The Stephen King Thread

[StrainedEyes]

Apt Pupil is realistically dark.

 

[LOBO3315a]

It's sad really. When I read Rage, I totally identified with the main character. However, I knew doing what he did in the story was blatantly wrong and would never have done it. There's a line between fantasy and reality, and a lot of people can't seem to tell the difference.

 

[Superman]

Most of King's work hasn't made it to the big screen (or little screen).
I bolded the ones that (I feel) should be adapted ASAP:

Rage
Roadwork
The Long Walk
"The Breathing Method" (From Different Seasons)
"The Library Policeman" (From Four Past Midnight)
"The Sun Dog" (From Four Past Midnight)
Gerald's Game
The Regulators
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Rose Madder
Insomnia
From a Buick 8
Cell
Lisey's Story
Blaze
Duma Key
Under the Dome
11-22-63
The Talisman
Black House
The Eyes of the Dragon
The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger
The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
The Dark Tower III: The Wastelands
The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower

I didn't say most of his work, I said most of his major books or "Novels" have been made into some kind of movies. Big difference.


Theatrical releases
Carrie
The Shining
Cujo
The Dead Zone
Christine
Firestarter
Silver Bullet (based on the novella Cycle of the Werewolf)
Stand by Me (based on the novella The Body)
The Running Man
Pet Sematary
Misery
Needful Things
The Shawshank Redemption based on the novella "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption"
Dolores Claiborne
Thinner
Apt Pupil (based on the novella)
The Green Mile
Hearts in Atlantis (based on the novella "Low Men In Yellow Coats")
Dreamcatcher
Riding the Bullet
1408
The Mist


TV Movies
Salem's Lot
It
The Tommyknockers
The Stand
The Langoliers (based on the novella)

That's just a list of Novels and novella's that's been made into a movie or TV movie. If you add the short stories too the list gets alot longer. Then you've got all the sequel's like The Children of the Corn series of movies.

Yes there are alot of King's work that hasn't been put on film but most of his early books have.

 

[Rocketman]

I wasn't arguing with you.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Finished Just After Sunset this afternoon. Not bad at all, just different. It felt mellower somehow than previous collections. Favorites were The Gingerbread Girl and N.

Next up: Under the Dome, and you guys weren't kidding, it's a monster.

 

[Rocketman]

"Harry Potter is all about confronting fears, finding inner strength, and doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfriend." - Stephen King

 

[Superman]

I wasn't arguing with you.

t:

 

[Superman]

"Harry Potter is all about confronting fears, finding inner strength, and doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfriend." - Stephen King

My wife would argue that. She's a big Twilight fan.

 

[redhawk23]

I need to get back into some Stephen King, its been a while.

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

I'm gonna re-read The Dark Tower after I finish the Sword of Truth series again.

 

[Rocketman]

My wife would argue that. She's a big Twilight fan.

My girlfriend is obsessed with it. Every time I ask her why, she goes, "... I don't know."

I've found that most people who are into Twilight can't even explain why. They just like it. If they thought about it for more than one minute, they'd realize that it's almost written in a misogynistic tone. You could swear that a man wrote it. It does nothing but make women look stupid.

My best guess as to why it's "loved" by so many women is because of the writing itself. The writing trumps the story. The writing is simple prose with zero style, and it's extremely easy to read for today's audience with zero attention spans. It's Transformers for females.

EDIT: No offense to your wife or my girlfriend, of course.

 

[childeroland]

To be honest, I zipped through all four books in less than a week--maybe three days. The writing is everything most people say it is, but it's also oddly compelling. Whether for its trainwreck value I don't know. But I can't ever say I was bored. Embarrassing as it is to say, they are page-turners.

 

[:eek:]

Limited Wind Through the Keyhole in February

Posted: October 11, 2011, 15:45:33
Section: Book » The Wind Through the Keyhole

Donald M. Grant sent out a newsletter just not and there where some interesting news about the limited edition of The Wind Throught the Keyhole

- We are currently scheduled to release the Limited Editions in February 2012. Our edition will have 6 full color plates and 11 Black & White illustrations by acclaimed artist Jae Lee. One of the Black & Whites is available for viewing at:
https://secure.grantbooks.com/z-sk-dt-twttk.html

- Stephen King has agreed to sign only 800 copies of a Deluxe Edition. In keeping with our policies of supporting long time customers, owners of Deluxe Edition copies of THE LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA numbered 1-800 will have the first option to buy this Deluxe Edition.

We will initially have a “postcard lottery” for unclaimed copies (which we expect to be very few) eligible for those who have a Deluxe Edition of LSOE numbered higher than 800.

- There will be a 5,000 copy limited “Artist” Edition which will be signed by Jae Lee and will be issued in a slipcase. There will be no limitation for purchasing this edition.

- Scribner has announced their release of a trade hardcover edition of THE DARK TOWER: THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE on April 3, 2012.

We will be producing a slipcase for the Scribner Trade Edition which will match the three slipcases we produced for the first seven Dark Tower books.

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

I'd love to get that deluxe edition, signed by both King and Jae Lee... wonder how much it'll be though.

 

[THANOSRULES]

So Mcammon's Swan Song or King's The Stand....which is better and who ripped off who.

IMO Swan Song is superior, and it seems like it came out before The Stand from my memories.

Edit the stand came out first, but not the version we have today, anyone know what the deal was with the version change?

 

[Rocketman]

So I just got my Pennywise costume together for Halloween - cost me about $30 altogether. And much to my joy, I'm looking JUST like him. Hopefully I can freak some little kids out when they come to my door.

 

[Rocketman]

So Mcammon's Swan Song or King's The Stand....which is better and who ripped off who.

IMO Swan Song is superior, and it seems like it came out before The Stand from my memories.

Edit the stand came out first, but not the version we have today, anyone know what the deal was with the version change?

I reeeeeeeally want to read Swan Song now.

 

[:eek:]

So Mcammon's Swan Song or King's The Stand....which is better and who ripped off who.

IMO Swan Song is superior, and it seems like it came out before The Stand from my memories.

Edit the stand came out first, but not the version we have today, anyone know what the deal was with the version change?

When The Stand was first released King wasn't quite yet the established, popular writer he would become and I think the book company didn't wan't to publish the longer version back then and King had to cut out bits here and there.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

So I just got my Pennywise costume together for Halloween - cost me about $30 altogether. And much to my joy, I'm looking JUST like him. Hopefully I can freak some little kids out when they come to my door.

Pics!

 

[LOBO3315a]

Do you have the sharpened teeth too?

 

[Rocketman]

Yeah, I bought the sharpened teeth for an outrageous $7.
I mean, I look just like him, lol. I wasn't playing around this year.

 

[Rocketman]

When The Stand was first released King wasn't quite yet the established, popular writer he would become and I think the book company didn't wan't to publish the longer version back then and King had to cut out bits here and there.

In the introduction of the Uncut version, King mentions everything you said, but he also mentions that the glue that binds the pages together was not cohesive enough at the time (glue that strong apparently didn't exist yet), so the publishing company was afraid that they would print a million copies of the book, and half of them would fall a part before they even got to the bookstore.

If they had been greedy bastards, they should've released The Stand as a three-volume trilogy, like The Dark Tower is considered one large book.

The Stand: Book I - Captain Trips
The Stand: Book II - On the Border
The Stand: Book III - The Stand

All three sections are relatively the same length. It would've been a great scheme to triple-dip.

BUT, I understand what King was probably thinking. A one volume, 1,100 page epic is more legendary and more unforgettable, and is certainly more audacious.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't King one of the only mainstream authors ever to write three novels that exceeded 1,000 pages? (The Stand, It, Under the Dome) - Not counting The Dark Tower?

 

[LOBO3315a]

Yeah, I bought the sharpened teeth for an outrageous $7.
I mean, I look just like him, lol. I wasn't playing around this year.

Please post some pics when you are all dressed up! I'd love to see them!

 

[Rocketman]

Please post some pics when you are all dressed up! I'd love to see them!

I will!
I'm surprised - I did a Google search and not many people have attempted a Pennywise costume. It seems like one of those costumes that either seems too obvious for Halloween (like GhostFace from Scream), or it's just too hard to pull off.

Examples:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi

I swear, only two of them actually look decent.

 

[cloverfan98]

So I just got my Pennywise costume together for Halloween - cost me about $30 altogether. And much to my joy, I'm looking JUST like him. Hopefully I can freak some little kids out when they come to my door.

Does it float?