Some new covers
Posted: August 24, 2009, 10:53
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Thanks to Sebastian.
Thanks to Sebastian.
NEWS -
Thanks to Sebastian.
Where the Joys Are
Posted: August 24, 2009, 09:17
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King in Minneapolis
Posted: August 24, 2009, 09:17
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Tickets will go on sale on Tuesday, August 25. Here is information on how to get tickets:
Tickets for all Fitzgerald Theater events are available to the general public in person at The Fitzgerald Theater box office.
Fitzgerald Theater Box Office
10 East Exchange Street
Saint Paul, MN 55101
Box office hours:
Tuesday - Friday: Noon - 5 pm
Minnesota Public Radio members may also purchase tickets for selected events by calling during our regular business hours.
Phone: (651) 290-1221
Fax: (651) 290-1195
e-mail: fitzgerald@mpr.org
Tickets are also available through Ticketmaster
by phone at 1-800-982-2787
or in person at any Ticketmaster outlet.
Tickets will be able to be purchased at ticketmaster.com or by calling the Fitzgerald Theater box office.
Tickets are $20.00.
Minnesota Public Radio members, Star Tribune subscribers and Loft Literary Center members can buy tickets for $18.00.
Fairgoers get a King-size Treat
Posted: August 20, 2009, 16:00
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Here is an article that shows what a down to earth guy King really is…
Read the complete text
Review of issue #5
Posted: August 19, 2009, 14:16
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Today the last issue (issue #5) of American Nightmares is released. Here is my review of it.Cover for issue #5
Posted: August 14, 2009, 23:44
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Here is the variant cover for issue #5 of American Nightmares.Variant cover for issue #1
Posted: August 14, 2009, 00:57
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Here is the variant cover for issue #1 of The Road of Trials. It's being released on November 18, 2009.Del Rey Comics announced exclusively to Newsarama Thursday that they've secured Mike "Gabe" Krahulik, one-half of the team behind the very popular Penny Arcade webcomic, to provide a special variant cover to the publisher's October-debuting adaptation of the Stephen King-Peter Straub novel The Talisman, and Newsarama has a special exclusive preview of the cover.
Children of the Corn on DVD
Posted: August 14, 2009, 00:56
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Anchor Bay Entertainment has set an October 6 DVD street date for the remake of CHILDREN OF THE CORN that debuts this fall on the Syfy channel. Fango managed to snag a first look at the cover art, which you can see below.
Written and directed by Donald P. Borchers (who produced the 1984 CHILDREN feature), the latest adaptation of the Stephen King short story premieres on Syfy Saturday, September 26 at 9 p.m. David Anders and Kandyse McClure star as Burt and Vicki, the couple whose road trip leads them into a remote town populated by religious-fanatic kids led by Malachai (Daniel Newman) and Isaac (Preston Bailey). (ORPHAN’s Isabelle Fuhrman apparently does a voice in the movie.) Full specs for the DVD, which retails for $26.97 ($18.99 Amazon as of this post), are coming soon.
My thoughts on The Talisman
Posted: August 12, 2009, 21:14
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Here is my review of the special black and white issue #0 of The Talisman comic.Shawshank in the UK
Posted: August 12, 2009, 14:49
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Cover for issue #1
Posted: August 11, 2009, 22:05
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Here is the cover for issue #1 of The Road of Trials. It's being released on November 18, 2009.Mostly Old Men
Posted: August 11, 2009, 11:10
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In issue #40 (Volume 10, Number 4) of Tin House - the 10th Anniversary Issue there is a 2 pages long poem by King called Mostly Old Men. The issue is out in bookstores and the cover price is $12.95 USD. Read more here.
Thanks to Brian Nicola
9/15/09, 9:00am EDT
Posted: August 10, 2009, 19:47
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SIGNED LIMITED EDITION of the COLLECTOR'S SET
Pre-orders accepted starting 9/15/09, 9:00am EDT
Available while supplies last.
$200.00 plus shipping and handling
This collector's edition of Under the Dome, Stephen King's tour-de-force new novel about a Maine town suddenly cut off by an invisible, impenetrable Dome, has a belly band around the jacket, a stamped case, four-color printed endpapers, 27 part title illustrations of characters in the book drawn by renowned New Yorker cartoonist Matthew Diffee, and a ribbon marker. The edition also contains a deck of 27 special collector's cards featuring the Diffee caricatures. Printed on specialty paper. Shrink-wrapped.
DETAILS FOR PRE-ORDERS
Available to comsumers only. No retail accounts
Limit one book per customer
Available for sale Domestic US only
Books ship 11/19/09
They also report that the cover will be revealed on October 5th.
Talisman winners are...
Posted: August 9, 2009, 10:29
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The Talisman comic is over and here are the correct answers:
Question 1: What month is the first issue of The Talisman released?
Answer 1: October
Question 2: What is the title of the first arc?
Answer 2: The Road of Trials
Question 3: Who illustrated the comic?
Answer 3: Tony Shasteen
Question 4: Who is the colorist of The Talisman comic?
Answer 4: Nei Ruffino
Question 5: Which was the first character from The Talisman comic to be revealed to the public?
Answer 5: Morgan Sloat
And the five lucky winners of a copy of issue #0 are:
Andy Green, Mikael Korr, Ann Smith, Cho Li and Linn Schul.
Check back next week for more about The Talisman comic including review and interviews.
Order Lilja...
Posted: August 7, 2009, 20:49
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There's a spanish online store dedicated to Stephen King. It's called Restaurant De La Mente and there you can find for sale books, signed editions, magazines, comics, merchandising and more! Starting today, the store is taking orders for Lilja's Library: The World of Stephen King and due to all the payment options available, even those who don't own a credit card can secure a copy!
Check them out at here.
First cover for Under the Dome
Posted: August 7, 2009, 20:45
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Here is the first Under the Dome cover that's been revealed. It's the Dutch cover, the title is Gevangen and it's being released on November 12. This is the paperback cover.Thanks to Chrissy
US Galley
Posted: August 5, 2009, 23:44
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Here is a scan of the front of the US galley for Under the Dome.Thanks to Bev Vincent
New column
Posted: August 5, 2009, 23:42
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Thanks to Sonia Rodríguez Riveiro
Stand arc 3
Posted: July 31, 2009, 02:12
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The third arc of The Stand comic will have the title Soul Survivors and premier October 21st. Here is the cover for issue #1.Fall of Gilead cover
Posted: July 31, 2009, 02:09
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Here is the sketch cover for issue #4 of Fall of Gilead.Review of Fall of Gilead #3
Posted: July 29, 2009, 00:00
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Issue #3 of Fall of Gilead is now out and you can read my thought about it here.Talisman info
Posted: July 28, 2009, 22:44
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- The plan is to have 6 issues in the first arc.
- The title of the first arc will be The Road of Trials.
- The plan is to do two more arcs of the same length (but that might change).
- There will be a month gap between each story arc.
- The first issue is due out in October 2009.
Update on the Atlanta signing
Posted: July 28, 2009, 21:58
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Date: November 13, 2009
Location: Barnes & Noble, 2900 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta
Time: 7:00 PM
Special Instructions from the store:
Stephen King will only sign copies of Under the Dome. No other books or memorabilia, please. There will be a limit of one book per customer. Wristbands will be used for entry into this event. Please call the store for details.
Signed collectors ed. of Under the Dome
Posted: July 27, 2009, 23:05
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Not yet. I got an email over the weekend letting us know that the only place the signed edition will be sold is through Scribner's web site but they weren't set up yet to take pre-orders. The unsigned collector's edition can be pre-ordered now, though.
I spoke to Scibner and it dosn't look like they will be able to sell to customers outside the US (this might change though)...
Manchester event
Posted: July 27, 2009, 22:08
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Northshire Bookstore presents Stephen King
Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 7 pm
Manchester Elementary-Middle School
80 Memorial Ave.
Manchester Center, VT 05255
Tickets to go on sale Sept. 1 at 10 am
Can be purchased by phone or in the store (we will have a special number set up by 9/1, and will let you know what that number is)
Ticket pricing:
$50 – includes a signed copy of Under the Dome and preferred seating (250 available)
$5 – General admission (550 available)
Only purchasers of a $50 ticket will get a signed copy of the new book. Mr. King will not be signing any other books. Unsigned copies of Under the Dome and other Stephen King books will be available for purchase.
Thanks to Bev Vincent
King on Mars
Posted: July 27, 2009, 19:36
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DVDs to be released Tuesday
Stephen King praised the British police drama "Life on Mars" as "one of the greatest limited-run television series I've ever seen." And he certainly got it right when he said, in Entertainment Weekly, that it "blows the American version out of the water." Well, now the original U.K. series comes to home video, being released Tuesday in a four-disc set packed with special features (Acorn Media, $59.99).
John Simm plays a modern-day Manchester police detective who gets hit by a car while chasing a killer and wakes up in 1973. Still a cop, he tries to solve crimes using the low-tech and frequently frustrating methods of the 1970s. Police procedure is a little rougher on suspects and forensics is slower – but the music's really cool.
The set includes audio commentary on each episode, an hourlong documentary with cast and crew interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage, a "Music of 'Life on Mars' " featurette, outtakes and more.
This is "Series 1" of the show that ran for two seasons on British TV and was seen on BBC America. The U.S. version ran on ABC in the 2008-09 season.
UK proof of Under the Dome
Posted: July 24, 2009, 19:09
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Covers for issue #3 of Fall of Gilead
Posted: July 24, 2009, 19:08
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King in Manchester
Posted: July 24, 2009, 15:33
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It's not clear whether state officials will be able to organize a presidential visit in the near future, but before the end of the year Vermont will get a visit from a King.
As part of a tour supporting his forthcoming novel, "Under the Dome," author Stephen King will be in Manchester on Dec. 2 as a guest of the Northshire Bookstore.
Northshire event coordinator Linda Ellingsworth called it "the mother of all book signings."
"It's obviously thrilling. The people here said it's probably been 15 years since he's been back here," Ellingsworth said.
"It's always exciting when a writer of his stature comes through Vermont. The tough thing is going to be getting in the door (of the signing,)" Bissette said.
Given this unusual opportunity, Bissette said he hoped people who planned to attend would come up with some good questions for King.
Ellingsworth said the bookstore would probably create a separate page on its Web site to promote the event. Tickets may be available as early as the first week in August.
Thanks to Bev Vincent
Info about the collectors ed.
Posted: July 22, 2009, 22:55
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A Novel by
STEPHEN KING
In addition to our standard publication (IBSN: 9781439148501, $35.00) Scribner is pleased to offer two special editions of Stephen King’s newest novel. All editions will be on sale on November 10, 2009.
Under the Dome Collector’s Set
ISBN: 9781439156971
$75.00/$95.00 CDN
This collector’s edition of UNDER THE DOME has a belly band and jacket, a stamped case, 4-color printed end papers, a ribbon marker, and contains a deck of special collector’s cards of the character drawings that appear at the beginning of each part of the book. The book will be shrink-wrapped. Printed on specialty paper, this publication is limited to 25,000 copies.
Under the Dome Signed Limited Edition
More info coming soon...
Remake of children premiers later this year
Posted: July 20, 2009, 21:01
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Thanks to Ari
And the winners are...
Posted: July 19, 2009, 23:11
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Read the complete text
Signed collectors ed. of Under the Dome
Posted: July 17, 2009, 21:44
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I can't confirm this with Scribner because they close down early on Fridays in the summer, but there's a rumor going around the grapevine that the signed limiteds will be going on sale through their website this weekend. You could try this link but if you don't see the signed limited showing up, use the Search function on their site.
Under the Dome excerpt
Posted: July 17, 2009, 21:39
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Thanks to Bev Vincent
More about the signings
Posted: July 17, 2009, 21:38
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NYC - on stage, no book signing, 250 pre-signed books
D.C./Baltimore - book signing, no on stage event
Atlanta - book signing, no on stage event
Sarasota - on stage, no book signing, 250 pre-signed books
Minneapolis - on stage, no book signing, 250 pre-signed books
Toronto - on stage, no book signing, 250 pre-signed books
Portsmouth, NH - on stage, no book signing, 250 pre-signed books
Manchester Center, VT - on stage, no book signing, pre-signed books
Thanks to Bev Vincent.
King on working with the King of pop
Posted: July 17, 2009, 21:37
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Under the Dome movie
Posted: July 16, 2009, 22:58
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Quote:
Rand Holston at CAA is currently out with the film rights to Stephen King's forthcoming novel, Under the Dome. Scribner is publishing in November and Holston is co-agenting with Darhansoff, Verrill, Feldman. (King's literary agent is Chuck Verrill.) The novel follows the members of a small Maine town inexplicably sealed off one day by an invisible and impenetrable force field. Stranded inside the dome—which is erected at a random and unfortunate circumference that separates those within the town—a group of locals, led by an Iraq war vet, band together to fight rising social unrest and, ultimately, the barrier itself. King announced that he had finished the book back in January and, in his column for Entertainment Weekly, spoke of its massive size—it's more than 1,000 pages. The heft may be making it tough for Hollywood execs to see the story working as a feature; one insider said all the activity in the book is causing some to think Dome makes more sense as a miniseries. Other massive 1,000-plus page works by King—like It and The Stand—both wound up on the small screen, the former as a TV movie and the latter as a miniseries.
Thanks to Bev Vincent
Signing dates
Posted: July 16, 2009, 21:19
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Dates and locations for signing tour update:
November 10 - NYC (this event is already sold out)
November 11 - still being decided whether D.C. or Baltimore
November 13 - Atlanta (yes, we know it's a Friday )
November 16 - Sarasota
November 18 - Minneapolis
November 19 - Toronto
December 1 - Portsmouth, NH
December 2 - Manchester, VT
Thanks to Craig Trunzo
King to appear at Music Hall
Posted: July 16, 2009, 01:04
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to discuss his new novel Under the Dome. Read more here.
Thanks to Miss X.
Collectors ed. of Under the Dome
Posted: July 15, 2009, 19:14
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I've been authorized to release the official information from Scribner about the collector's editions, so here you go:
Scribner will publish two Collector’s Editions. The regular Collector’s Edition will have a special jacket with a belly band, a stamped case, four-color printed endpapers, a ribbon marker, and will contain a set of 27 special trading cards featuring drawings of characters from the book (drawn by cartoonist Matthew Diffee). These drawings will also be featured in the book—as a frontispiece image and on the 26 part title pages. The book will be shrink-wrapped and Scribner will print only 25,000 copies of this edition, priced at $75.
Scribner is also offering 1,500 copies of a signed, limited Collector’s Edition. This contains all the special elements listed above, plus the book will be signed by the author. This is priced at $200.
Thanks to John Hanic
Cell heads to TV
Posted: July 14, 2009, 21:26
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"Some cool news just came out during the Q&A following the North American premiere of John Harrison's adaptation of Clive Barker's Book of Blood. According to Harrison he has just signed up to adapt Stephen King's technology spawned zombie story Cell. Following the demise of the Eli Roth adaptation, Harrison was approached to do a TV mini-series version.
And here is what Fangoria has to say about it:
Fango’s Tony Timpone just called up from Montreal’s Fantasia film festival with a hot scoop: John Harrison, whose Clive Barker-based feature BOOK OF BLOOD is premiering at the event, is writing a four-hour miniseries based on Stephen King’s CELL. The 2006 novel sees the population of America transformed into mindless, rampaging killers by a signal sent through their cell phones.
Harrison is scripting CELL for the Weinstein Company, which had originally planned to turn the book into a theatrical feature (with Eli Roth attached at one point to direct), but decided to abandon those plans and will be shopping the project to networks instead. Having served as assistant director/composer on the King-scripted CREEPSHOW and helmed TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE: THE MOVIE (including an adaptation of the author’s “Cat from Hell”), Harrison considers CELL one of King’s best recent books, with opening chapters that will make an incredible first 30 minutes on screen. The filmmaker adds that he doesn’t see this as a zombie story so much as a VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED-esque chiller, and enjoys the fact that the infected populace possesses a hive mentality. While he has been officially contracted to direct, he would certainly like to. BOOK OF BLOOD screens at Fantasia tonight at 7 p.m. (the show is almost sold out as of now); look for exclusive video of Harrison discussing BOOK, CELL and other projects at this site tomorrow!
Thanks to Al Mattice, Larry Fire and Uncle Creepy.
Issue #4 review
Posted: July 11, 2009, 00:19
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Here are my thoughts on issue #4 of American NightmaresUR on audio
Posted: July 9, 2009, 22:18
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Thanks to Bev Vincent
Paperback cover
Posted: July 4, 2009, 01:20
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Here is the papaerback cover for Just After Sunset that's released on September 22. You can pre-order your copy here.My thoughts on Nightmares & Dreamscapes
Posted: July 4, 2009, 01:14
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Under the Dome Collector's Set
Posted: July 2, 2009, 22:55
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Interview with Nei Ruffino
Posted: July 2, 2009, 09:19
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Thanks to grzesiek
King and Jackson
Posted: July 2, 2009, 09:04
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EW columnist Stephen King writes, “It’s worth noting that he was never convicted of anything in criminal court, and when I asked Mick—who hung out with Michael occasionally— he was emphatic in his belief that Michael Jackson was indeed innocent of the abuse allegations. In the court of public opinion, however, he was found guilty of Weirdness in the First Degree, and ended up secluded in one haunted castle after another. Finally, he died in one. Strange man. Lost man. And not unique in his passing. Like James Dean, Elvis Presley, Kurt Cobain, Heath Ledger, and a dozen others we could name, he just left the building far too soon. Because, man oh man, that guy could dance.”
Here is an article about King and Michael Jackson’s collaboration Ghost.
Thanks to Larry Fire
More on The Stephen King Illustrated Companion
Posted: July 2, 2009, 09:03
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My thoughts on Dolan's Cadillac
Posted: July 2, 2009, 01:40
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Dolan’s Cadillac has had its world premier in Sweden today and I have seen it. Check out my thoughts about it here.
