Talisman 3, One More Holly Book And Then…
Posted: October 16, 2025, 00:48
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I’m trying to clear my desk as much as I can. At my age, you're off the warranty. You can't take anything for granted.
King is planning one more book starring Gibney that he hopes to write this winter.
I love Holly. Right now I am rereading The Outside’ because I have a way into this last Holly book so I need to refresh myself with that.
Before that he has to finish the third Talisman book. King says that at the end of Black House it was made “pretty clear” that the world of the Territories, is also the Mid-World of his Dark Tower books and that he plans to “button up” both series with the new tome. Straub had given King some ideas for their third book before his death in 2022.
I kept putting it off when Peter was alive. Peter had stuff to do, too. I mean, it wasn't all on me. But I would say, ‘Well, this time, this time…’ and time ran out for Peter. That made me feel really bad.
King also reveals that he wants to take some time off while he’s still healthy.
You can't guarantee anything once you get past the age of 75, 76. So you've got to be a little bit careful. Anything can happen to anybody. I got hit by a car while I was in my prime, so to speak. I might have another 10, 15 years, but you can't count on it, that's all.
In a recent interview about his new novel King Sorrow his son Joe Hill admitted he wants to be a “book-a-year guy” like King.
He’s a force, man. My dad (sneezes) and then he pulls out the tissue and goes, ‘Oh wow. Look, there's a novel there.’
King’s explanation:
The thing is, I try to entertain myself. I sit down like at quarter of 6 in the morning before anybody's up, and before my wife's having her first cup of coffee and she's in another part of the house. I really enjoy those three or four hours where I can play in a kind of a fantasy world. It's kind of nice.
But don’t worry. King’s not retiring tomorrow, if ever.
I’m a busy guy. However, I’d like to stop before I start to drivel. Like, repeat myself. I feel like I've still got a little more space to explore, but I have to watch out and not become a bore. I hate that idea, of being a boring person. I'd like to still surprise people a little bit.
Words we have heard before…
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With so many new editions of The Talisman and Black House being released the speculations about if the third book is finally being written has once again started. So, I thought that who better to ask about this than Peter Straub. He should know, right? Well, I sent him an email asking if he and King was any closer to writing the third book about Jack Sawyer and got a reply within the hour. This is what he said:
