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Stephen King has warped a lot of children in his day.
They arent such easy targets!
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he told EW in a 2013 interview.
Thats one reason were seeing a renaissance in high-end TV and movie adaptations of Kings books.
The first time I read King was in seventh grade, Abrams says.
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Characters from and of our world faced with horrors and challenges from somewhere else.
He alsoliterallyraised a generation of new writers.
Uncle Steve never sugarcoats things.
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Somehow, paradoxically, that always made the stories sweeter more dangerous.
But he also isnt afraid to show a softer, more intimate side.
He taught young storytellers that love is as important an emotion as fear.
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In fact, sometimes they were its favorite food.
There were legitimately great films made from Kings novels in the early days.
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(Arguing against that claim is King himself, who strongly dislikes the movie.)
This seemed to be the attitude of most sophisticated filmmakers toward Kings early works.
Kings work literally scared many good directors away.
When you grow up reading King, you want to protect the experience you had with his work.
King is still connecting with young readers.
Any Goodreads page for his books has scores of teenagers discovering his stories for the first time.
His 1999 memoirOn Writingis almost as sacred a text among aspiring scribes as Strunk and WhitesThe Elements of Style.
I think that book has helped so many of us stick to our guns and keep at it.
Thats a book that was so empowering.
He was so eloquent and incisive in that book.
Even some films and TV shows that arent direct adaptations of his work owe a heavy debt to him.
Although steeped in Americana, Kings books travel well.
The Danes are notorious dark people, Torpe says.
We have to be to survive those winters.
Arcel said that without King he wouldnt have become a writer and director.
What he created shaped us, he said.
It was payback of sorts.
But there really is no unifying Stephen King theory.
Being a Constant Reader of his means embracing paradox: His stories contain both B-movie excitement and art-house erudition.
His bibliography is more distinguished now, but hes still punk rock.
Ive always had trouble with the notion of respectable work.
Best of all, his crazy train is not finished.
The magical thing about Stephen King is he just keeps writing, Kepnes says.
From Entertainment WeeklysThe Ultimate Guide to Stephen King.Buy it here.
