Bibliography

Collings, Michael R. The Annotated Guide to Stephen King: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography of the Works of America's Premier Horror Writer. Mercer Island, Wash.: Starmont House, 1986, 176 p.

Book-length bibliography of King's works through 1986.

Collings, Michael R., and Engebretson, David A. The Shorter Works of Stephen King. Mercer Island, Wash.: Starmont House, 1985, 202 p.

Annotated bibliography of King's short fiction through 1985.

Criticism

Collings, Michael R. The Many Facets of Stephen King. Mercer Island, Wash.: Starmont House, 1985, 190 p.

Organizes and studies King's works according to common themes, subjects, and styles. Includes a primary and secondary bibliography.

——. The Stephen King Phenomenon. Mercer Island, Wash.: Starmont House, Inc., 1987, 144 p.

Examines various aspects of King and his works to identify the author's status as a figure in mass culture.

Egan, James. "Apocalypticism in the Fiction of Stephen King." Extrapolation 25, No. 3 (Fall 1984): 214-27.

Analysis of King's treatment of world destruction in his horror fiction.

——. " 'A Single Powerful Spectacle': Stephen King's Gothic Melodrama." Extrapolation 27, No. 1 (Spring 1986): 62-75.

Examination of King's blend of Gothic elements and melodrama.

——. "Technohorror: The Dystopian Vision of Stephen King." Extrapolation 29, No. 2 (Summer 1988): 140-52.

Analysis of anti-technological aspects of King's fiction.

Gray, Paul. "Master of Postliterate Prose." Time 120, No. 9 (30 August 1982): 87.

Comments on King's use of popular culture in Different Seasons.

Magistrale, Tony. Landscape of Fear: Stephen King's American Gothic. Bowling Green, Oh.: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1988, 132 p.

Collection of new and previously published essays on such subjects as King's treatment of technology and social phenomena.

Schweitzer, Darrell, ed. Discovering Stephen King. Mercer Island, Wash.: Starmont House, 1985, 219 p.

Includes essays on general themes by Ben P. Indick, Michael R. Collings, and other commentators, as well as a bibliography.

Underwood, Tim, and Miller, Chuck, eds. Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King. New York: New American Library/Signet, 1982, 286 p.

Collection of general essays and observations by such critics and practitioners of the horror genre as Peter Straub, Fritz Leiber, Charles L. Grant, and George A. Romero.

——. Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King. New York: New American Library/Signet, 1987, 270 p.

Contains seventeen essays on King's fiction by various critics, including Leslie Fiedler, Ben P. Indick, and Chuck Miller.

——. Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1988, 211 P.

Collection of interviews previously published in such periodicals as Playboy and Heavy Metal.

Additional coverage of King's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Gale Research: Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Vol. 1; Bestsellers 1990, No. 1; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 61-64; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 1, 30; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 12, 26, 37, 61; Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook, 1980; Major 20th-century Writers; and Something about the Author, Vols. 9, 55.