10,000 FANS HAS VOTED! #5
Posted: June 1, 2012, 23:56
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10,000 FANS HAS VOTED! #6-10
Posted: June 1, 2012, 08:43
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Together the top 5 got 4,966 votes. Almost half of all the votes went to the top 5 in other words.
6. The Talisman (313 votes)
7. Pet Sematary (287 votes)
8. The Dark Tower 1: The Gunslinger (276 votes)
9. The Dark Tower 4: Wizard and Glass (273 votes)
10. Duma Key (214 votes)
I am a sold out author!
Posted: May 31, 2012, 23:10
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I am a sold out author! Cemetery Dance just informed me that the trade edition of my book is now officially sold out. If you’re looking for a copy you might be able to get one at the bigger retailers but don’t wait too long since they will only be able to sell what they have in stock. Amazon.com has some left but the only other edition available at this time is the eBook that you can get here. It’s only $7.75 and there is even a free excerpt for you to check out. OK, that was a bit off topic but I just had to tell someone and it might be a good reason for you to check out this contest…
10,000 FANS HAS VOTED! #11-15
Posted: May 30, 2012, 22:30
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11. Misery (212 votes)
12. Under The Dome (207 votes)
13. Bag of Bones (195 votes)
14. 11/22/63 (195 votes)
15. Needful Things (193 votes)
Let us know what you think!
Posted: May 30, 2012, 20:51
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We will also be taking a closer look at the movie version of Cujo so if you have any thoughts about that one please send those as well.
Oh, and if you have any other comments or questions, send those as well. Remember though that we record on Sunday so please send everything no later than Saturday. Send them to us at info@liljas-library.com.
If you want to check out earlier podcasts you can do so here
More about Joyland
Posted: May 30, 2012, 13:47
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The book will be released as a paperback first, with e-book to follow at a later date. King said: "I loved the paperbacks I grew up with as a kid, and for that reason, we're going to hold off on e-publishing this one for the time being. Joyland will be coming out in paperback, and folks who want to read it will have to buy the actual book."
The title, set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever.
Hard Case Crime editor Charles Ardai bought world rights in the title, with King's novel The Colorado Kid previously released under the imprint. The deal does not affect King's relationship with his usual UK publisher, Hodder.
Ardai said: "Joyland is a breathtaking, beautiful, heartbreaking book. It's a whodunit, it's a carny novel, it's a story about growing up and growing old, and about those who don't get to do either because death comes for them before their time.
"Even the most hardboiled readers will find themselves moved. When I finished it, I sent a note saying: 'Goddamn it, Steve, you made me cry.'"
Source The Bookseller
Thanks to Neil Cumming
Joyland in June 2013!
Posted: May 30, 2012, 12:43
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JOYLAND, a new novel by Stephen King, in June 2013. Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, JOYLAND tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever. JOYLAND is a brand-new book and has never previously been published.
Read more here
Thanks to Herbert West
10,000 FANS HAS VOTED!
Posted: May 30, 2012, 02:10
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But in order to make this a bit more exciting I’m not going to give you the result of the poll today. I’m going to let you know what books ended up on the positions between #16 and #66 today and then I’ll do a countdown from #15 - #1 during a few days. That way you’ll get a chance to see if you can guess who #1 is before I reveal it to you. Please leave your comments to the list below, on facebook or twitter.
16. Insomnia (189 votes)
17. The Long Walk (183 votes)
18. The Dark Tower 7: The Dark Tower (171 votes)
19. Eyes of the Dragon (143 votes)
20. The Dark Tower 2: The Drawing of the Three (135 votes)
21. Rose Madder (129 votes)
22. Lisey's Story (122 votes)
23. Christine (115 votes)
24. The Dark Tower 3: The Waste Lands (106 votes)
25. Desperation (105 votes)
26. The Dead Zone (99 votes)
27. Cell (82 votes)
28. Hearts in Atlantis (76 votes)
29. Different Seasons (74 votes)
30. Gerald's Game (71 votes)
31. The Tommyknockers (69 votes)
32. Dreamcatcher (67 votes)
33. The Dark Tower 5: Wolves of the Calla (66 votes)
34. Dolores Claiborne (64 votes)
35. Carrie (64 votes)
36. The Dark Half (53 votes)
37. Cujo (46 votes)
38. The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon (46 votes)
39. Firestarter (43 votes)
40. From A Buick 8 (31 votes)
41. Storm of the Century (30 votes)
42. Nightmares & Dreamscapes (30 votes)
43. Thinner (29 votes)
44. On Writing (29 votes)
45. The Running Man (23 votes)
46. Full Dark, No Stars (23 votes)
47. Black House (22 votes)
48. Four Past Midnight (22 votes)
49. Skeleton Crew (21 votes)
50. Night Shift (20 votes)
51. Rage (19 votes)
52. The Regulators (19 votes)
53. Everything's Eventual (15 votes)
54. The Dark Tower 6: Song of Susannah (14 votes)
55. The Wind Through The Keyhole (9 votes)
56. The Colorado Kid (8 votes)
57. Cycle of the Werewolf (7 votes)
58. Danse Macabre (6 votes)
59. Roadwork (5 votes)
60. Blaze (5 votes)
61. Just After Sunset (4 votes)
62. Mile 81 (3 votes)
63. Blockade Billy (2 votes)
64. The Plant (0 votes)
65. Ur (0 votes)
66. Faithful (0 votes)
Don't miss you chance to vote
Posted: May 29, 2012, 20:39
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Remember the survey I'm running for which of King's books we, the fans, think is the number one book? Well, since this Stephen King facebookgroup wrote about 3 hours ago over 6,000 fans has voted. So, if you want to get you vote in you better hurry up and do it now!
Cast you vote here
New cover for The Shining
Posted: May 29, 2012, 15:55
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Here is the cover for the upcoming new paperback edition of The Shining. Pre-order your copy here.Release date is June 26th.
More Carrie casting
Posted: May 28, 2012, 12:56
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That gives us (not confirmed roles included):
- Chloe Moretz as Carrie White
- Julianne Moore as Margaret White
- Gabriella Wilde as Sue Snell
- Ansel Elgort as Sue’s boyfriend
- Alex Russell as the school bully
- Judy Greer as the gym teacher
- Ivana Baquero as Chris
Thanks to Daily Dead
In the Tall Grass out now!
Posted: May 27, 2012, 23:53
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Sad Rock Bottom Remainders news
Posted: May 26, 2012, 00:26
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Unfortunatley Kathi Kamen Goldmark (whose idea it was to form the band) who was one of the back-up singers lost her battle with cancer yesterday.
20 Questions with Author and Rock Bottom Remainder Kathi Kamen Goldmark.
In the Tall Grass
Posted: May 22, 2012, 21:52
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New Short Story Collaboration
Esquire has announced it is to publish a new story collaboration by Joe Hill and Stephen as part of its launch of an e-book series called "Fiction for Men." "In the Tall Grass" will be published in two parts, the first to appear in the June/July issue and the conclusion in the August issue. The works will be available only in the print and iPad editions of the magazine.
Thanks to Lou Sytsma
Cover for Esquire
Posted: May 22, 2012, 08:44
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Hill confirms story with dad
Posted: May 22, 2012, 08:36
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Did a story for the June/July Esquire with my dad. Beyond that, I can't say nuttin until @Esquiremag sez so.
Should be interesting!
Just a reminder...
Posted: May 22, 2012, 08:32
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Just a reminder to everyone. The book Battleground (ready in about a month) is looking great and Gauntlet is now taking orders for it. You don’t want to miss out on this one! It’s a really cool book!My review of the book
Podcast about the book
Order the book
Help us get the Podcast even better!
Posted: May 21, 2012, 16:01
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New short story by King
Posted: May 21, 2012, 15:24
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It coincides with the publication of three works in the June/July issue of Esquire — by Stephen King and his son Joe Hill; the thriller writer Lee Child; and Colum McCann. The works will be available only in the print and iPad editions of the magazine.
Read more here
Thanks to Lou Sytsma
Peter Askin does a Good Marriage
Posted: May 21, 2012, 15:22
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Atlas International has tapped Peter Askin to helm the story A Good Marriage. Askin's credits include Company Man and the documentary Trumbo.Read more here.
Thanks to Jimmie Rudolfsson
Russell joins Carrie
Posted: May 21, 2012, 15:21
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Thank to Lou Sytsma
The Lilja & Lou Podcast episode 2 - part 2
Posted: May 20, 2012, 20:21
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The second part of episode 2 of Lilja & Lou Podcast is now out. It’s called Episode 2 - Part 2: Keyholes & Companions.
In it we talk to Bev Vincent about his wonderful book The Stephen King Illustrated Companion. Bev also joins us in a group review for King’s latest book Wind Through the Keyhole.
Also we give you the latest news in the word of Stephen King.
Finally, we present the winner in our last episode’s contest for the Battleground book. Don’t miss out on this!
We hope you will all enjoy this episode and as usual we want to hear from you, good or bad, we want it all! Oh and here is a link to the info on how you can order tickets from King's apperance at Tsongas Central UMass Lowell.
In this podcast
1) Lilja and Lou Intro.2) In The Death Room:
Stephen King News
3) Reviews From The Night Shift:
We take a closer look at King’s latest book Wind Through the Keyhole.
4) The King Crate Recommendations:
We examine the book The Stephen King Illustrated Companion with its author Bev Vincent.
5) Marv's Mailbag:
We answer listener email
6) Winner of the Battleground contest in the last episode is announced.
7) Close Out
We want to make this podcast a shared experience so please send us your feedback.
You can send us regular emails, or even better yet, record an audio message and attach it to the email as a mp3 file and we will play it on the podcast! (Note: please try to keep audio messages to under a couple of minutes.)
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Listen here or on iTunes.
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In the next episode we’re taking a closer look at the blu-ray edition of Cujo so if you haven’t seen it, please do and then send in your comments, questions or anything else that pops into your mind while watching it and we’ll address it during our dissection of it in the next installment of The King Crate.If you don’t own a copy of Cujo on blu-ray you can get it here
A Good Marriage hits the screen
Posted: May 20, 2012, 00:19
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EXCLUSIVE: Atlas International has added Stephen King adaptation A Good Marriage to its Cannes slate.
Atlas International has added Stephen King adaptation A Good Marriage to its Cannes slate.
Peter Askin will direct the psychological thriller based on a short story from King’s book Full Dark - No Stars, winner of the 2010 Bram Stoker Award for Best Collection. Will Battersby produces.
A Good Marriage follows a woman who discovers her husband’s dark secret hiding in their garage. The New York shoot is set to get underway in late summer for a summer 2013 release.
“Everyone at Atlas is very excited to be part of this project and honored by its new association with Stephen King, a true master if there ever was.“ says Philipp Menz, CEO of Atlas International.”
The project is out to cast.
Thanks to Bev Vincent
Get a Ghost Shirt
Posted: May 18, 2012, 23:32
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Head over to their site for more info.
The Lawnmover Man as a TV series?
Posted: May 18, 2012, 23:18
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The original film being one of the worst movies ever made isn’t deterring the powers that be from making a “Lawnmower Man” TV series. Let’s hope they stick to the new “it’s closer to the book” axiom. Whoops? They’re basing them on the movie and its sequel? With “state of the art CG”? I’m moving to an island STAT. The series is being put together by Park Entertainment and David Tichter (Morgan Stewart’s Coming Home) is writing the pilot.
Per Moviehole, “Park Entertainment are packaging 26 one-hour episodes of a show that, like the two “Lawnmower Man” features that preceded it, will combine live-action and some rather state-of-the-art special and visual effects.
While the original King short story concerned a man who conjures up an unholy, autonomous lawnmower to cut a clients lawn, before munching down on the grass himself (yes, totally odd), the film version told of a mentally-retarded lawnmower man named Jobe who is coaxed into being a guinea pig for a scientist’s virtual reality experiments, ultimately becoming more intelligent in the process but also evil.”
Season 3 of Haven gets a premier date
Posted: May 18, 2012, 01:08
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The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance updated
Posted: May 17, 2012, 00:06
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Here is the cover for Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance, Revised and Updated. The book is by Robin Furth and released June 11.
King at #66
Posted: May 16, 2012, 16:26
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Pay: $39 M
Money Rank: 46
TV / Radio Rank: 81
Press Rank: 55
Web Rank: 59
Social Rank: 76
Check out the entire list here
Stephen King's The Reaper's Image soon written
Posted: May 16, 2012, 15:14
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King to appear at the Tsongas Central
Posted: May 16, 2012, 11:06
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More info here.
Doctor Sleep delayed
Posted: May 16, 2012, 10:57
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Yes, it will be delayed but I do not know yet when it will be released.
That means it will be released 2013 and not moved up to be released in 2012.
Carrie casting news
Posted: May 16, 2012, 10:55
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Time to vote!
Posted: May 16, 2012, 09:11
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1.X 625 votes
2.X 469 votes
3.X 122 votes
4.X 114 votes
5.X 93 votes
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62.X 1 votes
63.X 1 votes
64.X 0 votes
65.X 0 votes
66.X 0 votes
Cas your vote here.
Promote Lilja’s Library - New Contest!
Posted: May 14, 2012, 16:15
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Promote Lilja’s Library! Easy right? Yeah, could be but you have to document yourself while you do it. Either by photo, video or audio. The best promotion will win a copy of my book (signed if the winner wants) and you can send in as many as you like. That’s all the rules there is.
You can do it any way you want. Put a tattoo, real or fake and show of at the beach. If you work on the radio station, mention the site. Draw the url in the sand. Post a link in a fun place, put bookmarks in every book in your local library, find a unusual spot to put the url... Only your imagination (and the law) might set boundaries for your creativity. Document it and send it to me in a mail to info[a]liljas-library.com (let me know if you for some reason can’t mail it and we’ll find out a way). Please don’t post it on facebook or any other place though since that will make it hard for me to find. OK?
Deadline is June 14 (which gives you a month to get it done) and then I’ll post the winning entry on the site on June 15. Hopefully I can use the winning entry to promote the site. Good luck everyone and let the imagination run free!
Podcast content
Posted: May 13, 2012, 21:05
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Bev's review of Ghost Brothers of Darkland County
by Bev Vincent
Review of Battleground
Order Marv
Moore & Wilde confirmed for Carrie
Posted: May 12, 2012, 23:57
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Thanks to Bev Vincent
The Lilja & Lou Podcast episode 2
Posted: May 12, 2012, 23:23
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Check out the second Lilja & Lou Podcast Episode 2 - Part 1: Ghosts & Battlegrounds, out now! In this episode we talk to Richard Christian Matheson about his book about Battleground and we're joined by Bev Vincent who tells us about his red carpet experience from when Ghost Brothers in Darkland County premiered.
We also have a contest that you don't want to miss. More about that in the podcast...
As when episode 1 was released we hope you will enjoy it and also let us know your thoughts about this episode, good or bad we want to hear it all!
The Reach heads to Cannes
Posted: May 10, 2012, 16:33
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Buyers at the festival will get a chance to hear more about the plans to bring King's story to the big screen as the project will make its market debut at the Marche du Film.
LONDON – A movie based on the story author Stephen King says that he would "most like to be remembered for after his death" will make its market debut in the Marche du Film in Cannes.
British sales, production and finance banner Park Entertainment is bringing King's The Reach to market for the first time. It will be produced by Grayson Ross and Jodi Hansell for DownEast Village Productions.
Budgeted in the $12 million-$14 million range, the story's title refers to the 1.5 mile stretch of water between Goat Island and the Maine coastline. The book details the story of a 95-year-old lady who embarks on a troubled journey to the mainland from the island after the Reach freezes over for the first time in 50 years.
It is currently out to directors and talent agents and is tipped to pick up heat at the market in Cannes.
Thanks to Ari.
New covers for Talisman & Black House
Posted: May 10, 2012, 13:28
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Doctor Sleep release date changed!
Posted: May 9, 2012, 16:19
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My thoughts on The Stand
Posted: May 9, 2012, 12:28
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Slipcased set on The Shining & Danny Torrence
Posted: May 9, 2012, 11:26
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Here are the info:
- Special Set of 3 Hardcovers!
- Only 100 Numbered Sets Available!
- Each Hardcover SIGNED by Glenn Chadbourne and Mick Garris!
- Pick Your Number! First Come, First Pick!
- $200.00 + shipping
This Slipcased Set of 3 Hard Covers Features:
~~ DOCTOR SLEEP:~~
by Stephen King.
1st Printing with the publisher dust jacket and
a second dust jacket of Original Cover by Artist Glenn Chadbourne!
Signed by Glenn Chadbourne!
~~ BEFORE THE PLAY: ~~
Hardcover of The Shining movie special edition, and prequel
story to The Shining.
Signed by Mick Garris, director of The Shining
(see details below)
~~ THE SHINING ~~
by Stephen King.
This is the "Original 70's Cover" Hard Cover Edition!
with second and Original Cover by Artist Glenn Chadbourne!
Signed by Glenn Chadbourne!
Yes, you read correctly - All three hard cover books, all signed by artist and director and slipcased. This is the perfect set that features everything on The Shining and Danny Torrence! Only 100 sets are being produced and that is it. Order early to gaurantee your copy!
All Three Hardcovers are held in an attractive leatherette slipcase! Order here.
Release date for season 2 of Haven
Posted: May 9, 2012, 11:23
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Following eOne's tweet recently stating "Hey #Haven Fans! Check out HAVEN: COMPLETE SECOND SEASON starring #EmilyRose & #EricBalfour. Available to buy on BLU-RAY & DVD 9/11!", this possible September 11th release date is (close to) confirming a release date for "Haven"'s second season on both formats. We'll keep you updated on any further information!
Pre-order Doctor Sleep
Posted: May 9, 2012, 08:29
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Doctor Sleep description
Posted: May 9, 2012, 00:28
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Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) and the very special twelve-year-old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals.
On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless—mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and tween Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the “steam” that children with the “shining” produce when they are slowly tortured to death.
Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father’s legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him, and a job at a nursing home where his remnant “shining” power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes “Doctor Sleep.”
Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan’s own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra’s soul and survival. This is an epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of hyper-devoted readers of The Shining and wildly satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King canon.
Chloe talks Carrie
Posted: May 9, 2012, 00:17
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Thanks to Lou Sytsma
Doctor Sleep out Jan. 15, 2013
Posted: May 8, 2012, 16:22
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Dexter bobble heads
Posted: May 7, 2012, 23:00
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King's Afterlife
Posted: May 7, 2012, 18:35
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The story is written but I don't know where it is at as far as doing it as a comic.
And that the version she had seen was in short story form. Interesting if you ask me...
The Dark Tower still alive!
Posted: May 7, 2012, 11:24
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Spent day today in a story session on...Dark Tower :-) Terrific meeting w/ Akiva Goldsman & Erica Huggins No timetables but very positive
