Description

Reading Stephen King.

Edited by Brian James Freeman.

Only 1,000 Signed Limited copies.

Featuring Clive Barker, Stewart O'Nan, Frank Darabont, Stephen Spignesi, Richard Chizmar, Justin Brooks, Tony Magistrale, Michael R. Collings, Rocky Wood, Robin Furth, Kevin Quigley, Hans-Ake Lilja, Billy Chizmar, Jack Ketchum, Bev Vincent, Mick Garris, and Jay Franco!

OVERVIEW:
Stephen King has inspired millions of readers with his writing for more than four decades , and this special volume of essays gathers together some of his high-profile fans to discuss why they love reading the works of Stephen King.

Many of these fans are acclaimed authors of fiction in their own right. Some of them have written insightful books about Stephen King’s work, exploring how King’s natural storytelling gift has allowed him to create stories that reach people in every language around the world. A few of them have even written, produced, and directed movie adaptations of King's most acclaimed works.

In this book you will join Clive Barker, Stewart O'Nan, Richard Chizmar, Frank Darabont, Stephen Spignesi, Justin Brooks, Tony Magistrale, Michael R. Collings, Rocky Wood, Robin Furth, Kevin Quigley, Hans-Ake Lilja, Billy Chizmar, Jack Ketchum, Bev Vincent, Mick Garris, and Jay Franco as they discuss their love of reading Stephen King...

Table of Contents:
Introduction by Brian James Freeman
Sometimes You Go Back by Stewart O'Nan
Christine by Richard Chizmar
The Art of Stephen King by Frank Darabont
Spock's Not The Only One Who Can Mind Meld: Stephen King and the Telepathy of Writing by Stephen Spignesi
Disappearing Down That Rabbit Hole by Justin Brooks
The Politics of Being Stephen King by Tony Magistrale
The Adventure of Reading Stephen King by Michael R. Collings
Reading the Lost Works of Stephen King by Rocky Wood
Twins and Twining in Stephen King's Dark Tower Series by Robin Furth
King Since Scribner by Kevin Quigley
Being a Non-US Stephen King Fan by Hans-Ake Lilja
The Role of Religion in Stephen King's Desperation by Billy Chizmar
From A Buick 8 by Jack Ketchum
Living in a Web of Mystery by Bev Vincent
The One That Got Away by Mick Garris
My Accidental Obsession by Jay Franco
Stephen King Celebration by Clive Barker

Published as a Hardcover Limited Edition:
• Limited to just 1,000 signed copies
• Personally signed by the editor and most of the authors on a full-color signature page
• Printed on 60# acid-free paper
• Bound in full-cloth with colored head and tail bands
• Featuring hot foil stamping on the front boards and spine
• Printed and bound with stylish endpapers
• Smyth sewn to create a more durable binding
• Limited ONE TIME printing of this special edition

For complete archival protection the dust jacket is  sealed in an acid-free protective book cover upon publication, and then sealed in plastic for final protection.

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