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Preview of issue #4 of American Vampire

Posted: June 18, 2010, 22:03

Here is a preview of issue #4 of American Vampire.

Official Haven facebook page

Posted: June 18, 2010, 20:30

Haven now has an official facebook site and on it there is a new poster and some photos. Check it out.

Special offer for Lilja's Library: The World of Stephen King

Posted: June 18, 2010, 15:56

Glenn Chadbourne (who's illustrated Lilja's Library: The World of Stephen King) has created an exclusive card for The Overlook Connection that is signed by me and Glenn. Overlook offers this card FREE if you buy the book from them but they only have a limited number to offer so head over to them now if you want one.

53 days until the release of Lilja's Library: The World of Stephen King

Posted: June 17, 2010, 20:12

Today I'm happy to be able to finally give you the release date for my upcoming book; Lilja's Library: The World of Stephen King. The release date is August 9 and that is just 53 days to go!

UK paperback of Under the Dome

Posted: June 15, 2010, 07:21

As you might remember I have earlier written about the four different covers for the UK paperback edition of Under the Dome. Well, today I got one of them in the mail and let me tell you, it's one thick book.

New column

Posted: June 14, 2010, 07:25

On page 34 of the latest issue there is a new column called Get Me Bruce Willis where it's suggested that Bruce Willis should be the one to fix the BP Oil Spill.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Blockade Billy sweepstake

Posted: June 11, 2010, 21:44

Here is a new sweepstake in which Simon & Schuster offers a limited Blockade Billy poster and copies of the book.

Haven pilot approved

Posted: June 11, 2010, 07:57

Jim Dunn (who wrote the pilot) wrote the following about Haven on his Twitter this morning:

Got Stephen King's formal approval of the pilot today! He liked it!

In a month we'll know if we'll like it.

Stephen King surprised Justin Cronin

Posted: June 8, 2010, 17:05

King surprised Justin Cronin (author of The Passage) on GMA. Check out the clip here

Thanks to Bev Vincent

A new photo from Haven

Posted: June 5, 2010, 00:23

Another photo from the filming of Haven appeared on Eric Balfour's twitter page today.

My review of Never Sleep Again – The Elm Street Legacy

Posted: June 4, 2010, 14:13

Here is my review of Never Sleep Again – The Elm Street Legacy. A wonderful documentary about the Nightmare on Elm Street movies. Why it’s reviewed here? Well, read the review and you’ll find out.

New trailer for Haven

Posted: June 4, 2010, 00:21

Here is a new trailer for Haven.

Introducing The Kid

Posted: June 4, 2010, 00:13

Here's a sneaky peak at some of the artwork in the new issue of The Stand (posted on The Stand's Facebook page) - on sale 3rd June. Introducing...The Kid!

My review of audio books by Stephen King part 2

Posted: June 3, 2010, 15:57

Here are my thought of the second half of all those audio books Pentuin released recently.

My review of American Vampire #3

Posted: June 2, 2010, 13:43

Here is my review of American Vamprire #3.

Variant cover for issue #4 of American Vampire

Posted: June 1, 2010, 21:03

Here is the variant cover for issue #4 of American Vampire.

The Stand hits Facebook

Posted: June 1, 2010, 21:01

Mike Perkins has started a page on Facebook dedicated to Marvel's adaptation of The Stand - appropriately titled Marvel's The Stand. He'll be posting artwork and release info up there - and if any one has any questions about the series that'd be the place to ask them.

Stephen King movieposters from Hell?

Posted: May 31, 2010, 11:57

Today in the fun department

In the 1980s a group of entrepreneurs in Ghana created small-scale, mobile film-distribution empires, hitting the road with videocassettes, television monitors, portable gas-powered generators and rolled-up, hand-painted, artist-signed canvas posters. This new medium created the first opportunity for some of the best young painters in Ghana to express themselves on a public scale. In the frequent absence of an original image upon which to base the work they had been commissioned to produce, the artists inevitably created cinematic paintings that were largely interpretive and imagination-driven. Here are posters for three King movies…

All these posters are from a book called Extreme Canvas: Movie Poster Paintings from Ghana and if someone should happen to have a copy that they want to part with, please let me know.

And the winners in the Blockade Billy contest are...

Posted: May 30, 2010, 23:55

OK, the Blockade Billy contest is over and it’s time to present the winners. But before I do that, here are the correct answers:

Read the complete text

A review of Lilja's Library - The Book

Posted: May 30, 2010, 02:11

Here is a review of my upcoming book written by Kevin Quigley.

My review of audio books by Stephen King

Posted: May 30, 2010, 02:09

Here are my thought of half of all those audio books Pentuin released recently.

Haven location

Posted: May 28, 2010, 00:28

Emily Rose posted this photo from where she was filming Haven yesterday.

My review of Blockade Billy

Posted: May 28, 2010, 00:26

Here is my review of Scribner's edition of Blockade Billy.

King writes about Sons of Anarchy shoot

Posted: May 27, 2010, 23:36

King writes about the filming of his cameo in Sons of Anarchy.

Haven to premier on SDCC?

Posted: May 27, 2010, 10:37

Jose Molina wrote the following on his Twitter yesterday...

I heard a rumor that #Haven would be premiering a new episode at SDCC on Friday.

So, those of you that attend. Keep you eyes open and please let me know how it was.

Thanks to j.guerineau

New interview with yours truly

Posted: May 26, 2010, 09:09

Here is an interview I did the other day with Talk Stephen King.

Cover for paperback ed. of Under the Dome revealed

Posted: May 25, 2010, 22:57

Scribner has released the cover for the paperback edition of Under the Dome. It will be released on July 6.

New contest live.

Posted: May 24, 2010, 00:54

New contest now live on the site. Enter by link to right.

Another Haven poster

Posted: May 21, 2010, 20:39

Talk Stephen King has found this new poster for the upcoming TV series Haven.

New interview with Stephen King

Posted: May 20, 2010, 22:10

FearNet did a short interview with King yesterday when he received the literary award from the Los Angeles Library Foundation. Check it out here. In the interview King is asked about about Haven, the sequel to The Shining and a new Dark Tower book.

Here is a report about the event by Larry Fire.

Haven: Book vs TV series

Posted: May 20, 2010, 09:08

Sam Ernst (writer for Haven) wrote about the series on his Twitter page. He said King read the supernatural storyline and the mythology they added and emailed them: "sounds like a blast!".

He also commented on how well the series will follow the book like this: “We basically absorbed the whole book and then added a supernatural storyline and back story for the characters.”

Check Sam’s Twitter here

Me being interviewed

Posted: May 19, 2010, 23:34

Here is the interview Herbert West did with me on Twitter for those of you that missed it.

The making of the cover for issue #3 of American Vampire

Posted: May 19, 2010, 15:34

Here is a look at how Rafael Albuquerque created the cover for issue #3 of American Vampire.

More Haven promo

Posted: May 19, 2010, 14:10

Here is a bigger version of the first promoposter (click on it) and also a second.

Thanks to @Jmrenaudie

Haven premiers July 9

Posted: May 19, 2010, 11:44

Haven premiers on SyFy July 9 at 9/10c. Here is also a promoposter.

Thanks to @Jmrenaudie

Interview with Scott Snyder

Posted: May 19, 2010, 11:32

Here is an interview with Scott Snyder (author of American Vampire from Newsarama.

Cover for issue #3 of Hardcases

Posted: May 19, 2010, 11:31

Here is the cover for issue #3 of Hardcases.

Thanks to @Jmrenaudie

Cover for issue #4 of Gunslinger

Posted: May 19, 2010, 11:29

Here are the cover for issue # 4 of Gunslinger.

Thanks to @Jmrenaudie

King gets a Literary Award

Posted: May 19, 2010, 00:33

Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 19th, the 15th Annual Los Angeles Public Library Awards Dinner will be held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza.

The Library Foundation of Los Angeles hosts the Library Awards Dinner each spring to help augment critical funding. The proceeds of the 2010 Awards Dinner will help the Los Angeles Public Library provide reading enrichment and literacy programs and related books and materials, educational and cultural activities for all ages, and public access to the latest electronic information resources.

During the dinner, Stephen King will be awarded The Literary Award for his tremendous contribution to literature.

Thanks to Larry Fire

A look at Scribners edition of Blockade Billy

Posted: May 17, 2010, 21:44

I got a copy of Scribners edition of Blockade Billy today. Here is what it looks like.

My review of issue #5 of The Road of Trials

Posted: May 16, 2010, 23:30

Check out my review of issue #5 of The Road of Trials.

Me being interviewed on Twitter

Posted: May 15, 2010, 21:30

For those of you that are on Twitter, check out me being interviewed by Herbert West on Lilja’s Library’s Twitter page. This interview is being done in Twitter format and since you can only use 140 letters in each post each question and answer is quite short and they appear irregularly on the site. Still though, it should be an interesting way to do an interview.

New teaser trailer for Stephen King's Haven

Posted: May 15, 2010, 19:58

A new teaser trailer from HAven has been released. Check it out here.

A Collision of Worlds, the next Talisman arc

Posted: May 15, 2010, 15:57

The title of the second arc of The Talisman comic will be A Collision of Worlds and it'll premier this summer.

Interview with Alex McVey

Posted: May 12, 2010, 13:29

Here is an interview with Alex McVey who illustrated Blockade Billy.

2nd printing cover

Posted: May 11, 2010, 23:28

Here is the cover for the 2nd printing of issue #1 of American Vampire.
Thanks to Herbert West

Details of Full Dark, No Stars

Posted: May 11, 2010, 21:42

The moderator of King's board sheed some light over the lengt of the stories in Full Dark, No Stars. Here is a list of the number of manuscript pages each story has. Remember though that this is manuscript pages and the page length in the finished book will not be the same but the relative size will remain the same.

1922: 96 manuscript pages
A Good Marriage: 63 manuscript pages
Big Driver: 82 manuscript pages
Fair Extension: 25 manuscript pages

And there will be an Afterword in the book.

King to write about his Anarchy shoot

Posted: May 11, 2010, 12:00

According this post on King's message board we'll hear everything about about his participation in the TV series Sons of Anarchy:

Following up on the report by ew.com that Steve will be doing a cameo for the FX series, Sons of Anarchy, he has asked me to let you know that he will give you a full report of his adventures. He will be filming his part later this month in California.

Description of Full Dark, No Stars

Posted: May 11, 2010, 11:03

Here is the description of Full Dark, No Stars from Amazon.co.uk:

'I believe there is another man inside every man, a stranger...' writes Wilfred Leland James in the early pages of the riveting confession that makes up '1922', the first in this pitch-black quartet of mesmerising tales from Stephen King, linked by the theme of retribution. For James, that stranger is awakened when his wife Arlette proposes selling off the family homestead and moving to Omaha, setting in motion a gruesome train of murder and madness.

In 'Big Driver', a cozy-mystery writer named Tess encounters the stranger is along a back road in Massachusetts when she takes a shortcut home after a book-club engagement. Violated and left for dead, Tess plots a revenge that will bring her face to face with another stranger: the one inside herself.

'Fair Extension', the shortest of these tales, is perhaps the nastiest and certainly the funniest. Making a deal with the devil not only saves Harry Streeter from a fatal cancer but provides rich recompense for a lifetime of resentment.

When her husband of more than twenty years is away on one of his business trips, Darcy Anderson looks for batteries in the garage. Her toe knocks up against a box under a worktable and she discovers the stranger inside her husband. It’s a horrifying discovery, rendered with bristling intensity, and it definitively ends 'A Good Marriage'.

Like DIFFERENT SEASONS and FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT, which generated such enduring hit films as The Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me, FULL DARK, NO STARS proves Stephen King a master of the long story form.

Thanks to Bev Vincent.

My review of In the Deathroom

Posted: May 10, 2010, 21:23

Here is my review of the Dollar Baby version of In the Deathroom.

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