Straub on Talisman 3

Posted: December 24, 2009, 23:41:25

Peter Straub wrote this on his Twitter:


And for those who care, no worries. In about a year SK and I will begin planning a new book.


Thanks to Bev Vincent

More Talisman 3

Posted: May 6, 2009, 22:58:15

In an upcoming interview in Cemetery Dance #61 (shipping this summer) Peter Straub talks about the third Talisman book.


Cemetery Dance: Are you going to do a third book with Stephen King?

Peter Straub: We plan to. We were going to start right about now, but King got sidetracked by a Broadway musical that he was writing with John Mellencamp. So that's been taking shape. And I think they were having out-of-town tryouts this autumn. Then we'll see what happens. But at some point we'll get back to it, because we have to. It's like two-thirds of a long, long story, and the other part really should be done.

Third Talisman boook in a year one or two?

Posted: April 8, 2009, 12:40:45

Bev Vincent reported this in regards of the Writer's Digest: An Epic Conversation on Writing:


Lanny F. McKay tells me that one of the King's most interesting quotes was about how he has occasionally enjoyed the collaborative process, "enough so that Peter and I will probably write the third and last Talisman boook in one or two years."

Straub on Talisman 3

Posted: October 16, 2008, 15:15:11

Peter Straub mentioned The Talisman in a recent interview:


Are you ever going to do a third Talisman book with Stephen King?

I believe so. Steve and I agreed years back that we would do a third one, and that would be it, because Black House virtually sets up, and all but promises a follow-up. And then we would have a three-volume fantasy novel. That's perfect. That's probably what it wanted to be from the beginning.

Read the entire interview here.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Talisman 3 - sort of a ‘24’ thing

Posted: November 1, 2006, 22:19:39

A poster at TheDarkTower.net said that King was asked about a third book in the Talisman series. I assume it was at one of the readings he has done in the US.


King replied that yes he has spoken with Straub. At the end of Black House Jack is dying in our world and goes to the territories. King sees a story where Jack has to return to our world, must only do so in brief periods as it accelerates his death. In King’s words: “sort of a ‘24’ thing”.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Talisman 3 in four to five years...

Posted: November 16, 2005, 23:34:56

I spoke with Peter Straub today and took the opportunity to ask him about the 3rd book about Jack Sawyer. He told me that he and King want to do it and that it might happen in four to five years.

Plans for Talisman 3?

Posted: November 8, 2004, 23:33:37

Here is more info in the ongoing question if there will be a Talisman 3. This is from the message board on King's official site:


Question I recently read an interview in which Peter Straub said there will be a third book in the Talisman series.

Response from Moderator Stephen would agree that there are plans for one--it’s more a matter of when.

King opening up for a third Talisman?

Posted: October 7, 2004, 23:30:40

Is King opening up for a third Talisman book? Well, this quote is from the message board on King's official site and is the answer to all the questions about Jack Sawyer they get:


Since there have been so many inquiries, I asked Stephen about this and his response is: "People who are interested in Jack Sawyer, don’t lose hope that you will see him again."

The Talisman 3 around 2006

Posted: November 9, 2001, 23:29:50

In interviews (you can find one of them in The Interview Section) Peter Straub has said that he and King probably will write a third book about Jack Sawyer and now, according to a post in SKEMERs, he said (at a signing in Mequon, Wisconsin yesterday) that King and he hope to write another book in "around five years".

This means that we could have The Talisman 3 around 2006 or so...