The Stephen King Thread - Part 1

[DeGenerate10]

Description of Mr. Mercedes

Posted: December 10, 2013, 10:32:50
Section: Book » Mr. Mercedes

Here is a short description of Mr. Mercedes from Simon & Schusters site.

In a mega-stakes, high-suspense race against time, three of the most unlikely and winning heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from blowing up thousands.

I'm really looking forward to this one.

 

[jonathancrane]

King joined Twitter today. http://***********/StephenKing https://***********/StephenKing

The exchanges btw. him and his son are hilarious.

 

[:eek:]

Longer description of Mr. Mercedes

Posted: December 10, 2013, 23:02:16
Section: Book » Mr. Mercedes

Here is a longer description of Mr. Mercedes:

In a mega-stakes, high-suspense race against time, three of the most unlikely and winning heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from blowing up thousands.

In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, hundreds of desperate unemployed folks are lined up for a spot at a job fair. Without warning, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging again. Eight people are killed; fifteen are wounded. The killer escapes.

In another part of town, months later, a retired cop named Bill Hodges is still haunted by the unsolved crime. When he gets a crazed letter from someone who self-identifies as the “perk” and threatens an even more diabolical attack, Hodges wakes up from his depressed and vacant retirement, hell-bent on preventing another tragedy.

Brady Hartfield lives with his alcoholic mother in the house where he was born. He loved the feel of death under the wheels of the Mercedes, and he wants that rush again. Only Bill Hodges, with a couple of highly unlikely allies, can apprehend the killer before he strikes again. And they have no time to lose, because Brady’s next mission, if it succeeds, will kill or maim thousands.

Mr. Mercedes is a war between good and evil, from the master of suspense whose insight into the mind of this obsessed, insane killer is chilling and unforgettable.

 

[Teelie]

Sounds like he's upping the ante in the book to using something like an airplane for his attack. Either way it's probably going to be a good if controversial story.

 

[DeGenerate10]

I finished Carrie today. I really loved how he alternated the narrative from Carrie, to the White Comission, to the articles, and the other POVs. I enjoyed it more than both movies.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Sounds like he's upping the ante in the book to using something like an airplane for his attack. Either way it's probably going to be a good if controversial story.

Hopefully not an airplane, that was the guy in Insomnia's plan.

 

[Teelie]

I've yet to read Insomnia. An airplane was just the first thing that came to mind as a bigger vehicle to use for his purposes.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Ah, ****. I'm sorry.

 

[Teelie]

I'm not all that bothered. I've heard about most of the endings before or seen the adaptations already.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Ok, good. After I thought about it it's not much a surprise anyway.

 

[Teelie]

I finished off Rainy Season and My Pretty Pony last night.

Rainy is a fairly straight up horror story involving man-eating toads of all things.

Pony is just an old man talking to his grandson about how time changes depending on your age. Very mundane and upon further reading, meant to be an excerpt from a novel about a cold-blooded hitman who was recollecting on his youth that never got completed.

 

[childeroland]

Yeah, I wish he would publish 'Steel Machine' or some other George Stark/Richard Bachman novel.

 

[:eek:]

Cover for Mr. Mercedes

Posted: December 13, 2013, 11:45:01
Section: Book » Mr. Mercedes

Here is the cover for Mr. Mercedes.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Who's read Joyland? How is it?

 

[DeGenerate10]

Has anyone read any of his son Joe Hill's stuff?

 

[:eek:]

Hodder will release Mr. Mercedes on June 3

Posted: December 18, 2013, 08:17:15
Section: Book » Mr. Mercedes

Hodder & Stoughton has announced that they will release Mr. Mercedes.

Hodder will publish a new novel by STEPHEN KING on 3 June, 2014.

Following the phenomenal success of DOCTOR SLEEP, a No. 1 international hardback bestseller, Stephen King has written a riveting cat-and-mouse suspense thriller about a retired cop and a couple of unlikely allies who race against time to stop a lone killer intent on blowing up thousands.

Retired homicide detective Bill Hodges is haunted by the few cases he left open, and by one in particular: in the pre-dawn hours, hundreds of desperate unemployed people were lined up for a spot at a job fair in a distressed Midwestern city. Without warning, a lone driver ploughed through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes. Eight people were killed, fifteen wounded. The killer escaped.

Months later, on the other side of the city, Bill Hodges gets a letter in the mail, from a man claiming to be the perpetrator. He taunts Hodges with the notion that he will strike again. Hodges wakes up from his depressed and vacant retirement, hell-bent on preventing that from happening.

Brady Hartfield lives with his alcoholic mother in the house where he was born. And he is indeed preparing to kill again.

Hodges, with a couple of misfit friends, must apprehend the killer in this high-stakes race against time because Brady's next mission, if it succeeds, will kill or maim hundreds, even thousands.

Mr Mercedes is a war between good and evil, from the master of suspense whose insight into the mind of this obsessed, insane killer is chilling and unforgettable.

Editor Philippa Pride says: ‘Once again King shows the range and versatility of his writing as well as the sheer power of his storytelling. We are excited to be publishing a thriller by Stephen King in which he paints a brilliantly insightful portrait of a serial mass-murderer. The result? It is as scary as any supernatural horror story.’

 

[Tanin]

Has anyone read any of his son Joe Hill's stuff?

I read a few of his books. I liked Horns a lot.

 

[Victarion]

An airplane is probably the least controversial part of Insomnia...though I did really enjoy the cosmology of that one.

 

[rnewbz]

Has anyone read any of his son Joe Hill's stuff?

I've read Horns and his collection of short stories 20th Century Ghosts. I liked both a lot.

 

[jonathancrane]

In terms of King's mythos, I love the heck out of Black House.

 

[redhawk23]

Has anyone read any of his son Joe Hill's stuff?

His comics, Lock and Key are supposed to be really good.

I've only read his book Horns though, which I can attest is pretty fantastic.

 

[Marvolo]

Has anyone read any of his son Joe Hill's stuff?

I read Heart Shaped Box. It was ok. Might read some of his other stuff down the road.

 

[Piper Maru]

Just finished reading Doctor Sleep, I loved it. Easily get's a 4/5 from me.

 

[TheBat812]

Re-reading the Dark Tower series right now (on Waste Lands). God I love King. What an incredible writer and probably my favorite storyteller of all time.

 

[Piper Maru]

As big as a Stephen King fan that I am, I've never read any of the Dark Tower. I really need to get on that!