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Stephen King: amazing facts from the life of the King of Horrors
The other day, the king of horrors Stephen King turned 66 years old.
We have collected not the most famous facts that made Stephen King who he is — a living legend of American literature, one of the most filmed writers in America.
The other day, the king of horrors Stephen King turned 66 years old.
He has been married since his student years, he has three children, two grandchildren, owns three houses.
Regularly pays taxes and encourages other Americans to do the same.
These are all known facts.
But there are a few not so famous ones that have made Stephen King who he is — a living legend of American literature, one of the most filmed writers in America.
The Prodigal Father
Many people have heard the story that Stephen King's father mysteriously disappeared when the boy was two years old, and his brother David was four.
He just went out for cigarettes and didnot come back.
Only when they became adults, the brothers learned that their father had started another family, in which he had four children and lived all the time near their old house.
By the way, David is not Stephen's own brother, he was adopted two years before the writer was born.
But Stephen King himself never mentions this.
Children's diseases
Stephen was a sickly boy.
One of the most vivid childhood impressions from childhood is otitis media, which the writer fell ill with in the first grade (at the age of five) and the pain from piercing the eardrum, which he had to endure for three procedures.
"My cry still stands in my ears," he wrote, almost fifty years after that.
During one of the serious illnesses, six year old Stephen decided to rewrite the comic with a sequel, just out of boredom.
This was the beginning of his literary activity.
"My cry still stands in my ears," he wrote, almost fifty years after that
The first dollar
King's first reader was his mother (it was she who suggested him the very opportunity to write his own stories).
When he brought her four of his own works, she paid the boy 25 cents for each.
"It was my first dollar earned," writes Stephen King.
The support of his mother and his faith in his son's abilities helped him later.
Ghosts of the past
In the late fifties, a children's magazine "Famous Monsters of Filmland"was published in America.
Its editor, Forrest J. Ackerman, a literary agent and a fan of fiction.
This magazine was Stephen's favorite reading material.
The first issue of the magazine "Famous monsters of Filmland", 1958
Later, Forrest began to publish another magazine - "Cosmonaut", to which the boy sent his first story.
The story was never published, and Stephen King safely forgot about it.
But twenty years later, the famous writer had to face his children's story — he signed it for ...
Forrest J. Ackerman, who has kept this unremarkable work all these years.
Printing business
In 1962, Dave and Stephen King published a home newspaper called "Dave's Mustard Plaster", which was read by the whole town of Durham.
At first, the boys made prints on a hectograph, and then they purchased a rotaprint.
A little later, it was on this hectograph that Stephen printed the first book, on the cover of which was "the work of Stephen King" — a free reworking of one of his favorite horror films under the "edgarposh" title "The Well and the Pendulum".
Difficult times
Stephen King with his wife Tabitha
Stephen King met his wife in college.
After three years of marriage, they already had three children.
To feed them, the writer had to work in the laundry.
During this time, he wrote "Night Shift" and "Sometimes they Come back" - at night and during lunch breaks.
Stephen King talks about writing: "A writer's work has as much to do with sweeping the floor as it does with mythical moments of insight."
"The work of a writer has as much to do with sweeping the floor as with mythical moments of insight"
Breakthrough to fame
The breakthrough to fame was the novel "Kerry" (1974), which King initially threw in the trash.
The drafts were found and saved by his wife Tabitha, who also forced the writer to finish the novel after all.
By that time, "Rage", "Long Walk" and "Running Man"had already been written.
The first edition of the novel "Kerry", 1974
By the way, Stephen King does not like his" Kerry".
According to him, he does not understand the main character and does not believe some of the characters.
The rights to this novel were sold by his literary agent to Signet Books for four hundred thousand dollars.
This money helped the writer's family to get out of poverty.
Trailer for the movie "Kerry", 2013 Starring: Chloe Moretz, Julianne Moore Link to the original
Alcohol
In the works of King, you can often find analogies with his own biography.
The novel "Misery" (1987), in which an abnormal nurse holds a writer captive (the film adaptation of this novel is one of the most successful adaptations of King, with the inimitable Kathy Bates, who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for her role in this film), he wrote about himself in captivity to alcohol and drugs.
Kathy Bates as the mad nurse.
One of the most terrible shots of the movie "Misery", 1990
"Tomminokery" (1987) - the novel analogy, a cry for help.
Voices in the writer's head, who took possession of her will and invisible alien rulers of the mind.
King joked that he had been drinking so much that he did not remember writing "Cujo" (1981) — a novel about a St. Bernard who caught rabies.
Since the late 80's, the writer has not drunk a drop of alcohol.
The movie "Misery".
The full version.
Russian language Link to the original
Crash
In 1999, Stephen King's life could have been cut short in a car accident.
Rather, he himself did not get into an accident, he was hit by a van flying at breakneck speed, driven by a not quite normal driver named Brian Smith.
At the time of the accident, he reached into the back seat to push his Rottweiler away from the meat refrigerator.
The writer was saved, and he even returned to normal life, although at first no one believed in such an optimistic outcome, especially the doctor who first examined the writer after the accident.
The most interesting thing is that Brian Smith himself is like a character who came down from the King's pages, who flew into reality to finish off the creator.
"He later told friends that he thought he had hit a "small deer" until he saw blood stained glasses on his front seat — they were torn off when I tried to get out of Smith's way"
"The dog's name was Bullet.
Smith turned around and tried to push the Bullet's head away from the cooler, at that time he drove onto the ridge and knocked me down without turning around.
He later told friends that he thought he had hit a "small deer" until he saw blood stained glasses on his front seat — they were torn off when I tried to get out of Smith's way" - isnot this a quote from the novel?
Rock music
King, who is known to be a fan of rock music, played rhythm guitar for a long time in the rock band "Rock Bottom Remainders", consisting of only writers.
Moreover, the group did not just gather in the garage of one of its members, but performed concerts, had its own fans and even brought a certain income.
In addition to music, the writers discussed their literary achievements and ideas — such a versatile creative union.
Rock performance by Stephen King Link to the original
Regular reader
In many of King's works, there are "winks" to a Regular reader — a person who undoubtedly exists in reality,for whom Stephen King wrote and still writes.
The characters of one work, casually mentioned in another, the bringing together of various cycles and storylines, the unity of place and time all these features of writing make the books written by him a single work the length of the life of a man named Stephen King.
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fastcult
September 26th, 2013, 12:02 pm
You're welcome!
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bryouzga1
September 26th, 2013, 11:59 am
+++++++Thanks!
I love the King of Horror!
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fastcult
September 26th, 2013, 12:02 pm
Any particular book, or in general everything?
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witcher4712
September 26th, 2013, 12:09 pm
The story of the car accident found its place in the cycle "The Dark Tower".
Edited at 2013-09-26 12:10 pm (UTC)
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it my mind
September 26th, 2013, 02:38 pm
yes, you could also write about this in the article))
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milovaroff rm
September 26th, 2013, 12:11 pm
Well, it's almost a script for a new film.
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uldemir1
September 26th, 2013, 12:56 pm
Thanks.
For me, the most surprising thing was the fact that he still hasnot died.
This is shocking.
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rurke85
September 26th, 2013, 12:59 pm
talent is talent.
What a power!
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sashok12
September 26th, 2013, 01:01 pm
One of my favorite writers, but I always didnot understand - why the King of Horrors?
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dmitrydreamer
September 26th, 2013, 01:52 pm
My attitude towards him recently deteriorated sharply when I learned that he had slightly more than completely plagiarized in his" Under the Dome "the idea of Clifford Simak and his "All Flesh is Grass", written, if my memory does not change, in 1965.
Well, in general, a talented writer, what can I say here.
Edited at 2013-09-26 01:54 pm (UTC)
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Alexander Orekhov
September 26th, 2013, 06:30 pm
First, not Saimaka, but Simaka.
Secondly, if you had read both of these works, you would not have seen plagiarism there.
For King, in his novels, the scenery is always secondary, the main thing is the relationship between people.
With the same success, the events "Under the dome" could take place in your shed.
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dmitrydreamer
September 27th, 2013, 01:44 pm
Well, well... so secondary that he took someone else's idea without further ado and filled it with his own people, with his own relationships.
In your opinion, plagiarism is almost a letter by letter coincidence of texts?
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majstavitskaja
September 27th, 2013, 10:37 am
Thank you very much!
It was a great pleasure to read and watch.
And some of the facts you have given were completely new to me.
An inspiring article.
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swimmer979
October 15th, 2013, 04:43 pm
>King joked that he had been drinking so much that he did not remember writing "Cujo" (1981)
He wasnot kidding.
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albanec606
October 16th, 2013, 04:08 am
The Dark Tower.
My favorite piece from King's repertoire.
An excellent writer ))
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