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The Stephen King companion, forty years of fear from the master of horror, George Beahm ; illustrated by Michael Whelan and Glenn Chadbourne

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The Stephen King companion

George Beahm ; illustrated by Michael Whelan and Glenn Chadbourne

forty years of fear from the master of horror

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; looking at King's 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 road to the publication of his first novel, Carrie, and the dozens of bestselling books and major screen adaptations that followed; covering his varied and prodigious output--this book is a comprehensive guide to the imaginative world of Stephen King

Maine Roots -- Pre-Carrie: A Hardscrabble Life -- Doubleday Books: Magic Time-The Making of the Master of Horror -- "The Bestsellasaurus Rex" stomps over to New American Library -- Scribner: Building Bridges -- Movies: Screamplays -- The Critics' Corner -- Stephen King In Cyberspace