King's novels were published by
Gollancz,
Tandem,
Sphere Books and
Futura Publications in England, and
Ballantine Books in the United States. His short fiction was published in
John Carnell's
New Writings in SF series. Some of his work has been translated into French, Spanish and German. His most successful book was his novel
Candy Man (1971), which went through a number of editions in the United Kingdom, the United States, and other countries, and was a selection of the UK
Science Fiction Book Club in 1972.
John Clute, writing in
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, said that his later novels "tend to combine elements of epic and grotesque sf adventure with a characteristically English darkness of emotional colouring ... and a tendency towards downbeat conclusions." ==Bibliography==