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Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King sa narodil 21. septembra 1947 v Portlande v štáte Maine. Vyrastal v rodine spolu s adoptovaným starším bratom Davidom. Otec rodinu opustil, potom sa spolu s matkou a starším bratom presťahovali do Durhamu, kde sa jeho mama starala o svojich chorých rodičov.

Tam začal dvanásťročný King prvýkrát písať, spolu so svojím bratom vydával lokálny plátok pomenovaný Dave 's Rag a čoskoro začal písať aj svoje prvé poviedky.
V čase svojich štúdií na univerzite v Maine pokračoval v písaní, nielen poviedok, prispieval aj do študentského časopisu. Zároveň protestoval proti vietnamskej vojne. V školskej knižnici, kde pracoval, stretol svoju budúcu ženu Tabithu. V roku 1970 získal bakalársky titul v odbore angličtina, ale dlho nemohol nájsť prácu učiteľa. On a Tabitha tak žili zo študentských úspor a jeho práce v práčovni.

V roku 1971, kedy sa s Tabithou oženil, získal prácu na štátnej strednej škole v Hamdene. Práca bola mizerne platená, takže sa King snažil privyrobiť si písaním.  Publikoval svoje poviedky v rôznych časopisoch, často však musel presviedčať vydavateľov, aby ich vôbec uverejnili.
V roku 1972 začal Stephen pracovať na románe "Carrie", ale po pár stránkach si povedal, že to nemá cenu a papiere s príbehom vyhodil do koša. Jeho žena ich však našla a prehovorila ho aby pokračoval.  Keď bola „Carrie“ hotová, dostal za ňu 200.000 dolárov, polovicu toho, čo spoločnosť NAL zaplatila jeho vydavateľstvo Doubleday za dotlač. Zároveň to bolo viac ako dvadsaťnásobne viac než jeho ročný učiteľský plat. Stephen teda zo školy odišiel a dal sa na dráhu profesionálneho spisovateľa.
V lete 1973 sa Kingovci kvôli Stephenovej chrľavejúcej matke presťahovali na juh Maine. King tam napísal upírí horor "Prekliatie Salemu." Keď jeho matka podľahla rakovine, rodina sa presťahovala do Colorada, potom späť do Maine a krátko aj do Anglicka, kde sa plánovali usadiť. Nakoniec sa vrátili do USA, aby King učil tvorivé písanie na svojej alma mater. Kingovci majú tri deti: Naomi Rachel, Joe Hill a Owena Phillipa.

King za nasledujúce štvrťstoročie vydal viac ako tridsať kníh s celkovým nákladom vyše sto miliónov kusov. V deväťdesiatych rokoch dostal za štyri knihy od vydavateľstva Viking neskutočných 35 miliónov dolárov, na tú dobu to bol rekord. Bol tak isto jedným z prvých renomovaných autorov, ktorí začali publikovať svoje romány na internete.
Kariéru Stephena Kinga však pribrzdila nehoda z leta 1999, kedy bol ťažko zranený potom, čo ho zrazilo auto. Počas dlhej rekonvalescencie nemohol písať, ako náhle to bolo možné, hneď sa k písaniu vrátil. Čitatelia ho môžu okrem iného poznať aj vďaka úspešnej knižnej sérii Temná veža, či Pán Mercedes.

V roku 2003 dostal cenu National Book Foundation za prínos americkej literatúre, ktorú tak zaradil na špicu, nad veľké množstvo ďalších ocenení.

Mnoho z jeho kníh bolo sfilmovaných, dokonca režíroval aj svoj vlastný film, nazvaný "Maximum Overdrive." Zo Stephenových koníčkov sa nemožno nespomenúť jeho záľubu v hudbe. Hrá v skupine Rock Bottom Remainders, jeho spoluhráčom je Matt Groening, ktorý dal svetu seriál Simpsonovci.

Priezvisko King mu sedí ako uliate, roky je kráľom hororu a k jeho pozícii sa zatiaľ nikto nepriblížil.

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The Wind through the Keyhole


For readers new to The Dark Tower, The Wind Through the Keyhole is a stand-alone novel, and a wonderful introduction to the series. The Dark Tower is soon to be a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba, due in cinemas August 18, 2017.The No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller The Wind through the Keyhole is a perfect bridge between the fourth and fifth novels in Stephen King's epic masterpiece. A story within a story which features both the younger and older gunslinger, it is also a wonderful introduction to The Dark Tower series.As Roland Deschain, and his ka-tet leave the Emerald city, a ferocious storm halts their progress along the Path of the Beam. While they shelter from the starkblast, Roland tells a story about his younger days, when he was sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape-changer. At the scene of the crime he had tried to comfort a terrified young boy called Bill Streeter by reciting a story from The Magic Tales of the Eld that his mother used to read to him at bedtime, 'The Wind through the Keyhole'. 'A person's never too old for stories,' he said to Bill. 'Man and boy, girl and woman, we live for them.' And stories like these, they live for us.JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWER...THE DARK TOWER SERIES:THE DARK TOWER I: THE GUNSLINGER THE DARK TOWER II: THE DRAWING OF THE THREE THE DARK TOWER III: THE WASTE LANDS THE DARK TOWER IV: WIZARD AND GLASS THE DARK TOWER V: WOLVES OF THE CALLA THE DARK TOWER VI: SONG OF SUSANNAH THE DARK TOWER VII: THE DARK TOWERTHE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE: A DARK TOWER NOVEL
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O písaní


Vedeli ste, že Stephen King si na písanie niektorých svojich textov ani nepamätá, pretože trpel závislosťou od drog a alkoholu? Že viackrát unikol smrti a zachránila ho len láska rodiny – a láska k príbehom? Že jeden z najúspešnejších a najbohatších spisovateľov na svete pochádza z chudobných pomerov a nikdy nič nedostal zadarmo? Kniha O písaní je napriek svojmu názvu predovšetkým o živote. Prečítate si, ako sa z chlapca, ktorý musel vyrásť bez otca a dlho počítal každý cent, stal milionár. O jeho bezhraničnej oddanosti knihám a ľuďom. A možno sa aj inšpirujete, aby ste to, čo robíte, a nemusí to byť práve písanie, robili s väčšou radosťou a vášňou. Preložila Marína Gálisová
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Carrie


Sedemnásťročná Carrie je outsiderka v škole i v živote. Odmalička robí všetko pre to, aby sa vyrovnala ostatným, ale nedarí sa jej. Nepeknú, neobľúbenú, zakríknutú stredoškoláčku ešte aj doma doslova terorizuje fanaticky nábožná matka. Carrie si však jedného dňa uvedomí svoje mimoriadne vrodené schopnosti, ktorých rozsah sama sotva tuší. Je telekinetička - silou vôle pohybuje predmetmi. A keď ju na školskom majálese opäť surovo ponížia, jej pomste nič nestojí v ceste.
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Sleeping Beauties


In this spectacular father/son collaboration, Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men? All around the world, something is happening to women when they fall asleep; they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If awakened, the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed and the women become spectacularly violent.
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The Outsider


When an eleven-year-old boy is found murdered in a town park, reliable eyewitnesses undeniably point to the town's popular Little League coach, Terry Maitland, as the culprit. DNA evidence and fingerprints confirm the crime was committed by this well-loved family man. Horrified by the brutal killing, Detective Ralph Anderson, whose own son was once coached by Maitland, orders the suspect to be arrested in a public spectacle. But Maitland has an alibi. And further research confirms he was indeed out of town that day. As Anderson and the District Attorney trace the clues, the investigation expands from Ohio to Texas. And as horrifying answers begin to emerge, so King's propulsive story of almost unbearable suspense kicks into high gear. Terry Maitland seems like a nice guy but there is one rock-hard fact, as unassailable as gravity: a man cannot be in two places at the same time. Can he?
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Geraldova hra 3. vydanie


V jedno popoludnie odchádzajú manželia Gerald a Jessie Burlingamovci do svojho letného domu pri jazere. Je už po sezóne a v okolí niet ani živej duše. To, čo sa začína ako pokus o spestrenie upadajúceho intímneho života manželov v strednom veku v podobe nezvyčajných, ale v podstate nevinných erotických hier, sa však končí traumatizujúcim bojom opustenej ženy o holý život. V Jessie ožívajú najdesivejšie spomienky, najhlbší strach, najtemnejšie nočné mory, ale aj neutíchajúca vôľa prežiť.
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Sleeping Beauties


In this spectacular father/son collaboration, Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men? All around the world, something is happening to women when they fall asleep; they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed, the women become feral and spectacularly violent... In the small town of Dooling, West Virginia, the virus is spreading through a women's prison, affecting all the inmates except one. Soon, word spreads about the mysterious Evie, who seems able to sleep - and wake. Is she a medical anomaly or a demon to be slain? The abandoned men, left to their increasingly primal devices, are fighting each other, while Dooling's Sheriff, Lila Norcross, is just fighting to stay awake. And the sleeping women are about to open their eyes to a new world altogether...
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The Outsider


NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a time when the King brand has never been stronger, he has delivered one of his most unsettling and compulsively readable stories. An eleven-year-old boy's violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City's most popular citizens. He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a quick and very public arrest. Maitland has an alibi, but Anderson and the district attorney soon add DNA evidence to go with the fingerprints and witnesses. Their case seems ironclad. As the investigation expands and horrifying answers begin to emerge, King's propulsive story kicks into high gear, generating strong tension and almost unbearable suspense. Terry Maitland seems like a nice guy, but is he wearing another face? When the answer comes, it will shock you as only Stephen King can.
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Flight or Fright


Fasten your seatbelts for an anthology of turbulent tales curated by Stephen King and Bev Vincent. This exciting new collection, perfect for airport or aeroplane reading, includes an original introduction and story notes for each story by Stephen King, and brand new stories from Stephen King and Joe Hill. Stephen King hates to fly. Now he and co-editor Bev Vincent would like to share this fear of flying with you. Welcome to Flight or Fright, an anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong when you're suspended six miles in the air, hurtling through space at more than 500 mph and sealed up in a metal tube (like - gulp! - a coffin) with hundreds of strangers. All the ways your trip into the friendly skies can turn into a nightmare, including some we'll bet you've never thought of before... but now you will the next time you walk down the jetway and place your fate in the hands of a total stranger. Featuring brand new stories by Joe Hill and Stephen King, as well as fourteen classic tales and one poem from the likes of Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Dan Simmons, and many others, Flight or Fright is, as King says, "ideal airplane reading, especially on stormy descents... Even if you are safe on the ground, you might want to buckle up nice and tight." Book a flight for this terrifying new anthology that will have you thinking twice about how you want to reach your final destination. Table of Contents: Introduction by Stephen King Cargo by E. Michael Lewis The Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Nightmare at 20,000 Feet by Richard Matheson The Flying Machine by Ambrose Bierce Lucifer! by E.C. Tubb The Fifth Category by Tom Bissell Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds by Dan Simmons Diablitos by Cody Goodfellow Air Raid by John Varley You Are Released by Joe Hill Warbirds by David J. Schow The Flying Machine by Ray Bradbury Zombies on a Plane by Bev Vincent They Shall Not Grow Old by Roald Dahl Murder in the Air by Peter Tremayne The Turbulence Expert by Stephen King Falling by James L. Dickey Afterword by Bev Vincent
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Gwendys Button Box


'A resonant novella set in one of King's signature locales: the small town of Castle Rock, Maine' Washington PostThe small town of Castle Rock, Maine, has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitors over the years, but there is one story that has never been told...until now. There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974 twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson takes the stairs, which are held by strong (if time-rusted) iron bolts and zig-zag up the cliffside. One day, while Gwendy catches her breath and listens to the shouts of the kids on the playground and the chink of an aluminium bat hitting a baseball, a stranger calls out to her. On a bench in the shade sits a man in a small, neat black hat. He offers Gwendy a mahogany box with coloured buttons. The buttons will produce gifts, such as chocolate which can make you slimmer. But he warns her that the gifts will be 'small recompense for the responsibility.'Journey back to Castle Rock in this chilling new novella by Stephen King, bestselling author of The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, and Richard Chizmar, award-winning author of A Long December
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Černočerná tma


Ve čtyřech temných příbězích nám mistr napětí Stephen King připomíná, jak iluzorní je bezpečí známého prostředí a každodenního života. Nejenže si nemůžeme být jisti, jestli opravdu známe své nejbližší, ale ani nevíme, čeho jsme v jistých situacích sami schopni. „V každém z nás se skrývá cizinec…,“ tvrdí autor. Znásilněná žena v povídce Velký řidič nepochybně neměla tušení, že dokáže převést svou teoretickou znalost vraždění do praxe (je spisovatelkou detektivních románů) a farmář z úvodního příběhu jenom toužil dál nerušeně hospodařit na svém pozemku. Ostatně ani v Prodlužování času, kde zdeptaný muž uzavře velmi podivnou smlouvu s velmi zvláštním obchodníkem, nakonec překvapivě není hlavním nositelem zla ďábel.
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Elevation


Castle Rock is a small town, where word gets around quickly. That's why Scott Carey wants to confide only in his friend Doctor Bob Ellis about his strange condition: he's losing weight, without getting thinner, and the scales register the same when he is in his clothes or out of them, however heavy they are. Scott also has new neighbours, who have opened a 'fine dining experience' in town, although it's an experience being shunned by the locals; Deidre McComb and her wife Missy Donaldson don't exactly fit in with the community's expectations. And now Scott seems trapped in a feud with the couple over their dogs dropping their business on his lawn. Missy may be friendly, but Deidre is cold as ice. As the town prepares for its annual Thanksgiving 12k run, Scott starts to understand the prejudices his neighbours face and he tries to help. Unlikely alliances form and the mystery of Scott's affliction brings out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others. From master storyteller Stephen King, our 'most precious renewable resource, like Shakespeare in the malleability of his work' (Guardian), comes this timely, upbeat tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences. Compelling and eerie, Elevation is as gloriously joyful (with a twinge of deep sadness) as 'It's a Wonderful Life.'
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Bag of Bones : Halloween edition


He went to Dark Score Lake to confront his past. Now he might drown in it . . . When Mike Noonan's wife dies unexpectedly, the bestselling author suffers from writer's block. Until he is drawn to his summer home, the beautiful lakeside retreat called Sara Laughs. Here Mike finds the once familiar town in the tyrannical grip of millionaire Max Devore. Devore is hell-bent on getting custody of his deceased son's daughter and is twisting the fabric of the community to this purpose. Three year old Kyra and her young mother turn to Mike for help. And Mike finds them increasingly irresistible. But there are other more sinister forces at Sara Laughs - and Kyra can feel them too . . .
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Cell : Halloween edition


You can run. You can hide. Just don't pick up . . . The event which propels civilisation into its second dark age is known as The Pulse. The virus is carried by every cellular phone operating in the world. Within hours, those receiving calls will be infected. Clayton Riddell, an artist and young father, knows he has to reach his son before the boy switches on his phone. But time is running out . . .
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Christine : Halloween edition


Jealousy isn't a green-eyed monster. She's a red Plymouth Fury. Christine, blood-red, fat, and finned, is twenty. Her promise lies all in her past. Greedy and big, she is Arnie's obsession, a '58 Plymouth Fury. Broken down but not finished. There is still power in her - a frightening power that leaks like sump oil, staining and corrupting. A malign power that corrodes the mind and turns ownership into Possession. 'This is the story of a lover's triangle...'
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Shining : Halloween edition


Welcome to the Overlook Hotel. You'll never want to leave . . . Danny is only five years old, but in the words of old Mr Hallorann he is a 'shiner', aglow with psychic voltage. When his father becomes caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, Danny's visions grow out of control. As winter closes in and blizzards cut them off, the hotel seems to develop a life of its own. It is meant to be empty. So who is the lady in Room 217 and who are the masked guests going up and down in the elevator? And why do the hedges shaped like animals seem so alive? Somewhere, somehow, there is an evil force in the hotel - and that, too, is beginning to shine . . .
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