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The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book
The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book will feature over 1,000 questions to test your knowledge of the King of Horror, along with dozens of special illustration-based questions from Cemetery Dance favorite artist Glenn Chadbourne! This is an amazing publication you won't want to miss! Edited by Brian Freeman (founder of StephenKingNews.com) and Bev Vincent (author of The Road To The Dark Tower and the "News from the Dead Zone" column in Cemetery Dance magazine), The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book will also feature a special afterword by Michelle L. Revelle (Founder/Co-President of SKEMERs, the largest Stephen King fan group on the web). The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book will be published later this year and no Stephen King collection will be complete without it!
404 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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Brian James Freeman
102 books150 followersBrian James Freeman sold his first short story when he was fourteen years old and now writes full-time thanks to the support of his patrons on Patreon. He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, three kids, a German Shorthaired Pointer, and an English Pointer. More books are on the way.
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November 26, 2014
This is the most impressive book of trivia I have ever come upon. I was only able to correctly answer about 75% of this book as I have not read every single book of King's yet (my 2015 reading resolution is to read all his work + Bachman books by the end of that year). I learned a lot about Mr. King. He sure does know how to keep us on our toes!!
June 10, 2015
This was a very good and entertaining SK trivia book and worked surprisingly well in the ebook format. Some of the questions were very obscure (too obscure?), even for the most discerning Stephen King fan. Some of the “hints’ were pretty amusing as well. I only wish it had more illustrations. A welcome addition to any SK collection.
I received a review copy of this ebook in exchange for an honest review
I received a review copy of this ebook in exchange for an honest review
June 24, 2015
This book proved to be much more fun than expected. It was amazing who many interesting questions the book contained, whereof I must shameful admit I could only answer a very small part. Of course, there were several questions I skipped, feeling that I could survive without knowing the answer to them. I guess I felt this way mostly with questions about names, numbers, places, dates - little facts about stories one may be able to answer by searching in the respective book.
However, there were a lot of questions I just had to look up - though I know I will never have any real use for that knowledge again, I felt compelled to explore the answer at that moment. What item was standing next to King's desk when he wrote xy? Useless knowledge maybe, but absolutely fascinating. Reading question after question, the hints and answers, became almost addictive. Each time I intended to spend just a couple of minutes of spare time reading this book, I found myself unable to stop, like with a box ofchocolates - just one more...oh but the next one looks so tasty as well...
The highlight, of course, were the illustrated questions, showing the unique and brilliant style of Glenn Chadbourne,giving new interpretations to creatures, places etc.
Overall, a very recommendable trivia collection, but beware: once you start reading, you may be unable to stop. Not to mention the evoked urge to dive into all your old King volumes again asap...
(I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review)
However, there were a lot of questions I just had to look up - though I know I will never have any real use for that knowledge again, I felt compelled to explore the answer at that moment. What item was standing next to King's desk when he wrote xy? Useless knowledge maybe, but absolutely fascinating. Reading question after question, the hints and answers, became almost addictive. Each time I intended to spend just a couple of minutes of spare time reading this book, I found myself unable to stop, like with a box ofchocolates - just one more...oh but the next one looks so tasty as well...
The highlight, of course, were the illustrated questions, showing the unique and brilliant style of Glenn Chadbourne,giving new interpretations to creatures, places etc.
Overall, a very recommendable trivia collection, but beware: once you start reading, you may be unable to stop. Not to mention the evoked urge to dive into all your old King volumes again asap...
(I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review)
July 22, 2020
Great resource for the ardent fan
May 11, 2023
Here is a book for the Stephen King fanatic who also enjoyed books like the Nitpicker books back in the early '90s. I will confess to not reading every question, hint, and answer (there are a lot of them), but I did page through the entire book. Some things I knew, more often I did not. I can see this book being turned into an edition of Trivial Pursuit. All it will take is one persistent nerd with a bit of time on his hands. Maybe Cemetery Dance should get ahead of this and come out with their own game.
The real value of this book, for me, is the superb introduction by Bev Vincent and the equally superb afterward by Kevin Quigley. It is always interesting to read what others think of Stephen King and his works. I am never swayed from my own opinion, but I am sometimes pleasantly surprised that I can expand on what I think. In my world, nobody can talk smack about King.
I would be remiss if I didn't include the illustrations of Glenn Chadbourne as part of the really great things in this book. I have been a fan of Glenn's work for a long time, and I own a set of pen and ink illustrations depicting the essence of somewhere around a dozen of King's books. When you look at the illustrations in this trivia book, you know instantly the book and the scene that is depicted.
It is hard to know just how many stars to give this book. It's all about Stephen King and his works, so it must rate 5 stars. It is a pretty dry list of questions that will probably only excite the fan who obsessively reads King over and over looking for the most obscure in each book and story. I'm not that kind of fan of anything. I read books and go to the movies to be entertained and informed. If the work in question provides these to me, it's a 5 star experience.
I have been reading Stephen King since 1976 when I picked up a paperback copy of 'SALEM'S LOT because of the black cover with a single drop of blood. I have to tell you, that was one scary vampire novel, but I couldn't put it down. I was living in Brooklyn, New York, at the time, all the way out in Gravesend (yes, that is what the area is called). While riding home on the subway, after working all day, and attending a class at The New School at night, I looked up as the doors closed at my stop, so I ended up at Coney Island. I could have walked home from there, but I figured it was probably not a good thing to do at midnight. The way the Coney Island station is constructed, I had to climb up several long flights of stairs to get to the side where I could go back to my stop. Also, as a result of this same book, and the same elevated that I rode to work every day, my station was over a canal that really smelled awful. There was also a small hole in the concrete that never bothered me until I decided that the smell wasn't just stagnant water but vampire. I would go out of my way to avoid that really small hole in the sidewalk.
Yes, I can remember all that a Stephen King book evoked for me, but I can't for the life of me remember all the characters wives or husbands or other obscure references.
I have also read quite a bit about the man himself, along with having seen him interviewed several times on television. One of my favorite interviews was done by none other than Whoopi Goldberg. She had a talk show for a while that was on at something like 2 AM. I also saw him in Vermont during the INSOMNIA tour, and at Yale University's law library, in May 2003 (I even have pictures somewhere to prove it!).
This is the second edition of this book, and considering how prolific a writer Stephen King is, I wouldn't be surprised to see a third and even fourth edition. As the old saying goes, no King collection would be complete without this book!
The real value of this book, for me, is the superb introduction by Bev Vincent and the equally superb afterward by Kevin Quigley. It is always interesting to read what others think of Stephen King and his works. I am never swayed from my own opinion, but I am sometimes pleasantly surprised that I can expand on what I think. In my world, nobody can talk smack about King.
I would be remiss if I didn't include the illustrations of Glenn Chadbourne as part of the really great things in this book. I have been a fan of Glenn's work for a long time, and I own a set of pen and ink illustrations depicting the essence of somewhere around a dozen of King's books. When you look at the illustrations in this trivia book, you know instantly the book and the scene that is depicted.
It is hard to know just how many stars to give this book. It's all about Stephen King and his works, so it must rate 5 stars. It is a pretty dry list of questions that will probably only excite the fan who obsessively reads King over and over looking for the most obscure in each book and story. I'm not that kind of fan of anything. I read books and go to the movies to be entertained and informed. If the work in question provides these to me, it's a 5 star experience.
I have been reading Stephen King since 1976 when I picked up a paperback copy of 'SALEM'S LOT because of the black cover with a single drop of blood. I have to tell you, that was one scary vampire novel, but I couldn't put it down. I was living in Brooklyn, New York, at the time, all the way out in Gravesend (yes, that is what the area is called). While riding home on the subway, after working all day, and attending a class at The New School at night, I looked up as the doors closed at my stop, so I ended up at Coney Island. I could have walked home from there, but I figured it was probably not a good thing to do at midnight. The way the Coney Island station is constructed, I had to climb up several long flights of stairs to get to the side where I could go back to my stop. Also, as a result of this same book, and the same elevated that I rode to work every day, my station was over a canal that really smelled awful. There was also a small hole in the concrete that never bothered me until I decided that the smell wasn't just stagnant water but vampire. I would go out of my way to avoid that really small hole in the sidewalk.
Yes, I can remember all that a Stephen King book evoked for me, but I can't for the life of me remember all the characters wives or husbands or other obscure references.
I have also read quite a bit about the man himself, along with having seen him interviewed several times on television. One of my favorite interviews was done by none other than Whoopi Goldberg. She had a talk show for a while that was on at something like 2 AM. I also saw him in Vermont during the INSOMNIA tour, and at Yale University's law library, in May 2003 (I even have pictures somewhere to prove it!).
This is the second edition of this book, and considering how prolific a writer Stephen King is, I wouldn't be surprised to see a third and even fourth edition. As the old saying goes, no King collection would be complete without this book!
June 21, 2015
I received The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book, revised and updated edition, by Brian James Freeman and Bev Vincent, illustrated by Glen Chadbourn via Amazon.com and Brian Freeman
/ Cemetery Dance Publications. While I usually do not read trivia books, anything written by or about Stephen King is in my collection and thoroughly read. So when I was offered the chance to review this updated and illustrated edition, I jumped at the chance! I really thought I knew everything about Stephen King, his life and books, but this trivia book just put me to shame. I learned so much going through it. At first, it was a bit difficult for me since this was the first e-book trivia book that I have ever read, so I got confused on how to go from the questions to the answers and back but eventually my inexperienced mind figured it out and I was hooked. This is definitely one that I will own for my physical library and now in my e-book library. If you think you know everything about Stephen King, think again!
/ Cemetery Dance Publications. While I usually do not read trivia books, anything written by or about Stephen King is in my collection and thoroughly read. So when I was offered the chance to review this updated and illustrated edition, I jumped at the chance! I really thought I knew everything about Stephen King, his life and books, but this trivia book just put me to shame. I learned so much going through it. At first, it was a bit difficult for me since this was the first e-book trivia book that I have ever read, so I got confused on how to go from the questions to the answers and back but eventually my inexperienced mind figured it out and I was hooked. This is definitely one that I will own for my physical library and now in my e-book library. If you think you know everything about Stephen King, think again!
September 18, 2015
A fascinating book that will have you remembering the books by Stephen King that you have read. You should be up to date with king's books as his more recent works are included. How well do you know him? I discovered information that I did not know and I consider myself a Stephen King fan! Hints are given if you are not sure of the answer. Answers are given if you have no idea. Illustrations by Glenn Chadbourne are also included which I conside a great bonus! This is a definite must buy for Stephen King fans!
Disclaimer: I received an arc of this book free from the publisher. I was not obliged to write a favorable review, or even any review at all. The opinions expressed are strictly my own.
Disclaimer: I received an arc of this book free from the publisher. I was not obliged to write a favorable review, or even any review at all. The opinions expressed are strictly my own.
June 9, 2013
I admit that I haven’t picked up a Stephen King book in a while, despite loving his gloriously disturbing writings, but this specific book was a blast to read through. And yes, I read the book in its entirety...alone. Yes, I won, but who is keeping score? I am obviously, but anyways...Read the full review in its entirety on my Website
June 8, 2015
Learn More Than You Knew
While I make no claims at being an expert on all things Stephen King, I always thought I knew a fair amount about the author. But this volume disbursed me of that notion.
A lot of fun and for the King purist.
While I make no claims at being an expert on all things Stephen King, I always thought I knew a fair amount about the author. But this volume disbursed me of that notion.
A lot of fun and for the King purist.
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