Stephen King – kungen av skräck!!

Stephen King (1947-)

Stephen King – han behöver knappast någon presentation. 1974 debuterade han med romanen Carrie och har sedan dess publicerat över fyrtio böcker och novellsamlingar. Han är en man som verkligen älskar det skrivna ordet, hans fru Tabitha och hans två söner är författare (varav sonen Joe Hill följt i faderns fotspår och gett sig in i skräckgenren). King brukar beskrivas som ett exempel på skräplitteratur men det är verkligen inte sant – många känsliga och hyllade filmer är baserade på Kings böcker (The Shawshank redemption, The Green mile, Stand by me) och det jag älskar mest med hans böcker är inte skräckdelarna (även om de är spännande och ruskiga) utan beskrivningen av samspelet mellan människorna och miljöbeskrivningarna. King är en otrolig skicklig författare när det gäller dessa saker. Han är också mycket produktiv, det är väl inte allt som är bra, och han har en tendens att bli långrandig och pratsjuk men när han är bra är han MYCKET bra. Två av mina absoluta älsklingsböcker (Pestens Tid och Det) är Kingböcker.

Så läs King – fast det har du säkert redan gjort! Och läs gärna Joe Hill och Tabitha King också. De är inte dumma de heller.

Kings bibliografi:

Title	Publication date	Pages	Notes
Carrie	April 5, 1974	199
‘Salem’s Lot	October 17, 1975	439	World Fantasy Award nominee, 1976[3]
The Shining	January 28, 1977	447	Locus Award nominee, 1978[4]
Rage	September 13, 1977	211	as Richard Bachman
The Stand	September 1978	823	Original edition World Fantasy and Locus Award nominee, 1979[4][5]
The Long Walk	July 1979	384	as Richard Bachman
The Dead Zone	August 1979	428	Locus Award nominee, 1980[6]
Firestarter	September 29, 1980	426	British Fantasy and Locus Award nominee, 1981[4][7]
Roadwork	March 1981	274	as Richard Bachman
Cujo	September 8, 1981	319	British Fantasy Award winner, 1982[8] Locus Award nominee, 1982[4]
The Running Man	May 1982	219	as Richard Bachman
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger	June 10, 1982	224
Christine	April 29, 1983	526	Locus Award nominee, 1984[4]
Cycle of the Werewolf	November 1983	127	Illustrated by Bernie Wrightson
Pet Sematary	November 14, 1983	374	World Fantasy and Locus Award nominee, 1984[4][9]
The Talisman	November 8, 1984	646	Written with Peter Straub World Fantasy and Locus Awards nominee, 1985[10]
Thinner	November 19, 1984	309	as Richard Bachman
It	September 15, 1986	1138	British Fantasy Award winner, 1987;[11] Locus and World Fantasy Awards nominee, 1987[11]
The Eyes of the Dragon	February 2, 1987	326
The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three	May 1987	400	Locus Award nominee, 1988[4]
Misery	June 8, 1987	310	Bram Stoker Award winner, 1987;[11] World Fantasy Award nominee, 1988[12]
The Tommyknockers	November 10, 1987	558	Locus Award nominee, 1988[4]
The Dark Half	October 20, 1989	431	Locus Award nominee, 1990[4]
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands	August 1991	512	Bram Stoker and Locus Award nominee, 1991[4][13]
Needful Things	October 1991	690	Bram Stoker and Locus Award nominee, 1991[4][13]
Gerald’s Game	May 1992	352
Dolores Claiborne	November 1992	305	Locus Award nominee, 1993[4]
Insomnia	September 15, 1994	787	Bram Stoker and Locus Award nominee, 1994[4][14]
Rose Madder	June 1995	420	Locus Award nominee, 1996[4]
The Green Mile	March–August 1996	400	Bram Stoker Award winner, 1996[15] Locus Award nominee, 1997[4]
The Regulators	September 24, 1996	480	as Richard Bachman, twin novel of Desperation
Desperation	September 24, 1996	704	Twin novel of The Regulators Locus Award winner, 1997[4]
The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass	November 4, 1997	787	Locus Award nominee, 1998[16]
Bag of Bones	September 22, 1998	529	Bram Stoker Award winner, 1998;[16] British Fantasy and Locus Award winner, 1999[4][17]
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon	April 6, 1999	224
Dreamcatcher	March 20, 2001	620
Black House	September 15, 2001	625	Sequel to The Talisman Written with Peter Straub Bram Stoker and Locus Award nominee, 2001[4][18]
From a Buick 8	September 24, 2002	368	Bram Stoker Award nominee, 2002[19]
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla	November 4, 2003	714	Bram Stoker Award nominee, 2003;[20] Locus Award nominee, 2004[21]
The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah	June 8, 2004	432	Locus Award nominee, 2005[22]
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower	September 21, 2004	845	British Fantasy Award winner, 2005[22] Bram Stoker Award nominee, 2004[21]
The Colorado Kid	October 4, 2005	184
Cell	January 24, 2006	351
Lisey’s Story	October 24, 2006	528	Bram Stoker Award winner, 2006;[23] World Fantasy and Locus Award nominee, 2007[4][24]
Blaze	June 12, 2007	304	as Richard Bachman
Duma Key	January 22, 2008	607	Bram Stoker Award winner, 2008[25]
Under the Dome	November 10, 2009	1074	British Fantasy and Locus Award nominee, 2010[4][26]
11/22/63	November 8, 2011	849	British Fantasy, Locus and World Fantasy Awards nominee, 2012[27]
The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole	February 21, 2012	336	The eighth Dark Tower novel, but chronologically set between the fourth and fifth volumes.
Joyland	June 4, 2013	288
Doctor Sleep	September 24, 2013	531	Sequel to The Shining Bram Stoker Award Winner 2013
Mr. Mercedes	June 3, 2014	436	First novel in the Bill Hodges Trilogy Edgar Award Winner 2014
Revival	November 11, 2014	403
Finders Keepers	June 2, 2015	434	Second novel in the Bill Hodges Trilogy
End of Watch	June 7, 2016	496	Upcoming novel; Third novel in the Bill Hodges Trilogy

Collections[edit]

Title	Publication date	Pages	Notes
Night Shift	February 1978	336	World Fantasy and Locus Award nominee, 1979[4]
Different Seasons	August 27, 1982	527	World Fantasy and Locus Award nominee, 1983[28]
Skeleton Crew	June 21, 1985	512	Locus Award winner, 1986[4] World Fantasy Award nominee, 1986[29]
The Bachman Books	October 4, 1985	692
Four Past Midnight	September 1990	763	Bram Stoker Award winner, 1990[30] Locus Award nominee, 1991[4]
Nightmares & Dreamscapes	September 29, 1993	816	Bram Stoker and Locus Award nominee, 1993[4][31]
Hearts in Atlantis	September 14, 1999	528	Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, Locus and World Fantasy Award nominee, 2000[4]
Everything’s Eventual	March 19, 2002	464	Bram Stoker, British Fantasy and Locus Award nominee, 2002[4][19]
Just After Sunset	November 11, 2008	367	Bram Stoker Award winner, 2008[25] British Fantasy Award nominee, 2009[4]
Full Dark, No Stars	November 9, 2010	368	Bram Stoker Award winner, 2010[26] British Fantasy Award winner, 2011[32]
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams	November 3, 2015	495

Non-fiction[edit]

Title	Publication date	Pages	Notes
Danse Macabre	April 20, 1981	400	Hugo and Locus Award winner, 1982[4][33]
Nightmares in the Sky	November 1988	128	Photographed by f-stop Fitzgerald
On Writing	October 3, 2000	288	Bram Stoker and Locus Award winner, 2000[4][34]
Secret Windows	October 2000	433
Faithful	December 2, 2004	432	Written with Stewart O’Nan

E-books[edit]

Title	Publication date	Collected in	Notes
Riding the Bullet	March 14, 2000	Everything’s Eventual (2002)	Bram Stoker Award nominee, 2000[34]
The Plant	December 2000		Unfinished
Ur	February 12, 2009	The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (2015)
Mile 81	September 1, 2011	The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (2015)
A Face in the Crowd	August 21, 2012	Uncollected	Written with Stewart O’Nan

Other[edit]

Title	Publication date	Pages	Notes
Creepshow	July 1982	64	Illustrated by Bernie Wrightson
The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition	May 1990	1153	Locus Award nominee, 1991[4]
Six Stories	1997	199	Limited edition (1100 copies); collected in Everything’s Eventual (2002)
Blood and Smoke	November 22, 1999	–	Original audiobook; collected in Everything’s Eventual (2002)
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger: Revised and Expanded Edition	July 1, 2003	256
Stephen King Goes to the Movies	January 20, 2009	592	Contains five previously collected short stories.
American Vampire	March 2010	200	Written with Scott Snyder and illustrated by Rafael Albuquerque
Blockade Billy	April 20, 2010	112	Collected in The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (2015)
Guns	January 25, 2013	25	Non-fiction essay
Ghost Brothers of Darkland County	June 4, 2013	110