The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Works of America's Master of Horror

by Stephen J. Spignesi

Provides information on Stephen King's background, published and unpublished works, and motion picture adaptations, and includes interviews and indexes of characters and places

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Horror

800 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

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A Note to the Reader
How to Use This Book
"Contents Classifieds" - A Quick-Reference Guide to Features
Alphabetical Index to All Works by Stephen King Discussed in this Volume
Introduction

The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Works of America's Master of Horror

Part I. The Shape Takes Form: An Introduction to Stephen King & His Work
--"The Shape Under The Sheet" (poem)
--"The Shape Under The Sheet": A Look At Stephen King's Seminal Metaphor and His "Ten Bears" List of Personal Fears
--Postcards From the Dark Side of the Moon: A Bare-Bones Biographical Profile

Part II. "I Write Fearsomes": Inside Stephen King
--The Stars & Stephen King
--He Is Legend: An Interview With Richard Matheson
--"King of Horror": Time Looks at the Stephen King Phenomenon
--The Novelist Sounds Off
--A 1990 Update to "King of Horror"
--"A Sense of the Ridiculous": An Interview With Stephen King's Personal Secretary, Shirley Sonderegger
--Growing Up With The Boogeyman: An Exclusive Interview With Stephen King's Brother, David King
--A Eulogy for "Huffy"
--A Look at "Dave's Rag"
--A Talk With Stephen King's True First Collaborator, Chris Chesley
--"Genius": A Chris Chesley Story from People, Places, And Things
--"The Mission Boy": A Short Story by Christopher Chesley

Part III. "Yerrrnnn Umber Whunnnn Fayunnnn": Stephen King Fans, Conventions & Collectors
--"The Find," A Short Story by Barry Hoffman
--From Casual to Fanatic: The Three Levels of Stephen King Fandom
--The Un-"Convention"-al Stephen King
--A Visit to the Overlook Connection: An Interview With Dave Hinchberger
--Stephen King Collector Editions: An Interview With Michael J. Autrey
--Lost in the Time Tunnel: An Interview With Craig Goden
--"A Possible Fairy Tale": Stephen King's 1970 Anti-War Essay

Part IV. A Visit to Castle Rock: A Look at the Stephen King Newsletter
--An Introduction to Castle Rock, The Stephen King Newsletter
--Living in Castle Rock: An Interview With Stephanie Leonard, the Founding Editor of Castle Rock, The Stephen King Newsletter
--A Castle Rock Autopsy, January 1985-December 1989
--Castle Rock: A Final Note
--Castle Schlock: The Stephen King Parody Newsletter
--"Character Assassination": A King Parody by Ray Rexer

Part V. Horrors Small and Large: Stephen King's "Strange and Wonderful World"
--An Index to the First Lines of Stephen King's Novels, Short Stories, and Poetry
--Title / First Line Cross Index

Published Works, 1974-1990
--Chronological Index to Published Works by Stephen King / Richard Bachman, 1974-1990
--Alphabetical Index to Published Works by Stephen King / Richard Bachman, 1974-1990
--A Look at Danse Macabre, Stephen King's Only Book-Length Work of Non-Fiction
--"Steve Rose Up": Rick Hautala Remembers His First Time

Unpublished & Uncollected Works
--Chronological Index to Unpublished & Uncollected Works by Stephen King
--Alphabetical Index to Unpublished & Uncollected Works by Stephen King
--Kenny Ray Linkous

Motion Picture Adaptations
--What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been: An Interview With Jessie Horsting
--"Misery" Update
--Chronological Index to Motion Picture Adaptations of Stephen King's Works
--Alphabetical Index to Motion Picture Adaptations of Stephen King's Works
--"Carrie: The Musical": The Biggest Flop in Broadway History
--A Stop at the Marsten House: An Interview With Tobe Hooper
--Dog (And Cat) Days: An Interview With Lewis Teague
--"Death Scenes": Going to the Movies With Steve King, by Chris Chesley
--The King of Bowling: An Introduction to "Pinfall"
--Student Cinema Focuses on Stephen King: "The Last Rung of the Ladder" and "The Lawnmower Man"
--It Is the Tale And He Who Tells It: A Review of "Misery" (The Movie), by George Beahm
--The Art of Adaptation: A Synoptic Comparison of "It" and It

Miscellaneous Formats: Spoken Word Recordings & Poetry
--The Audio King: The Audiotape Versions of Stephen King's Works, by George Beahm
--The Radiating Pencils of His Bones: The Poetry of Stephen King, by Michael R. Collings
--"You, Stephen King," by Michael R. Collings (poem)

A Stroll Among The Headstones: A Guided Tour
--The Dread Zone: My Scariest Stephen King Moments, by Tyson Blue
--Tyson Blue's Top Ten Stephen King Novels and Short Stories
--How King Kills: A Gory Guide to the Killer King
--Page Number Key to Master Codes Cited in Character Indexes
--An Index to Characters in the Novels of Stephen King
--An Index to Characters in the Stephen King Collections
--An Index to Characters in the Bachman Novels
--An Index to Characters in Uncollected Short Stories

Part VI. Beneath The Sheet: Commentary on King's "Marketable Obsessions"
--"He Who Tells It": An Annotated Bibliography of Books & Articles About Stephen King and His Work
--A Gathering of Kings: A Valuable Addition to the Stephen King Bibliography
--The Stephen King Companion: Author George Beahm Discusses His King Volume
--Why I Wrote The Stephen King Companion, by George Beahm
--The Stephen King Companion
--George Beahm's Top Ten
--"And His Kingdom Was Full of Darkness...": An Interview With Douglas E. Winter
--Taking Notice of "The Noticer": An Interview With J. N. Williamson
--Presenting Stephen King: An Interview With James Van Hise
--On the Trail of the Boogeyman: An Interview With Stanley Wiater
--Stan Wiater's "Top 5"
--"The Toucher," by Stan Wiater
--His Father's Son: An Interview With Richard Christian Matheson
--One Live Guy: An Interview With Ray Garton
--Texas Horrors: A Talk With Joe Lansdale
--"In the Light": An Interview With Robert R. McCammon
--Joseph Payne Brennan: A Living Legend Is Dead
--"Joseph Payne Brennan: The Nature of the Man," by Donald M. Grant
--"Canavan's Back Yard," by Joseph Payne Brennan

Part VII. In A Region With No Proper Name: The Hidden Horrors of Stephen King
--The Unwritten King: Stories Stephen King Has Thought of, But Just Hasn't Written Down (Yet)
--The Unfinished King: The Stephen King Notebook

Page Number Key to Master Codes Cited in the Concordance Sections

[Stephanie Roberson]

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