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As Stephen King recalled the origin of his debut novel, Carrie: "Two unrelated ideas, adolescent cruelty and telekinesis, came together." It began as a short story intended for Cavalier ; Stephen tossed the first three pages in the trash but Tabitha recovered them, saying she wanted to know what happened next.
- A Pair of Writers
- Creating Carrie
- Published at Last
- A Bonafide Hit
There’s a running jokeat the King dinner table that Stephen married Tabby only because she had a typewriter. “That’s only partly true,” King joked in 2003. “I married her because I loved her and because we got on as well out of bed as in it. The typewriter was a factor, though.” Growing up, neither of them had much. When King was two, his father we...
Carrie is the story of Carrie White, a homely highschoolerwho can control objects with her mind. One day during gym class, she starts having her first period. Long sheltered by an oppressively religious mother, Carrie doesn’t know what’s happening to her—she thinks she’s bleeding to death. Bullies taunt and tease Carrie, but the newfound surge of h...
It was fifth period at Hampden Academy, and just as he did during every other fifth period, King was groggily grading papers in the teacher’s lounge, thinking about how nice it would be to take a nap. A voice boomed over the lounge PA system. It was the office secretary. “Stephen King, are you there? Stephen King?” King reached for the intercom and...
Carrie sold over 1 million copies in its first year as a paperback despite a mixed critical response. The New York Times was impressed, considering it was a first novel, while Library Journal called it “terribly overdone.” Falling somewhere in the middle, the critic at the Wilson Library Journalsaid, “It’s pure trash, but I loved it.” Years later, ...
- Lucas Reilly
Sep 17, 2023 · Stephen and Tabitha have three children. The Kings have three children: Naomi, Joe and Owen. Their oldest, Naomi King, was born on June 1, 1970. They are an ordained Unitarian Universalist ...
- Julie Tremaine
Jan 23, 2023 · In 1991, Stephen King experienced a real-life horror story so terrifying that it could have been ripped from the pages of one of his books. On the morning of Saturday, April 20, 1991, King's wife, Tabitha, discovered 26 year-old Erik Keene of San Antonio, Texas, in their stately Victorian home in Bangor, Maine.
- William J. Wright
Apr 5, 2024 · But Carrie did sell, and it sold big. In the early seventies, the $400,000 he received for the paperback rights must have been an unimaginable fortune at a time when $200 short-story sales were ...
- Neil Mcrobert
Apr 28, 2024 · The Big Picture. Stephen King's inspiration for Carrie came from real life experiences, blending teenage cruelty, telekinesis, and supernatural elements. Carrie was first inspired by King's time ...
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Apr 5, 2021 · Carrie is a perfect example. When the Stephen King book was first optioned, it was set up with producer Paul Monash at 20th Century Fox, and Monash hired writer Lawrence D. Cohen to pen a first ...
