Use our tags to filter books and find the perfect read for yourself or someone you love. Stephen king really loves his own character from the. Dimension x king is asked what got him scared as a kid a subject thats getting old for some of us, except that he notes the importance of old radio. He wrote a book about a viral pandemic that was published in 1978. Novelist stephen king says writing is like leaving the ordinary world for a. Stephen king recently spoke with terry gross on npr s fresh air. Life is imitating stephen kings art, and that scares him. Author stephen king has compared donald trump to two characters that appear in his books. Stephen king sorry if people think life has imitated his. Stephen and owen king on the horror of a world without. For all fans of public radio, this is a community designed to showcase really good radio stories and the people who make them. Stephen king at the 2018 pen literary gala in new york.
Stephen king on growing up, believing in god and getting. The author of the 1978 pandemic novel the stand says he understands why fans have said the covid19. Stephen king even stephen king is feeling like hes living in a stephen king novel these days. I keep having people say, gee, its like were living in a stephen.
Stephen king joined terry gross on her npr interview show stephen king published his novel the outsider in 2018. Stephen king is sorry you feel like youre stuck in a. I would like you to start with a reading from joyland. And it is in fact the premise of stephen kings new book, sleeping beauties. In a new interview with npr, the master of horror digresses on the state of the world, particularly how he called much of it with his 1978 epic the stand. King during an interview with npr he was sorry people feel like were living in a stephen king story photo by evan agostiniinvisionap. She interviewed king again in 2000 about his book on writing, which is part. The horror writer on his new book about a camp for telekinetic children. The book, set in a north carolina amusement park in 1973, is part horror novel and part supernatural thriller. Stephen king is sorry you feel like youre stuck in a stephen king novel the horror writer says he understands why fans have said the covid19 pandemic feels like living inside one of his novels. The book was the stockholm syndrome before the stockholm syndrome. Stephen king, author of doctor sleep was king s 1977 the shining your first fictional scare. Stephen king knows some people feel stuck in one of his horror novels during the coronavirus pandemic and hes sorry about that.
I keep having people say, gee, its like were living in a stephen king story, he says. And he gets it when fans say experiencing the covid19 outbreak feels. And theres probably an official word for this page. Stephen king is the author of more than 50 books, including the shining. Born in maine in 1947, stephen king wrote his first published novel, carrie, in 1974 and has spent the subsequent halfcentury documenting the monsters and heroes of smalltown america. Stephen king says covid19 pandemic was bound to happen. The us author, who wrote a book in the 70s called the stand about a. Stephen king says hes sorry people feel stuck in one of. In his 1978 novel the stand, author stephen king wrote about a viral pandemic that decimated the worlds population. Even king himself shared a specific chapter of his novel about the ways the world coped with the deadly events of the book. The writer known for horror and thriller novels including carrie, the shining and it penned an.
Stephen king has apologised for the fact that people are likening the coronavirus pandemic to living in one of his novels. The more carny it got, the better i liked it, king says of his new thriller, joyland. Npr s book concierge is your guide to 2018s best reads. Stephen king compares trump to two characters from his books.
The stephen king interview, uncut and unpublished books. Within every terrifying story about a shapeshifting killer clown, homicidal father in a haunted hotel or super flu. Stephen king is sorry you feel like youre stuck in a stephen king novel the horror writer says he understands why fans have said the covid19 pandemic feels like. While writer stephen king was recovering from a nearfatal car accident, he finished a nonfiction book about the craft of writing. Stephen king, his books, and their origins at lisner. July 2, 2010 while writer stephen king was recovering from a nearfatal car accident, he finished a nonfiction book about the craft of writing.
Stephen edwin king born september 21, 1947 is an american author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy. My imagination was very active even at a young age bad things happen in castle rock, a new hulu series based on king s fictional town. Stephen king changes plot details of his new novel due to. Written works oldest to newest written works oldest to newest. While gross and king spent most of the interview discussing the coronavirus pandemic, king also spoke at length about t he. In a 2000 interview with terry gross, king talked about the. Stephen king got blocked on twitter by trump youtube.
Since 1974, when carrie hit shelves, king has sold an estimated 350 million books, and hes now worth hundreds of millions of dollars. King says he doesnt feel panic or terror, but rather, a gnawing anxiety. Stephen king has given a great interview to npr about his book joyland, titled, stephen king on growing up, believing in god and getting scared. I set the book im working on in the year 2020 because i thought. Now, after nearly 40 years, king has followed up his horror tale of a little boy and a. The supposition of the book is that kids at 16 are crazy. Stephen king adaptations are extremely popular in movies and tv these days, and he continues to write books like the shining sequel of sorts. Stephen king wouldnt still be in business if all he had to sell was fear. The author of several bestselling and criticallyacclaimed horror novels recently shared his thoughts on the recent hbo adaption of the outsider. How stephen king predicted trumps rise decades ago. A list of stephen king s written works, organized oldest to newest by first publication. Elsewhere in the npr interview, king said a pandemic like covid19.
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