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Comments
Posted by: Wade L on November 24, 2009 at 17:54:40
Wow Family Guy was right. King is done. I wonder when we really can expect the killer lamp book?
Posted by: mramerica on November 24, 2009 at 18:04:54
The Shining minus Jack and Kubrick is not nearly a good movie.
Posted by: Evil L on November 24, 2009 at 18:30:59
mramerica this is a book you jack*** NOT A F'n movie & they have already done a damn remake of the Shining which was damn good
Posted by: Al on November 24, 2009 at 20:49:24
No offense, but watching Family Guy as literary criticism is like watching Fox 'News' for news. Everybody knows that manatees can't read, so you can't take their opinions on books seriously.
King is far from done. Cell and From a Buick 9 were two of his best novels, Just Before Sunset has several of his finest short stories, and they were all three recent.
The only thing he has really done is slow down. Plus, read a little in the genre and out. King is still better than who's in second (though Brian Keene is definitely making a firm argument for a place as the next big thing in horror)!
Posted by: Toyland Chairman on November 24, 2009 at 21:03:56
Plot sounds too focused on Danny. Make it about another hotel or something. How about a direct sequel to the first movie?
Posted by: The Steve on November 24, 2009 at 22:15:39
This was a book long before it was a movie of any kind. It would make sense for a sequel to focus on Danny, the key character, though I feel a story like that does not require a sequel at all. I can personally see many pros and cons to this and would gladly list them as I am an enormous King geek. Though, to be honest, I would much rather see him start working on Talisman or Dark Tower long before touching this one unless he intends to connect them somehow, which is entirely plausible.
However, to save time and argument I will simply suggest that any discussion or argument on this thread attempt to be limited to the book, which was very entertaining and impressive in its own right before Kubrick ever touched it.
Also, in the nit-picky file, it was "From a Buick 8", not 9. I know it's a jerk thing to pick on but I couldn't help myself. That book is one of my all-time favorites.
Posted by: Nunya on November 25, 2009 at 00:13:21
Wait, he's talking about doing another Talisman and Dark Tower novel or is he talking about more graphic novel versions of them coming out? If he is talking about new novels, hell, yeah; that's a good thing for one because the ending to the last Dark Tower novel was sub-par compared to the rest of the series. I wonder though if the new Talisman novel will then tie into the new Dark Tower novel or any of them because Talisman/Black House, Black House to a greater extent, did.
Posted by: Scarehuman on November 25, 2009 at 02:02:58
Well, I trust King with his own story and his own universe, so if he wants to write a sequel to the Shining I am supportive. I think it sounds like an interesting springboard as long as there is some sufficient conflict to make it worth reading.
Posted by: Alexandre' Poss on November 25, 2009 at 03:29:26
The sequel is NOTHING without the Overlook Hotel!!
Posted by: Nunya on November 25, 2009 at 03:51:12
Look at all these people saying the Shining is nothing without the Overlook Hotel but they forget that Danny's powers are the ones that caused it to go all hyperactive anyway. So - yes, it's about Danny and yes it still is a sequel. Just because it isn't going to focus on the hotel anymore doesn't make it any less than that. And if somebody other than Stephen King was doing it it'd probably be heresy but he is doing it. I mean if you think about it Talisman and Black House weren't really all that similar in theme but it worked. So, give him a chance...though his past few books have been kind of week. They start of strong and start to fizzle. I think the last one I read was fully was Cell and then I got halfway through Lisey's Story. Does anybody know if Duma Key is good or Under the Dome, not that I expect anybody to have read that one fully yet - it's a huge ass book.
Posted by: jeff on November 25, 2009 at 05:01:25
durma key was good and down to the last 100 on the dome and it has been grwat so far....but I am biased even a not great stephen king book is always an awesome read.
Posted by: bkt on November 25, 2009 at 07:46:15
I'm definitely curious to see what King comes up with if he writes this book. And I like that this doesn't sound like it will simply be a "The Shining 2" (with a new haunted hotel or new people in Overlook), just like Black House was a very different to story than The Talisman
Posted by: Al on November 25, 2009 at 13:35:46
Form a Buick 8. My bad, hit the wrong key and couldn't edit by the time I saw it. But it is a helluva book.
Stephen King is a remarkably consistent author. He is almost always a certain level of 'good', with his variations beings 'better' and 'freakin awesome.' (More than can be said about Seth MacFarlane.)
As for a sequel to The Shining. I'm sure King could deliver, but it really sounds like more of an idea rattling around in his head than anything, so I really doubt it'll ever see light. And, of course, any sequel would have to focus on Danny, just like the original novel did. The movies aside, the book is about Danny. The title of the book even refers to him (his ability, anyway).
However, for a great line up of psychic horror, read Carrie, Firestarter, and The Shining back to back. They are practically sequels to one another. Then read The Dead Zone (my favorite of King's novels). Together, those 4 books enhance each other the same way Dreamcatcher and Tommyknockers do.
Posted by: The Steve on November 25, 2009 at 14:10:41
I just finished re-reading Dreamcatcher last night and it got me to thinking (again) about how amazing it is that King's work nearly never seems to translate well to film.
Perfect example, if I may borrow from "Al"'s post:
Carrie, Firestarter, Shining, and Dead Zone, are, I agree, arguably some of his best work and play off of each other very well. But look at each of their film counterparts and Carrie is the only of the lot that illicits the same responses in me as the book.
For the record, I can't really include Shining in this simply because the Kubrick movie, while a great movie in its own right, shares only passing similarities with the novel.
In my opinion, you can count the number of decent King Horror adaptations on half a hand: Carrie, Pet Semetary, and The Mist (though the ending of that movie irks me a little). For whatever reason his more dramatic work (The Body, Shawshank, Green Mile) translates much better.
So why is this? King's work is layered and thick to be sure, especially his horror and fantasy work, but his themes break down simply and *should* translate well. Is it just sloppy filmmaking? Greed in giving the rights to the wrong people? What gives? I want decent adaptations of Dreamcatcher, It, and Needful Things so this problem needs to get solved pronto.
Posted by: bluerosekiller on November 25, 2009 at 18:50:49
While personally I'd ( much ) rather see his long rumored sequel to 'SALEM'S LOT, this proposed DOCTOR SLEEP is pretty exciting in it's own right IMO.
Posted by: mramerica on December 6, 2009 at 15:08:15
Ever seen Salems Lot 2?
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