Limited First Edition, May 2003
© 2003 by Rocky Wood, David Rawsthorne and Norma Blackburn
ISBN 0-9750593-0-0, Kanrock Partners, Melbourne, Australia
The most complete Guide to Stephen King´s fiction ever compiled:
EVERY Story
EVERY Character
EVERY Place
EVERY link
EVERY Error
and MUCH, MUCH MORE.
BOOK ONE -- THE WORLD OF STEPHEN KING
Introduction - Why a Complete Guide
The Joy of Stephen King
Stephen King - A Timeline
Linking Stephen King´s Realities
Tongue in Cheek - King´s Bloopers
The Unpublished or Lost Works
Non Fiction
Upcoming Works
The Rules
BOOK TWO - THE COMPLETE WORKS OF FICTION
All 270 King Works of Fiction have their own chapter and are listed alphabetically. Each chapter contains the following sections:
Where to Find the Story
Notes
Summary
Main Characters
Main Places
Main Timelines
Other Things
Adaptations
Full Character Listing
Full Place Listing
Full Business Listing
Full Things Listing
Full Timeline
Links
Errors
Variations (where appropriate): Is is well known to serious King fans that he has a penchant for updating his works as he republishes them. Sometimes these Variations are relatively minor (mostly editing) and from time to time they result in major rewrites with even character names changing (eg, "It Grows on You" or the Uncut version of "The Stand") and some are in between. The Guide includes a summary of each of these Versions, including details of the changes from one to the other!
BOOK THREE -- INDEXES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
Character Index: Lists every character ever included in a King story with details about each. Major characters have longer entries. Any characters that are Dead, an Animal, Musicians or Writers are specifically noted. Entries are listed alphabetically. The total number of characters exceeds 26,000!
Place Index: Lists every place (particularly towns and cities) ever included in a King story with short details about each. The total number of entries exceeds 5000.
Business Index: Lists every business ever included in a King story with short details about each. The total number of businesses exceeds 5000.
Major "Things" Index: Lists interesting Things that cannot be summarised as Characters, Places or Businesses.
Books About King: Lists each important Book about King with a short summary of each. As a bonus a list of books about King in French is also provided.
Adaptations: Lists every Film, Television, Audio, Stage and other Adaptations of a King story with short details about each.
Where to find King on the Web: Lists the major sources for King material on the Web including: Information Sites, Fan Sites, Bookshops specialising in King, Sellers of Rare King Material, Official Sites (eg King´s own site, publishers and bookseller).
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The publishers of 'The Complete Guide to the Works of Stephen King' are proud to announce the release of a Fully Revised, Second Edition of this King reference work.
The Second Edition was justified by the strong sales of the Signed and Limited First Edition, released in May 2003 and King's subsequent publication of three new Works.
Co-author Rocky Wood commented, "We revised 94 Chapters out of the 288 in the Original Guide to ensure the Second Edition was as up to date as possible. Then of course there are three new Chapters - the Revised 'Gunslinger'; 'Harvey's Dream' and 'The Dark Tower V - Wolves of the Calla'." All Indexes and reference Chapters have been updated as of October 2003.
David Rawsthorne, the authors' resident Dark Tower expert wrote the two Dark Tower Chapters. "We were fortunate to be provided with an Advance Reader's Copy to read, analyse and summarise in advance so we could get the Revised Edition on the street only one week after 'Wolves of the Calla' was published. As King fans read this great new instalment in the Dark Tower series they can also use our Guide to check Links, Errors, Characters and so on."
Stephen King wrote to the authors earlier this year thanking them for his copy of the Limited Edition (#1, of course) commenting, "This is a valuable resource".
Media and other reviews of the Guide may be found at http://horrorking.com/order/comments.html
The perfect companion to The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah. 'Having read DTVI in a review copy I can say that King fans are in for a treat. There is massive referencing to both the earlier Dark Tower books but also many other King tales. Our Guide lets the reader quickly and easily look up linking and other information,' said Rocky Wood, one of the co-authors and a leading King expert. Note: There will be no Edition of the Complete Guide corresponding with The Dark Tower VI.
The Revised Version of 'The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger'
Harvey's Dream
The Dark Tower V - Wolves of the Calla
Rest Stop
Stationery Bike
The Dark Tower VI - Song of Susannah
The Dark Tower VII - The Dark Tower
Dino
Molly
This last Chapter covers a King Work that was previously unknown
Der Guide wird bis inklusive Oktober 2004 alles Neue von King (seit der ersten Ausgabe) enthalten!