Stephen King Pen Names
lbu...@ivory.trentu.ca
My name is LAura and I am new to this news group. I have seen some people talk about other names that Stephen King writes under. Does he write other books under different names? If so what are they I am curious. I have enjoyed Stephen Kings work very much especially Tommyknockers and Dolans Cadillac. Well All the help would be appreciated
Thanks
Jerry James
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> Hi
>
> My name is LAura and I am new to this news group. I have seen some people talk about other names that Stephen King writes under. Does he
write other books unde
>
Hey, Laura!
I'm new to this group as well, but I think I'm qualified to answer your
question. The only other name, or pseudonym that SK has ever written
under, at least to my knowledge anyway, is Richard Bachman. You can get
the whole series of stories in paperback now in THE BACHMAN BOOKS. You
should be able to find it in your bookstore in the SK section. Also, if
the printing of THE TOMMYKNOCKERS is fairly current, all of his work so
far will be listed on the first page or two, including the stories he
wrote as Richard Bachman. My favorites are The Running Man, The Long
Walk, and Rage. GREAT STUFF!
Seeya!
Jerry
aba...@worldaccess.nl
> Hi
>
> My name is LAura and I am new to this news group. I have seen some people
> talk about other names that Stephen King writes under. Does he write other
> Stephen Kings work very much especially Tommyknockers and Dolans Cadillac.
> Well All the help would be appreciated
>
> Thanks
Hi,
My name is Debby and I'm new to this group too.
Yes, Stephen King wrote under one other name (as far as I know) : Richard
Bachman.
They are just as good as the books he wrote under his own name.
Greetings
Barbara Levy
>lbu...@ivory.trentu.ca wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> My name is LAura and I am new to this news group. I have seen some people talk about other names that Stephen King writes under. Does he
>write other books unde
>>
>
>Hey, Laura!
>I'm new to this group as well, but I think I'm qualified to answer your
>question. The only other name, or pseudonym that SK has ever written
>under, at least to my knowledge anyway, is Richard Bachman.
There is one other name that he wrote under - John Swithen. I didn't
know this until I came onto this group. The only story published under
that name was "The Man In The Black Suit".
--
Barbara Levy
"Seasons don't fear the Reaper..." - BOC
bev vincent
: There is one other name that he wrote under - John Swithen. I didn't
: know this until I came onto this group. The only story published under
: that name was "The Man In The Black Suit".
Make that "The Fifth Quarter". "The Man in the Black Suit" was King's
'95 Hallowe'en story in "The New Yorker" magazine.
--
Bev Vincent
Houston, TX
Richard Crawford
>Jerry James <je...@hiwaay.net> wrote:
>>lbu...@ivory.trentu.ca wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> My name is LAura and I am new to this news group. I have seen some people talk about other names that Stephen King writes under. Does he
>>write other books unde
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>
>>Hey, Laura!
>>
>>I'm new to this group as well, but I think I'm qualified to answer your
>>question. The only other name, or pseudonym that SK has ever written
>>under, at least to my knowledge anyway, is Richard Bachman.
>
>know this until I came onto this group. The only story published under
>that name was "The Man In The Black Suit".
>
>Barbara Levy
>"Seasons don't fear the Reaper..." - BOC
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>
I thought it was "The Doctor's Case".
bev vincent
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: > My name is LAura and I am new to this news group. I have seen some people
: > Well All the help would be appreciated
: My name is Debby and I'm new to this group too.
: Yes, Stephen King wrote under one other name (as far as I know) : Richard
: Bachman.
: They are just as good as the books he wrote under his own name.
The only other known Stephen King pseudonym is "Jonathan Swithen", the
name he used for an early short story entitled "The Fifth Quarter".
bev vincent
: >>>
: >>> My name is LAura and I am new to this news group. I have seen some people talk about other names that Stephen King writes under. Does he
: >>write other books unde
: >>
: >>I'm new to this group as well, but I think I'm qualified to answer your
: >>under, at least to my knowledge anyway, is Richard Bachman.
: >
: >There is one other name that he wrote under - John Swithen. I didn't
: >know this until I came onto this group. The only story published under
: >that name was "The Man In The Black Suit".
: >--
: I thought it was "The Doctor's Case".
Nope..."The Fifth Quarter". "The Doctor's Case" appeared under King's
own name in a Sherlock Holmes tribute collection. As stated earlier,
"The Man in the Black Suit" (which won King a couple of awards,
including an O. Henry) appeared under his own name last October in
the New Yorker magazine.
Christian Preischl
Don't beat me up or (even worse) flame me if I'm wrong, but I
remember Stephen King mentioning on Conan O'Brien's Late Show,
that he also writes under another pen name. The show was braodcast
a couple of days before 'Rose Madder' has been published.
Of course, he didn't say, what this pen name was, so I'm still
desperately waiting for somebody to find it out, because any SK
book, that doesn't have the name Stephen King on the cover, has
practically no chance of being published here in Germany.
Oh, and I'm 100 percent sure, that they were not talking about
Richard Bachman or John Swithen. It was a undiscovered pen name.
Thanks for reading, Chris.
Barbara Levy
<snip my screw-up re: The Man In The Black Suit"
>Nope..."The Fifth Quarter". "The Doctor's Case" appeared under King's
>own name in a Sherlock Holmes tribute collection. As stated earlier,
>"The Man in the Black Suit" (which won King a couple of awards,
>including an O. Henry) appeared under his own name last October in
>the New Yorker magazine.
>
it "The Luckey Quarter"? Is it "The Fifth" and not "Luckey"?
bev vincent
"Luckey Quarter" is that short short story that appeared in the USA
Weekend magazine last year. (And yes, I did mean to type 'short short'!)
The Swithen story under discussion here is "The Fifth Quarter",
collected in 'Nightmares and Dreamscapes' without any reference to
the pseudonym. It was originally published in the 70's, although at
this moment I can't recall where -- one of the 'gentlemens' magazines,
I suspect. Done under a pseudonym because it was non-genre.
Henry Bowers
> Richard Bachman or John Swithen. It was a undiscovered pen name.
>
John Swithen? I haven't heard of S.K. using this pen name. Can someone
please enlighten me as to this. PLEASE......
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jhop...@comp.uark.edu
" It is neither how you play the game, nor if you win or lose,
simply that you choose to play."
Henry Bowers
> The only other known Stephen King pseudonym is "Jonathan Swithen", the
> name he used for an early short story entitled "The Fifth Quarter".
>
My apologies to everyone... I just didn't read far enough down to find
Bev's entry... BTW, thanks Bev.
Jim & Donna Bakke
called Laser Books. Laser Books 9 was a a horror novel entitled
invasion by Aaron Wolfe. The story reads a lot like Stephen King.
Whether this was a deliberate attempt to copy King's style or SK using a
pen name I was never able to discover. One of our local SF authors here
in St. Louis , Glen Cook, was absolutely certain that it was a pseudonym
used by King. Does anyone recognize this book or have any ideas?? BTW
the novel is set in New England in a very Maine like place.
Thanks in advance
Jim Bakke
bev vincent
>Don't beat me up or (even worse) flame me if I'm wrong, but I
>remember Stephen King mentioning on Conan O'Brien's Late Show,
>that he also writes under another pen name. The show was braodcast
>a couple of days before 'Rose Madder' has been published.
>Of course, he didn't say, what this pen name was, so I'm still
>desperately waiting for somebody to find it out, because any SK
>book, that doesn't have the name Stephen King on the cover, has
>practically no chance of being published here in Germany.
>Oh, and I'm 100 percent sure, that they were not talking about
>Richard Bachman or John Swithen. It was a undiscovered pen name.
Jeromy Hopgood, writing under the pseudonym of Henry Bowers said:
>John Swithen? I haven't heard of S.K. using this pen name. Can someone
>please enlighten me as to this. PLEASE......
Jim & Donna Bakke (ba...@i1.net) wrote:
: Many years ago there was a series of books that was edited Roger Elwood
There are no known King pseudonyms besides Bachman and Swithen. Swithen,
for Jeromy's benefit, is the name that King originally used to publish the
early short story "The Fifth Quarter". This story was later collected
in 'Nightmares and Dreamscapes' without any reference to the pseudonym.
Aaron Wolfe is one of Dean Koontz' myriad pseudonyms. The novel "Invasion"
from 1975 was later rewritten as "Winter Moon" under his own name.
I did not see the Conan O'Brien interview mentioned above, but I'm sure
that if King had announced that he had another pseudonym that it would
have caused a firestorm of speculation and searching in the half year or
more since it was telecast, and there's been nary a peep. Anyone else
familiar with that interview?
Michael Wehmeyer
>The Swithen story under discussion here is "The Fifth Quarter",
>collected in 'Nightmares and Dreamscapes' without any reference to
>the pseudonym. It was originally published in the 70's, although at
>this moment I can't recall where -- one of the 'gentlemens' magazines,
>I suspect. Done under a pseudonym because it was non-genre.
>--
>Bev Vincent
>Houston, TX
It was in Cavalier, I'm pretty sure. Now there's a classy 'zine..not!
But, as I recall, that magazine paid for a lot of bills early in Mr.
King's career.
Mike
Douglas Clegg
mentioning other pen names. Since I'm a horror novelist (The Children's
Hour; Neverland; Goat Dance), I think I was listening carefully.
But I could be mistaken.
Best,
Doug Clegg
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Tajus Ayyar
Also "Guy Pillsbury" which he never wrote under because he was outed. After that he created Richard Bachman.