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Stephen King: Twilight is “Tweenager Porn”

September 26, 2013 admin 1

As Stephen King’s 56th novel, Doctor Sleep, reaches a King-hungry audience, the master storyteller talks to The Guardian about, among other things, the work of some of his peers. Stephen King, the prolific and best-selling patriarch of the horror novel, has used a rare interview to express disdain for modern pretenders to his title, dismissing the Twilight franchise as “tweenager porn” and calling The Hunger Games dull and derivative. More predictably, King, who is about […]

Stephen King Uneasy About the Future of Reading

May 26, 2013 admin 2

From the sound of things, Stephen King is about to enter what could well be one of the busiest stages of his professional life. Stephen King (right) with T-Bone Burnett and John Mellencamp for Ghost Brothers of Darkland County. A new novel, Joyland, will be published by Hard Case Crime next month. King’s sequel to 1977’s The Shining, Doctor Sleep, will be out in September. A much talked about television miniseries based on his 2009 novel […]

E-Book? Just Say “No”

May 20, 2013 admin 0

It’s interesting that, even though he was a pioneer in getting his books to market electronically, Stephen King has actively delayed e-book versions of his new book, Joyland, from shipping on the book’s June 2013 publication date. From Slashgear: Stephen King is shunning ebooks in favor of traditional print runs for his new novel, Joyland, the outspoken author has revealed, confirming he has “no plans for a digital version.” King – whose new book is […]

Under the Dome Teleplay Will Deviate from Original

April 1, 2013 admin 0

Stephen King fans waiting anxiously to see the mini-series based on King’s 2009 novel, Under the Dome, had best expect riffs on the original. Brian K. Vaughan, one of the show’s executive producers, says that King had given them “his blessing early on to expand the scope for the series.” From Entertainment Weekly: “He told us, ‘Really use the book as a jumping off point. Use the characters, use the themes, but don’t be afraid […]

King’s The Stand Will Be Feature Film

November 17, 2012 admin 1

Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic 1978 novel, The Stand, is generally thought to be one of the author’s most accomplished works. It is sprawling, epic and, according to many people — including the author — pretty much unfilmable as a standard feature-length picture. As King told The Hollywood Reporter, when plans to make The Stand as a feature were first released early in 2011, The author said it would be impossible to make it as a two-hour […]

Fiction: 11/22/63 by Stephen King

November 25, 2011 admin 2

As I write this, it is the 48th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and I have just finished reading Stephen King’s new novel about a man who goes back in time to try to stop Lee Harvey Oswald from firing the three bullets that would change the world, 11/22/63 (Scribner). What a ride! When high school teacher Jake Epping is convinced by a dying friend to step into the past, he has […]

Stephen King Announces Shining Sequel

November 26, 2009 admin 2

I was a teenager the first time I read The Shining, Stephen King’s masterful story about madness and magic in a remote Colorado hotel. Now before you pipe up with a comment, if your experience of The Shining comes from the film of the same title starring Jack Nicholson, just hold your horses. It’s the book we’re talking about here: the film was a different animal and, like many others, I think I would have […]

Stephen King to Enter the Twilight

October 29, 2009 admin 0

Early in 2010, Vertigo will publish a five book series of graphic novels told by dark overlord Stephen King and short story writer Scott Snyder. The series will feature American cowboy vampire Skinner Sweet and was originally conceived of by Snyder who had approached King for a blurb and ended up with a co-author. “I love vampire stories,” King told The Guardian, “and the idea of following the dark exploits of a uniquely American vampire […]

King’s Short Treats

July 27, 2008 admin 0

As someone who is surrounded by books, I have to prioritize my reading carefully. Unfortunately some books get left behind on my To-Be-Read pile when a favorite author’s work arrives on my doorstep. One writer whose new releases automatically leap to the top of my TBR pile as soon as the postman calls is Stephen King. I have collected his work since I was an adolescent and was amused to see how much his older […]

Review: Duma Key by Stephen King

January 21, 2008 admin 0

Today, in January Magazine’s fiction section, contributing editor Ali Karim reviews Duma Key by Stephen King. Says Karim: I was about a quarter of the way into Stephen King’s Duma Key and feeling a sense of growing dread and dark foreboding when I came upon this passage spoken by the elderly property owner Elizabeth Eastlake. It serves as a taste of what Edgar Freemantle might experience upon relocating himself to Florida, to an idyllic beach-front […]