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- He was sent to England to be raised at the court of his uncle, Henry I.
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This is a list of media based on works by American author Stephen King (including the Richard Bachman titles). Note that aside from Creepshow 2, It Chapter Two, and Doctor Sleep, the sequels are only tangentially related to King's work.
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Widely known for his horror novels, he has been crowned the "King of Horror". [ 2 ] He has also explored other genres, among them suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy and mystery. [ 3 ]
- Stephen King’s mother told him a real horror story. Where does King’s darkness spring from? The author has never really bothered to analyze it, as he believes writers are the product of conscious will and not inciting incidents.
- He sold copies of his stories in high school. King was a movie buff growing up, and was prone to running home to write stories based on the Roger Corman movies he had just seen—effectively, novelizations.
- King’s wife fished Carrie out of the garbage. After attending the University of Maine, King became an English teacher and wrote in his spare time. One of his first attempts at a novel was Carrie, about a young woman who finds she possesses telekinetic powers—a handy trait when school bullies push her too far.
- Carrie wasn’t an immediate hit. Though King was relieved to find a publisher for Carrie, the hardcover version of the book sold just 13,000 copies—which was a respectable number for a first novel, but not necessarily the beginnings of a major literary sensation.
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- Harrison, Ohio. Harrison is located on Keystone Earth. Firestarter.
- Hambry, Mejis. Hambry, Mejis is located in the In-world region of All-world. Wizard and Glass, The Gunslinger Born. Hambry is the capital of the barony of Mejis along the Clean Sea coast in The Dark Tower series.
- Hammer Crossing, Kansas. Hammer Crossing is located on Keystone Earth. The Stand. Hammer Crossing is mentioned briefly in The Stand. Ed Norris considers traveling to the town to find a doctor when his family begins showing symptoms of the plague.
- Gilead. Gilead is located in the In-world region of All-world. The Gunslinger, Wizard and Glass. Gilead is the capital of the Barony of New Canaan, and has symbolized hope and recovery in The Dark Tower series ever since the Great Cataclysm.
Rotten Tomatoes dug up 17 Stephen King made-for-TV shows and streaming series and ranked them by their Tomatometer scores. The top 10 is made up of six of the most recent King adaptations —...
Castle Rock first appeared in King's 1979 novel The Dead Zone and has since been referred to or used as the primary setting in many other works by King. As a native of Durham, Maine, King was inspired by his hometown when creating Castle Rock.
Explore a comprehensive list of movies based on Stephen King's works, organized for easy browsing.
