Talk:Stephen King bibliography

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I personally dont think that the following titles should be included in this page : - IT, 25 years anniversary edition. If this title is included here, then all the other limited editions etc should be in it. But that wouldnt make sense. - Nightmares in the sky. Because this is only a book for which Stephen King wrote an introduction. If this book is included in this listing, then, in theory, all the books introduced by Stephen King should be in this list. Which doesnt make sense as this is a bibliography of his main books. - Stephen King goes to the movies : debatable. This is a collection of short stories that were already published, with an introduction note to each of them. - Secret windows : debatable. This is a collection of essays written by Stephen King - Also, what is the "release" thingy on the right side of the page? it doesnt seem to be related to anything. For instance, search "script" on the page and it's not written. Same with pamphlet. I guess that it hasnt been updated with the rest of the page?

Jguerine (talk) 18:12, 2 November 2013 (UTC)jguerine November 2nd, 2013[reply]

As far as Nightmares in the Sky and Secret Windows, these are full-fledged Stephen King books. The first is basically a lengthy essay by King, it's not just an introduction. All of the book's text is written by King. The second is a collection, mainly of non-fiction, but most of the pieces have not been collected prior to this volume. As far as the anniversary of It, I've long wanted to create a list of all of King's limited books, and tidy this list up. I'm also not sure whether or not this should include the ebooks, but I guess for encyclopedic purposes it should, same with Goes to the Movies, which is still a separate King book, despite not really having any new content. Jmj713 (talk) 21:00, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The deluxe edition of The Shining shouldn't really count as a separate book in a bibliography. In contrast, the later version of The Stand was substantially longer than the earlier one, but The Shining mostly got the restored prologue and epilogue, which are by definition not part of the story itself, and they apparently won't be included in future editions, so they don't seem to be canon. The listings for deluxe editions need to include some justification for being included (e.g., number of pages of new or different material). --76.14.118.131 (talk) 08:06, 30 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Do the illustrated versions of the books 'Salem's Lot and It need to be listed in the novels section of this page? I feel like it should just be in the notes section of those books or not be mentioned in this article. 168.91.1.20 (talk) 23:09, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think that there are numerous more books that are related to the Dark tower series. If only by the use of a word or description of a character. This should be explored a bit more.

Yes I agree with you here about books not in the series The Dark Tower but are related to it as shown in the Bibliography with the + should be "explored a bit more" or at the very least explained. For example exactly which story is or stories are in Skeleton Crew related to The Dark Tower Series as shown with the +?

But as to whether there are more +'s than are shown in the bibliography, I doubt it. Because what are shown here with the +'s is actually just a reprint of King's published works listed in the book The Dark Tower #6: The Song of Susannah (2006) [1-4165-2149-6] on pg iv as "Dark-Tower-related in bold.". I think the publisher would know fer sure.

hesterloli 07:38, 13 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding hesterloli 12:29, 13 November 2009 (UTC) comment added by Hesterloli (talk • contribs)

There are two listings for The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. Is there a reason or is this something that needs to be fixed? Moonradio (talk) 01:38, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you notice, one is the original release, and the second is a re-release of the story as a pop-up book.69.208.12.140 (talk) 02:51, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Has anyone vetted this bibliography? I only ask because, in comments attached to Different Seasons, Mr. King indicates the novella was written at about the same time as Salem's Lot. Similarly, in On Writing, Mr. King lists The Running Man as one of his earliest stories. 72.130.110.131 (talk) 18:18, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Different Seasons is made up of four novellas so when you refer to "the" novella that is ambiguous. All I can figure is that you might be referring to the date listed for Different Seasons and that is the date the book was published not the date any of the novellas in the book were written.

The Running Man is a short story originally published in book form under the name Richard Bachman a pen name Stephen King tried using in the early 80s for a time. Again it may be one of King's earliest stories but it saw the light of day under the name of Bachman as far as Constant Reader is concerned in 1982.

hesterloli 07:08, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Also, you must remember that many of his early stories were not published when origionally written, only much later, and not in the same order he wrote them. So, to say The Running Man may be one of his earliest stories, means it may be one of his earliest-written, but not necessarily earliest-published.69.208.12.140 (talk) 02:54, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The leading says that this list doesn't included collection comics or screenplays, but several are in fact in the list. What's the better way to go: include all those types of things or remove the errant one already listed? Ttenchantr (talk) 01:14, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I heard there was this unpublished story he wrote that is so gory that he doesn't want it published in his lifetime, and thus will only be released after his death. If anyone can find a source for this I think it is worth mentioning under the Unpublished section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fhqwgads (talk • contribs) 17:23, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It would help if you could give some information where you "heard" this. King said in Danse Macabre (1981) he had written a story called Survivor Type but he didn't think it would ever be published because it was so gross. But he did publish it in Terrors (1982), a Playboy Press paperback, and again in Skeleton Crew (1985). So that's why I am asking about your source.hesterloli 06:13, 13 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding hesterloli 06:29, 13 November 2009 (UTC) comment added by Hesterloli (talk • contribs)

I have been in the Stephen King Library (run by the Book-of-the-Month club) for many years, and I have most all of Stephen King's books. One that I possibly recieved sometime in 2005 is the "Illustrated Edition" of 'Salem's Lot. It has new photographs taken in 2004, a new introduction written that year, and includes two short-stories, "One For The Road" and "Jerusalem's Lot" (both previously published in Night Shift) "previously unpublished material from King's archive," and I noticed that it doesn't seem to appear anywhere on the list.

I don't know exactly where it would come in the chronology, somewhere between the second version of

All of that said, it may be only a book-club edition, but it doesn't seem to state that anywhere. What does everyone think, add it? 69.208.12.140 (talk) 03:09, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please add a + to The Stand to indicate that it is related to the Dark Tower Series. DFS (talk) 20:38, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Missing another + to Ur , the Tower is involved somehow. Tousoxeu (talk) 18:44, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I may be blind, but I don't see "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" listed in the novellas of Stephen King. 71.178.102.2 (talk) 18:52, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I just restructured the table. I simplified it, first of all, because it was just too awkward. None of the other authors' bibliographies I saw contained any synopses, so I eliminated it, leaving only the pertinent details for each book. Please feel free to add any other missing data, as long as it keeps things tidy. I'm thinking of adding a supplementary table for limited edition books, too. Jmj713 (talk) 17:39, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

He's working on a book called Joyland. Release date unknown. It's about a serial killer at an amusement park. ^[1] TurtleMelody (talk) 19:22, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• It's out now. 70.76.69.162 (talk) 05:23, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I took out a title labelled as a short story as short stories are listed in the other bibliography. I checked and it's already included in the other list. 70.76.69.162 (talk) 05:23, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

When the tables were restructured a while back, the editor removed page counts for each book. Any idea why that would be preferred? I liked it more with the page counts so as to sort by length. Jmj713 (talk) 19:05, 12 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Since this is a bibliography article, meaning books and published material, the screenplays section should only be limited to those items that were actually published, and include an ISBN. Jmj713 (talk) 19:20, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah. Good point. Many of these haven't been published. I think there is still value in having this list somewhere. Where would you propose it be moved? Maybe it could go on King's main page, similar to Stephen King#Filmography? Rmaloney3 (talk) 20:15, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That table already shows which project King was a writer on, so this would be duplicating it in a way. Additionally, maybe it could be a sub-section of List of adaptations of works by Stephen King? Jmj713 (talk) 20:59, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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WP:LISTN. There are plenty such things in Category:Lists of unrealized projects by artist (or other Category:Unfinished creative works subcats. -2pou (talk) 21:02, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply

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I think all of the screenplays listed have been produced. Not all of them have been published in written form though. List of Stephen King screenplays could work.Rmaloney3 (talk) 22:06, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think all of these belong in List of adaptations of works by Stephen King either, as some of them are original stories written for film or TV, such as Storm of the CenturyRmaloney3 (talk) 22:09, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]