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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TextPublisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Book /St. Martin's Griffin, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: First editionDescription: xxxii, 588 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781250081315; 1250081319; 9781250054128Subject(s): King, Stephen, 1947- -- Criticism and interpretation | Horror tales -- Criticism and interpretation | Horror tales, American -- Criticism and interpretationSummary: 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.
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Color portfolio by Michael Whelan.
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.
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