The Stephen King Thread - Part 1

[Whiskey Tango]

I've read the introduction to Nightmares & Dreamscapes. It provides a little more insight into King's writing and at the time (1992) was a completion of a trilogy of short story compilations. He said the next time he published a compilation it would be in a year beginning with a 2.

It took until 2008, but he did eventually do another set of short stories.

I'm going to try reading a Nightmares short tonight.

This and Skeleton Crew are his best collections imo, followed right up by Night Shift. Crouch End and Umney's Last Case are my favorites from N&D.

 

[Teelie]

I almost picked up Skeleton Crew the last time I was at the bookstore but Nightmares has more stories I was wanting to read, and it was a much bigger book for the same price. It'll be the next King book I buy but I've got a stack of other books after this to read before returning to more King stuff.

 

[DeGenerate10]

Almost finished with Misery. I really can't tell if I prefer the movie or the novel. Both are pretty damn good.

 

[cabel]

Finished the Shining. Great read/listen, though I understand why Kubrick made the changes he did in the movie. I may watch the TV version for comparisons sake.

 

[DeGenerate10]

Finished Misery. I wish I hadn't seen the movie before reading this though. Both are really great but I think I like the movie better.

 

[:eek:]

New King story!

Posted: November 12, 2013, 11:45:38
Cemetery Dance is releasing a book called Turn Down The Lights in December and in it there will be several short stories by a lot of good authors and one is none other than King. His new story is called Summer Thunder.

The book will be released in three versions:
Trade Hardcover Edition ($35)

Slipcased Artist Edition signed by the editor and the artists ($75)

Deluxe Signed & Traycased Lettered Edition signed by the editor and the artists ($750)

Table of Contents:
"Turn Down the Lights..." an introduction by Richard Chizmar
"Summer Thunder" by Stephen King
"Incarnadine" by Norman Partridge
"The Western Dead" by Jack Ketchum
"An Instant Eternity" by Brian James Freeman
"In the Room" by Bentley Little
"Flying Solo" by Ed Gorman
"The Outhouse" by Ronald Kelly
"Lookie Loo" by Steve Rasnic Tem
"Dollie" by Clive Barker
"The Collected Short Stories of Freddie Prothero" by Peter Straub
Afterword by Thomas F. Monteleone

For more on the book and to order, head over to Cemetary Dance’s website

 

[squeekness]

Are all of those stories new or just King's? I see Straub and Barker there who I like a lot too....

 

[Teelie]

I'll wait for the paperback but it looks good.

 

[squeekness]

The only way I'd buy it is if there is a KIndle version. Hopefully so.

 

[:eek:]

Are all of those stories new or just King's? I see Straub and Barker there who I like a lot too....

I think they're all new. At least I've never heard of any of the other titles before.

 

[squeekness]

Found it on Amazon but it doesn't say there will be a Kindle version.

http://www.amazon.com/Turn-Down-Lig...84318295&sr=1-3&keywords=turn+down+the+lights

Maybe it's too soon and they will offer it for me later? Hope so....

 

[:eek:]

Mr. Mercedes officially announced

Posted: November 14, 2013, 10:58:32
Section: Book » Mr. Mercedes
Mr. Mercedes has now been officially announced on King's official site. The release date is set to June 3rd 2014.

Amazon lists the book to be 496 pages long and you can pre-order it here.

 

[squeekness]

Looking forward to it.

 

[Teelie]

Finished Dolan's Cadillac finally. Not that it was bad or boring but I kept getting side tracked. I'm going to watch the movie next to see how it stacks up.

 

[DeGenerate10]

I'm almost finished with The Green Mile. I love it. The movie really isn't that much different with the exception that there's a lot more of old Paul in the book.

 

[squeekness]

Yeah, I thought it was one of the better movie adaptions of his that I've seen.

 

[jonathancrane]

I have not seen it; but, while there is nothing wrong with 'Dolan's Cadillac' it is not my favorite of his tales. It is a matter of preference. Still, Nightmares & Dreamscapes is a terrific compilation: one of my favorite stories is 'It Grows On You'. Oh, and 'The Night Flier.'

 

[cabel]

I'm about halfway through the "It" audiobook.

 

[Teelie]

I've seen The Night Flier but not read it yet. I did read The End of the Whole Mess last night though and it's very well adapted in the television miniseries anthology.

Of course it had to be adjusted for a post 9/11 and the internet age, changing out a few details (documentary filmmaker instead of writer, using a camera instead of typewriter) but otherwise it's faithful to the original short story.

 

[Rodrigo90]

I just bought Doctor Sleep. Should be a good read

 

[Victarion]

I've seen The Night Flier but not read it yet.

What did you think of the movie?

 

[squeekness]

I just bought Doctor Sleep. Should be a good read

I liked it.

 

[Rodrigo90]

That's good to know!

I was debating in the shop whether to get that or the new James Bond novel.

But I looked things up and saw that Solo wasn't all that great, DS was getting more praise and I've always wanted to read a King novel

 

[Drizzle]

I'm halfway through The Shining. After all these years since I've seen the Kubrick film, it's hard not to picture Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall as the characters. It's a little distracting, but it's still a good read so far. I guess I'll start Doctor Sleep when I'm finished with it.

 

[Teelie]

What did you think of the movie?

I read The Night Flier right after Suffer the Little Children actually so I can do a good comparison.

The movie is decent although it alters a few parts from the story in a reasonable way. There's a "cub" reporter in the movie not present in the book to help with some scenes and to flesh out the events. The movie adds some filler details to pad it out but nothing excessive. The ending is slightly different than the book in resolution, and if I remember right, the plane in the movie is black with red striping instead of white with red striping. Otherwise it's a faithful adaptation.

Though we do get to see who Dwight Renfield truly is (his vampiric form) and a hint at his history which was not in the book. That's all tied to the extended ending and resolution to the story we don't get in the book.

As to Suffer the Little Children, I think this was very dark but interesting and given the subject matter, won't be made into a movie without some big changes to it. The children would have to be older for one thing.