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The Pop of King: The 10 best books of 2007

Posted: January 5, 2008, 10:48
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Part 3 of King’s best of 2007 is out in the December 18 issue of Entertainment Weekly. It’s called The 10 best books.

Thanks to Willowlove

Duma audio

Posted: January 4, 2008, 00:44
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Not much to report as the news flow is slow right now but I can tell you I get a copy of the audio version of Duma Key today and John Slattery is doing a very good job narrating it. It’s on 18 CDs and takes about 23 hours to finish.

The last day of 2007 is here

Posted: December 31, 2007, 01:00
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The last day of 2007 is here. Tomorrow it’ll be 2008. It’s funny how fast time goes by. In 2008 Lilja’s Library will celebrate it’s 12th year and it feels just like yesterday that I celebrated the site’s 10 year anniversary. Amazing.

So much has happened during 2007 that I didn’t even imagine would happen. The year started with me getting an interview over the phone with the man himself. Stephen King and I chatted for 45 minutes and I can honestly tell you that that’s one of the most amazing things I have ever done.

I also got to do an interview with Frank Darabont. That one was done by mail and we corresponded some in addition to that as well and I must say that Frank is one of the nicest people I have ever met. Even though he is a big name celebrity he really took the time to put his all into this interview and for that I will always be grateful.

We also got a new Bachman book during 2007. Many with me had been hoping for one but not really daring to think we’d actually get one. But with the release of Blaze we did. Other things that was released during 2007 was the movie version of The Mist and the first story arc of The Dark Tower comic. They where both huge successes.

What can we expect to see during 2008 then? Well, in just about three weeks we’ll get the new book Duma Key. I have read it and I feel quite comfortable with tell you that I don’t think you’ll be disappointed with it.

We will also see the release of the second story arc of The Dark Tower comic. This one is called The Long Road Home and begins in March.

Besides this I have some other projects waiting to be announced. The biggest one is something I’m rather nervous about but I hope you will like it as much as I do. I can’t really talk about it yet but as soon as I can you’ll be the first one to know, that is a promise.

With that said I also want to take this opportunity to thank you all for the fantastic support you have all given Lilja’s Library during 2007. Your support has made the site one of the biggest Stephen King fan site’s on the net and for that I can’t thank you enough. I hope to keep your interest during 2008 as well and I will do everything in my power to give you as much interesting stuff as I possible can.

So, all that is left before the new year is to wish you all a Happy New Year! And I hope to talk to you all again in 2008!

Lilja

And the winners are...

Posted: December 23, 2007, 00:22
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Question 1: How many issues is there in the first Dark Tower comic story arc (Gunslinger Born)?
Answer 1: 7

Question 2: What is the title of the second arc that will be released next year?
Answer 2: The Long Road Home

Question 3: Who is the publisher of The Dark Tower comic?
Answer 3: Marvel

And the winners are Ilhana Skrgic from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ingrid Stephens from the US and Donna Girard also from the US.

The Long Road Home

Posted: December 20, 2007, 15:34
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DARK TOWER: THE LONG ROAD HOME #1 (of 5)
Written by ROBIN FURTH & PETER DAVID
Art & Cover by JAE LEE & RICHARD ISANOVE
Variant Cover by JOE QUESADA
Sketch Variant Cover by JAE LEE

It's the return of the best-selling comic book series, inspired by Stephen King's epic The Dark Tower! Gunslinger Roland Deschain has seen the death of his lover Susan Delgado. And the Big Coffin Hunters who burned her at the stake are now in pursuit of Roland and his ka-tet Cuthbert and Alain. The friends are forced to flee into the desert with the deadly posse in hot pursuit….and Roland is in a coma! Don't miss this opening chapter starring the Gunslinger whose quest for the Dark Tower will shake the foundation of reality itself!

48 PGS./CARDSTOCK COVER/T+ …$3.99

The Dead Zone No More

Posted: December 20, 2007, 15:33
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The Dead Zone canceled:

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - After months of speculation, USA has officially canceled veteran sci-fi dramas "The Dead Zone" and "The 4400."

Although things didn't look good for the two series because they are older and expensive to make, during the past several months the cable network looked for ways to bring them back. But it ultimately opted to end their run.

"We wish we could keep all our great shows alive forever," said Jeff Wachtel, executive vp original programming at USA. "But we feel we need to give some of our new shows a platform to grow, and it's with great sadness that we say goodbye to two shows that had a great run and helped create the resurgence of original programming on our network and on all of cable."

"Dead Zone," which ran for six seasons, and "4400," which was on for four, had aired as a sci-fi-themed block Sunday night.

"4400" creator/exec producer Scott Peters broke the cancellation news on the show's fan message board.

"We've had a great time bringing you this story and submersing you in the lives of all these incredible characters," he wrote. "I wish we could go on forever, but the party has come to an end."

"Dead Zone," along with "Monk," put USA on the original programming map when they launched in summer 2002.

Based on Stephen King's characters, "Dead Zone," was created by the late Michael Piller and his son Shawn. Its premiere set a record for a series debut on basic cable with 6.4 million viewers.

The record was broken two years later by the opening of "4400" (7.4 million), which launched as a limited series.

In addition to "Monk," USA's slate of original series includes "Psych," "Burn Notice" and the upcoming "In Plain Sight" and "To Love and Die."

Thanks to Bev Vincent & Kurt Roberts

And the winner is...

Posted: December 15, 2007, 21:42
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Finally the time has come to draw a winner of what is the best prize I’ve ever had the privilege to hand out; a signed copy of The Stand. But as usual, here are first the correct answers:

Question 1: What is the ISBN # of the Deluxe Edition The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger?
Answer 1: 0-937986-51-8

Question 2: The Green Mile, 2007 , was produced as a signed limited edition by Subterranean Press. How many total signed/numbered copies were there?
Answer 2: 148

Question 3: The Eyes Of the Dragon , 1984, was produced by what Stephen King's publishing company?
Answer 3: Philtrum Press

Question 4: The 1st edition/printing of The Tommyknockers required more than a full number line. What must be printed below the number line?
Answer 4: Permissions to come

And the lucky winner is Sheila Buchholz from the US, congratulations!

A Christmas message from King

Posted: December 13, 2007, 14:17
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Here is a Christmas message from King (published on the official site):

A message from Stephen...

I had a great year and, as always, it starts with the people who read the books and have been so kind to me over the last 30 or so years that I have been making up stories. It was especially nice to hear from you this year because I turned 60 and finally had to kill my teddy bear. Just joking about the teddy bear, but it's a little traumatic and you guys helped to ease the pain. I hope you will all have a happy holiday season whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza, or simply the imminent coming of Great Cthulhu. I hope that all of us will have a happy new year, that you will enjoy Duma Key, and that you vote for all the right candidates in November! Be well and be good to one another.

Steve King

New Dollar Baby

Posted: December 11, 2007, 23:21
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Stephen Parkhurst is making a Dollar Baby based on Night Surf and you can see some production pictures here.

Thanks to Bernd Lautenslager

Mist drawings

Posted: December 4, 2007, 20:29
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Here you can see Bernie Wrightson's drawings used for creating the monsters in The Mist.

Thanks to Troy Model

Duma Key excerpt

Posted: December 4, 2007, 20:23
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Here you can read an excerpt from Duma Key and Memory.

Thanks to Paul Poroshin

Duma Key followed by collection

Posted: December 4, 2007, 13:13
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It’s now confirmed that King will release a collection after Duma Key. This is what the moderator on the official message board said:

The next book after Duma Key will be a short story collection and most of the recent ones published will be in that.

I also just got confrimation that once the book is out it won't be called Pocket Rockets.

Chuck talks Duma Key

Posted: December 3, 2007, 08:49
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King's editor Chuck Verrill talks about Duma Key:

Duma Key: Where It All Began
A Note from Chuck Verrill, the Longtime Editor of Stephen King

In the spring of 2006 Stephen King told me he was working on a Florida story that was beginning to grow on him. "I'm thinking of calling it Duma Key," he offered. I liked the sound of that--the title was like a drumbeat of dread. "You know how Lisey's Story is a story about marriage?" he said. "Sure," I answered. The novel hadn't yet been published, but I knew its story well: Lisey and Scott Landon--what a marriage that was. Then he dropped the other shoe: "I think Duma Key might be my story of divorce."

Pretty soon I received a slim package from a familiar address in Maine. Inside was a short story titled "Memory"--a story of divorce, all right, but set in Minnesota. By the end of the summer, when Tin House published "Memory," Stephen had completed a draft of Duma Key, and it became clear to me how "Memory" and its narrator, Edgar Freemantle, had moved from Minnesota to Florida, and how a story of divorce had turned into something more complex, more strange, and much more terrifying.

If you read the following two texts side by side--"Memory" as it was published by Tin House and the opening chapter of Duma Key in final form--you'll see a writer at work, and how stories can both contract and expand. Whether Duma Key is an expansion of "Memory" or "Memory" a contraction of Duma Key, I can't really say. Can you?

--Chuck Verrill

Thanks to Bev Vincent

German Duma

Posted: December 2, 2007, 01:16
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Here us the German edition of Duma Key.

Thanks to Hans von Wirth

Desk calendar 2008

Posted: November 30, 2007, 15:21
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It seams there will be a Stephen King desk calendar for 2008 as well. To the right is a picture of the front of it and if anyone out here happens to have an extra that you want to part with, pleas mail
me.

King in Diary of the Dead

Posted: November 30, 2007, 00:18
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King has a voice part in Diary of the Dead:

GEORGE A. ROMERO'S DIARY OF THE DEAD / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: George A. Romero)— When a group of film students making an indie horror film find themselves trapped in a world being consumed by flesh-eating zombies, they cleverly switch gears and use the camera to document the world crumbling around them. Cast: Nick Alachiotis, Matt Birman, George Buza, Wes Craven, Stephen King, Quentin Tarantino, Guillermo del Toro. U.S. Premiere

King's part is in this movie is a voice over as a news reader.

Thanks to Bev Vincent & Neil Jarvis

Mist Storyboards

Posted: November 30, 2007, 00:11
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Fangoria.com has obtained the exclusive storyboard art from The Mist. They are done by artist Pete Von Sholly.

For more, see here.


Thanks to Bev Vincent

More Colorado Kid TV

Posted: November 30, 2007, 00:10
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Here are more info about the possible TV series based on The Colorado Kid:

ROCKY MOUNTAIN GUY
by Lynette Rice

While the strike could throw a wrench into all current development, ABC has a provocative new drama in the works that's loosely based on Stephen King's 2005 mystery novel The Colorado Kid. The author and EW columnist describes the script, from The Dead Zone's Sam Ernst and Jim Dunn, as "closer to The X-Files than Supernatural." King will have a small stake in the show (currently dubbed Sanctuary) should it go to series, "but it's not something that keeps me up nights, the way Kingdom Hospital did."

Thanks to willowlove

The Colorado Kid on TV?

Posted: November 27, 2007, 23:15
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There seams to be info in the last issue of Entertainment Weekly (with J.K. Rowling on the cover as Entertainer of the Year) about a possible TV series loosely based on The Colorado Kid in the future. Hopefully more info will come soon.

Thanks to Mark Allan Reynolds

New interview

Posted: November 26, 2007, 22:26
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Here is a new interview with King in which he says Ghost Brothers of Darkland County might premier in June or July next year.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Duma audio

Posted: November 21, 2007, 11:49
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The audio version of Duma Key will be read by John Slattery. Here is the cover.

Pre-order your copy here.

Duma Key teaser

Posted: November 20, 2007, 23:19
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Here is a video teaser from King about Duma Key.

Thanks to Rick Urban

King interview

Posted: November 20, 2007, 15:26
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Here is an interview with King made by MTV.

The Long Road Home in March 2008

Posted: November 19, 2007, 23:08
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Here is a first promotion item from the upcoming Dark Tower comic. It’s a bookmark and as you can see it indicates that the release of the first issue has been pushed forward from February to March 2008.

Red-carpet premier

Posted: November 16, 2007, 23:51
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Here are some photos from the red-carpet premier in New York City of The Mist.

Nightline clip

Posted: November 16, 2007, 23:50
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Here you can see clips from King’s appearance on Nightline and once the show has aired I believe you will be able to see the entire segment here.

King on Nightline

Posted: November 15, 2007, 22:04
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King will be on Nightline tomorrow:

TUNE IN TO ABC'S NIGHTLINE FOR STEPHEN KING & THE MIST!
Friday, November 16th at 11:35pm on ABC

Master storyteller Stephen King gives a rare, in-depth interview to Jake Tapper of ABC's NIGHTLINE about his career, his views on politics today, and about the highly anticipated film adaptation of his novella, THE MIST.

Mist clip

Posted: November 14, 2007, 08:42
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Here are some new Mist clips.

From MTV

From Yahoo movies with comments by Frank Darabont.

And here is an interview with Frank and Greg Nicotero from Ain't it Cool.

Thanks to SLL

Grant's Little Sisters of Eluria

Posted: November 14, 2007, 08:41
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Things are starting to happen with Grant's edition of The Little Sisters of Eluria and The Gunslinger:

Two years ago, I announced that Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. will be publishing a book containing THE LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA and the revised edition of THE GUNSLINGER (which was published by Viking). Stephen King has chosen to title this combined volume THE LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA.

The book is illustrated by Michael Whelan and will contain new art as well as the art originally published in the first edition of THE GUNSLINGER.

We have now received from Michael all the additional art for the book and can start working on design and production.

Price, schedule and other details have not been set and when further information is available it will be posted on our website and published in our newsletter. We expect that this will be announced in the beginning of 2008.

We are not taking orders, reservations or putting people on a waiting list.

Please do not call or email us for further details as we will just refer you to our web site and suggest you remain subscribed to our email newsletter.

Thank you.

Robert K. Wiener, President
Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.

King signing a diaper

Posted: November 14, 2007, 00:22
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Here is a fun clip where King sign a diaper:

Horrormeister Stephen King has chilled the bones and unleashed the screams of millions, but probably never the way he did yesterday in Manhattan -- with a diaper.

The author/phenomenon was signing autographs (non-threateningly) outside his New York hotel, when one slightly deranged mother asked King to sign her baby's diaper. King, saying he'd "changed a few," obliged, which sent the little girl, whose poop-pouch was being taken away, into paroxysms of panic.

No word if the inscription read, "All work and no play make baby a dull girl."

Thanks to Larry Fire

Audio clip from The Mist press conference

Posted: November 13, 2007, 14:26
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Here is a link to the audio of The Mist Press Conference in New York from yesterday. No sign of a video clip yet though.

(Be warned that there is one possible very minor spoiler for The Mist discussed very briefly, though nothing that will ruin anything.)

Thanks to Larry Fire

UK cover

Posted: November 13, 2007, 08:43
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Yesterday I showed you the US paperback edition of Blaze and today it's time for the UK edition.

Thanks to Peter Hunt

Duma Key contest

Posted: November 12, 2007, 13:08
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Have you ever thought you could advertise a new King book better then the publisher? Well, here is your chance.

Hodder & Stoughton is running a Duma Key competition and the prize they're offering is something I've never seen before...


Design Stephen King’s next ad campaign

Hodder & Stoughton, publishers of Stephen King, are offering you a unique opportunity to design the advertising for his new novel Duma Key which will be published in January 2008.

The winning designer will see their work in print on the London Underground and in city centres and have a hand in promoting a fantastic book by an internationally-renowned author.

Drawing inspiration from a synopsis of the book, we want you to design a poster that announces the publication of Duma Key. We will give you everything you need to get started including the book jacket and the rules and guidelines. All you have to do is get thinking…

The winning design will be chosen by Hodder & Stoughton and Stephen King and will be turned into a national poster campaign. The designers of the top ten entries will also receive a limited edition proof copy of the new novel with their own name printed on the front cover.

The competition is open to anyone. Further information on the competition is available at www.stephenking.co.uk.

Closing deadline for entry is 7th December 2007.

Paperback cover for Blaze

Posted: November 12, 2007, 09:19
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Here is the cover for the paperback edition of Blaze. It’s released in January and you can pre-order your copy here.

King and Daragont in live event

Posted: November 12, 2007, 08:53
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Don't miss this tonight:

November 12, 2007, 2:00 p.m. (EST)

Tune in Monday, 11/12 as we take you behind the scenes at the announcement press conference for Stephen King's new movie 'The Mist.' Paltalk has VIP access, and participating Paltalkers will have the opportunity to chat LIVE with the famous author and director Frank Darabont.

A routine trip to the supermarket turns into a battle against unholy destruction...

Now a major motion picture from Dimension Films, in theatres November 21st, Stephen King's "The Mist" is based on his novella of the same name, originally published in the short story collection, Skeleton Crew.

Hosted by Joanne Colan. Joanne has 7 years experience hosting, writing, co-producing and creating broadcast television, new media and radio for major networks and cable channels across international markets, including MTV and BBC. She can also be seen every day hosting the leading and most popular daily video blog Rocketboom, recently voted Best News Vlog at last years' Vloggies.

Featuring: Author Stephen King and Director Frank Darabont.

The Pop of King: Cool and the Gang

Posted: November 8, 2007, 16:59
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King has a new column (Cool and the Gang) out (probably in the November 9 issue) of Entertainment Weekly. Read it here.

Thanks to Paul Poroshin

Premier!

Posted: November 7, 2007, 13:53
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Here is a first look at the UK cover of Duma Key.

My review of Mute

Posted: November 7, 2007, 11:51
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Mute is now out and here is my review of it. Please make sure you have read it before you check out my review though since it contains spoilers.

Mrs Todd's Shortcut to air in 2009?

Posted: November 7, 2007, 00:56
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I recently spoke to Michael Marshall Smith about his upcoming adaptation of King's Mrs Todd's Shortcut. He told me he¹d just finished the first draft of the script and that it will be part of a TV series tentatively called Night Shapes.

The show probably won't air until some time in 2009.

3rd Mist trailer

Posted: November 6, 2007, 13:42
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Here is a third trailer for The Mist.

Thanks to Louis Sytsma

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