Roger Stine, “Carrie,” from Cinefantastique, Fall 1976..
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Subtitled, "A coffee table book that might scare you awake" Deirdre Fulton's article in the Providence Phoenix is an interesting look at the massive Knowing Darkness. Fulton duely notes that this is really for serious fans, as just the price tag suggests.
.Fulton has this interesting insight: "The book also portrays the master of horror as a thoughtful art lover. We get the sense that he is so excited by the pictures he paints with words that he can't wait to see them interpreted by visually creative people. In the pages about artist Bernie Wrightson, who drew interior art for several King books, including a limited edition of The Stand, and The Dark Tower V: Wolves of Calla, it's revealed that when Wrightson gets an assignment, he reads the manuscript and immediately tries to identify scenes that would make sense for artistic representation.
."During that time Steve sent me a letter," Wrightson tells George Beahm, a King scholar who penned the essays for Knowing Darkness, "saying he was glad I was on board. King told me: if you don't mind, I have a list of suggestions for scenes. I'm not art directing by any means, but these are scenes that I would like to see illustrated. If you agree, that's fine; if not, just illustrate the scenes you want. "As it turned out, King's list of 12 scenes were exactly the ones I picked."
.also, this quote from Frank Darabont is interesting: "I'm certain that in the years since Carrie, with his publishing schedule seldom slowing for a moment, Steve has singlehandedly generated more damn artwork than any other writer since the dawn of time. That's not hype. It doubt there's even a close second."
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