjoy" it. The title of this book intrigued me more over some of the others offered as it not only deals with Mr. King himself but also his literary output which is not always explored from so many different angles. It also has a great deal of who and what Stephen King is and his writings and where the reader is able to glean insights into both. Mr. Spignesi also adds other prominent individuals thoughts to [the] "creepy corpus of facts . . ."
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C**R
Tantalizing Trivia and Fun Facts about Stephen King's body of work
Published by Permuted Press, this 421-page book is one-third interviews/articles/profiles/essays and two-thirds fun trivia about King's fiction. As such, the general King reader will find the first third of the book to be of more interest, whereas die-hard King fans will gobble up the little nuggets of information that Spignesi--the author of 6 previously published books on King--serves up: bloody little bon mots that will slake your thirst. Throughout this all, Spignesi's enthusiasm for King's fiction has remained undiminished over the years, since 1991, when his tombstone-sized THE COMPLETE STEPHEN KING ENCYCLOPEDIA spoke volumes about his tenacious talent in researching every nook and cranny of the King multiverse. As with books of this kind, you can dip into it anywhere and find yourself smiling when you come across an entry that sheds light on something about King you never knew about: e.g., There were signed copies of King's CHARLIE THE CHOO CHOO, written under his pen name "Beryl Evans," but not in the matter you would think: actress Allison Davies posed as Beryl Evans and signed copies of the book at the 2016 New York Comic Con. Bottom line: This is a fun, fascinating, fact-filled book that anyone with more than a casual interest about King will find compulsively readable. PS: At $16, it's priced affordably for a 400+ page trade paperback.
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A Masterful Work On Mr. Stephen King.
I choose this book on Mr. Stephen King by Stephen Spignesi for a friend in the fervent hope and desire that he will "enjoy" it. The title of this book intrigued me more over some of the others offered as it not only deals with Mr. King himself but also his literary output which is not always explored from so many different angles. It also has a great deal of who and what Stephen King is and his writings and where the reader is able to glean insights into both. Mr. Spignesi also adds other prominent individuals thoughts to [the] "creepy corpus of facts . . ."
A**R
Good gift for fans
My son is a huge fan. Never expected this book as a gift, but started reading it right away. It's a good book to pick up and put down if you don't get long blocks of time to read.
S**S
Excited about finding books on Stephen King I didn't know existed
Big, big, big Stephen King fan. Can't wait to read it.
H**R
Stephen King is loaded! 💵💵💵
This was a gift for my girlfriend who is a huge Stephen King fan. I can't comment about the content of the book because I have not read it, but she likes it and has learned some new tidbits about him. A good gift for a fan.
M**A
Its alright
Not what I thought it was.. was looking more of a memoir of how stephen became a writer an growing up an where he came up with the ideas of his novels an such. Like about his life! Lol
A**R
Stephen Spignesi and his guests hit it out of Stephen King's baseball park!
An insightful collection of information on the man who IS King (in more ways than just his name), including director Mick Garris, Dark Tower comics co-author Robin Furth (with Stephen King), Bev Vincent, and more. Highly recommended.
K**E
Another book
Can’t really give a review on book cause it was a Christmas gift but my husband was happy bey he has all Stephen King books
K**U
Nice
I dont Reed Stephen king I get them for the wife ,she loves his book
S**N
Brilliant fast delivery
Brilliant was a presant for husband he loves it.
A**Y
Excellent book
Great book for any Stephen King fan
C**E
Bra bok.
Jag kände väl till det mesta egentligen, men det är alltid kul att läsa om Kungen!
K**T
Product damaged
Bought as a present and turned up damaged, looks more like it’s second hand than brand new! The packaging was fine and returning isn’t an option as there’s not enough time
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