How Well Do You Know Steven King?
There is no other name that is associated as much with the modern horror novel as the master himself, Stephen King. Critical responses to his work have ranged from lauding books as among the most important american novels to denouncing them as schlock, and yet amidst their ever changing opinions, one thing has remained certain, a fact sure to be revealed during any Stephen King quiz, and that is that he is still without a doubt one of the most popular novelists from American to ever put pen to paper, and will remain so until he decides to quite writing, with each of his novels being an instant hit.
When you’re discussing the most famous novels written by King when thinking about Stephen King trivia, the books most likely to be mentioned include “Carrie”, “’Salems Lot” “The Shining” and “The Stand” and “It”. These novels are among his earliest, and among his best sellers, and many people have written of the Stand as being the pinnacle of his early writing career.
While the work was loved, it was not complete in his earlier years, meaning that a newer Stephen King quiz is going to contain references to the Dark Tower, what many, including King himself, consider to be his most defining work. This seven book series was started in the early 1970s and wouldn’t be completed until more than thirty years later, and follows Roland, the last gunslinger, in a quest which begins as a western but goes on to span all of King’s various world’s including our own, and King himself features as a character in some of the final books.
What some people who only know King as the master of horror might not realize is that he is also responsible for writing stories that are considered among some of the best in movies. A Stephen King trivia point is that he wrote the story that served as the basis for both “The Green Mile”, and “Stand by Me” both successful and acclaimed movies in their own right, but perhaps more importantly also for “The Shawshank Redemption” considered by many, including legendary film critic Roger Ebert, and the American Film Association (AFI) to be among the best movies of all time. Movies based on his lesser known stories have traditionally been more successful than those based on his more traditional horror novels.
