Compared To Stephen King

Ever notice how often products, people and even news stories want to make comparisons to Stephen King? It's one of those things I didn't notice. . . until I saw it once and then it seemed to be everywhere. A few examples:

• The Stephen King of Gay Horror: "Rick R. Reed is the award-winning author of eleven novels and has been referred to as "the Stephen King of gay horror." ...............................................
• The Stephen King of Children's Literature: "Robert Lawrence Stine. Known in college as ''Jovial Bob'' Stine, this fellow gained another nickname later in life, as — ahem — ''the Stephen King of children's literature.'' .............................................................http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20044270_20044274_20050689_2,00.html
• The Stephen King of Birth: Jill McDanal says her husband calls her "the Stephen King of Birth" -- "Because I scare the living hell out of people. I have had an unassisted homebirth, and plan on doing it again! Scary?" Hey, I can't make this stuff up! http://www.compleatmother.com/articles2/stephenking.htm.....................................................................................................
• The Stephen King of Gardening: With the headline, "If Stephen King wrote a gardening book. . ." http://www.wickedlocal.com/essex/fun/entertainment/books/x702306170/North-Shore-Book-Notes-If-Stephen-King-wrote-a-gardening-guide
• The Stephen King of podcast: I'm not linking this, but if you dig around a bit, this person isn't hard to find.
• The Stephen King of Opera: David Alden http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/opera/article3370253.ece
• The Stpehen King of Teen Thrillers: that's the credit given to Christopher Pike at this page on amazon, http://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Pike-Stephen-King-Thrillers/lm/R1J1DKZ9R58Y70
• The Stephen King of Crime Fiction: That's what publisher Harper collins calls Michael Gruber. http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061650727/Night_of_the_Jaguar/index.aspx
• The Stephen King of France: Emmanuel Carrere, http://darkplanet.basespace.net/nonfict/trip.html
• The Stpehen King of Japan, Koji Suzuki. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/01/books/01suzu.html
• The Stpehen King of History Writing: William C. Davis http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ht/36.3/br_4.html
• The Stephen King Of Political Science, http://www.vdare.com/blog/100604_blog.htm
• The Stephen King of Texas: Joe R. Lansdale. "Now, with more than twenty books and 200 short stories to his credit, Lansdale is considered the champion Mojo storyteller. He's been called "the Stephen King of Texas" by Texas Monthly" http://www.mostlyfiction.com/mystery/lansdale-bottoms.htm
• The Stephen King of Canada: Patrick Senecal. http://www.geekweek.com/2010/01/lyt-review-7-days.html
• The Stephen King of the U.K.: hall of mirrors. http://oneamongthesleepless.com/hallofmirrors.htm
• The Stephen King of the West Coast: Dean Koontz. Okay, that one is not really so serious. http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Dean_R._Koontz
• The Stephen King of biker e-book https://secure.sierraweb.com/bikernet/subscription.asp
• The Stephen King of non-fiction: Simon Winchester http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/2008/01/03/one-a-day-a-crack-in-the-edge-of-the-world/
• The Stephen King of polotics: Jimmy Carter. http://www.slate.com/id/2208936/
• The Stephen King of Evangelical Spiritual Warfare Novels: Frank Peretti. http://wweek.com/movietimes/?movie=81782