How many writers have a biography that can begin something like this: “Stephen King is the author of more than 50 books, all of them worldwide best sellers.”? Mercedes” and now “Revival,” the best of the bunch, finds him writing with the infectious glee that has always been at the heart of his popular success. But the trifecta of “Joyland” (2013), “Mr. He hit the doldrums with “Doctor Sleep” (2013), his sequel to “The Shining.” And “Duma Key” (2008) seemed to have more to do with his spending time in the part of Florida the book describes than with any burning need to tell a story. King says inspired “Revival” if you don’t want to kill its chances of scaring the hell out of you. And steer clear of the ageless 1890 short novel that Mr. But don’t do it until his new book, tenderly realistic despite its roots in horror and science fiction, has had its way with you. King must have devoured as a boy and a seminal figure in the creation of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos horror genre, are so far out of the mainstream that they can prompt long, dreamy voyages of discovery.īy all means look up Robert Bloch or Derleth if you’d like to have more insight into what shaped Mr. Others, like August Derleth, the author of more than 100 books that Mr. Mercedes” arrived in June.) Some, like Bram Stoker and H. You can fall down a very deep rabbit hole just pondering the list of names to whom Stephen King dedicates “Revival,” his second skin-crawler published this year.
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