Stephen King's Danse Macabre

Stephen King's Danse Macabre (UK 2012)

From the Publisher:
It was not long after Halloween when Stephen King received a telephone call from his editor. 'Why don't you do a book about the entire horror phenomenon as you see it? Books, movies, radio, TV, the whole thing.'

The result is this unique combination of fantasy and autobiography, of classic horror writing honed to an unforgettable edge by the bestselling master of the genre.

DANSE MACABRE ranges across the whole spectrum of horror in popular culture from the seminal classics of Dracula and Frankenstein. It is a charming and fascinating book, replete with pertinent anecdote and observation, in which Stephen King describes his ideas on how horror works on many levels and how he brings it to bear on his own inimitable novels.

There is a reason why Stephen King is one of the bestselling writers in the world, ever. Described in the Guardian as an author who 'knows how to engage the deepest sympathies of his readers', Stephen King writes books that draw you in and are impossible to put down.

Stephen King's Danse Macabre. Includes a new essay "What's Scary". Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 9781444723267 (October, 2012), 480 p., £8.99.

Stephen King's Danse Macabre (USA 2010)

From the Publisher:
Long before he gave us "a one-of-a-kind classic" (The Wall Street Journal) with his bestselling memoir On Writing, Stephen King crafted a nonfiction masterpiece in Danse Macabre, "one of the best books on American popular culture" (Philadelphia Inquirer).

The author whose boundless imagination and storytelling powers have redefined the horror genre, from 1974's Carrie to his new epic Under the Dome, reflects on the very nature of terror -- what scares us and why -- in films (both cheesy and choice), television and radio, and, of course, the horror novel, past and present.

Informal, engaging, tremendous fun, and tremendously informative, Danse Macabre is an essential tour with the master of horror as your guide; much like his spellbinding works of fiction, you won't be able to put it down.

Stephen King's Danse Macabre. Gallery, ISBN: 9781439170984 (February, 2010), 459 p., $17.00.

Stephen King's Danse Macabre (UK 2006)

From the Publisher:
Ranging across the whole spectrum of horror in popular culture from the seminal classics of Count Dracula and Frankenstein, Stephen King describes his ideas on how horror works on many levels and how he brings it to bear on his own inimitable novels. Told in the chatty, intelligent style of the course for which this was originally devised, this is a charming book replete with pertinent anecdote and observation.

Stephen King's Danse Macabre. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 0340899093 (May, 2006), 479 p., £7.99.

Stephen King's Danse Macabre (USA 1997)

From the Publisher:
Stephen King explores the phenomenon of horror in a century of film, television, radio, and literature. Who better than King to investigate what terrifies his fans?

Stephen King's Danse Macabre. Berkley Publishing Group, ISBN: 0425104338 (August, 1997), 437 p., $7.99 .