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Title: The Stephen King Universe by Stanley Wiater, Christopher Golden ISBN: 1-58063-160-6 Publisher: Renaissance Books Pub. Date: May, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.38 (24 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Very nice book that, of course, contains spoilers.
Comment: Being a casual King fan, I picked up this volume to help me understand his work. It revealed to me many things I did not know. I have read "Insomnia," and I had become aware that it was intimately associated with the DARK TOWER series (which I haven't read) and "IT" (which I have).
And I was aware that quite a few of King's books all came to a head in "Needful Things," which references "The Library Policemen."
But I wasn't aware that all the books cross-pollinated like this, nor that the DARK TOWER series was the linchpin of King's entire library of work. Until now.
Wiater, Golden and Wagner do an excellent job showing you all the unseen connections. (Although I found one they missed--one of the doctors in "FIRESTARTER" shares a name with Patrick Hockstetter, a boy from "IT.")
Now I will definitely pick up more of King's books, and eagerly await the promised final battle novel. Will we be seeing many of our old favorite heroes in a final struggle against an army of darkness led by Randall Flagg, It, Leland Gaunt, and Tak?
Only time will tell...
Rating: 3
Summary: King's "Constant Readers" Won't Find Anything New
Comment: The Stephen King Universe is a pretty decent attempt to consolidate all of the best-selling Author's stories and characters into one cohesive "Universe", I.E. all of his stories and characters exist in the same reality, and the various struggles between good and evil that King relates are all skirmishes leading to the eventual war that will be fought for control of the mythical Dark Tower. (Comic Book fans are familiar with this type of scheme- The Marvel Universe, The DC Universe, et al....)Sounds good.
There are a few problems, though: 1)- Die-Hard King fans, like me, already know pretty much everything they have to say in this book. That's ok, though. Sometimes it's nice just to see that someone else agrees with you. 2)- There are some glaring errors, most of which other reviewers have spoken about, so I won't. (Well....just one! It drove me NUTS that they say on one page that Mike Hanlon, from IT, lives in Hemingford Home, Nebraska. A few pages later he lives in Derry. Come on, guys...Where's the Editor? There are a LOT of little things like that.) 3)- Towards the end of the book, the Authors seem to just lose interest in tying all King's work together, and just start summarizing stories. The Richard Bachman chapter especially suffered from this....
King Fans will probably find The Stephen King Universe a pleasant way to spend a few hours, kind of like a trip down memory lane. Everyone else should probably just go right to the source, and pick up one of Mr. King's books. Ain't nothing like the real thing.....
Rating: 4
Summary: Enjoyed It!
Comment: Enjoyed it because it went down a different road. Found that certain things stimulated my mind and got me to think and research new material! Found some good stuff and some bad stuff.
What King did for me was open my mind to 'What if' situations and that lead me to read The Rogue Warrior, which was way out of my league, and then recently Tom Patire's Persona Protection Handbook which I must say was quite excellent in regards to safety.
If Steven King took some of the Tom Patire's real life stories and added his magic we would have some more good reading.
Overall I love King and his work and look forward to more!
Deb
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Title: Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance, Vol. 1 by Robin Furth, Stephen King ISBN: 0743252071 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 29 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Stephen King From A To Z: An Encyclopedia Of His L by Beahm ISBN: 0836269144 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower, Book 5) by Stephen King, Bernie Wrightson ISBN: 1880418568 Publisher: Donald M. Grant/Scribner Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1) by Stephen King, Michael Whelan ISBN: 0670032549 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 23 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Essential Stephen King : A Ranking of the Greatest Novels, Short Stories, Movies, and Other Creations of the World's Most Popular Writer by Stephen J. Spignesi ISBN: 1564144852 Publisher: New Page Books Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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