A Brief Guide to Stephen King (38 page)

(TV miniseries)
23
,
81
,
90

(film)
81

‘It Grows on You’
95
,
200
,
201

Jackson, Michael
241

James, Wilfred
219

‘The Jaunt’
195

Jennings, Shooter
222
,
255–6

‘Jerusalem’s Lot’
40
,
187

John Carpenter’s Christine

see Christine

Johnson, Christopher
194

Johnson, Dale
44

Johnson, Diane
43

Jones, Devin
147

Jones, Jeff
252

Jones, Stephen
47
,
228

Joubert, Raymond
98
,
99

Journals of Eleanor Druse: My Investigation of the Kingdom Hospital Incident
(R. Dooling)
250

Joyland
32
,
42
,
147–8
,
216–17

Just After Sunset
30
,
151
,
212–14

Karazewski, Larry
134
,
211

Kasdan, Lawrence
123
,
124

Kells, Bern
176

Kenison, Katrina
213

Kennedy, John. F
144–6
,
217

Kindle publications
4
,
46
,
215–17
,
227
,
264–5

see also
e-books

King, David (SK’s brother)
4–5

King, Donald (SK’s father)
4–5

King Foundation
20

King, Joe (SK’s son)
9
,
12
,
16
,
30
,
42
,
81
,
98–9
,
150
,
196
,
224
,
225
,
235
,
240

King, Naomi (SK’s daughter)
9
,
15
,
17
,
40
,
56
,
69
,
83

King, Nellie ‘Ruth’ Pillsbury (SK’s mother)
4–5
,
6
,
7
,
11
,
59
,
100

King, Owen (SK’s son)
14
,
19
,
69–70
,
195
,
199
,
228

King, Stephen xv,
3–4

alcohol and drug problem
9
,
11
,
15
,
17
,
18
,
19
,
20
,
26
,
61
,
86
,
88

awards
23
,
24
,
28–9
,
30
,
61
,
80
,
117
,
137
,
175
,
213
,
219
,
229
,
245

baseball
19
,
20
,
31
,
119–21
,
198
,
217
,
218
,
224–5

censorship
22

character in
Creepshow
16
,
235

character in Dark Tower series
171–2
,
173–4
,
175

charities
20
,
21–2
,
30
,
179
,
252
,
265

childhood
4–7

childhood writing
5
,
6–7

deranged fan break in
86

early employment
7
,
8

early professional publications
8
,
9

motorcycle tour of US
23
,
104

music projects
16
,
19
,
21
,
31
,
222
,
255–8

pneumonia
28
,
29
,
135–6

road accident
25–6
,
122
,
140
,
168–9
,
246
,
248–9
,
264

teaching
8
,
9
,
14–15
,
39

University of Maine
7
,
8
,
14–15
,
51
,
193
,
204
,
262

see also
individual publications by name

King, Tabitha (née Spruce – SK’s wife)
8
,
9–10
,
16
,
18
,
19
,
26
,
27
,
29
,
36
,
53
,
70
,
86
,
135–6
196
,
249

The Kingdom
(TV miniseries)
248

Kingdom Hospital
(TV miniseries)
29
,
99
,
166
,
247–50

King’s Garbage Truck
(newspaper column)
8

Kingsolver, Barbara
21

Kneale, Nigel
88–9

Koepp, David
200

Koster, Elaine
46–7

Kubrick, Stanley
15
,
24
,
43

Kurtz, Colonel Abraham
121
,
123

LaChance, Gordie
192
,
193

Ladies Home Journal
62

Land of Enchantment publishers
16
,
72

The Langoliers

(novella)
197
,
198–9

(TV series)
199

‘Last Rung of the Ladder’
188

Laurel Entertainment
70–1

‘The Lawnmower Man’ (short story)
188
,
189
,
190

The Lawnmower Man
(film)
22
,
190

LeBay, Roland D.
66
,
67
,
68

‘The Ledge’
188
,
189
,
190
,
236

Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher
61
,
104

Lempke, Tadzu
76
,
77
,
78

Lennon, John
86

Leonard, Stephanie
91

Leone, Sergio
156–7
,
169

Lester, Mark L.
56–7

The Library Policeman
86
,
198
,
199

Life in Cinema, A
(M. Garris)
240

Life
magazine
36

Lifetime Achievement Award: World Fantasy Convention (2004)
175

Lilja’s Library website
253
,
254

Linoge, Andrei
244
,
245

Lisbon Falls High School
7

‘Lisey and the Madman’
214

Lisey’s Story
29–30
,
135–7
,
214
,
256

‘The Little Green God of Agony’
26
,
228

Little League baseball
19
,
20

‘Little Sisters of Eluria’
83
,
166
,
178
,
181
,
209–10

Little Tall Island
244
,
245

Lonely Road Books
218

‘The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill’
(Creepshow
segment)
16
,
234
,
235

‘Long Road Home’ (Marvel Comics)
181

The Long Walk
(R. Bachman)
9
,
16
,
50–2
,
64
,
65

Lord of the Flies
(W. Golding)
53

Lord of the Rings
(J. R. R. Tolkien)
74
,
156

Los Angeles Times
246

Losers’ Club
78–9
,
80
,
81
,
123
,
146

Lovecraft, H. P.
88
,
127

Low Men in Yellow Coats
203
,
205
,
215

Lowe, Reverend Lester
72
,
73

‘L.T.’s Theory of Pets’
210

‘Luckey Quarter’
210

‘Lunch at the Gotham Café’
210

Lynch, David
238

MacDonald, John D.
6
,
188

Machen, Arthur
151
,
213

Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
15
,
157
,
162

The Magnificent Seven
(J. Sturges film)
169

Maine Campus
(University newspaper)
8

Maine Review
193

Maleev, Alex
214

‘Man in the Black Suit’
23–4
,
209
,
211

‘Man Who Loved Flowers’
188
,
190

‘Man Who Would Not Shake Hands’
193
,
195

‘The Mangler’ (short story)
37
,
60
,
187
,
188
,
189
,
215

The Mangler
(film)
189
,
215

Mann, Stanley
57

Marinville, Johnny
110
,
111
,
115

Marvel Comics
190
,
214

Dark Tower
series
30
,
145
,
177
,
179
,
180–1

Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men
251–2

Mauceri, Joseph B.
112
,
113
,
165

Maximum Overdrive
17
,
99
,
133
,
237

Mazzarra, Glen
44

McBain, Ed
6

McCandless, Joe
256–7

McCauley, Kirby
13
,
14
,
19
,
77

McDowell, Michael
78
,
197

McFarland, Trisha
119
,
120

McGee, Andy
54–5
,
56
,
60

McGee, Charlie
54–5
,
56
,
57
,
236

McGrath, Chip
23–4

McSweeney’s Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories
137

McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales
170

Mears, Ben
38–9
,
40
,
41
,
169

Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
28–9

Mellencamp, John
31
,
257–8

‘Memory’
141
,
214

Merrill, Ace
94
,
95
,
193
,
196

Michael Jackson’s Ghosts
241

Mile
81
222–3

‘The Milkman’
195

Minnesota Opera
44

Minnesota Star
56

Misery

(novel)
6
,
17–18
,
20
,
47
,
84–6
,
114
,
199

(film)
22
,
86–7
,
233

(stage adaptation)
87

The Mist

(novella)
194
,
195

(film)
195
,
196
,
233

(audio adaptation)
196

(computer game)
196

‘Mister Mercedes’ (forthcoming novel)
32
,
150–1

Mix Online
magazine
256

Moerbeek, Kees
121

‘The Monkey’
194
,
196
,
197

‘The Monkey’s Paw’ (W. W. Jacobs)
70

‘The Monster in the Closet’
62

Monsters
(TV series)
202

Moore, Simon
87

Morality
217–19

Mordred
171
,
173
,
174

‘Morning Delivery’
195

Mort, Jack ‘the Pusher’
156
,
159

Moth
magazine
227

motion-comics
214

‘The Moving Finger’
200
,
202

‘Mrs Todd’s Shortcut’ short story
195
, 1956

Muller, Frank
139
,
140
,
169

music projects

WZON (radio station)
16
,
19

The Rock Bottom Remainders
21

Ghost Brothers of Darkland Country
31
,
256–8

Carrie
38

Shooter Jennings collaboration
222
,
255–6

‘Mute’
212

‘My Pretty Pony’
200

Mystery Writers of America
29

‘N’
151
,
212
,
213

Nation, Terry
49

National Book Foundation
28–9

National Magazine Award (2012)
229

National Review
magazine
265

Naughty Little Nymphos
5
44

Naylor, Gloria
117

Needful Things

(novel)
20
,
92
,
93–5
,
117
,
137
,
193
,
199

(film)
96
,
235

(TV series)
96

New American Library (NAL)
12
,
13
,
14
,
19
,
24–5
,
47
,
138

The New Twilight Zone
(TV series)
197

New York Post
99

The New York Times
26
,
52
,
53
,
61
,
70
,
78
,
85
,
89
,
94–5
,
99
,
101
,
104
,
106
,
108
,
115
,
118
,
127
,
146
,
218
,
235
,
238–9
,
241
,
247