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Good, maybe now I can get a copy of Waste Lands that doesn't have a misleading picture of a steam engine train on the cover. I could think of literally dozens of things that would've made better covers for that book.
 
Bubonic said:
Meh... It's whats on the inside that counts.
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Agreed, but I do like that Salem's Lot cover alot more than the one I have. The one I have makes it look like some vampire teen romance.
 
You're right about that, wonder what they'll write on the backflap, originally 'Salem's Lot main story wasn't spoiled by the packaging, it was just this ominous house like this new cover so that is indeed good.
 
Sawyer said:
Agreed, but I do like that Salem's Lot cover alot more than the one I have. The one I have makes it look like some vampire teen romance.
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Mine is the same way. I think I might buy the Illustrated Edition or find the original hardcover.

Bubonic said:
You're right about that, wonder what they'll write on the backflap, originally 'Salem's Lot main story wasn't spoiled by the packaging, it was just this ominous house like this new cover so that is indeed good.
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That is what was so great about it, none of us saw that coming.
 
Manic said:
Good, maybe now I can get a copy of Waste Lands that doesn't have a misleading picture of a steam engine train on the cover. I could think of literally dozens of things that would've made better covers for that book.
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Blame that on the stupid company higher ups... they're idiots that have no idea what the book is about, and yet they decide what they want the covers to have. In the Keith Parkinson artbook, who did the Sword of Truth covers, they were talking about how the executives wanted little demons and monsters all around the statue on the cover of Faith of the Fallen. Anyone that's a SoT fan knows how stupid that is.
 
New King story in Sept.

Posted: June 21, 2011, 00:25:59
Stephen Jones has an all-original anthology released September 29th called A Book of Horrors and the first story is an all new Stephen King story called The Little Green God of Agony. Read more over at Stephen Jones website.
 
Was a late starter with King...

At the moment I'm simultaneously reading The Uncut version of The Stand, Needfull Things and The Gunslinger...
 
Little Green God of Agony sounds Mid-World or Territories related. Maybe something from one of those places slips into our world or something.
 
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THE NEW eBOOK FEATURING AN EXCERPT FROM 11/22/63

At Mile 81 on the Maine Turnpike is a boarded up rest stop, a place where place where high school kids drink and get into the kind of trouble high school kids have always gotten into. It’s the place where Pete Simmons goes when his older brother, who’s supposed to be looking out for him, heads off to the gravel pit to play “paratroopers over the side.”

Pete, armed only with the magnifying glass he got for his tenth birthday, finds a discarded bottle of vodka in the boarded up burger shack and drinks enough to pass out.

Not much later, a mud-covered station wagon (which is strange because there hadn’t been any rain in New England for over a week) veers into the Mile 81 rest area, ignoring the sign that says “closed, no services.” The driver’s door opens but nobody gets out.

Doug Clayton, an insurance man from Bangor, is driving his Prius to a conference in Portland. On the backseat are his briefcase and suitcase and in the passenger bucket is a King James Bible, what Doug calls “the ultimate insurance manual,” but it isn’t going to save Doug when he decides to be the Good Samaritan and help the guy in the broken down wagon. He pulls up behind it, puts on his four-ways, and then notices that the wagon has no plates.

Ten minutes later, Julianne Vernon, pulling a horse trailer, spots the Prius and the wagon, and pulls over. Julianne finds Doug Clayton’s cracked cell phone near the wagon door – and gets too close herself. By the time Pete Simmons wakes up from his vodka nap, there are a half a dozen cars at the Mile 81 rest stop. Two kids – Rachel and Blake Lussier –and one horse named Deedee are the only living left. Unless you maybe count the wagon.

With the heart of Stand By Me and the genius horror of Christine, Mile 81 is Stephen unleashing his imagination as he drives past one of those road signs...
 
The Little Green God of Agony

Posted: August 2, 2011, 09:59:01

From Cemetery Dance:

Later today we'll be announcing a special edition of A BOOK OF HORRORS edited by Stephen Jones, which we're co-publishing with PS Publishing in the UK.

Why is this important for Stephen King fans? Well, this anthology features the World's First publication of a brand new King story called "The Little Green God of Agony" and we're pleased to report this story is good old fashioned gothic horror at its best!

Because we're co-publishing this book, we only have half of the print run to sell, so don't wait to place your order because we don't expect supplies to last long:

http://www.cemeterydance.com/page/CDP/PROD/jones02


New story: The Dune

Posted: August 2, 2011, 08:15:12Granta magazine's Fall/Winter issue, devoted to horror, will include a new Stephen King story titled "The Dune." The issue, available for sale on October 27, will also feature stories by Roberto Bolaño, Joy Williams, and Don DeLillo, among others.
 
That new Stephen King book sounds extremely interesting I'm actually excited about it and my girlfriend is the one who is the big King fan.
 
I don't think I've met a King book I didn't like. :D
 
That one he did about writing was a snoozefest. All of his stories, however, are very engaging.
 
I'm reading On Writing now... Personally, I think it's quality.
 
It's true. He writes the way most people talk so easy to fall into his narratives. That isn't always true of other authors who are stiff and more formal. Plus his characters are really solid and feel liek real people, not made up quickies. :)
 
GoblinWhirlwind said:
I enjoy reading his introductions and various articles as much as his books themselves. He's just got a really easy writing flow.
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Agreed. I think it was the introduction to the first book of the Dark Tower but I remember one where he was talking about how it's like to be invincible at the age of nineteen. Just a really cool and well written introduction that reminded me a bit of myself at the age of nineteen and how I wish I could just always stay at that age.
 
I recently got a Kindle and am looking to get a few King books, ones that I don't already own. Here is a list of the ones I'm sorting through, any suggestions about which to pick up?

Carrie
The Mist
Dreamcatcher
Desperation
Duma Key
Everything's Eventual
Night Shift
Just After Sunset
Full Dark, No Stars
Under the Dome
 
What I've read:

Carrie
The Shining
Misery
The Green Mile
The Long Walk
Cycle of the Werewolf
Lisey's Story
The Mist

What I'm about to read:

Gerald's Game
The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger
'Salem's Lot

What I'm currently reading:

Under the Dome

Under the Dome is freakin' awesome.
 
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