Today I had a chance to watch a Russian Dollar Baby called Srajenie (The Battle). It's animated and about 10 minutes long. It's really cool! Some voiceover is in Russian and some in English...
Here is a color scan of the cover of the trade paperback of Song of Susannah.
I have added my review of Bev Vincent's book The Road to The Dark Tower: Exploring Stephen King's Magnum Opus so you can see how I like that one.
Here is a color scan of the cover of the new audio of Carrie due out in February 2005.
It finally seems that one of my favourite King (or rather Bachman) books might be turned into a movie. In an answer on King's official message board the moderator gave the following answer to whether King would turn The Long Walk into a movie:
Here is an interview with King.
The Dead Zone trading cards from Rittenhouse are on the market now. Here are two links for you to check out: Scifi Hobby and Warp 9.
Faithful is now out in both hardback and on audio. You can order the different editions here:
Here are even more articles with photos (and clips) about the filming of Desperation:
Here is an article about Faithful with a picture of King and O'Nan.
Here are some really cool photos from the filming of Desperation:
Here are the US and UK trade paperback covers for The Dark Tower 5 and 6. You can pre-order by clicking on the covers.
Here are some interesting articles about the filming of Desperation, both from Tucson Citizen.
The WCRB Horn of Plenty Cookbook II has been released in time for holiday giving. Boston radio station Classical 102.5 WCRB has produced a sequel to the very successful 1990 edition of their cookbook, and the proceeds again benefit Project Bread. Recipes were donated by WCRB listeners, by celebrities such as Boston Pops Music Director Keith Lockhart, author Stephen King, and by chefs from many area restaurants. Read more about it on their website.
Here are the two covers for the upcoming The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book by Brian Freeman and Bev Vincent. You can pre-order you copy either at Amazon.com or at Cemetery Dance.
Here is a photo from King's signing at the Briar Patch Bookstore on November 20th. You can see more here.
King will be on both The Today Show and The Daily Show on December 2nd. That is all the info I have at the moment but when I hear more you'll be the first to know.
King's official site (in the message board) state that The Dark Tower Concordance vol. 2 by Robin Furth won't be out until January or February 2005.
Sylvia Kelegian joins the cast for Desperation. She will play Ellie Carver.
As you all know the book Faithful by King and Stewart O'Nan will be out on November 21 and I though it would be interesting to hear how the book was written. To find out I contacted Stewart and asked if I could get a minute of his time. He said yes! In the interview he speaks about Faithful, King, Red Sox and more.
King's next column for Entertainment Weekly will appear in the November 19th issue and have the title The Pop of King: A Dozen Thanks.
Kelly Overton has joined the cast of Desperation. She will be playing Cynthia Smith.Kelly Overton has joined the cast of Desperation. She will be playing Cynthia Smith.
King's official site states that Henry Thomas (E.T.) will play Peter Jackson in Desperation.
To the right is a picture of the cover of the limited edition of The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon popup as well as a close-up on King's signature. The difference between the limited and the trade is not as big as you may think. The limited edition has the exact same interior as the regular edition (same number of pages, etc.). The binding is different though -- it has a full cloth cover with an extra pop-up that is not in the trade edition; this extra pop is embedded into the front cover.
Here is the final cover for Faithful and please not that is doesn't say Stewart O'Nan with Stephen King any more, just both authors names. The book will be released on November 21 and you can pre-order here.
To the right is a picture of the limited edition of The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon popup.
I just spoke to Mick Garris and he confirmed what I thought. That Tom Skerritt will play Johnny Marinville in Desperation. He also told me that Since Cliff Robertson recently had back surgery, and is recovering, he has been replaced by Charles Durning.
The cast for Desperation is starting to take shape. Here are the first names. Ron Perlman (Hellboy) will play Collie Entragian, Tom Skerritt (don't know who he will play) Steven Weber (The Shining) is Steve, Annabeth Gish (The X Files) takes the female lead as Mary, Cliff Robertson (Riding the Bullet) is Tom the veterinarian, Shane Haboucha (THE O.C.) stars as young David and Matt Frewer (Riding the Bullet, The Stand) is Ralph. There are also some articles available online.
An article about Faithful and the Red Sox is online. On the image to the right you can see King and O'Nan at a game.
Now you can see what I think of season 3 of The Dead Zone. I have put my review of the third season online.
Here is what seems to be the new cover for Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the 2004 Season. On Stewart O'Nan's site there is also an article about the collaboration with King.
Here is the cover for the audio edition of Carrie that will be released in 2005 and read by Sissy Spacek.
Here are the front and back of Grant's deluxe edition of The Dark Tower VII. It's divided into 2 parts.
Tickets are $7, which includes a ticket into our after party at Parnell's next door. Seats are limited, so please RSVP by sending an email to BeCarriedAway@hotmail.com
King has a new column, Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar, in the next issue of Entertainment Weekly. This time it has to do with Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp and others who are using their music to raise political awareness about the upcoming election.
Here is a color version of the upcoming Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the 2004 Season. It will be released in December and you can pre-order it at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk
The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book will feature over 1,000 questions to test your knowledge of the King of Horror (covering topics right up through the last Dark Tower book!), along with dozens of special illustration-based questions from Cemetery Dance favorite artist Glenn Chadbourne! Edited by Brian Freeman (founder of StephenKingNews.com) and Bev Vincent (author of The Road To The Dark Tower and the "News from the Dead Zone" column in Cemetery Dance magazine), The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book will also feature a special afterword by Michelle L. Revelle (Founder/Co-President of SKEMERs, the largest Stephen King fan group on the web).
