Stephen King, American Master: A Creepy Corpus of Facts About Stephen King & His Work [Spignesi, Stephen] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Stephen King, American Master: A Creepy Corpus of Facts About Stephen King & His Work Review: Tantalizing Trivia and Fun Facts about Stephen King's body of work - Published by Permuted Press, this 421-page book is one-third interviews/articles/profiles/essays and two-thirds fun trivia about King's fiction. As such, the general King reader will find the first third of the book to be of more interest, whereas die-hard King fans will gobble up the little nuggets of information that Spignesi--the author of 6 previously published books on King--serves up: bloody little bon mots that will slake your thirst. Throughout this all, Spignesi's enthusiasm for King's fiction has remained undiminished over the years, since 1991, when his tombstone-sized THE COMPLETE STEPHEN KING ENCYCLOPEDIA spoke volumes about his tenacious talent in researching every nook and cranny of the King multiverse. As with books of this kind, you can dip into it anywhere and find yourself smiling when you come across an entry that sheds light on something about King you never knew about: e.g., There were signed copies of King's CHARLIE THE CHOO CHOO, written under his pen name "Beryl Evans," but not in the matter you would think: actress Allison Davies posed as Beryl Evans and signed copies of the book at the 2016 New York Comic Con. Bottom line: This is a fun, fascinating, fact-filled book that anyone with more than a casual interest about King will find compulsively readable. PS: At $16, it's priced affordably for a 400+ page trade paperback. Review: Good gift for fans - My son is a huge fan. Never expected this book as a gift, but started reading it right away. It's a good book to pick up and put down if you don't get long blocks of time to read.
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,391,977 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #192 in Horror & Supernatural Literary Criticism (Books) #1,021 in General Books & Reading #1,804 in Trivia (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (447) |
| Dimensions | 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches |
| ISBN-10 | 1682616061 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1682616062 |
| Item Weight | 1.28 pounds |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 432 pages |
| Publication date | October 30, 2018 |
| Publisher | Permuted Press |
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Tantalizing Trivia and Fun Facts about Stephen King's body of work
Published by Permuted Press, this 421-page book is one-third interviews/articles/profiles/essays and two-thirds fun trivia about King's fiction. As such, the general King reader will find the first third of the book to be of more interest, whereas die-hard King fans will gobble up the little nuggets of information that Spignesi--the author of 6 previously published books on King--serves up: bloody little bon mots that will slake your thirst. Throughout this all, Spignesi's enthusiasm for King's fiction has remained undiminished over the years, since 1991, when his tombstone-sized THE COMPLETE STEPHEN KING ENCYCLOPEDIA spoke volumes about his tenacious talent in researching every nook and cranny of the King multiverse. As with books of this kind, you can dip into it anywhere and find yourself smiling when you come across an entry that sheds light on something about King you never knew about: e.g., There were signed copies of King's CHARLIE THE CHOO CHOO, written under his pen name "Beryl Evans," but not in the matter you would think: actress Allison Davies posed as Beryl Evans and signed copies of the book at the 2016 New York Comic Con. Bottom line: This is a fun, fascinating, fact-filled book that anyone with more than a casual interest about King will find compulsively readable. PS: At $16, it's priced affordably for a 400+ page trade paperback.
A**R
Good gift for fans
My son is a huge fan. Never expected this book as a gift, but started reading it right away. It's a good book to pick up and put down if you don't get long blocks of time to read.
E**N
A Masterful Work On Mr. Stephen King.
I choose this book on Mr. Stephen King by Stephen Spignesi for a friend in the fervent hope and desire that he will "enjoy" it. The title of this book intrigued me more over some of the others offered as it not only deals with Mr. King himself but also his literary output which is not always explored from so many different angles. It also has a great deal of who and what Stephen King is and his writings and where the reader is able to glean insights into both. Mr. Spignesi also adds other prominent individuals thoughts to [the] "creepy corpus of facts . . ."
A**R
Enjoyable read.
All contributor's are in love with King!
M**A
Its alright
Not what I thought it was.. was looking more of a memoir of how stephen became a writer an growing up an where he came up with the ideas of his novels an such. Like about his life! Lol
S**S
Excited about finding books on Stephen King I didn't know existed
Big, big, big Stephen King fan. Can't wait to read it.
A**R
Stephen Spignesi and his guests hit it out of Stephen King's baseball park!
An insightful collection of information on the man who IS King (in more ways than just his name), including director Mick Garris, Dark Tower comics co-author Robin Furth (with Stephen King), Bev Vincent, and more. Highly recommended.
K**E
Another book
Can’t really give a review on book cause it was a Christmas gift but my husband was happy bey he has all Stephen King books
K**U
I dont Reed Stephen king I get them for the wife ,she loves his book
S**N
Brilliant was a presant for husband he loves it.
A**Y
Great book for any Stephen King fan
C**E
Jag kände väl till det mesta egentligen, men det är alltid kul att läsa om Kungen!
K**T
Bought as a present and turned up damaged, looks more like it’s second hand than brand new! The packaging was fine and returning isn’t an option as there’s not enough time
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