Stephen King

I believe Stephen King was really born in Mercy Hospital in Portland, Maine

Stephen King books are known for their suspenseful, thrilling, and sometimes creepy themes. They can range from mildly eerie to downright terrifying, depending on the book and individual reader's tolerance for horror. If you enjoy psychological thrillers and suspenseful storytelling, you may find his books to be a thrilling experience.

Stephen King received an advance of 2,500 from Doubleday for his book 'Carrie'

You might make the argument that King wants us to see the potential terror of seemingly innocuous, everyday objects, people, and situations. A pet cemetery, a car, a clown, an unpopular girl in high school, etc. all have the potential to become frightening.

Also, he is oddly optimistic, given his dark imagery - generally, good triumphs over evil, once someone is brave enough and wise enough to lead the charge. Despite his morbid subject matter, King genuinely seems to be very positive on life - life is a wonderful gift, to be cherished, defended, and enjoyed as fully as possible. Redemption is also a frequent theme in his work, perhaps stemming from his own struggles with alcoholism and drug abuse, which he finally overcame in the late 80's. His work also frequently hints at his deep political convictions - King is a Democrat, and is intensely interested in issues of race relations, bigotry, antisemitism, homophobia, and religious zealotry.

Since his near-fatal accident in 1999 (he was hit by a distracted driver while walking near his home), his works have focused more on mortality, aging, human frailty, and the need to live a good life, with as much love as can be had. Above all else, King makes clear that he believes life is meaningful and worthwhile, provided one gives and receives love freely.

Stephen King incorporates elements of Gothic literature in his works through themes of horror, the supernatural, and the macabre. He often creates eerie settings, emphasizes the unknown and mysterious, and uses psychological terror to evoke fear in readers. King pays homage to Gothic traditions while infusing modern elements into his storytelling.

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Some of Stephen King's most notable quotes are, "People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy, and I keep it in a jar on my desk."

"I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries."

"I've killed enough of the world's trees."

"Each life makes its own imitation of immortality."

"If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write."

He's a writer that gets deep into his characters' emotions. Some call him too 'wordy', but emotions are endless and sometimes are impossible to put into words. King is the best at it, and his heavy books also come in high quantity. You can find somewhere close to 60 of them. He's not afraid to unveil his characters' or even his own opinions of subjects that deal with life, death, religious faith, blood and gore, etc. He's the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries.

Carrie has a graphic scene in the locker room shower, involving a naive girl, frightened by her first period, going into a panic and being assaulted and mocked by her classmates. There is underage sex, violence and a lot of cursing. It's theme deals with religion in a controversial manner, the title character is tormented by her peers and her teachers alike, and in the end, she takes her horrible vengeance by slaughtering and incinerating everyone at her high school dance. Any more questions?

Stephen King's classic 1975 horror novel 'Salem's Lot is about a town whose residents are turning into vampires. On two separate occasions, King has stated that 'Salem's Lot is, in many ways, his favorite of all of his stories.

Stephen King describes his muse as a guy that lives in the basement that he does all the grunt work for. However, he feels it is worth doing all the work for because the muse has some magic in his bag that can change lives.

it depends on the size of the book, but usually right around 450 or 460

His first paying job was reporting sports for one of his hometown's newspaper (This was in high school) Then he went to work in some different Mills and other things of the sort (He was also a custodian for a while). He eventually became a high school English teacher. It was during this time that he wrote Carrie, his first Novel.

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Many of Stephen King's books are set in Maine, where he spent much of his life. The small towns, forests, and eerie landscapes of Maine often serve as the backdrop for his works, contributing to the atmospheric and sometimes sinister feel of his stories.

Many things. Most obviously, it is the title of a series of novels by Stephen King, as well as the title of the final novel in that series and a physical structure central to the series' narrative.

More generally, it is the lynchpin of all existence, the center of not just our world, but all worlds. It exists in all worlds, but may take almost any form (the examples given in the series include a rose, an immortal tiger, and "the ur-dog Rover"). In our world, it is a rose growing near the corner of 46th St and 2nd Ave in Manhattan; in it's actual world and it's actual form, it is a massive dark stone tower set in a field of roses.

The world can be viewed as a wooden wagon-wheel, with 6 "beams" for spokes; these beams are both literal and figurative, both real and magic. The beams support the tower, which in turn supports the world(s). Where the 6 beams meet at the center of the wheel, serving as the hub, is the Dark Tower. The tower is said to hold up all the universes like a stack of sequins on an upright needle. If the Tower falls - in any of it's forms, in any world - all of existence will be undone. The universes will collapse and all will be lost.

The Dark Tower series chronicles Roland, the last Gunslinger (think Jedi Knights mixed with Wild West lawmen) on his quest to reach, enter, and climb the Tower. He is a man obsessed, and while his mission eventually expands to include actually saving the Tower from destruction by the evil Crimson King, he only wishes to save the Tower because he can't reach it if it is destroyed, as existence itself will follow.

It depends on how you look at it, Stephen King struggle with alcaholism for ten years, and when his family staged an intervention they revealed to him they found marijuana, cocaine and other illegal contrabound in his trash as evidence of his substance abuse. Possession and consumption of these aforementioned items is illegal. So he did indeed commit a crime.

Carrie

Cujo

Different Seasons

Night Shift

The Stand

It

The Green Mile

Pet Semetary

Dreamcatcher

The Shining

Salem's Lot

Misery

Tommyknockers

and many, many more

The 1990 miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's "IT" is approximately 3 hours long. The 2017 feature film adaptation has a runtime of around 2 hours and 15 minutes, while the 2019 sequel "IT Chapter Two" is about 2 hours and 50 minutes in length.

One of the novels Stephen King published in 1998 was "Bag of Bones," which follows a writer dealing with grief and supernatural occurrences in a lakeside home.

Stephen King has 3 children

He may be working on a collection of short stories in early 2010; In mid-2010, he plans to begin a new Dark Tower novel under the working title The Wind Through the Keyhole. It will be set between the fourth and fifth books of the existing series.

Cujo was supposed to have been a Saint Bernard. In reality though, the Saint Bernard breed is usually extremely gentle, friendly and very tolerant of children. They're slow moving, patient, obedient, extremely loyal, eager and willing to please.

**In response to your answer, Cujo was all those things before he got bitten by a bat and became rabid.

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