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A dragon on stage?

Posted: November 5, 2009, 00:52

How about this...

Eyes of the Dragon is being turned as a play in Belgium. And the play will start on the 11th of november, and it will be at "la ruche théatre", in Marcincelle (Belgium).
Website of the theater :

Thanks to Herbert West

Online

Posted: November 5, 2009, 00:48

Here is an FAQ about Discordia: A Dark Tower Online Experience.

And here is a brand new multimedia section of King's official website.

My reveiw of...

Posted: November 4, 2009, 16:11

Here is my review of the Dollar Baby version of My Pretty Pony.

More Under the Dome

Posted: November 4, 2009, 12:31

Now you can check out a longer video of King reading from Under the Dome. You can also check out the trailer, King talking about the book and an audio excerpt. You'll find all this here.

Scribner has also added more illustrations from the limited book. You can check out them here.

And here you can see them in even bigger format.

Thanks to Ari

The Stephen King Library Desk Calendar 2010

Posted: November 3, 2009, 13:53

2010's edition of The Stephen King Library Desk Calendar is now out. You can see the cover to the right.

Since these aren't sold outside the US I'd be very interested to buy one if there is anyone out there that got an extra copy. Mail me.

King interview

Posted: November 3, 2009, 00:35

Here is an exclusive interview with King done by Barnes & Noble.

TV promotion for Under the Dome

Posted: November 3, 2009, 00:32

This listing of TV appearances to promote Under the Dome was posted on King's official board:

We do not have exact times or dates for all of the appearances, but here is the short list:

Tuesday, Nov. 10th:
-Good Morning America

Currently Scheduled for Friday, November 13th but subject to change:
- The View

Air date not set yet:
- The Colbert Report

If others are added, we will try to post them here.

More about Discordia

Posted: November 3, 2009, 00:31

More about what Discordia is:

Discordia: A Dark Tower Online Experience
Discordia is an internet-based Dark Tower experience that has been in development since early 2007. The project started as a small add-on concept for the then new Dark Tower Official Web Site. Over time, Discordia evolved into a progressive storytelling platform that leverages cutting-edge technologies to chronicle the war between Tet Corporation and Sombra/NCP.

Exploring the behind-the-scenes conflict between the two companies, Discordia introduces long-time Dark Tower fans to new characters and numerous mechanical/magical items developed by Mid-World's Old Ones. Over the course of our adventure we will visit numerous locations, both those familiar to Dark Tower fans and others which we only glimpsed in the Dark Tower novels. While we may not see Roland and his ka-tet in this adventure, the development team has remembered the faces of its fathers. We have done our best to honor the original Dark Tower series while simultaneously mapping new and exciting Dark Tower territory.

Discordia uses Flash and Flash video to immerse the user in detailed 3D artwork and video that has been meticulously created based on literal dissections of the Dark Tower books. With retrospective text by Robin Furth, highly detailed magical items and environments by Brian Stark and truly exquisite original paintings by Michael Whelan, Discordia is a revolutionary experience that should please any Dark Tower fan.

New column

Posted: November 3, 2009, 00:30

Here is a new column called The Secret to Pop Culture Snacking.

Delay and review for LL

Posted: November 2, 2009, 16:33

My book was planned for a November release but will be pushed forward to early 2010. The reason for this is that we sent out review copies to people hoping for quotes to use on the book and getting responses on that has been taking much longer than we expected. However both CD and I felt that it was worth waiting for even if it means the book will be delayed a few months.

With that said I'm also happy to chare this review of the book with you.

Read Premium Harmony today

Posted: November 2, 2009, 08:48

Larry Fire over at The Fire Wire reports that King’s new short story, Premium Harmony, from the New Yorker magazine now can be read online. It's about a fight between a husband and wife while they are driving to a convenience store and you can read it here.

Collectors, look here

Posted: November 2, 2009, 08:45

The collector site has been updated and if you are a collector of King's book, check this one out.

King reads from Under the Dome

Posted: October 30, 2009, 21:04

Check out ta videoclip of King reading from Under the Dome here. In it you can also see illustrations of some of the characters in the book.

Carrie to the stage...again

Posted: October 30, 2009, 07:38

Dead Central reports that Carrie might get a new chance as a musical.

Here is an article about it from New York Post.

New banner

Posted: October 30, 2009, 07:37

Discordia has gotten a new banner.

Rafael Albuquerque interview

Posted: October 30, 2009, 07:35

Here is an interview with Rafael Albuquerque about American Vampire.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Under the Dome trailer

Posted: October 29, 2009, 11:10

Check out the new, very nice, trailer for Under the Dome here.

Promoting Under the Dome

Posted: October 28, 2009, 14:50

This list of promotional event was posted on King's site today:

Entertainment Weekly will be publishing an excerpt of Under the Dome in their print magazine currently scheduled to be on stands on October 30th. The excerpt is not expected to be available on-line.

On Thursday, October 29th, the Under the Dome book trailer will premiere exclusively on EW.com and EW's Shelf Life Blog for one day only.

On Friday, October 30th, EW.com and EW's Shelf Life Blog will launch a short video of Stephen reading the first few pages of Under the Dome. This is also a one-day exclusive.

Thanks to Ari

Tony Shasteen interview

Posted: October 28, 2009, 08:45

Here is an interview I did with Tony Shasteen, illustrator of the new Talisman comic.

New King story

Posted: October 27, 2009, 20:14

This unexpected news popued up today on King's official board:

The New Yorker issue of November 9th, appearing on newsstands November 2nd, will feature a new short story by Stephen, "Premium Harmony," set in Castle Rock.

Thanks to Craig Trunzo

Damon Lindelof: I shouldn't be the one to adapt it

Posted: October 27, 2009, 17:04

This was in USA Today :

I am actually curious as to the status of Damon's involvement with the Dark Tower series. Is there hope for us Stephen King fans that this project is in the works? -- Lorrie Q.

You'll be hard-pressed to find a huger fan of The Dark Tower than me, but that's probably the reason that I shouldn't be the one to adapt it. After working six years on Lost, the last thing I want to do is spend the next seven years adapting one of my favorite books of all time. I'm such a massive Stephen King fan that I'm terrified of screwing it up.

I'd do anything to see those movies written by someone else. My guess is they will get made because they're so incredible. But not by me.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Ghost Brothers of Darkland County alive

Posted: October 27, 2009, 15:02

Ghost Brothers of Darkland County seems to be alive and kicking. This was posted on King's official board today:

It hasn't been dropped, although it won't come out as a stage production--at least not at first. In fact, I think it may be in the post-production stage at the moment. A web site is being developed for the project and as soon as I have any information about it going live, I will pass that along.

Exclusive interview

Posted: October 27, 2009, 11:17

Here is the exclusive interview with King about Under the Dome that was mentioned in a mail from King's official site about a week ago.

It's only supposed to be on the PopEater site today (Oct. 27th) but if you missed it it should be on King's official site from Oct. 28th.

It the video interview we also get a first look at the illustrations of the characters in the book that will be included in the limited edition. It's not easy to see details but it gives you a hint of how they will look.

UK cover

Posted: October 27, 2009, 01:10

Here is the full wraparound cover for the UK edition of Under the Dome

Stand cover

Posted: October 27, 2009, 00:59

Here is the variant cover for issue #3 of Soul Survivors.

DT covers

Posted: October 27, 2009, 00:56

Here are the regular and variant cover for issue #3 of Battle of Jericho.

Skinner is coming...

Posted: October 26, 2009, 15:16

King will be part of yet another comic. This time it's the story about the vampire Skinner. This will be an original story by King. Read more on King's official site or at Newsarama.

Thanks to Daniel Taylor.

Variant cover for issue #1

Posted: October 24, 2009, 00:29

Here is the cover for the variant cover for Battle of Jericho Hill by Brandon Peterson.

Pet Sematary game

Posted: October 23, 2009, 12:16

How did this happen?

Stephen King tie-in out now
by Jon Jordan

It's close to Halloween so surely time for a Stephen King tie-in on the App Store?

Indeed, Paramount has dug up an old film licence, providing us with a Pet Sematary game.

As tends to happen when multi-faceted novels are converted into other media, it's become a top-down shooter, in which you have to rapidly tap on resurrected pets and small boys to shoot them, while saving the adults who charge around the levels seeking safety.

To be honest, it's doesn't seem to be very sophisticated - but perhaps as an impulse 99c purchase, there's nothing wrong with that.

Each level lasts a swift minute long and you can acquire power-ups along the way to boost your points score, which is shared via online high scores and Facebook.

Pet Sematary is available now, priced 99c, €0.79 or 59p. Hit the Buy It! button to see how deep you have to dig.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Message from Steve

Posted: October 22, 2009, 20:32

This was posted on King's official site after it was reported that the eBook of Under the Dome would cost $35.

Dear Constant Readers,

Please don’t believe the press reports that the e-book reader price for Under the Dome will be $35. This was the result of confusion from a press release from the publisher, what Big Jim Rennie would call a clustermug. It is true that you cannot order the book as an e-download until December 24th but the physical book, which is a beautiful thing, you can pre-order for less than $9—so who’s better than us?

Steve

Really cool

Posted: October 22, 2009, 14:13

I have told you about them before but now I have had the chance to see them with my own eyes and they are really cool. What am I talking about? Well, you have a little hint in the photo to the right but if you want to know more, read this

My thoughts #2

Posted: October 21, 2009, 23:28

Here is my review of issue #1 of Soul Survivor that was released today as well as the regular and variant covers for the issue.

My thoughts #1

Posted: October 21, 2009, 23:24

Here is my review of issue #0 of The Talisman that was released today.

Interactive book cover

Posted: October 21, 2009, 12:15

On October 21st at 3pm EST, a new feature will be added to the Under the Dome Widget. The widget will feature a link to an interactive book cover, allowing you to explore the book a little more in depth prior to its release.

---UPDATE---

The interactive cover is now online. Check it out here.

King speaks about The Dome

Posted: October 21, 2009, 12:14

On Tuesday, October 27th, the AOL.com homepage and AOL’s PopEater entertainment site will feature an interview in which Stephen speaks about Under the Dome.

Click here to go to PopEater

This is a one-day exclusive but if you miss it on October 27th, the interview will also run on selected sites including StephenKing.com beginning on the 28th.

Talisman excerpt

Posted: October 21, 2009, 12:01

Here you will be able to check out an exclusive excerpt from issue #1 of The Talisman between October 21 and 28.

Meet Stephen King’s Gore Specialist

Posted: October 20, 2009, 15:43

Here is a very interesting article about Russ Dorr, a man who’s helped King with getting the fact straight in more than one book. Beware though that there are some small spoilers for Under the Dome in the article.

Thanks to Michael Cahill

The winners...

Posted: October 20, 2009, 15:41

Here are finally the right answers and the winners of The Shawshank Redemption contest:

Read the complete text

Interview with Robin Furth

Posted: October 19, 2009, 22:20

Later this week issue #0 of The Talisman comic is released and as most of you probably already know Robin Furth has a pretty big part in it. I got a chance to talk to her about it and here is what she had to say.

Under the Dome in Italy

Posted: October 19, 2009, 16:38

Under the Dome was released on Friday in Italy (in Milan and Rome) under the title The Dome. It will be released all over Italy on October 20.

Thanks to Daniele Vailati.

Ka is revealed...

Posted: October 19, 2009, 15:31

Now we know what Ka is a Wheel is…sort of. It looks like it’s a game based on The Dark Tower but it could be something else as well... It does however looks like we'll know more on November 30. Check out a trailer here

Bone Church online

Posted: October 16, 2009, 22:24

King's new poem can now be found online.

King and Straub talks Talisman

Posted: October 16, 2009, 12:41

Here is a short interview with Peter Straub and Stephen King about The Talisman comic.

UK limited?

Posted: October 15, 2009, 14:34

There have been talks about a limited edition of Under the Dome from Hodder & Stoughton for a while now but now things are finally starting to happen.

At Waterstone's they are now taking orders for an edition that costs £100 and my guess is that this is that limited that there has been talks about.

I'm looking for more info as we speaks but if you want to order your copy now you can do that here but please not that there hasn't been any confirmation yet that this IS the limited one.

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The second text part is hidden...

Posted: October 14, 2009, 16:00

A new text segment has been hidden here on Lilja's Library. This one will be a bit harder to find thoug...

Feel free to mail me if you find it...

The second text part hidden here at Lilja's Library:
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'She went for Woops,' Aidan said. He looked like a little old man - a little old worried man. 'I'd be ascairt to go Halloweenin without Mommy.' 'Come on, Caro,' the man said. 'We ought to-' Rusty rose from the bench. 'Could I speak to you for a minute, ma'am? Just a step or two over here.' Caro looked puzzled
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More about a BIG book

Posted: October 14, 2009, 14:31

Well, if you have seen the pictures of this book on my site you know it’s a massive book, it’s actually one of the biggest books I have seen, and then I haven’t even seen it in real life yet… I have however gotten a little taste of it and what I have seen really makes me want to get a copy of the book. As luck has it I will get a copy of this giant so count on a review once I do.

Until then, check out these new pages from the book. The book is filled with stuff like this. Some of the illustrations I recognize and some I have never seen before but they all have one thing in common, they are all very interesting and my guess is that you’ll spend the first read just watching the illustrations...and then the at the second read actually read the text about the illustrators and their work...

KEY SPECIFICATIONS:
full color, 11 × 15 inches, 448 pages
over 500 illustrations
over 30 pages of double-page foldouts
publication date: November 2009
Order here

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