Fievel wrote:The Long Walk is indeed a great story. If you haven't read it, pick up The Bachman Books - which includes Rage. King has said after Columbine and other school shootings that he will never reprint the story Rage again. Rage is okay, but The Long Walk is the best of the bunch for sure and I'd love to see a film adaptation that isn't neutered in any way.
justcheckin wrote:I just read The Talisman again... trying to decide what I want to read next.
Cpt Kirks 2pay wrote:justcheckin wrote:I just read The Talisman again... trying to decide what I want to read next.
Someone told me that Desperation is a very scary read and was this guy's fave King book. Justsayin'.
Fievel wrote:Desperation is pretty good, but then you have to read The Regulators (by Stephen King's alter ego Richard Bachman).
Do NOT, however, watch the made-for-tv-movie. It is absolutely horrible, as are all King stories done by Mick Garris.
justcheckin wrote:Fievel wrote:Desperation is pretty good, but then you have to read The Regulators (by Stephen King's alter ego Richard Bachman).
Do NOT, however, watch the made-for-tv-movie. It is absolutely horrible, as are all King stories done by Mick Garris.
I know... all the King movies are just WTF? I liked The Stand but for the most part... I agree... awful!
Cpt Kirks 2pay wrote:justcheckin wrote:Fievel wrote:Desperation is pretty good, but then you have to read The Regulators (by Stephen King's alter ego Richard Bachman).
Do NOT, however, watch the made-for-tv-movie. It is absolutely horrible, as are all King stories done by Mick Garris.
I know... all the King movies are just WTF? I liked The Stand but for the most part... I agree... awful!
God help JJ Abrams or whoever DOES make The Dark Tower TV series/Films then.
Fievel wrote:Vaughn had the rights to Rage?!Wow.
(or did you mean The Long Walk)
justcheckin wrote:My favorite ones from Just After Sunset are The Things They Left Behind, N. and Stationary Bike...
Fievel wrote:justcheckin wrote:My favorite ones from Just After Sunset are The Things They Left Behind, N. and Stationary Bike...
Having heard previous things about those three, those are the stories I'm most looking forward too. Especially The Things They Left Behind.
justcheckin wrote:Fievel wrote:justcheckin wrote:My favorite ones from Just After Sunset are The Things They Left Behind, N. and Stationary Bike...
Having heard previous things about those three, those are the stories I'm most looking forward too. Especially The Things They Left Behind.
Have you ever read Peter Straub's short stories? He is the author that co-wrote the Talisman with King. His stuff is creeper but cool to check out.
Fievel wrote:justcheckin wrote:Fievel wrote:justcheckin wrote:My favorite ones from Just After Sunset are The Things They Left Behind, N. and Stationary Bike...
Having heard previous things about those three, those are the stories I'm most looking forward too. Especially The Things They Left Behind.
Have you ever read Peter Straub's short stories? He is the author that co-wrote the Talisman with King. His stuff is creeper but cool to check out.
No... my only Straub experience is The Talisman & Black House.... and who knows who did what in those books.
Fievel wrote:I couldn't believe how related to the DT series Black House became. The "real world" story was fascinating enough.... and then to hear Parkus talk about Gunslingers....![]()
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I nearly shit a brick while I was driving listening to that part of the audiobook. The ending WAS very good (a rarity for King books... Straub must have worked the ending) but it did leave the door wide open for a third Jack Sawyer book (which King has said that they are slowly working on).
I'm still seriously pissed that Jack never made it into the DT books considering all the other characters that showed up.
travis-dane wrote:Fievel wrote:I couldn't believe how related to the DT series Black House became. The "real world" story was fascinating enough.... and then to hear Parkus talk about Gunslingers....![]()
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I nearly shit a brick while I was driving listening to that part of the audiobook. The ending WAS very good (a rarity for King books... Straub must have worked the ending) but it did leave the door wide open for a third Jack Sawyer book (which King has said that they are slowly working on).
I'm still seriously pissed that Jack never made it into the DT books considering all the other characters that showed up.
I would like some more adventures with Hollywood Jack and his pals.
Fievel wrote:justcheckin wrote:Fievel wrote:justcheckin wrote:My favorite ones from Just After Sunset are The Things They Left Behind, N. and Stationary Bike...
Having heard previous things about those three, those are the stories I'm most looking forward too. Especially The Things They Left Behind.
Have you ever read Peter Straub's short stories? He is the author that co-wrote the Talisman with King. His stuff is creeper but cool to check out.
No... my only Straub experience is The Talisman & Black House.... and who knows who did what in those books.
Fievel wrote:Yeah, when I first heard the story's description that's what I first thought of as well.
The picture on the book's cover didn't help change that.
He also said that a sequel to Black House is still in the works (known info), but also he has always wondered what happened to Danny Torrence. He'd be about 40 now, says King....
According to Ms Mod, Stephen Spielberg optioned the rights to Under the Dome, which King said in NY he thought would be an HBO miniseries.
Fievel wrote:Spielberg, King team on 'Dome'
Cpt Kirks 2pay wrote:If it works, maybe it means that The Dark Tower series could be CLOSER.
Julie Eugley, one of King's personal assistants, told the Bangor Daily News that the Kings were approached about giving $13,000.
But Stephen King thought the number 13 was a bit unlucky, so the couple pitched in $12,999 instead. Eugley chipped in $1 to make for an even $13,000.
TheBaxter wrote:Julie Eugley, one of King's personal assistants, told the Bangor Daily News that the Kings were approached about giving $13,000.
But Stephen King thought the number 13 was a bit unlucky, so the couple pitched in $12,999 instead. Eugley chipped in $1 to make for an even $13,000.
at least they didn't ask for $19,000.
TheBaxter wrote:i'm about 400 pages into under the dome right now, and i feel like, having gotten this far, i have to finish. but i'm not sure i want to.
this has to be one of the clearest examples of king's inability to write decent, believable characters who aren't cliche'd and don't speak in terrible dialogue that is nearly george-lucasian at times. every single caricature, i mean, character in this book, i've seen or read somewhere else... often even in one of king's own books. and considering the book is a huge ensemble character piece, without a lot of plot going on just yet, it's not very encouraging for the rest of the book. i'm just hoping things will get going, i'll start finding out what the hell the dome is and who's behind and so on, and maybe then things will get more interesting. though i'm afraid it may end up being more about the townspeople turning on each other, forming sides, etc... which would be fine, if any of the characters were interesting or i had any emotional investment in these people, which i don't.
you know what this book reminds me of right now? it reminds me of that tv show, jericho. that's not really a good thing.
Nice Marmot wrote:King's new novel, '11/22/63', out in November. Time travel in order to prevent the Kennedy assassination???
http://www.stephenking.com/promo/11-22-63/announcement/
Fievel wrote:Just saw this. The story sounds like it could be extremely cool.
Could be.
Fievel wrote:According to someone who saw King at a speaking engagement in NYC:He also said that a sequel to Black House is still in the works (known info), but also he has always wondered what happened to Danny Torrence. He'd be about 40 now, says King....
Danny Torrence being the little boy from The Shining.
There's also this bit of news:According to Ms Mod, Stephen Spielberg optioned the rights to Under the Dome, which King said in NY he thought would be an HBO miniseries.
Ms. Mod is the moderator of Stephen King's message board.
Cyriaque Lamar wrote:At an awards ceremony at George Mason University last Friday, Stephen King regaled audiences with a chapter from Doctor Sleep, his upcoming novel about a grown-up Danny Torrance from The Shining.
In the book, Danny is a hospice worker who uses his powers to help ill patients to pass away without pain. Unfortunately, he runs afoul of a gang of wandering psychic vampires who feed on people's energy.
King is almost finished with the book — and here I imagined the sequel would be called The Shining 2: Johnny's Back!
Via Lilja's Library. Thanks Gregory!
Acclaimed author and Entertainment Weekly columnist Stephen King (I love his articles on movie theater candy, seriously) announced that he is working on a sequel to arguably his most popular novel, The Shining.
While King was promoting his new Under the Dome story in Toronto, he told fans and reporters that his current project is a story entitled Doctor Sleep.
King believes that the first novel never explained what happened to young Danny and his super-cool psychic powers and that the events at the Overlook Hotel left the lad with “emotional scars.”
“Danny is now 40 years old and living in upstate New York, where he works as the equivalent of an orderly at a hospice for the terminally ill,” says King. “Danny’s real job is to visit with patients who are just about to pass on to the other side, and to help them make that journey with the aid of his mysterious powers. Danny also has a sideline in betting on the horses, a trick he learned from his buddy Dick Hallorann.”
Stephen King’s 1977 novel, The Shining, was adapted to film by Stanley Kubrick for screen in 1980.
Source: Torontoist
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