The best, not sure. One of the best, without a doubt. Don't get me wrong, two of the Dark Tower books are among my favorites, ever. And King's books take up a Lot of space on my favorite books and movies lists. But, it's subjective anyhow, I suppose. Ha
Your comment was the gavel... I'll buy 11/22/63! I've read IT and The stand (which I'll have to listen to again but I got the gist of it). I'm currently on book 4 of the dark tower. But I wanna read the other book that connect first. What's your next suggestion after 11/22/63?
jerome clark ‘Salem’s Lot is a big one. Also Hearts in Atlantis, the Castle Rock books (primarily connected by virtue of taking place in the same location and having a few overlapping characters as a result), The Talisman and Black House.
@@DanielGreeneReviews true, but honestly, you're almost there. It COULD HAVE been a true SK Multiverse Explained video if the video's "meat" is a run down of some "Multiverse essentials" like which book ties in with which, like you did with It and The Shining, instead of the story behind the Multiverse and your thoughts about it. Oh, and to answer your question, Bag of Bones and The Dark Half are confirmed to be connected.
Just reread The Tommyknockers which has some great little crossovers, my favourite being the kids who make a trip to Derry (for batteries...) and see a pair of eyes like shiny silver dollars staring at them from the storm drain as they leave.
I would very much like to see you do a Multiverse deep dive video. I've always found this interesting but have a hard time reading King so don't pick up on a lot of it.
Try reading GRRM. I hate POV writing and he world builds throughout. So it can be wordy. I personally am a "early" Stephen King fan but my husband is a huge book nerd and owns all of his books, plus his pseudonym, Richard Bachman.
I found an app called All Timelines with the reading order for the multiverse, right around the time my mom gave me her Stephen king collection. So, I plan to start reading them in order next month and I'm so excited.
Stephen King himself said in "on writing" that he considers Insomnia be one of his weakest, since there he tried to plot the events instead of just starting with an interesting situation and observing what happens.
Also, there is a TH-camr by the name of Edward Lorn. He has a fantastic series called Thursday Theorist, which connects ALL of Stephen King's books to each other. Well worth the watch!
i am a huge DT fan so id say i have 2 crossovers i love, first is wizard and glass and the stand, then i'd say insomnia and hearts of Atlantis with DT.
Beams between the Dark Tower books and The Talisman are very strong, I think that Jack & Jake could be the same boy in different realities. I also like when Jake from 11/22/63 teaches Beverly from IT to dance in Derry.
The Stand and Wizard and Glass was probably the most enjoyable multiverse crossover for me. The Gunslinger was my first King novel and The Stand has been my favorite book since first reading it, shortly after Gunslinger. Having them directly connected felt like a gift from the author.
Tommyknockers was my introduction into Kings world and stands as my favorite book to this day. It has a subtle nod to It if you are paying attention. In my younger years I thought of Tommyknockers as just a dope alien novel (still is). As I have grown older I also recognize it as a heart breaking story as a man loses his best, and only friend on this earth. This book also mentions the "ka" you spoke of. My next crossover with IT would have to be Dreamcatcher. Less subtle this time as the story of Dreamcatcher takes place in Derry as well, and includes details of the losers club and the destruction of the standpipe in 1985 (the final battle with IT).
The Waste Lands and The Stand. I read the Dark Tower books as they were released, and I filled the time between book releases exploring other King novels (one of which was The Stand). I still remember my first time reading a certain section of The Waste Lands… I got goosebumps as a few pieces of a puzzle I didn’t even know existed slowly, inevitably, and undeniably clicked into place. 🤯
My first Stephen King book was Misery and I loved it so much I bought It afterwards and a lots more. The first time I noticed the crossover was between Rose Madder and Misery ( the protagonist was reading a book by Paul Sheldon) and after that I caught a lot of them and I love it. Stephen King is my favorite author!
What you said about The Stand is so true. After reading it, for days after, I couldn’t believe how great it was. The more I think about the more impressive it feels.
Just started the dark tower series and I am just in utter jaw dropping awe constantly. Your videos got me back into reading and just wanted to say thanks for that, I had forgotten how a book cam help you through something tough. Keep at it man and thanks for being a king fan 💜
The preacher from salem's lot crosses over to dark tower an has a really important part in that book. His backstory from when salem's lot happens up till then is one of my favorite
Nah, he should do Memory,Sorrow, and Thorn Loved that series! The new books set in that world have been great too. Can’t wait for the next book due in July!
That was an interesting way to explain Ka as a magic system. My interpretation was it was more of a philosophy. What's cool the explanation of Ka in his compendium is it "signifies life-force, consciousness, duty and destiny; it can be considered to be a guide, a destination, but is certainly not a plan." I always liked that because it wasn't saying there is a meaning or ultimate purpose to life but just to exist is enough. Your videos are really good and looking forward to hearing more of your opinion of the Dark Tower series. And I wanted to recommend to you God's Demon, by Wayne Barlowe. I think you might really like that one.
The Stand...my first King book. My day gave it to me when I was in the 3rd grade, home from school with the flu. He tossed me the book and said "Read this, you'll never cough again."
The Talisman and the Black house. I'm not sure but I think it crosses over with The Dark tower and Lisey's story. Anyway, I see people are glorifying the Stand, It, etc but imo The Talisman is... Omg it is way better. My personal fav
All the Castle Rock stories work so well together, with characters we learn to know so well, and it was awesome to see all that build organically for the finale of Needful Things.
Edward lorn has a series on TH-cam going through each and every book in Stephen kings books. He has his theory that every book is connected except one or two.
If you haven't read it all ready, THE DEAD ZONE is a great character study on top of the fact the main character has some version of the shining (even though it's not directly called that). Besides 11/22/63, it is my favorite of his novels. Plus a character from DEAD ZONE is in CUJO and events are even mentioned in NEEDFUL THINGS so crossovers abound.
That was my first one! I have anxiety so I’m going to be staying away from his hard-core horror, but “Carrie” blew me away! I can’t wait to read his ‘Dark Tower’ series!
For me, the two books that tie most closely together are It and Dream Catcher. They both take place in the fictional town Derry,MN. There is one scene in particular where a character in DC finds a monument erected by the surviving Losers Club memebers, dedicated to all the children lost in Derry. In addition, Dream Catcher takes place after after the It imonster s killed. However, there are still numerous supernatural events taking place in Derry that suggest that either the creature. It,or one of its offspring may have survived.
@John Same! The mini series was great too apparently. Unfortunately I know how it ends from the mini series (I literally only saw the last episode) but just from watching that one episode i was sobbing. Imagine reading the whole fucking book. Im going to die.
@@SlowpokeReads the ending in the books is so much better but the series sums it up as best they could. I'm so excited for this new one, hopefully they stay true to the books because the technology just didn't exist to show what is described in the book. Way scarier than the show or movie, so much more epic. And it's that ending that cements it into the Dark Tower books that hold all of it together.
It's such a great crossover! That book is so good anyway but the crossover to IT and Derry is the icing on the cake. Go grab a copy for sure! I'm currently on book 3 of the dark tower series and it is insanely amazing
I love how many books take place in the same New England/ Maine towns. It shows that the books are also connected on a smaller scale. For example, Castle Rock is the setting of The Shawshank Redemption, The Dead Zone, Needful Things, The Dead Zone, and Cujo. The Colorado Kid and The Tommyknockers take place in Haven. It, Insomnia, Dreamcatcher, and 11/22/63 take place in Derry. Also, my favorite overlap is Randall Flagg being in literally every book.
The truly mind blowing thing about King's multiverse is that, since the Dark Tower is the nexus of all possible universes, then not only is the "real world" a part of it, but so is every fictional world ever created, as well as every story ever told, written, or filmed. The final books of the Dark Tower make this all-encompassing connectivity explicit, with King seamlessly incorporating connections to other literary works and films.
Spoiler warning: A lot of his books mention characters or events that happened in others. I read 11/22/63 and was amazed when he went back to Derry (1958), Maine to stop Harry's father from killing his family.. he runs into Richie Tozier and Beverly Marsh in 1958 after the events of It had calmed down and Pennywise went back into his slumber. Pretty crazy. It mentions Shawshank.. I forget which, but another book mentions Cujo. Pretty crazy.
This video is perfect for me. I’m 47 and over my lifetime have read most of what Stephen King has written. Last month I decided to re-read or read for the first time in some cases, his entire catalog. In no particular order, I’m 4 deep and just started another.
Your video comes at the right moment! I just started the 7th book from "The Dark Tower" and I can't wait to finish it! I loved "The drawing of the three", it was mind-blowing! I also enjoyed "Song of Susannah", people pour a lot of hate on this one. I've noticed that most people hate that King wrote himself into his books, but I actually thought it was cute. This man writes faster than I read! LOL!
@Anne TheReader I don't know "Why." You would need to ask Steven King that question. Maybe, he really liked those books. Or are you asking for proof. There's a flying metal ball in the Dark Tower that explodes. I can't remember what it's called, but it's called the Harry Potter Model, referring to the Quidditch ball I believe. In addition the main bad guy is symbolized by a red eye and is hanging around a tower.... Yeah... Big Lord of the Ring references going on here. The tower itself connects all worlds. King is suggesting that other books he didn't write are also connected to his world.
My favorite crossover is the mr. Mercedes series and the shining series. It was so subtle but once I saw it I started to see all the connections between the other books.
Thank you for audiobook recommendation! Don't have nearly as much time to read as I would like but 6-9 hours at work to freely listen to audiobooks and podcasts so it is much appreciated!
I picked up Stephen King in early middle school (late 90s), and I remember picking up on these connections as I kept devouring book after book. There was such a sense of exhilaration and discovery, truly one of the best reading experiences of my life. You don’t really get the same feeling when you look through a map on the internet, but it’s still handy to have ;)
I love the direct crossover in Gerald’s game and Dolores Claiborne during the eclipse. And the there’s always the amazing flip crossover kinda thing with “the regulators” and “desperation”
I was delighted by the scene in 11/22/63 where the protagonist is in Derry early on in his journey and comes across Bev Marsh and (I believe) Richie working on their Twist dance routine to the radio or something close to that. Superb scene!
That recommendation for Pet Sematary on audiobook, could not agree more. The performance is incredible. So captivating, so distressing, so chilling. Outside of IT, scariest thing I read/listened to from Stephen King.
The Stand & The Eyes of the Dragon is a great combo. TEotD is his most underrated book imo. It’s a YA(sort of) fantasy novel that has a wonderful Princess Bride/‘grandpa spinning you a yarn’ narrative style that is so unlike his other books. The multiverse connection is strong but not overt and the narration by Bronson Pinchot makes it hands down my favorite audiobook performance of all time. I listen to that book at least once a year. I’d love to see more SK fans give it some love.
Even though I had read other King books before, I believe that the first time I noticed the multiverse was when I read "11/22/63". Having read "IT" and "Shawshank" before, of course. After that I started paying more attention.
Another fun one is It and Children of the Corn (Adult Ben lives near Gatlin, Nebraska, which is also near Hemmingford Home, which connects It to the Stand).
I lovw how your channel is mainly about books and other movies and stuff like that. Its pretty different and I like it. Im currently reafing the dark tower and omg all the connwctions to other books. Ive read tons of his other works and I live them all
According to an online checklist I completed, Ive read only 29 of 75 Stephen King titles and I've only begun to scratch the surface of the connections. Keep digging my friend you're in for a TREAT!
Oh...what's that? I'm leaving a comment two years after you published this video? Yup...I found your channel from The Dusty Wheel maybe a year ago and decided today to go back and watch some of your older videos. Stephen King is my favourite author. I started reading his books as a teenager. My father would buy the newest book then give it to me to read. Over the past few years I've been re-reading King's writing in chronological order. You don't hear about this book often, but Revival is a seriously weird and amazing story. Also love Salem's Lot. The Richard Bachman books are FRIGGIN EPIC. The Long Walk in particular is perfection for me. I recommend his short story collections to anyone wanting to get into his work. It's a great way to get a taste of his writing style without having to read an enormous novel.
What’s your favorite Stephen King Multiverse crossover??
Not sure if 100% canon but The man in black being he who walks behind the rows in the short story children of the corn.
The Stand with the Dark Tower in general.
But I do love me some Talisman and Dark Tower.
It and the outsider
Or the outsider and mr.mercedes
Do one with more crossovers explained!!
"I could make a whole video pointing out all of these connections/threads/needles in this universe" DO IT DANIEL. DO IT!!!!
That was what I clicked on this video hoping to find
Has anyone made a video like this????
Do it!
There’s a book that was written awhile back going over how stuff connects to the Dark Tower but it came out prior to the last 3 DT books.
I'm writing a thesis on Stephen King and Lovecraft, I NEED THAT VIDEO
"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed."
Without question, the greatest opening line of a novel ever.
and ending
"Death but not for you" is my second favorite
Imagine a reading of The Gunslinger by Sam Eliot
Yessir this is true
The best, not sure. One of the best, without a doubt. Don't get me wrong, two of the Dark Tower books are among my favorites, ever. And King's books take up a Lot of space on my favorite books and movies lists. But, it's subjective anyhow, I suppose. Ha
"I recommend you read It and 11/22/63..." TWO OF THE MOST ENORMOUS BOOKS WRITTEN BY STEPHEN KING... but also: two absolute masterpieces.
Your comment was the gavel... I'll buy 11/22/63! I've read IT and The stand (which I'll have to listen to again but I got the gist of it). I'm currently on book 4 of the dark tower. But I wanna read the other book that connect first.
What's your next suggestion after 11/22/63?
@@kingjc44103 Under the Dome, but read it after IT. 👍
jerome clark ‘Salem’s Lot is a big one. Also Hearts in Atlantis, the Castle Rock books (primarily connected by virtue of taking place in the same location and having a few overlapping characters as a result), The Talisman and Black House.
@@patrickhf8298 Yessss! I love 11/22/63 but I love Under The Dome even more! Might be my favourite King.
22/11/63 is his materpiece!
No offense, but this isn't a Stephen King "Explained" video. I think it's better to say that this is an INTRODUCTION.
Fair enough. Keeping it spoiler free was limiting.
@@DanielGreeneReviews true, but honestly, you're almost there. It COULD HAVE been a true SK Multiverse Explained video if the video's "meat" is a run down of some "Multiverse essentials" like which book ties in with which, like you did with It and The Shining, instead of the story behind the Multiverse and your thoughts about it.
Oh, and to answer your question, Bag of Bones and The Dark Half are confirmed to be connected.
@@DanielGreeneReviews spoil it ,spoil it all, please?
lol yea true but i still liked it. N it doesnt come off like click bait like some. I agree no spoiler held em back. Yup, like tit n a bra.
@@DanielGreeneReviews You should make one with spoilers for those of us who've read it all, and just put spoilers in the title
Ka=destiny. The touch/the shining is the psychic powers. And all books/universes exist in the tower just on different levels.
This guy's remembered the face of his father!
But Ka is so much bigger than destiny... Roland explains (or rather vaguely tries to) this to his Tet
Well said sir.
Ka is a wheel
You speak true I say thankee
Just reread The Tommyknockers which has some great little crossovers, my favourite being the kids who make a trip to Derry (for batteries...) and see a pair of eyes like shiny silver dollars staring at them from the storm drain as they leave.
yea i read about that part
I heard he is going to combine the stand and it in a future book, it'll be titled, "The Sit".
NO.
"The Shining" and "IT" wpuld be better. "The Shit"...lol
You win the internet
@@joaocorreia792 thank you. Thank you
That would take up a fifth or even fourth of a shelf if it was hardcover.
The thumbnail is like a symbol of all Stephen Kings books. Creepy, Horror, Dark and yet somewhat funny.
he looks like him carey playing the grinch
@@sabin97 i read that as "him playing jim carey playing the grinch" which also works haha
@@mikebarnes7441 damn keyboard with it's h next to the j.....
lucky typo i guess XD
@@sabin97 I commented this before I saw your comment. He looks like the grinch in the thumbnail. All wicked grin and delight. XD
He looks uncharacteristically weird and pretentious with that expression
Insomnia:Him's name is Roland, Mama. I dream about him, sometimes. Him's a King, too. . . . my favorite crossover moment.
Insomnia is my favorite stephen king crossover as well. Patrick Danville.
Insomnia also makes reference to Pet Semetary. Atropos had severed little Gage Creed's cord, which then set off all the horror in that book.
I would very much like to see you do a Multiverse deep dive video. I've always found this interesting but have a hard time reading King so don't pick up on a lot of it.
Try reading GRRM. I hate POV writing and he world builds throughout. So it can be wordy. I personally am a "early" Stephen King fan but my husband is a huge book nerd and owns all of his books, plus his pseudonym, Richard Bachman.
Now do one with spoilers that shows every intense there is a crossover
AspieSnow99 same
That would be a six hour video, at minimum xD .
Finally a video I can watch as someone who is only midway through WoT
Preach
I feel that. I’m only halfway through book 1 of WoT
@@JacobMinger me too! Loving it though. It's so tempting to watch all the videos by Daniel to just take in all the content
@@JacobMinger EoTW is the worst one imo, if you don't like it just keep pushing through
@@name7251 eye of the world is amazing. I felt like I was out of breath with all the characters due to all the running
Reading (listening on audible) my first Stephen King novel, “IT”, right now! Freaking loving it so far.
IT is so good on audio book. Probably my favorite single book.
Clayton Paul I LOVED the talisman but IT and the stand are veryyy good too
I found an app called All Timelines with the reading order for the multiverse, right around the time my mom gave me her Stephen king collection. So, I plan to start reading them in order next month and I'm so excited.
I'm surprised you didn't mention Insomnia which is really solid and it's one of the more blatant "Hey guys I'm tied into the Dark Tower series" books.
Could be because it’s sorta spoiler territory with the villain and the importance of stopping the suicide bomb.
Insomnia is one of my favorites.
Stephen King himself said in "on writing" that he considers Insomnia be one of his weakest, since there he tried to plot the events instead of just starting with an interesting situation and observing what happens.
Salem's Lot/Wolves of the Calla
#Callahan
Ah, yes Sai Greene. You serve the Beam well and I thankee.
Kahlbuto MacFarland
Oy!
Doctor Jodie Dad-a-chum? Dum-a-chum? Ded-a-chek? Did-a-chick?
Come, sit a spell and we'll hold a long palaver.
11/22/63 and It. One of the best "WHAAAAT?!" moments I've had in a story.
even jake knew something was off about derry when visited the town and that something was pennywise.
Yeah, I love that crossover, especially since Beverly and Richie are two of my favourite Stephen King characters.
Also, there is a TH-camr by the name of Edward Lorn. He has a fantastic series called Thursday Theorist, which connects ALL of Stephen King's books to each other. Well worth the watch!
Viktor Wolfe Big fan of Edward Lorn here! Wholeheartedly agree!
@@DarthVaedus He does a good job.
i am a huge DT fan so id say i have 2 crossovers i love, first is wizard and glass and the stand, then i'd say insomnia and hearts of Atlantis with DT.
Beams between the Dark Tower books and The Talisman are very strong, I think that Jack & Jake could be the same boy in different realities. I also like when Jake from 11/22/63 teaches Beverly from IT to dance in Derry.
"The Body" has several blink-and-you-miss-it references to his other books like IT and Cujo
yea in the body they mention cujo going rabid and killing people also the one bully ace merrle appears in needful things as a drug dealer.
ace merrile was the main bully in the body.
Yes, no author I know writes growing-up agonies like King.
Nobody:
Stephen King: You’re a mean one, Mr Grinch
The Stand and Wizard and Glass was probably the most enjoyable multiverse crossover for me. The Gunslinger was my first King novel and The Stand has been my favorite book since first reading it, shortly after Gunslinger. Having them directly connected felt like a gift from the author.
I knew he wrote Shawshank, but I was my jaw dropped when I discovered he also wrote the Green Mile, this guy is so talented!
Salems lot & The Dark Tower, keep up the good work!
Tommyknockers was my introduction into Kings world and stands as my favorite book to this day. It has a subtle nod to It if you are paying attention. In my younger years I thought of Tommyknockers as just a dope alien novel (still is). As I have grown older I also recognize it as a heart breaking story as a man loses his best, and only friend on this earth. This book also mentions the "ka" you spoke of.
My next crossover with IT would have to be Dreamcatcher. Less subtle this time as the story of Dreamcatcher takes place in Derry as well, and includes details of the losers club and the destruction of the standpipe in 1985 (the final battle with IT).
@Ed Carone III Give Tommyknockers a chance! If you like the Mist I don't think Tommyknockers would disappoint you.
Looked this up straight after watching doctor sleep, saw the connection immediately
The Waste Lands and The Stand.
I read the Dark Tower books as they were released, and I filled the time between book releases exploring other King novels (one of which was The Stand). I still remember my first time reading a certain section of The Waste Lands… I got goosebumps as a few pieces of a puzzle I didn’t even know existed slowly, inevitably, and undeniably clicked into place. 🤯
My first Stephen King book was Misery and I loved it so much I bought It afterwards and a lots more. The first time I noticed the crossover was between Rose Madder and Misery ( the protagonist was reading a book by Paul Sheldon) and after that I caught a lot of them and I love it. Stephen King is my favorite author!
Definitely IT and 11/22/63 out of what I’ve read so far. Richie’s and Bev’s characters have a lasting effect on the protagonist from 11/22/63.
There is also the books he co-wrote with Peter Stroub. The Talisman and The Black House are a part of this multiverse.
I plan to do The Black House one day as Talisman is my favorite book .
They’re supposed to write a third Jack Sawyer novel to make it a trilogy.
The tungless artist who aids Roland in the last Dark Tower gets an interesting origin in insomnia. It also references the crimson king.
i honestly love when creators do this type of stuff with their stories.
My first King book was Salem’s Lot. Father Callahan really resonated with me. When he reappeared in the tower series, I was blown away.
Ka... it's whatever power Stephen decides on that day, and that's why I love it.
What you said about The Stand is so true. After reading it, for days after, I couldn’t believe how great it was. The more I think about the more impressive it feels.
Nostalgia makes me say, Salem's Lot and The Dark Tower series. The Dark Tower changed me as a reader.
I wish you would have said so much more! I loved that someone else appreciates the Stephen King universe as much as I do!
I rather like the connections between The Stand and The Dark Tower, and Insomnia and The Dark Tower.
Just started the dark tower series and I am just in utter jaw dropping awe constantly. Your videos got me back into reading and just wanted to say thanks for that, I had forgotten how a book cam help you through something tough. Keep at it man and thanks for being a king fan 💜
i love how in Revival it references salems lot
The preacher from salem's lot crosses over to dark tower an has a really important part in that book. His backstory from when salem's lot happens up till then is one of my favorite
I love the short story Everything's Eventual and how it ties into the last (couple?) Dark Tower books.
You should read Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn.
Nah, he should do Memory,Sorrow, and Thorn
Loved that series! The new books set in that world have been great too. Can’t wait for the next book due in July!
That was an interesting way to explain Ka as a magic system. My interpretation was it was more of a philosophy. What's cool the explanation of Ka in his compendium is it "signifies life-force, consciousness, duty and destiny; it can be considered to be a guide, a destination, but is certainly not a plan." I always liked that because it wasn't saying there is a meaning or ultimate purpose to life but just to exist is enough. Your videos are really good and looking forward to hearing more of your opinion of the Dark Tower series. And I wanted to recommend to you God's Demon, by Wayne Barlowe. I think you might really like that one.
I’m a huge Stephen King fan and I love finding the connections between the universes. My favorite overlap is The Gunslinger and the Stand.
Desperation and insomnia
The Stand...my first King book. My day gave it to me when I was in the 3rd grade, home from school with the flu. He tossed me the book and said "Read this, you'll never cough again."
The Talisman and the Black house. I'm not sure but I think it crosses over with The Dark tower and Lisey's story.
Anyway, I see people are glorifying the Stand, It, etc but imo The Talisman is... Omg it is way better. My personal fav
The Talisman and Black House are definitely connected with The Dark Tower (beam breakers) it’s also connected with the Tommyknockers.
Also the reference to the monorail
I read all of his work. All connected
The Talisman was my personal favorite as well. 👍
Now we need Stephen King: Endgame
Salem's Lot and Dark Tower V Wolves of the Calla. Awesome crossover stuff
All the Castle Rock stories work so well together, with characters we learn to know so well, and it was awesome to see all that build organically for the finale of Needful Things.
Edward lorn has a series on TH-cam going through each and every book in Stephen kings books. He has his theory that every book is connected except one or two.
I honestly have to agree with you for It and The Shining, I just loved how subtle yet very interesting the connection was
*My fave SK books:*
Misery
The Green Mile
The Shawshank Redemption
The Stand
The Shining
Pet Semetary
The Dark Tower Series
Josh! Don't miss Insomnia!
If you haven't read it all ready, THE DEAD ZONE is a great character study on top of the fact the main character has some version of the shining (even though it's not directly called that). Besides 11/22/63, it is my favorite of his novels. Plus a character from DEAD ZONE is in CUJO and events are even mentioned in NEEDFUL THINGS so crossovers abound.
Just started my first Stephen king Book, Carrie
Good one to start with!
His worse writing imo, as his first book, just like the first Dark Tower book is a hard slog but whoa, he gets exponentially better!
That was my first one! I have anxiety so I’m going to be staying away from his hard-core horror, but “Carrie” blew me away! I can’t wait to read his ‘Dark Tower’ series!
thats one of my favorites I love the carrie novel I have both movie versions to.
I'm here because I saw a tiktok that said Pennywise was the Crimson King, but the creator theorized they're lovers.
I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I shoot with my mind.
I do not kill with my hand ...
For me, the two books that tie most closely together are It and Dream Catcher. They both take place in the fictional town Derry,MN. There is one scene in particular where a character in DC finds a monument erected by the surviving Losers Club memebers, dedicated to all the children lost in Derry.
In addition, Dream Catcher takes place after after the It imonster s killed. However, there are still numerous supernatural events taking place in Derry that suggest that either the creature. It,or one of its offspring may have survived.
Man IT is one of my favorite books and I didnt know 11/22/63 had a cross over...fuck I need to pick it up now. thanks for the great video as always!
@John Same! The mini series was great too apparently. Unfortunately I know how it ends from the mini series (I literally only saw the last episode) but just from watching that one episode i was sobbing. Imagine reading the whole fucking book. Im going to die.
@@SlowpokeReads the ending in the books is so much better but the series sums it up as best they could. I'm so excited for this new one, hopefully they stay true to the books because the technology just didn't exist to show what is described in the book. Way scarier than the show or movie, so much more epic. And it's that ending that cements it into the Dark Tower books that hold all of it together.
@@claytonpaul4259 you are getting me so hype! i bought it the other day and I'll prob read it in aug or sept
It's such a great crossover! That book is so good anyway but the crossover to IT and Derry is the icing on the cake. Go grab a copy for sure! I'm currently on book 3 of the dark tower series and it is insanely amazing
I like how one of the main characters from Mr Mercedes not only appears in The Outsider, but also really helps to solve the mystery.
You called Ka a "force"
How dare you mix cinematic universes? DISNEY RUINED STAR WARS DAMMIT
I love how many books take place in the same New England/ Maine towns. It shows that the books are also connected on a smaller scale. For example, Castle Rock is the setting of The Shawshank Redemption, The Dead Zone, Needful Things, The Dead Zone, and Cujo. The Colorado Kid and The Tommyknockers take place in Haven. It, Insomnia, Dreamcatcher, and 11/22/63 take place in Derry. Also, my favorite overlap is Randall Flagg being in literally every book.
I think he has “ka” in The Institute, his most recent book which means it should be connected(?)
The truly mind blowing thing about King's multiverse is that, since the Dark Tower is the nexus of all possible universes, then not only is the "real world" a part of it, but so is every fictional world ever created, as well as every story ever told, written, or filmed. The final books of the Dark Tower make this all-encompassing connectivity explicit, with King seamlessly incorporating connections to other literary works and films.
When I was reading Misery i was shocked when I heard about the burned down hotel (the shining)
Yup
Thanks for spoiling the shining for me you scumbag
Spoiler warning:
A lot of his books mention characters or events that happened in others. I read 11/22/63 and was amazed when he went back to Derry (1958), Maine to stop Harry's father from killing his family.. he runs into Richie Tozier and Beverly Marsh in 1958 after the events of It had calmed down and Pennywise went back into his slumber. Pretty crazy. It mentions Shawshank.. I forget which, but another book mentions Cujo. Pretty crazy.
Favorite crossover is The Stand and The Dark Tower: Book 1... there is also a hint to Pennywise circus in the Dark Tower...
The "Dark Tower"-Movie doesn't count. NEVER EVER!!!
This video is perfect for me. I’m 47 and over my lifetime have read most of what Stephen King has written. Last month I decided to re-read or read for the first time in some cases, his entire catalog. In no particular order, I’m 4 deep and just started another.
While watching the newest pet sematary I had noticed that the mom had passed Derry while driving and that was cool
In the book, she had actually passes Salem's Lot, but still a cool reference though.
Your video comes at the right moment! I just started the 7th book from "The Dark Tower" and I can't wait to finish it! I loved "The drawing of the three", it was mind-blowing! I also enjoyed "Song of Susannah", people pour a lot of hate on this one. I've noticed that most people hate that King wrote himself into his books, but I actually thought it was cute. This man writes faster than I read! LOL!
Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings are also part of his universe. (Mentioned in the Dark Tower series.)
@Anne TheReader I don't know "Why." You would need to ask Steven King that question. Maybe, he really liked those books. Or are you asking for proof. There's a flying metal ball in the Dark Tower that explodes. I can't remember what it's called, but it's called the Harry Potter Model, referring to the Quidditch ball I believe. In addition the main bad guy is symbolized by a red eye and is hanging around a tower.... Yeah... Big Lord of the Ring references going on here. The tower itself connects all worlds. King is suggesting that other books he didn't write are also connected to his world.
My favorite crossover is the mr. Mercedes series and the shining series. It was so subtle but once I saw it I started to see all the connections between the other books.
Steven King looks scarier than his characters
Haaaaaahaaaaaaaa
I know right 😂
You should check out his Twitter and his younger photos.
Salem's Lot and Wolves of the Calla. Loved seeing Father Callahan again and having some sort of continuation/conclusion to his story.
That epic thumbnail
Thank you for audiobook recommendation! Don't have nearly as much time to read as I would like but 6-9 hours at work to freely listen to audiobooks and podcasts so it is much appreciated!
1:15 can you give me the link of this... picture ?
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Google stephen king universe its the first image that pops up
The dark man in Carrie was a big “oh shit” moment when I reread Carrie.
Put the Obama portrait back up! It's iconic by now!
I picked up Stephen King in early middle school (late 90s), and I remember picking up on these connections as I kept devouring book after book. There was such a sense of exhilaration and discovery, truly one of the best reading experiences of my life. You don’t really get the same feeling when you look through a map on the internet, but it’s still handy to have ;)
Reminder, Stephen king is not Stephen Hawking. Hope I don't forget that..
I love the direct crossover in Gerald’s game and Dolores Claiborne during the eclipse. And the there’s always the amazing flip crossover kinda thing with “the regulators” and “desperation”
Is secret window connected to the Stephen king multiverse?
Derry, Maine is referenced in Secret Window which of course is the home to Pennywise
The Stand has been my favorite book since I first read it in high school. I've been reading it every couple of years for 30ish years.
Yes, I'm old.
there r so many really
Salems lot
Little sisters of illyria
Insomnia
Through the looking Glass
Wolves of the Calla
The Stand
Heart of Atlantis
I was delighted by the scene in 11/22/63 where the protagonist is in Derry early on in his journey and comes across Bev Marsh and (I believe) Richie working on their Twist dance routine to the radio or something close to that. Superb scene!
“Explained” , nope just more confused.
That recommendation for Pet Sematary on audiobook, could not agree more. The performance is incredible. So captivating, so distressing, so chilling. Outside of IT, scariest thing I read/listened to from Stephen King.
Unpopular Opinion: The Shining 'aint as good as everyone hypes it up to be. IT on the other hand...
The Stand & The Eyes of the Dragon is a great combo.
TEotD is his most underrated book imo. It’s a YA(sort of) fantasy novel that has a wonderful Princess Bride/‘grandpa spinning you a yarn’ narrative style that is so unlike his other books. The multiverse connection is strong but not overt and the narration by Bronson Pinchot makes it hands down my favorite audiobook performance of all time. I listen to that book at least once a year. I’d love to see more SK fans give it some love.
Even though I had read other King books before, I believe that the first time I noticed the multiverse was when I read "11/22/63". Having read "IT" and "Shawshank" before, of course. After that I started paying more attention.
Another fun one is It and Children of the Corn (Adult Ben lives near Gatlin, Nebraska, which is also near Hemmingford Home, which connects It to the Stand).
Insomnia and the Dark Tower Series I literally squeeled at the connection, Insomnia also happens in Dairy where It happened
I lovw how your channel is mainly about books and other movies and stuff like that. Its pretty different and I like it. Im currently reafing the dark tower and omg all the connwctions to other books. Ive read tons of his other works and I live them all
According to an online checklist I completed, Ive read only 29 of 75 Stephen King titles and I've only begun to scratch the surface of the connections. Keep digging my friend you're in for a TREAT!
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Oh...what's that? I'm leaving a comment two years after you published this video? Yup...I found your channel from The Dusty Wheel maybe a year ago and decided today to go back and watch some of your older videos. Stephen King is my favourite author. I started reading his books as a teenager. My father would buy the newest book then give it to me to read. Over the past few years I've been re-reading King's writing in chronological order. You don't hear about this book often, but Revival is a seriously weird and amazing story. Also love Salem's Lot. The Richard Bachman books are FRIGGIN EPIC. The Long Walk in particular is perfection for me. I recommend his short story collections to anyone wanting to get into his work. It's a great way to get a taste of his writing style without having to read an enormous novel.