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Derry is a fictional town in the U.S. state of Maine that has served as the setting for a number of Stephen King's novels, novellas, and short stories, notably It. Derry first appeared in King's 1981 short story "The Bird and the Album" and has reappeared as recently as his 2011 novel 11/22/63 .
Kenduskeag Stream plays an important role in the fictional town of Derry, Maine, in the works of Stephen King.. In 1984, Charlie Howard, victim of a hate-crime, was harassed and assaulted by homophobic teenagers who then threw him over the State Bridge into the Kenduskeag Stream, and Howard died by drowning.
A map on King's official website, though, places 'Salem's Lot considerably further north, approximately in Northwest Piscataquis. [2] King, a native of Durham, Maine, created a trinity of fictional Maine towns – Jerusalem's Lot, Castle Rock and Derry – as central settings in more than one work. [3] [4] [5]
Television miniseries with teleplay written by Stephen King. "The Man in the Black Suit" Short story that appears in Everything's Eventual. 1998 Bag of Bones: Castle Rock is mentioned significantly, along with Derry, Maine. 1999 The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon: 2000 "Riding the Bullet" 2001 Dreamcatcher: Refers to the Castle Rock radio station. 2004
Pages in category "Fictional populated places in Maine" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Derry (Stephen King) E. Empire Falls; J.
Author Stephen King placed his fictional town of Derry, Maine on the Penobscot. The Penobscot is also featured in the film adaptation of the Tom Clancy novel The Hunt for Red October as the location chosen in which to hide the Soviet Typhoon class submarine from spy satellites. Part of the Annie Proulx novel Barkskins takes place in Penobscot bay.
Derry, Maine: Stephen King: The Bird and the Album: Mentioned in several stories, Derry first appeared as the main setting in It. Desperation, Nevada: Stephen king: Desperation: Dhagabad Anna Kashina: The Princess of Dhagabad: Diaspar: Arthur C. Clarke: The City and the Stars: Dictionopolis Norton Juster: The Phantom Tollbooth: Digitopolis ...
A fictional version of Ludlow, Maine is also the setting of the novels Pet Sematary and The Dark Half by Stephen King.This fictional town is based on Orrington, Maine near the fictional cities of Derry and Castle Rock and is across the Penobscot River from the real life cities of Bangor and Orono.