Five Fun Facts - Stephen King

Five Fun Facts

About the Author, Stephen King

Author of Carrie, The Shining, and The Stand.

(photo borrowed from Goodreads.com)

1. Has an adopted older brother named David.

2. In 1985 he wrote part of an X-men comic that was created to raise proceeds for charity.

3. Sings in a band called Rock Bottom Remainders with 3 other authors. ( Dave Berry, Barbara Kingsolver, and Amy Tan)

4. What writer scares Stephen King? H.P. Lovecraft

5. He had short stories published in Playboy.

Info collected from https://stephenking.com, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_King, biography.com/writer/stephen-king, https://www.americanheritage.com/man-who-can-scare-stephen-king, and https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/8/4/16066180/stephen-king-themes-cultural-influence-explained

Shannon's Review - The Eyes Of The Dragon by Stephen King

Title: The Eyes Of The Dragon
Series: Not At Present Time
Author: Stephen King
Illustrator/Book Cover Design: David Palladini
Genre: Fiction, Fantasy,
Publisher: New American Library
Received: Bought
Release Date: January 1988
Pages: 380
Rating:






Author Stephen King’s Official Websites:





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Website:
https://www.stephenking.com/

Blog:
Not At Present Time

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/OfficialStephenKing/

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/stephenking

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/stephenking/


Shannon’s Thoughts:

King Roland is left to raise two sons after his Queen dies. One prince will soon be king, and sooner than anyone would think. An evil wizard who lives off of chaos plans to end the King’s life and blame one young Prince. In a kingdom that is drowning in darkness and turmoil with no end, people will rise to fight but they may not win.

Out of Stephen King’s books, this is a tame one. Very minor horror but there is a character that does show up in his other books and if you are a fan you know him right away. This was a second reading for me. I read it many years ago and did not remember much of it. I enjoyed it. It was clever and original in some places.

I had hoped for more fantasy and magic in a book with a wizard. Most of the story was pretty dark and I felt similar to what a minor depressive state feels like when I read it. I did not remember feeling like that when I read it the first time.

I love the fact that this story was written for King’s daughter and that he was willing to branch out into a non-horror. I don’t know if he has written anything like this since because I have only read a hand full of his books. I feel it is worth the read if only for the character who reoccurs in his other books.

Shannon's Reviews - Salem's Lot by Stephen King

Title: Salem’s Lot

Series: N/A

Author: Stephen King

Genre: Horror, Vampires, Fiction

Publisher: Anchor

Received: bought

Release Date: October 1975

Pages: 653

Rating:

Author’s Official Websites:

Stephen King’s Official Site:

http://stephenking.com/

Blog:

N/A

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialStephenKing/

Twitter

https://twitter.com/StephenKing

Shannon’s Thoughts:

A struggling author returns to the town he grew up in to revisit some skeletons of his past for a new book. He finds romance, friendship and more evil then he can deal with as townspeople start disappearing.

Stephen King can really describe a setting and get you settled in.  He gets the reader the feeling of being comfortable and then boom here comes the creepy.  The creepy just increases and increases.  For me I keep thinking wait let's go back to the comfiness.  I want to see author, Ben, connect more with townie, Susan.  

When I read King I expect major scariness, the creeps and...not completely welcomed nightmares.  This one had some creep factor but it was not really scary to me.  I find his short stories scare me the most. It was a decent book.  I was not thrilled with the ending either.  In some ways it set up for a sequel although I do not know if there is one or not.  I know there is a short story prequel called Jerusalem’s Lot which I have never read.

For a vampire book it had some interesting takes on the usual mythos. Other than that I say there is better Stephen King books if you want scary but it is some very good writing.

Sketchy Saturday - Salem's Lot

I just finished reading Salem's Lot by Stephen King.  A good book with some creepy elements as per usual with King's books.   This as close to a scene I can get.  Little boy vampire in the window hoping to wake his friend to let him in.

Salem's Lot by S.M. McGee 2017