Within every terrifying story about a shapeshifting killer clown. Christine is a horror novel by american writer stephen king, published in 1983. Depending on whether you read the book or watched the film version, he drives. A film adaptation, directed by john carpenter, was released in december of the same year. Everything we know about stephen kings new the stand. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, many of which have been adapted into feature films, miniseries, television series, and comic books. Cnn horror master stephen king struck by vehicle june. Stephen king run down by distracted driver the independent.
Stephen edwin king is an american author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, and fantasy novels. Stephen king recalls the accident that almost ended his. Misery is the tale of paul sheldon, a popular author who travels from his home in new york, to a hotel whereas to fnish his final attempt at mainstream writing in his novel fast cars. I bought it because when i was growing up, we had a car. A child of the 50s, cars have long fascinated stephen king. Make sure you have time to read though cause its going to be hard to put it down. It tells the story of a car a 1958 plymouth fury apparently possessed by. Arnie makes dennis stop his car, and examines the car. Stephen king opens up about near death experience, almost. Christine was the first biggirl book i ever readi was in the fourth grade and. He has read and liked the harry potter books, lord of the rings, the percy jackson books, a song of ice and fire, and the hunger games. Edt 0321 gmt cnn horror author stephen king was seriously injured when he was struck by a minivan while walking in north lovell, maine.
Published on september 24, 2002, this is the second novel by king to feature a supernatural car the first. Published on september 24, 2002, this is the second novel by king to feature a supernatural car the first one being christine, which like this novel is set in western pennsylvania. Are stephen king books appropriate for 12 year old. Stephen king wrote his first short story at seven, and was first published in a comic. In both the novel and john carpenters 1983 adaptation, christine is possessed by the.
Stephen edwin king born september 21, 1947 is an american author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, and fantasy novels. Life is imitating stephen kings art, and that scares him. He has published 61 novels, including seven under the pen name richard bachman, and six nonfiction books. My son has recently started to show in intrest in reading stephen king books.
Her work has appeared regularly in the orlando sentinel. King has written several novels since his first short story sale in 1967 that have become pop cultural signposts. Iconic author stephen king recalls the horrifying auto accident that almost ended his life exactly 20 years ago today, on june 19, 1999. It was first published as the first and longest story of the horror anthology dark forces in 1980. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies and comic books.
Written by bill phillips and based on stephen king s 1983 novel of the same name, the movie follows the changes in the lives of arnie cunningham, his friends, his family, and his teenage enemies after arnie buys a classic red and white 1958 plymouth fury named christine, a car. The following is a complete list of books published by stephen king, an american author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. Oed cars or sneeky romances this is a book for you. I have a real guiltypleasure, lovelove realtionship with stephen king books. In misery, the main character crashes his car in the beginning. Based on this do you think he will like stephen king books. Like vampirism, evil kids, addiction and boners, cars pop up on the regular in the work of stephen king. Scariest stephen king book what was the scariest stephen king book youve read.
Christine is the 16th book published by stephen king. The craft of writing horror stories while writer stephen king was recovering from a nearfatal car accident, he finished a nonfiction book about the craft of writing. It tells the story of a car a 1958 plymouth fury apparently possessed by supernatural forces. Stephen king is a prolific american author who is known for his suspense and fantasy novels. In 112263, this is the date that the vermont yankee nuclear reactor exploded.
But with so many cars out there in the world, youd. There is a picture of you with a plymouth fury on the books dust jacket. Book author, screenwriter, executive producer born. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, many of which have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. Stephen king wouldnt still be in business if all he had to sell was fear. His recent work includes the institute, elevation, the outsider, sleeping beauties cowritten with his son owen king, and the bill hodges trilogy. Stephen king is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers.
However, i do not know if they will be appropriate for his age, or if he will like them. Stephen king is one of the most prolific authors alive, known for writing horror, fantasy, and psychological thrillers. Stephen king s it, for example, is about 1,400 pages long, and that book needed two cinematic chapters both in the 1990 miniseries and andy muschiettis horror blockbusters to. Stephen does not have any plans for a sequel to christine. From a buick 8 is a novel about our fascination with deadly things, about our insistence on answers when there are. While king has been a giant of both the literary world and the overall pop. Big driver by stephen king is a bit of a cross between a horror and thriller as the events involved certainly are considered horrific but are very real. It is a fancy car, with white brimmed tires, double headlights, and white trimmed rims, but it is also wrecked, and is in need of serious repair.
The writer, the accident, and a lonely end books the. The dark tower, it is the day that jake chambers and stephen king save stephen king s life. Scp2293 causes all affected media to include a portion in which the 1999 car accident of american writer stephen king. And that leads to the content warning with this story being about rape but with also a lot of violence. The collision of metal and flesh, as well as the briefly conjoining fates of king and smith, seemed fit for one of the authors books.
The horror novelist stephen king, one of americas best selling authors, was recovering in hospital yesterday with a broken leg, hip and a punctured lung after being hit by a car near his home in. Scp2293 appears irregularly, and no method for prediction of future manifestations has been devised. Author stephen king ruminated on his traumatic car accident on wednesday, the 20th anniversary of the injury king was hit by a car while taking a walk near his home in maine back in. King has published 61 novels including seven under the pen name. From a buick 8 is a horror novel by american writer stephen king. The mist is a horror novel by the american author stephen king, in which the small town of bridgton, maine is suddenly enveloped in an unnatural mist that conceals otherworldly monsters. Mercedes, stephen kings had a longstanding infatuation with vehicular manslaughter. Derry maine, which is the setting for many stephen king. In our second extract from stephen king s new book, on writing, the bestselling author recalls the day a country walk turned into a horrifying fight for survival. A list of stephen king s novels, organized alphabetically.