I'm still deciding whether to buy this book or not. I have a question about it, if anyone knows.
I read the sample, and this may have been just because it was the early pages, but does the book ever go into specific information about the unpublished works besides just mentioning their existence? I get the impression it doesn't and that there is a lot of filler material. Don't get me wrong, the filler material seems interesting and valuable, but it wasn't exactly what I was looking for. Also, it seems as if some guesswork is made here and there (although I guess the latest edition has King commenting on some of the works). For example, something I read seemed to indicate that there is a hint King wrote a certain screenplay but no hard evidence.
Lastly, a specific question: I read something connected to the book that seemed to mention King wrote a screenplay for The Tommyknockers. Is this true? As I read the sample and scanned the table of contents, it didn't seem to mention that.
It would be great if King one day published a long essay listing all his unpublished works and discussed them briefly, at least giving information on page count and why they were attempted. I should say too I am more interested in things that were either unknown, unused, or not published at all. As an example, I am not interested in a discussion of Cat's Eye because even though that is unpublished, the movie was made. I am, however, interested in whether or not there is a screenplay for The Stand that was never used. I lost track of whether or not the one that he wrote for the mini-series was completely different from the one (if I am recalling this correctly) he wrote when it originally was going to be a theatrical movie. That's the type of stuff I am interested in (and speaking of The Stand, how many words did he cut from the novel that never made it into the uncut edition; it's amazing how much he was written).