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Secret windows : essays and fiction on the craft of writing / Stephen King; Peter Straub;

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Book-of-the Month Club, 2000Description: 433 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780965006439
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813.09
LOC classification:
  • PS 3561 K54s 2000
Contents:
Dave's Rag : "Jumper," "Rush call" -- "The horror market writer and the ten bears : a true story" -- Foreword to Night shift -- "On becoming a brand name" -- "Horror fiction" from Danse macabre -- "An evening at the Billerica [Massachusetts] Library" -- "The ballad of the flexible bullet" -- "How it happened" -- "Banned books and other concerns : The Virginia Beach lecture" -- "Turning the thumbscrews on the reader" -- "'Ever et raw meat?' and other weird questions" -- A new introduction to John Fowles's The collector -- "What Stephen King does for love" -- "Two past midnight : a note on 'Secret window, secret garden'" -- Introduction to Jack Ketchum's The girl next door -- "Great hookers I have known" -- "A night at the Royal Festival Hall" : Muriel Gray interviews Stephen King -- "An evening with Stephen King" -- "In the deathroom."
Summary: This is an exlcusive Book-of-the-Month Club anthology of hard-to-find non-fiction pieces, little-known interviews, short stories, and articles about writing for those looking for direction on how to find their own "windows"--Or for anyone wishing to be touched by Stephen King's humor and wisdom.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PS 3561 K54s 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000119845

"Jacket painting ... by Tony Vivers"--Dust jacket.

Dave's Rag : "Jumper," "Rush call" -- "The horror market writer and the ten bears : a true story" -- Foreword to Night shift -- "On becoming a brand name" -- "Horror fiction" from Danse macabre -- "An evening at the Billerica [Massachusetts] Library" -- "The ballad of the flexible bullet" -- "How it happened" -- "Banned books and other concerns : The Virginia Beach lecture" -- "Turning the thumbscrews on the reader" -- "'Ever et raw meat?' and other weird questions" -- A new introduction to John Fowles's The collector -- "What Stephen King does for love" -- "Two past midnight : a note on 'Secret window, secret garden'" -- Introduction to Jack Ketchum's The girl next door -- "Great hookers I have known" -- "A night at the Royal Festival Hall" : Muriel Gray interviews Stephen King -- "An evening with Stephen King" -- "In the deathroom."

This is an exlcusive Book-of-the-Month Club anthology of hard-to-find non-fiction pieces, little-known interviews, short stories, and articles about writing for those looking for direction on how to find their own "windows"--Or for anyone wishing to be touched by Stephen King's humor and wisdom.

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