A Brief Guide to Stephen King (39 page)

‘The New York Times
at Special Bargain Rates’
212
,
214

New Yorker
magazine
20
,
23
,
210
,
211
,
227

Nicholson, Jack
42
,
43

‘The Night Flier’ (short story)
53
,
200

The Night Flier
(film)
202

Night Shift
6
,
13
,
40
,
187–91
,
215

‘Night Shift’
187
,
188

‘Night Surf’
12–13
,
49

Nightmares and Dreamscapes

(collections)
95
,
200–3

(TV series)
189
,
202
,
211

Nocenti, Ann
252

non-fiction writing, SK’s xvi,
15
,
20
,
25
,
261–5

see also Danse Macabre; On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

‘Nona’
193
,
195
,
196
,
197

Noonan, Mike
116–17
,
118
,
119

NOS4R2
(J. Hill)
81
,
150
,
196

O. Henry Award
23
,
25
,
211

Oakes, David
191

O’Dim, Walter
181

see also
Flagg, Randall

‘Old Chief Woodenhead’ (
Creepshow
2
segment
)
237

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
xv,
4
,
8
,
15
,
25
,
27
,
36
,
86
,
106
,
118
,
263–4

O’Nan, Stewart
225

‘One for the Road’
188
,
191

operas

Dolores Claiborne
102
,
255

The Shining
44

‘Oracle and the Mountains’
157

Oswald, Lee Harvey
145–6

The Outer Limits
(TV series)
90

Overlook Hotel
41–2
,
86

The Overlook Hotel
44

Oy
161
,
162
,
170
,
173–4
,
175

Pallenberg, Rospo
50

Pangborn, Sheriff Alan
91
,
92
,
93–4
,
96
,
117

‘Paranoid: A Chant’
195

Paris Review
106
,
118
,
133
,
137

Parker, Lester ‘Speedy’
74
,
124
,
125

Pavia, Mark
202

Pearson, Ridley
21
,
28
,
247

Peckinpah, Sam
113

Pennywise
78
,
81

Perkins, Mike
50

Pet Sematary

(novel)
15
,
16
,
53
,
59
,
68–70
,
104
,
158

(film)
70–1

(radio adaptation)
71

Petrie, Mark
38–9

Phillips, Bill
68

Philtrum Press
83

Picker, Tobias
102

Pierce, Dustin
46

The Pit and the Pendulum
(E. A. Poe)
6–7

The Plant
27
,
206–8

Playboy
197

‘The Pop of King’ (SK’s
Entertainment Weekly
column)
28
,
249

pop-up books
121

‘Popsy’
200

‘Premature Burial’ (E. A. Poe)
213

‘Premium Harmony’
95
,
227–8

pseudonym, Richard Bachman

see
Bachman, Richard (pseudonym)

Publishers Weekly
89
,
121

Quatermass and the Pit
(TV series)
89

Quicksilver Highway
(film)
202

‘Quitters Inc.’
188
,
189
,
190
,
236
,
237

Rader, Dennis
221

‘The Raft’
195
,
196
,
237

Rage
(R. Bachman)
7–8
,
13
,
16–17
,
45–7
,
264–5

Rage
(stage adaptation)
47

Rainbird, John
55
,
56
,
57
,
239

‘Rainy Season’
200
,
203

Ratthe, Mathieu
76

‘The Reach’
195
,
197

‘The Reaper’s Visage’
195

Reardon, Dr Joyce
245–6
,
247

Rebecca
(D. du Maurier)
25
,
125

Reddit website
262

Redman, Stu
68

The Regulators
(R. Bachman)
23
,
77
,
98
,
106
,
111–12
,
113–14
,
115
,
165
,
178
,
245

Reiner, Rob
22
,
87
,
194

‘Rest Stop’
212
,
229

Return to ’Salem’s Lot
(TV miniseries)
41

‘The Revelations of Becka Paulson’
89
,
90

‘The Revenge of Lard Ass Hogan’
193

‘Revival’ (forthcoming novel)
32
,
151

Reynolds, Lee
189

Richards, Ben
63–4
,
65

Richter, W. D. ‘Rich’
96

Rickman, Peter
248

Riddell, Clayton
132–3
,
134

Riding the Bullet
27
,
207
,
210
,
211
,
212c

Riley, Peter
203

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
191
,
215

see also The Shawshank Redemption

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

Road Rage
(graphic novel)
224

‘Road Virus Heads North’
210
,
211
,
212

Roadwork: A Novel of the First Energy Crisis
(R. Bachman)
12
,
16
,
58–60
,
65
,
193

Robbins, Tim
193

Roberts, Ralph
102–3
,
117

‘Rock and Roll Dead Zone’
230

Rock Bottom Remainders
21
,
230
,
255

Rolling Stone
magazine
70
,
89

Romero, George A.
16
,
50
,
81
,
92–3
,
120–1
,
128
,
196
,
214
,
235
,
237

Rose Madder
105–7
,
163
,
165

Rose Red
(TV series)
25
,
28
,
245–7

Ross, Tim
176

Roth, Eli
134

Rowling, J. K.
30

Rubinstein, Richard P.
70–1
,
235

The Running Man
(R. Bachman)

(novel)
9
,
16
,
63–5

(film)
64
,
65

Ryall, Chris
224

’Salem’s Lot

(novel)
6
,
10
,
38–41
,
60
,
168
,
169
,
171
,
187
,
188

(TV series)
15
,
40–1

Salon
magazine
136

San Francisco Opera
102
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
4
,
45
,
264

Saturn Awards: Best TV Presentation (1999)
245

Sawyer, Jack
74
,
124

Schaech, Johnathon
126
,
128

Schwarzenegger, Arnold
64
,
65

Scott, George C.
57

Screamplays
(R. Chizmar)
237

Screen Daily
84

screenplays, SK’s
see Cat’s Eye
;
Creepshow
;
Creepshow 2
; films;
Kingdom Hospital
;
Michael Jackson’s Ghosts
;
Rose Red
;
Sleepwalkers
;
Stephen King’s Golden Years
;
Storm of the Century
; TV series;
The X-Files

Scribner publishers
25
,
28
,
117
,
214

‘Second Coming’
see ’Salem’s Lot

Secret Window
(film)
200
,
248

Secret Window, Secret Garden
197–8
,
199
,
248

Secret Windows
compilation
211

The Secretary of Dreams
collections
191
,
197
,
203
,
212

Seung Hui, Cho
46

Shasteen, Tony
76

The Shawshank Redemption

(film)
22
,
193
,
215
,
233

(stage adaptation)
194

see also Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

Shayol magazine
64

Sheldon, Paul
84–5
,
86
,
87
,
106

Sheridan, Naomi
107

The Shining

(novel)
12
,
13
,
41–3
,
80
,
86
,
101

(film)
15
,
24
,
43

(TV miniseries)
24
,
43–4
,
166

(opera)
44

(computer game)
44–5

see also Doctor Sleep; Naughty Little Nymphos
5
; The Overlook Hotel

Shirley Jackson Award for Best

Novelette
219

Shooter, Jim
252

The Shop (Department of Scientific Intelligence)
54–5
,
56
,
88
,
238
,
239

‘The Shotgunners’ (screenplay)
113

Signet publishers
10
,
73

Silver Bullet
73

see also Cycle of the Werewolf

Silverberg, Robert
178

Simon & Schuster publishers
25
,
211
,
220

The Singing Detective
(D. Potter)
249

Singleton, Ralph S.
189

Six Stories
205

Skeleton Crew
193
,
194–7

Slade
8

Sleepwalkers
20
,
239–41

‘The Slow Mutants’
157

Smith, Bryan
25
,
26

Smith, Johnny
29
,
52
,
53
,
54
,
217

Smith, Wesley
215–16
,
217

‘Sneakers’
200

Snyder, Scott
30
,
253–4

‘Something to Tide You Over’
(Creepshow
short story)
234

Something Wicked This Way Comes
(R. Bradbury)
95
,
187

‘Sometimes They Come Back’ (short story)
9
,
187
,
189

Sometimes They Come Back
(film)
22
,
190

Song of Susannah
170–3
,
175
,
178
,
250

‘The Sorcerer’ (Marvel Comics)
181

‘Sorry, Right Number’
200–1

Spielberg, Steven
76
,
144
,
223–4
,
246

Spruce, Tabitha (later King)
see
King, Tabitha (née Spruce)

Srazhenie
(Russian animated short)
190

Stack, Ken
87

stage adaptations/shows

Apt Pupil
194

‘The Boogyman’
191

Carrie
(musical)
38

Ghost Brothers of Darkland Country
256–8

Misery
87
,
233

Rage
47

The Shawshank Redemption
194

The Shining
(opera)
44

Stand By Me
(film)
22
,
194
,
223

see also The Body

The Stand

(novel) xiv,
12
,
13
,
14
,
20
,
47–50
,
68
,
163
,
165–6
,
188
,
205
,
227
,
239

(TV series)
23
,
50

Stanley Hotel, Estes Park
12
,
42–3
,
44

Stanton, Harry Dean
109
,
110

Star Tribune
44
,
143

Starburst Magazine
61–2

Stark, George
90–1
,
93–4

Starkweather, Charles
8