POSTED ON: March 29, 2019
FILED UNDER: Books, Film, News
TAGS: Stephen King
By Oliver Johnson
Contains spoilers With a new film about to be released, it’s time to re-examine the book Stephen King personally deems his most frightening – Pet Sematary – a book in which he felt he had ‘gone too far’, one he literally put away in a drawer ‘thinking …
MOREPOSTED ON: July 31, 2017
FILED UNDER: Books
TAGS: Stephen King
By Hodderscape Team
At the age of 19 Stephen King decided he would write an epic similar to The Lord of the Rings. The ‘spaghetti Westerns’ of that time and a poem written by Robert Browning became the inspiration for the Dark Tower series.
MOREPOSTED ON: July 7, 2017
FILED UNDER: Books
TAGS: Owen King, Stephen King
By Hodderscape Team
The cover for Sleeping Beauties has been revealed, and we’ve got an added treat for you: the passage that inspired this eerily beautiful piece of art.
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POSTED ON: September 21, 2016
FILED UNDER: Books, Fun Stuff
TAGS: Stephen King, Writing Advice
By Hodderscape Team
Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, On Writing is a revealing and practical view of the writer’s craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have. We’ve gathered some of Stephen King’s top tips in one handy infographic.
MOREPOSTED ON: August 23, 2016
FILED UNDER: Books, Film, Television
TAGS: Stephen King
By Anne Perry
Netflix’s Stranger Things is a feast of gorgeous, 1980s nostalgia-soaked visuals, themes and imagery. But what should you do once you’ve rewatched the show for the fourth time and binged on the soundtrack?
Stranger Things was inspired in part by the work of Stephen King. King’s 1980s legacy looms large over Stranger Things, from the King-like title sequence to the way characters are brought to life to the show’s very themes. King has always loved writing about small-town kids on the verge of adulthood dealing with extraordinary problems and learning valuable lessons along the way. In today’s post, we have selected five King titles for Stranger Things fans to add to their reading list… and don’t forget, there are many, many more to enjoy!
MOREPOSTED ON: June 23, 2016
FILED UNDER: Books, Throwback Thursday
TAGS: Stephen King
By Oliver Johnson
Stephen King’s ‘American fantasy epic’ is one of the most celebrated post-apocalyptic novels of our time. It is the story of a small group, survivors of a super flu, and their quest to found a new society out of the ashes of the old while at the same time confronting a nearly omnipotent, omniscient supernatural foe.
MOREPOSTED ON: November 27, 2015
FILED UNDER: Books
TAGS: Stephen King
By Matthew Craig
The nights are drawing in, the days getting shorter, and for some strange reason it’s the time of year when we feel the need to scare the bejeezus out of ourselves. And what better way than with some fine short, scary stories?
MOREPOSTED ON: November 13, 2015
FILED UNDER: Books
TAGS: Stephen King, Writing Advice
By Philippa Pride
This month sees publication of Stephen King’s wonderful new story collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. Each story in The Bazaar of Bad Dreams is preceded with a revelatory introduction on when, where or how Steve came to write it, which makes it a fitting companion to Stephen King’s illuminating book On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft.
MOREPOSTED ON: June 4, 2015
FILED UNDER: Books, Throwback Thursday
TAGS: Stephen King
By Oliver Johnson
‘Compared to the dullest human being actually walking about on the face of the earth and casting his shadow there, the most brilliantly drawn character in a novel is but a bag of bones.’
MOREPOSTED ON: May 14, 2015
FILED UNDER: Books
TAGS: Book Covers, Stephen King
By Hodderscape Team
Stephen King’s masterful new thriller Finders Keepers is almost here, and we have an animated cover to whet your appetite.
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