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# Episode 19: The King’s Eclipse
- URL: https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/episode-19-kings-eclipse/
- Published: 2017-10-02T20:08:49.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-03T15:55:43.000Z
- Author: Carla Pettigrew
- Tags: Newsletter, #Migrated-1738597973835, #Import 2025-02-03 15:53

The King’s Eclipse: two works originally intended to be one, [Gerald’s Game](http://www.amazon.com/Geralds-Game-Signet-Stephen-King/dp/0451176464/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=fb44c9badf8aa93549f6070c4a4cc8b2&linkCode=ktl) and [Dolores Claiborne](http://www.amazon.com/Dolores-Claiborne-Novel-Stephen-King/dp/1501143808/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=a823a9af34ce55fb08785a642080d742&linkCode=ktl)

A huge thank you to [Bev Vincent](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780451213044), my King consultant for this episode. He is the authority on all things King, and I highly recommend every one of his books. Here’s his work on the King:

- [The Stephen King Illustrated Companion: Manuscripts, Correspondence, Drawings, and Memorabilia](http://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Companion-Manuscripts-Correspondence-Memorabilia/dp/1435117662/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=a0afcf1dee796cd7a9eac01f9a24d3a9&linkCode=ktl)…
- [The Dark Tower Companion: A Guide to Stephen King’s Epic Fantasy](http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Tower-Companion-Stephen-Fantasy-ebook/dp/B008U4BMN2/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=f0568603acc1455be23ffcf2e4fbb035&linkCode=ktl)
- [The Road to the Dark Tower: Exploring Stephen King’s Magnum Opus](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780451213044)

#### Quoted, cited, and referenced

[Sun Moon Earth: The History of Solar Eclipses From Omens of Doom to Einstein and Exoplanets](http://www.amazon.com/Sun-Moon-Earth-Eclipses-Exoplanets/dp/0465060927/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=e4892e546b18d2d2e7bb89bd1da59c22&linkCode=ktl) by Tyler Norgren

[Fifty Year Canon of Solar Eclipses 1986-2035](http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Year-Canon-Solar-Eclipses/dp/150566568X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=ec647f88e3c3d2479574b444f6c64636&linkCode=ktl) and Thousand Year Canon of Solar Eclipses 1591-2500 both by Fred Espanek, NASA astrophysicist

Shakespeare: [King Lear](http://www.amazon.com/King-Lear-Norton-Critical-Editions/dp/0393926648/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=16492f889014e0f695f9d95427709727&linkCode=ktl), [Antony and Cleopatra](http://www.amazon.com/Antony-Cleopatra-Folger-Shakespeare-Library/dp/0743482859/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=f31565e677ef084f34da24a95677c4c9&linkCode=ktl)

[Paradise Lost](http://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Lost-Penguin-Classics-Milton/dp/0140424393/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=76e3a76ea9c6c51070323a4104923859&linkCode=ktl) by John Milton

[A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780451529589) by Mark Twain

[In the Shadow of the Moon: The Science, Magic, and Mystery of Solar Eclipses](http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Moon-Science-Mystery-Eclipses/dp/0300223196/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=161044ad25ddd136260545e51c6bec3a&linkCode=ktl) by Anthony Aveni

[The Waves](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780156949606) by [Virginia](https://theremightbecupcakes.com/tag/virginia/) Woolf

[A Treatise of Eclipses for 26 Years: Commencing Anno 1715\. Ending Anno 1740](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781379391890) by Charles Leadbetter

All of the episode’s books have been added to [the podcast’s Goodreads bookshelf](https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/2800966?shelf=there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast).

Audible recommendation for your free book to keep, for trying one month of membership free (and supporting my podcast, thank you so very much!): click through [audibletrial.com/mightbecupcakes,](http://www.audibletrial.com/mightbecupcakes) and choose either Dolores Claiborne, narrated by the wonderful character actor [Frances Sternhagen](https://amzn.to/3uBwlRo), or Gerald’s Game, narrated by the equally strong Lindsay Crouse. You may also support me by purchasing them through Audible’s partner, Amazon, and again, I thank you:

- Dolores Claiborne: [Audible](http://amzn.to/2xaVc4m), [Kindle](http://www.amazon.com/Dolores-Claiborne-Stephen-King-ebook/dp/B018ER7KT4/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=06c8442ff5816f7899c8e3c847b9016d&linkCode=ktl), [paper (from Bookshop.org)](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501143809)
- Gerald’s Game: [Audible](https://amzn.to/3ESRWtt), [Kindle](http://www.amazon.com/Geralds-Game-Stephen-King-ebook/dp/B018ER7KPS/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=a605e5f66f17030b2b99b5b01ad63312&linkCode=ktl), [paper (from Bookshop.org)](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501144202)

#### Film versions

[trailer for the film version of Dolores Claiborne](https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/episode-19-teaser/)

trailer for the film version of Gerald’s Game, now on Netflix:

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