Happy Birthday to the man, the master... Stephen King!
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The Stephen King Companion: Four Decades of Fear from the Master of Horror | 
Happy Birthday to the man, the master... Stephen King!
“Legends: The Gunslinger”. Artwork by Michael Whelan.
Look what came in the mail today! Thanks, @GarthRanzz - can‘t wait to give this bookmark some mileage!
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Z is for Zombies
Frank Darabont adapted Robert Kirkman's graphic novel into a surprise hit show & a cultural phenomenon. Darabont's career started with multiple adaptations of King's work (Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile & Mist). It is hard to imagine Darabont being able to convince AMC to take a risk on a zombie program without his success with King's works. Another example of King's pervasive influence.
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X is for Xerox
I loved this Atlantic article about a bookstore clerk who figured out that Richard Bachman was King's pseudonym. With the help of a Xerox machine!
The name of the article is "Before JK Rowling was Robert Galbraith, Stephen King was Richard Bachman" & it's definitely worth reading the full article.
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• Day 22 of #KingAtoZ with my first non-book entry. Today is the letter V for “Virtuoso,” a word that describes King perfectly •
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V is for VHS
The early & mid 90s produced several made for tv adaptations of King's work (Langoliers, Sometimes They Come Back & Tommyknockers). A few were major tv events, I have vivid memories of the excitement for the nearly weeklong adaptation of The Stand. Just like any well-prepared fan in the pre-dvd era, I always made sure I had a stack of blank VHS tapes to record these adaptations to rewatch later.
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U is for Uncle Stevie
I think it says a lot about readers relationship with King that he's referred to with such affection.
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Q is for Quarrel
King tweeted, "No clowns for you, Donald. Go float yourself." King has long populated his fiction with snake oil salesmen & conmen, it should be no surprise that he'll take to social media to call out our president for the clown he really is.
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N is for New England
Nearly all of King's novels are set in New England, specifically in Maine. King is a conscious participant of the long, rich & varied tradition of New England writers exploring the unusual, abnormal & inexplicable.
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H is for Humor
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G is for Generous
A blurb from King can really help a debut novelist break out. While a King blurb isn't necessarily rare, they are always sincere & not always restricted to the horror genre.
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#TBRtemptation post 3! This is an absolute must for Stephen King fans. The wealth of information in this book looks astounding. The minutiae of his personal life, his professional life, the universe he's created, and even the numerous film adaptations. Learn to make sense of it all and come to understand why the Master of Horror has become the phenom that he is. Comes with illustrations. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎
I have two big boxes of Stephen King books at my mothers house that I left behind when I moved to England, this was in one of the boxes. I wish I could bring all 20 hard covers back with me but I'll settle with bringing this one.
This sounds fab! Thanks @Josie and @Gayan for putting this together! #StephenKing17
