Sequel to The Shining

replica145 · 09-28-2011, 05:05 AM

... in the works. Entire blurb reads :

It's now official--Stephen is working on Dr. Sleep, the sequel to The Shining. This weekend Steve read an excerpt from this at his appearance at George Mason University. They have given us permission to post their taping of the event here on Steve's site which we will do as soon as we receive the file. Dr. Sleep's plot includes a traveling group of vampires called The Tribe which is part of the passage he read from.

http://www.stephenking.com/index.html

Boy, that sounds ... terrible.

But I guess it's a weeeee bit too early to judge.

carpetmojo · 09-28-2011, 06:27 AM

Took his time, didn't he ?

Or has he only just managed to escape from the Gothic mansion.....

Bro Pete · 09-28-2011, 07:17 AM

You had me until ...."a traveling group of vampires..."

replica145 · 09-28-2011, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carpetmojo

Took his time, didn't he ?

Or has he only just managed to escape from the Gothic mansion.....

I think he was busy writing 452,403 other books.

xg4bx · 09-28-2011, 07:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bro Pete

You had me until ...."a traveling group of vampires..."

i'm not a king fan at all but i'm embarrassed for him. its time for him to retire.

PG4003 · 09-28-2011, 07:39 AM

I was there on Friday night, and saw/heard him do this reading. I'm a HUGE Stephen King so I loved it. I could have sat there and listened to him all night. He did an excellent speech, very humorous and entertaining.

Sil_liS · 09-28-2011, 07:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bro Pete

You had me until ...."a traveling group of vampires..."

The first Stephen King book I read was Salem's Lot. Not all vampire books are bad.

carpetmojo · 09-28-2011, 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PG4003

I was there on Friday night, and saw/heard him do this reading. I'm a HUGE Stephen King so I loved it. I could have sat there and listened to him all night. He did an excellent speech, very humorous and entertaining.

Err, PG ?

Do you by any chance have a couple of tiny marks on your neck ?

luqmaninbmore · 09-28-2011, 08:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sil_liS

The first Stephen King book I read was Salem's Lot. Not all vampire books are bad.

So is this going to be a cross-over? Perhaps we'll discover that vampires are the mature form of corpses buried in old Indian burial grounds?

crich70 · 09-28-2011, 08:34 AM

Sounds interesting, but then I am a long time Stephen King fan. I've got a copy of the Bachman books including "Rage" which he pulled from publication some yrs ago. With real life tragedies like Columbine he didn't want to be accused of giving any kids additional ideas.

DiapDealer · 09-28-2011, 09:04 AM

I'm more than willing to give this one a fair shot. He's always been known for throwing out the occasional "clunker" (even his most die-hard fans accept this), so another one wouldn't be any huge surprise. But he almost always bounces back from such lackluster efforts, so even if this one turns out to be atrocious, it would be silly to see it as a sign of King "losing it" or "needing to retire."

After all these years, I'm still anxiously awaiting 11/22/63.

Sil_liS · 09-28-2011, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by luqmaninbmore

So is this going to be a cross-over? Perhaps we'll discover that vampires are the mature form of corpses buried in old Indian burial grounds?

I don't know. The only thing that we can say for sure is that his vampires don't sparkle.

montsnmags · 09-28-2011, 09:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by luqmaninbmore

So is this going to be a cross-over? Perhaps we'll discover that vampires are the mature form of corpses buried in old Indian burial grounds?

Aren't all Stephen King's books cross-overs?

Spoiler:

replica145 · 09-28-2011, 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xg4bx

i'm not a king fan at all but i'm embarrassed for him. its time for him to retire.

He writes the same as he always has; which is to say a lot. Some crap gets in the mix, but most of it is good, and a lot of it is great, and some of it is phenomenal.

OtterBooks · 09-28-2011, 09:47 AM

I admire his early work a lot. Possibly the least appreciated, and most maligned books of their time. The man loves to write. He genuinely doesn't care about money at this point; he just can't stop writing. He's stated before that for him, the choice is either write or kill himself. He has that luxury now, but I'm only going to read his non-fiction/literary commentary, because his fiction magic ran out 20 years ago, imo.

I have tons of respect for the guy. He's a writer in the truest sense, but I'll skip his new fiction.

09-28-2011, 05:05 AM	#1
replica145 Bake 'Em Away Toys Posts: 210 Karma: 1271856 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Dirty Jersey Device: Kindle PW (Books) & iPad 3 (Comics)	Sequel to The Shining ... in the works. Entire blurb reads : It's now official--Stephen is working on Dr. Sleep, the sequel to The Shining. This weekend Steve read an excerpt from this at his appearance at George Mason University. They have given us permission to post their taping of the event here on Steve's site which we will do as soon as we receive the file. Dr. Sleep's plot includes a traveling group of vampires called The Tribe which is part of the passage he read from. http://www.stephenking.com/index.html Boy, that sounds ... terrible. But I guess it's a weeeee bit too early to judge.

09-28-2011, 06:27 AM	#2
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DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,855 Karma: 207000000 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I'm more than willing to give this one a fair shot. He's always been known for throwing out the occasional "clunker" (even his most die-hard fans accept this), so another one wouldn't be any huge surprise. But he almost always bounces back from such lackluster efforts, so even if this one turns out to be atrocious, it would be silly to see it as a sign of King "losing it" or "needing to retire." After all these years, I'm still anxiously awaiting 11/22/63.

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