My review of Ur
Posted: March 18, 2009, 10:32
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Here is finally my review of Ur.King and art
Posted: March 16, 2009, 13:54
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It will also have interviews with most living artists, introduction by Frank Darabont, movie posters, movie-tie in editions, film stills and more.
Now, Jerad of Centipede Press wanted to make sure he didn’t miss anything and because of that he asked me to ask you if there is anything special you want him to include in the book. And he also sent along some spreads from the book to give you an idea about what it’s all about.
So, if there is anything specific that you think needs to be in an art book based on King’s work, send a mail to Jerad and let him know.
The Stand Week is over...
Posted: March 16, 2009, 09:12
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Interview with Chris Eliopoulos
Interview with Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Interview with Laura Martin
Interview with Mike Perkins
My review of issue #1 of American Nightmares
And the correct answers are...
Read the complete text
IT's back on...
Posted: March 13, 2009, 13:07
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Could be interesting if done right...
Read more:
Ain't it Cool
Hollywood reporter.
Thanks to Anders Jakobson and Ari
Under the Dome updates
Posted: March 11, 2009, 22:08
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It's also confirmed that the release date is set to November 10, 2009. You can pre-order your copy here.
Talisman in color
Posted: March 11, 2009, 21:49
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New interview with Robin
Posted: March 11, 2009, 00:17
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Thanks to Sonia Rodríguez Riveiro
The Stand Week on Lilja's Library
Posted: March 9, 2009, 00:00
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Monday:
Interview with Chris Eliopoulos
The contest starts and the first winner is drawn
Tuesday:
Interview with Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
The second winner is drawn
Wednesday:
My review of issue #1 of American Nightmares
The third winner is drawn
Thursday:
Interview with Laura Martin
The forth winner is drawn
Friday:
Interview with Mike Perkins
The fifth and last winner is drawn
Lilja’s Library is also working with Tales Of Wonder to give you the best price possible on The Stand comic even if you don’t live in the US. They are offering to sell the hardback of The Stand: Captain Trips (the regular cover) for $28 (retail price is $25) and that includes postage outside the US which is otherwise much higher than $3. US customer get 30% off plus shipping. Shipping is $1.99 plus $0.79 per book (free shipping above $99).
And as if that isn’t enough they are also offering to throw in a random selected variant cover (from one of the five issues of Captain Trips) to those customers who buys the hardback for as long as their supplies last. How about that? Just go here to order. And while there, check out their signed copies of The Stand: Captain Trips hardback as well.
Comments, questions or thoughts about the week? Don’t hesitate to let me know.
Interview with King
Posted: March 6, 2009, 20:51
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Thanks to Larry Fire
The Pop of King: I Love 'Breaking Bad'!
Posted: March 6, 2009, 13:01
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Thanks to Bev Vincent
Ur on iPhone
Posted: March 4, 2009, 23:47
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Thanks to Larry Fire
Ur a success:
Posted: March 4, 2009, 14:07
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It's not the sensation of his first effort, but Stephen King's latest e-adventure is another best-seller.
King's agent, Ralph Vicinanza, said Tuesday that downloads of King's novella "UR," available only as an e-book and released to coincide with the launch of Amazon's upgraded Kindle reader, have reached "five figures" after barely three weeks on the market.
In 2000, in the early years of digital texts, King's novella "Riding the Bullet" was downloaded hundreds of thousands of times, overwhelming Amazon.com and other online sites.
Amazon.com has declined to offer any specific numbers for sales of the Kindle or for individual books, although publishers have said that popular titles sell in the thousands or better.
Vicinanza said in a telephone interview that Amazon would not be providing specific numbers until 60 days after the Feb. 12 release, but added: "We've been told that they're in the five figures already.
"We're excited. They're happy, we're happy and from the initial information that we're getting it seems to be a success."
As of Tuesday afternoon, "UR" was No. 18 on Amazon's list of Kindle best-sellers.
Vicinanza had approached King with the idea of writing a story for release as an e-book as a way to "create some excitement" in electronic publishing at a time when the book industry is going through tough times.
The New York-based agent recommended the strategy even though the Kindle and competing devices account for no more than 1 percent of overall book sales. "UR" eventually will be made available in print, he said.
The Kindle 2, a slimmed-down model with upgraded components and storage capacity, went on sale Feb. 9 for $359. The gadget downloads books, newspaper stories and blog posts over a wireless network.
"UR," available as a download for $2.99, is about a college English instructor whose pink Kindle allows him to access new books by famous dead authors as well as newspapers that tell of a future event that he is compelled to try to forestall.
While some readers have likened the book to an infomercial for Amazon's pricey device, Vicinanza says any King fan recognizes how often cars and other products appear in his books.
"There isn't enough money out there for Stephen King to do product placement, for sure," he said.
King began writing the story Jan. 18, the agent had it edited and sent to Amazon on Feb. 4, and the edited proofs were in the hands of King and his agent — sent, in fact, to their Kindles — two days later.
King sees the Kindle as a delivery system that matters less than the story it delivers. In his blog on the Entertainment Weekly Web site http://www.ew.com. the author opined a year ago that Kindles will not replace books, which have a permanence that accentuates the importance of the ideas and stories they contain.
But they can, he wrote, enrich a reader's life.
"For a while I was very aware that I was looking at a screen and bopping a button instead of turning pages. Then the story simply swallowed me, as the good ones always do," King wrote. "It became about the message instead of the medium, and that's the way it's supposed to be."
Thanks to Bev Vincent.
More Bag of Bones
Posted: March 3, 2009, 13:04
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Two men behind a movie based on Stephen King's 1998 novel "Bag of Bones" will be in Portland today to discuss the possibility of filming in Maine.
"Bag of Bones" director Mick Garris and producer Mark Sennet are scheduled to talk about their plans at a press conference at 4:30 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn on Commercial Street.
They are also scheduled to meet sometime today with Gov. John Baldacci and other state officials to explore financial incentives for the film.
Sennet, whose credits include a TV adaptation of King's 1996 novel "Desperation," said his production company would like very much to shoot in Maine, but won't be able to without greater incentives than those offered to filmmakers under the Maine Attraction Film Incentive program.
Sennet said his company would need a tax credit that would provide a savings of about 25 cents on every dollar spent. He said many other states have such programs.
"Bag of Bones" has a $20 million budget, and Sennet expects to spend $10 million wherever the film is made.
"We'd love to do it here. We're basically here to see if (state officials) want to do this," Sennet said. "If not, there are plenty of places we could go."
Sennet said Massachusetts has the kind of tax-credit program he is interested in. His company, Sennet Entertainment, has explored filming in the Bay State, as well as in Michigan, Louisiana and Georgia.
Set at a lake in western Maine, "Bag of Bones" is about a novelist dealing with his wife's death, a custody battle and a haunted house.
The fact that King is a lifelong Mainer will have little to do with whether the film gets shot here, Sennet said.
"We'd love to do the film, but we need to do it for a certain price," he said.
A call to King's Bangor office was not returned Monday.
Several of King's works have been filmed in Maine in the past 20 years, including: "Pet Sematary" (1989); "Graveyard Shift" (1990); "The Langoliers" (1995); "Thinner" (1996); and "Storm of the Century" (1999), a TV miniseries.
Sennet said he would like to shoot the film this summer. The movie has not been cast.
Sennet and Garris worked together on "Desperation" (2006), and Garris directed the TV miniseries version of King's "The Shining" (1997), as well as the miniseries of King's "The Stand" (1994).
The meeting with state officials today is expected to include Maine film industry advocates Cameron Bonsey and Barney Martin.
Bonsey, who was a local casting director for the HBO film "Empire Falls," shot in Maine in 2003, and Martin, a locally based actor, have long advocated for more state incentives to attract film and video projects to the state.
It was Martin who convinced Sennet and Garris to come to Maine to meet with state officials, Sennet said.
Bonsey said "Bag of Bones" is an example of the kind of film Maine could attract if more incentives were offered.
"We wanted to bring in a project that's real, instead of just talking about incentives in a general way," Bonsey said.
The state's current film incentive program includes a wage-tax rebate, an income-tax rebate for investors, no state sales tax on most production items, and reimbursement for lodging taxes for long-term stays.
Baldacci's deputy chief of staff, David Farmer, confirmed that the filmmakers had requested to meet with the governor, but he said Baldacci does not know what sort of incentives they are seeking.
Thanks to Bev Vincent.
Bag of Bones this summer
Posted: March 2, 2009, 22:55
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Film version of horror novel may be shot in Maine
March 2, 2009
PORTLAND, Maine—The film version of Stephen King's novel "Bag of Bones" may be shot in the author's home state.
Director Mick Garris and producer Mark Sennet are planning to meet Tuesday with Gov. John Baldacci and other officials about the possibility of expanding financial incentives available from the state.
Maine film industry advocates say "Bag of Bones" will be a $20 million production, and half of the budget would be spent in Maine. Filming could begin as early as this summer.
The novel is set in a lakeside summer home in a remote part of Maine where an author suffering from writer's block dredges up dark secrets following his wife's death.
News...
Posted: February 25, 2009, 16:23
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Question:
I read the intro of "Low men in yellow coats" present in "Stephen King goes to the Movies" and it mentions one chapter King didn't write yet for Hearts in Atlantis. It's called "The house on Benefit Street" and it's the story of what happened to Carol (Bobby childhood's girlfriend).
Any news about this? Does King plan to write it?
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Answer (Moderator):
Steve got the idea to do this 2 or 3 years ago, I think. He had asked me to get the audio versions of Hearts in Atlantis to listen to while he drove to Florida to get him back in the groove and then planned to begin writing it when he arrived. I don't know what happened between November and January, but he started writing another project instead. I'd asked him recently if he still planned to write it but he wasn't sure if he would as he has other projects (it's killing me that I can't say anything yet ) he's working on that are taking priority.
Thanks to Ari
From a Buick 8 news
Posted: February 25, 2009, 16:22
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While co-writer Johnathon Schaech’s FROM A BUICK 8 Stephen King adaptation still looks for financing, he and co-writer Richard Chizmar are continuing to tweak the script for the Tobe Hooper film. “We’ve done 15 rewrites,” Schaech said of the project, ”and Stephen King loves it. He says it’s a great screenplay, which is sort of THE GREEN MILE meets STAND BY ME meets FRIDAY THE 13TH.”
Thanks to Bev Vincent
Throttle now on audio
Posted: February 25, 2009, 16:12
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King and Hill's collaboration Throttle is now out on audio. It's on a CD called Road Rage together with Richard Matheson's Duel that isnpired King and Hill. You can listen to it here and order your copy here.Talisman prequel
Posted: February 24, 2009, 19:40
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More info to come…
Treachery #6 review
Posted: February 24, 2009, 14:13
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Tomorrow the last issue of Treachery is released but here is my review of it if you want to check it out.Tony talks Talisman
Posted: February 23, 2009, 00:47
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Treachery 6 preview
Posted: February 23, 2009, 00:41
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Thanks to Sonia Rodriguez Riveiro
Sketch cover
Posted: February 21, 2009, 00:19
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Here is the sketch cover for issue #6 of Treachery.Preview of American Nightmare
Posted: February 20, 2009, 11:21
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You can also read more about the issue here.
Thanks to Georgia
No Lee for The Fall of Gilead
Posted: February 20, 2009, 00:21
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New covers for The Stand
Posted: February 19, 2009, 22:55
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From left to right: Sketch variant of issue #1, a second variant cover for issue #1 and the regular cover for issue #3.
If you want to see more covers for The Stand: American Nightmare you can do so here.
Try downloading...
Posted: February 18, 2009, 23:45
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Nightmares & Dreamscapes vol. 1
Nightmares & Dreamscapes vol. 2
Nightmares & Dreamscapes vol. 3
Latest column online
Posted: February 18, 2009, 23:15
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Robin talks Talisman
Posted: February 18, 2009, 00:44
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The Fall of Gilead
Posted: February 18, 2009, 00:43
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Here is the cover of the first issue of the 4th story arc in The Dark Tower series. This arc is called The Fall of Gilead.A horrified Steven Deschain learns that the deadly seeing sphere called Maerlyn’s Grapefruit has been stolen from his chambers! Far worse, when he enters his wife’s rooms to arrest her for the theft, his son Roland is standing over her body with a gun in his hand. The youngest gunslinger has perhaps committed the most hideous crime of all!
Thanks to Sonia Rodríguez Riveiro
Variant cover for Treachery #6
Posted: February 15, 2009, 22:13
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Here is the variant cover of issue #6 of Treachery.Thanks to Sonia Rodríguez Riveiro
New column
Posted: February 15, 2009, 22:11
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Thanks to Bev Vincent
Robin Furth signing
Posted: February 14, 2009, 20:08
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She will be signing the regular collected hardcover editions of The Gunslinger Born, The Long Road Home, and Treachery. As you might remember, Dark Tower comic book colorist Richard Isanove held an online signing for Dark Tower fans at The Signed Page, signing all seven issues of The Gunslinger Born. Robin wanted a similar way to bridge the gap between her and the fans and she thought this would be a fun way to do it.
Robin will only sign 100 copies of each hardcover arc, making this a rare opportunity for Stephen King and Dark Tower collectors.
Ur Now Available!
Posted: February 12, 2009, 21:20
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Get your copy here.
Under the Dome page count
Posted: February 11, 2009, 20:27
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Ur exclusive for Kindle...at first
Posted: February 10, 2009, 22:27
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Ur's length
Posted: February 10, 2009, 21:08
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Ur clip
Posted: February 10, 2009, 16:26
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Thanks to Bev Vincent
Short Q&A
Posted: February 9, 2009, 20:59
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More Ur news
Posted: February 9, 2009, 20:31
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According to Amazon.com the Kindle version will be available on February 24th but you can pre-order it here.
Here is a description of the plot:
Following a nasty break-up, lovelorn college English instructor Wesley Smith can't seem to get his ex-girlfriend's parting shot out of his head: "Why can't you just read off the computer like the rest of us?" Egged on by her question and piqued by a student's suggestion, Wesley places an order for a Kindle. The device that arrives in a box stamped with the smile logo--via one-day delivery that he hadn't requested--unlocks a literary world that even the most avid of book lovers could never imagine. But once the door is open, there are those things that one hopes we'll never read or live through. Get it only on Kindle.
Speedy Parker
Posted: February 9, 2009, 20:30
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Here is one more illustration from The Talisman. This one is of Speedy Parker.Treachery HB
Posted: February 9, 2009, 20:29
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Here is the cover for the hardback of Treachery. It's released on April 8.New novella
Posted: February 9, 2009, 15:10
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New novella called Ur released later this month:Stephen announced today that he is releasing a novella, “Ur,” which will only be available on Kindle. Ur is available for pre-order beginning today and will be released later this month. For Kindle customers who pre-order, King’s new novella will download automatically when it becomes available.
Read more here
Morgan Sloat
Posted: February 9, 2009, 10:12
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New York Comic Con is over and even though news about new King stuff isn’t flooding the net I managed to find this illustration of Morgan Sloat from The Talisman.Audio excerpts
Posted: February 8, 2009, 23:54
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excerpt 1
excerpt 2
excerpt 3
Secretary covers
Posted: February 8, 2009, 23:50
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Thanks to Larry Fire
Illustrations
Posted: February 8, 2009, 23:23
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Captain Trips issue #1 for free
Posted: February 8, 2009, 23:21
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Marvel has announced that The Stand: Captain Trips Premiere Hardcover will be available exclusively at comic shops and TalesOfWonder.com. The highly anticipated collection includes all five issues of the first arc.
To celebrate, Marvel is offering visitors of StephenKing.com a complimentary digital version of the complete first issue. This download also includes the Captain Trips Sketch Book. - A must have file for The Stand's constant readers.
Thanks to Larry Fire
Mortality in Esquire
Posted: February 5, 2009, 16:23
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I spoke to Stephen King’s office yesterday about the upcoming novella entitled Mortality. According to Marsha DeFilippo, Mr. King’s assistant, the story will appear this summer in Esquire magazine possibly around July. I’ll post more information when it becomes available.
Three books...
Posted: February 4, 2009, 11:20
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Inside the Dark Tower Series: Art, Evil and Intertextuality in the Stephen King NovelsBy Patrick McAleer
Released Feb. 16
Stephen King is no stranger to the realm of literary criticism, but his most fantastic, far-reaching work has aroused little academic scrutiny. This study of King's epic Dark Tower series encompasses the career of one of the world's best-selling authors and frames him as more than a "horror writer." Four categories of analysis--genre, art, evil, and intertextuality--provide a focused look at the center of King's fictional universe. This book reaches beyond popular culture treatments of the series and examines it against King's horror work, audience expectations, and the larger literary landscape.
Pre-order here.
Stephen King (Who Wrote That?)By Michael Gray Baughan
Released March 30
Stephen King began writing and submitting stories for publication as a young teenager. It wasn't until 1973 when he was 26 years old, however, that his first novel, "Carrie", was accepted by a publisher. By the 1980s, his books were published at a rate of at least one per year. How did King, once a struggling writer, become one of the best-selling authors of all time? "Stephen King" explores his path from a childhood of poverty to success as a screenwriter, film producer, director, and author of classics of the horror genre like "The Shining" and "Cujo".
Pre-order here.
Stephen King on the Big ScreenBy Mark Browning
Released May. 15
The Shining. Carrie. Misery. These are just a few of the film adaptations that have been made from the terrifying and eerie work of novelist and short story writer Stephen King. It is nearly impossible to think of another author who has inspired so many, and such diverse filmmakers—yet there has never before been a work by a film specialist that focused solely on Stephen King. Mark Browning, in Stephen King on the Big Screen, takes a film-by-film approach to exploring why some adaptations of King’s work are more successful than others.
Browning discusses every single film adaptation given a global cinematic release—including films by such well-known directors as Stanley Kubrick, George A. Romero, and David Cronenberg. His is the first book to consider in detail Sleepwalkers, Dreamcatcher, and 1408 as well as the much-neglected portmanteau films and touchstones like The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. In a highly readable and engaging style, Browning examines how different film directors have interpreted and translated the original literary texts into a new medium. Throughout, he reveals the elements of style and approach that have helped make King one of the world’s best-selling authors.
Pre-order here.
Stephen King on Stephenie Meyer
Posted: February 4, 2009, 10:52
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