The complete Stephen King universe : a guide to the worlds of Stephen King
The myriad worlds and universes King has created are, in reality, one world, one universe. Here is the guide to that universe. The Complete Stephen King Universe is the only definitive reference work that examines all of Stephen King's novels, short stories, motion pictures, miniseries, and teleplays, and deciphers the threads that exist in all of his work. This ultimate resource includes in-depth story analyses, character breakdowns, little-known facts, and startling revelations on how the plots, themes, characters, and conflicts intertwine. After discovering The Complete Stephen King Universe, you will never read Stephen King the same way again
eBook, English, 2006
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St. Martin's Griffin, New York, 2006
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (xxxii, 512 pages) : illustrations
9781429931458, 1429931450
865102236
Introduction : the worlds of Stephen King
Stephen King : a chronology
section 1. The worlds of The dark tower and The stand
1 . The dark tower : the gunslinger
2. The dark tower II : the drawing of the three
3. The dark tower III : the waste lands
4. The dark tower IV : wizard and glass
5. The dark tower V : wolves of the Calla
6. The dark tower VI : song of Susannah
7. The dark tower VII : the dark tower
8. The eyes of the dragon
9. The talisman
10. Black house
11. Hearts in Atlantis
12. The stand
13. Related tales
"Night surf" (from Night shift)
The little sisters of Eluria (from Everything's eventual)
Everything's eventual (from Everything's eventual)
section 2. The prime reality
Part I : Derry
14. It
15. Insomnia
16. Bag of bones
17. Dreamcatcher
18. Related tales
"Autopsy room four" (from Six stories)
"The road virus heads North" (from Everything's eventual)
section 3. The prime reality
Part II : Castle Rock
19. The dead zone
20. Cujo
21. The dark half
22. Needful things
23. Related tales
The body (from Different seasons)
"Nona" (from Skeleton crew)
"Uncle Otto's truck" (from Skeleton crew)
"Gramma" (from Skeleton crew)
The Sun dog (from Four past midnight)
"It grows on you" (from Nightmares & dreamscapes)
"The man in the black suit" (from Six stories). section 4. The prime reality
Part III : Jerusalem's lot and King's Maine
24. Carrie
25. 'Salem's lot
26. Pet sematary
27. Cycle of the werewolf
28. Gerald's game
29. Dolores Claiborne
30. Storm of the century
31. The girl who loved Tom Gordon
32. Kingdom Hospital
33. Related tales
"Jerusalem's lot" (from Night shift)
"Graveyard shift" (from Night shift)
"One for the road" (from Night shift)
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank redemption (from Different seasons)
"Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" (from Skeleton crew)
"The reach" (from Skeleton crew)
Secret window, secret garden (from Four past midnight)
"Suffer the little children" (from Nightmares & dreamscapes)
"The night flier" (from Nightmares & dreamscapes)
"Popsy" (from Nightmares & dreamscapes)
"Rainy season" (from Nightmares & dreamscapes)
"Riding the bullet" (from Everything's eventual)
section 5. The prime reality
Part IV : tales of the shop
34. Firestarter
35. The Tommyknockers
36. Stephen King's golden years
37. Related tales
The langoliers (from Four past midnight)
section 6. Other prime reality tales
38. The shining
39. Night shift
40. Creep show
41. Different seasons
42. Christine
43. Skeleton crew
44. Cat's eye
45. Misery
46. Four past midnight
47. Sleepwalkers
48. Nightmares & dreamscapes
49. Rose madder
50. The green mile
51. Six stories
52. From a Buick 8
53. Rose red
54. Everything's eventual : 14 dark tales. section 7. The world of Richard Bachman
55. Rage
56. The long walk
57. Roadwork
58. The running man
59. Thinner
60. Desperation
61. The regulators
62. Related tales
"The fifth quarter" (from Nightmares & dreamscapes)
"The ledge" (from Night shift)
"Quitters, Inc." (from Night shift)
"Man with a belly"
"The wedding gig" (from Skeleton crew)
"My pretty pony" from Nightmares & dreamscapes)
"Dolan's Cadillac" (from Nightmares and dreamscapes)
"The death of Jack Hamilton" (from Everything's eventual)
"In the death room" (from Everything's eventual)
section 8. Tales form beyond : further parallel realities
63. Related tales
"Trucks" (from Night shift)
"The jaunt" (from Different seasons)
The mist (from Skeleton crew)
"Beachworld" (from Skeleton crew)
"The end of the whole mess" (from Nightmares & dreamscapes)
"Home delivery" (from Nightmares & dreamscapes)
"The doctor's case" (from Nightmares & dreamscapes)
Appendix A. Recommended further reading
Appendix B. Recommended Web sites
Appendix C. The fiction of Stephen King, in order of publication