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Contest done and new contest online

Posted: February 6, 2006, 22:25
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As promised, here is a new contest for you. This time you can get a copy of the Australian edition of Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished. Just click on the banner and answer the question.

And the Pet Sematary contest is over and two winners has been drawn, but first, here are the right answers:

Question 1: In 1974, Stephen King published his firs novel "Carrie". What was the original price tag?
Answer: $5.95

Question 2: The 1st Printing of Pet Sematary had an error on the back of the DJ. What was it?
Answer: "1982" Caretakers Error on back of DJ

Question 3: What was the 1st Creep Story in Creepshow?
Answer: Father's Day

Question 4: What kind of dog was "Cujo"?
Answer: A St. Bernard.

And, here are the two winners:

The first edition of Pet Semarary goes to Daniel Gonzalez Abad from Spain and the signed limited edition artwork of Pet Semarary by Glenn Chadbourne goes to Peter Ljungkvist from Sweden.

Frey's Lies

Posted: February 3, 2006, 22:24
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King has a new column out. It's called Frey's Lies and you can read it here.

Thanks to Paul Poroshin

Contest time again

Posted: February 1, 2006, 22:22
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OK, it's contest time again. This time it's a first ed. of Pet Sematary and a signed limited edition artwork of Pet Sematary by Glenn Chadbourne at stake, how about that?

Also don't miss the interview I did with Glenn. Not only does he have a lot of interesting things to say but also there is also a little hint of what's to come for Lilja's Library.

Interview with Glenn Chadbourne

Posted: January 29, 2006, 22:11
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Today I have a really interesting interview for you. It's with Glenn Chadbourne who has illustrated the upcoming King book Secretary of Dreams. In this interview he talks about the book, about Doug E Graves or "Dougie" as he is also called (the mascot he did for King's radio station)...and about another mascot he has done...

Pre-order Lisey's Story today

Posted: January 27, 2006, 22:09
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Now you can pre-order Lisey's Story from Amazon.com.

Here are some words about it from Barnes And Noble:

Lisey's Story is a wondrous novel of marriage, a love story steeped in strength and tenderness, and cast with the most vivid, touching and believable characters in recent literature. I came to adore Lisey Landon and her sisters, I ached for Scott and all he'd been through, and when I finally reached the bittersweet and heartfelt conclusion, my first thought was that I wanted to start over again from the beginning, for it felt as if were saying good-bye to old friends. This is Stephen King at his finest and most generous, a dazzling novel that you'll thank yourself for reading long after the final page is turned.

Cell review online

Posted: January 24, 2006, 22:07
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Today is Cell day. The book is out so go get it ASAP! My review is online now for you to check out and on the official Cell site you can now listen to a message from King.

The Cell winners are...

Posted: January 24, 2006, 22:05
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The Cell contest is over and the winners have been drawn. Here is a list of all the right answers as well as the winners:

Thursday:
Question: Who reads the audio edition of Cell?
Answer: Campbell Scott

Winners:
Book: Terry Lettmoden
CD: Anna Jones
CD: Jerome Luc Paulin

Friday:
Question: At the end of Cell there is an excerpt from an upcoming King book, which?
Answer: Lisey’s Story

Winners:
Book: Peter Anderson
CD: Gary Hillman
CD: Charles Bretz

Saturday:
Question: King auctioned out the chance to name a character in Cell, how much did the winner pay?
Answer: $25,100

Winners:
Book: Richard Kaminski
CD: Cathy VanVleet
CD: James Steates

Sunday:
Question: What is the name of the photographer that took King's author photo for Cell?
Answer: Amy Guip

Winners:
Book: Cyrus Roland Simcoe
CD: Hannah Errington
CD: Hubert Spandowski

Monday:
Question: What is the item on the spine of the US edition of Cell?
Answer: A small sneeker and a set of keys.

Winners:
Book: Jeanette Jackson
CD: Craig Zernik
CD: Eric Enderle

All the winners has been notified by mail.

King interviewed on Amazon Fishbowl

Posted: January 23, 2006, 22:04
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On Amazon.com you can now see an interview with King done by Bill Maher. It's for Amazon Fishbowl 10 minutes long and pretty interesting. Head over there now!

Thanks to Peter Hardy.

Cell contest over

Posted: January 23, 2006, 22:04
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The Cell contest is over and the winners will be announced tomorrow so make sure you check in then.

Amazon.com hires Bill Maher

Posted: January 22, 2006, 22:02
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Amazon.com announced that it has hired comedian Bill Maher to host a weekly online talk show that will be available for viewing on its website. The first episode runs in June, and among the guests will be novelist Stephen King. More info to come...

Thanks to herbertwest and Mike Cahill.

Cell sold early

Posted: January 22, 2006, 22:01
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There are reports that besides Wal-Mart, Target and Chapters Book Stores also jumped the gun and has been selling copies of Cell since Saturday the 21.

Thanks to Deepak and Mark Struzinski.

Willa, Florida book and another hard boiled detective story

Posted: January 22, 2006, 21:57
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OK, here is more info about new stuff from King that was revealed yesterday at the event at Eckerd College:

The story King read is called Willa and is about 7500 words according to King. Without giving too much away, it is the story of a man's search for his wife after they get off a train. King said that he wrote the story based on the final image he would read in the story, and then worked from there. Much more then that can't be told without giving it all away, but there are some very vivid and well-defined characters, and the story has a great mood and very poetic tone to it. No word on when it'll be released yet though...

King also told the audience that he's contemplating a Florida book soon, he has an idea for it, but he explained that he and his wife had been spending a lot of time here and he wanted to develop a "texture" for the landscape before writing.

Here is a quote from the St Pete Times article about the event:

"Stephen King, who has been a part-time resident of Sarasota for several years, told a packed auditorium at Eckerd College that he is nearly ready to set a novel in his adopted state. 'You have to get a little bit of texture for a place, ' King said, 'We've been down herenow spending about half the year since 1998. I think I have an idea for a book'"

King also mentioned that he had another hard boiled detective story in the works.
Thanks to Ed Yarb and Judith.

Wal-Mart has jumping the gun

Posted: January 22, 2006, 21:56
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It seems that Wal-Mart has jumped the gun on selling Cell. I get reports that there where copies for sale on Saturday the 21. So, go hunt!

Thanks to Nate Hammer.

Willa, a new story

Posted: January 22, 2006, 21:54
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Yesterday King appeared on the An Evening With Stephen King! King read a brand new short story to test it on the crowd, the story was called Willa and King said it was about 7500 words.

Dennis Lehane introduced King and then fielded questions pre-filled out by the crowd for Stephen King. It went from 8pm to about 9:30pm, for a very receptive crowd... people of ALL ages. King made a brief comment about the crowd being asked to turn off their cell phones and launched into a very funny and thorough story about how he came up with the idea for the novel and promoted it's release several times throughout the night.

If anyone took any photos from the event, please let me know.

Thanks to Ed Yarb and Judith.

Excerpts from Cell is now out.

Posted: January 20, 2006, 21:20
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The first of two excerpts from Cell is now out. You can check it (and some rather cool illustrations) out here.

Cell in Entertainment Weekly

Posted: January 19, 2006, 21:19
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According to King's official site: 'Entertainment Weekly will be running the first two chapters of Cell in their issue on stands January 20, 2006, as a first serial excerpt. This is the first time in the history of the magazine that they have run a fiction excerpt.'

Thanks to Rocky Wood.

Ron McLarty to narrate Stationary Bike

Posted: January 19, 2006, 21:17
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Ron McLarty has been selected to narrate the upcoming audio version of Stationary Bike. A good choice if you ask me!
The CD will be released in July and you can pre-order here.

The Mist script finished?

Posted: January 19, 2006, 21:16
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The Mist script is finished, apparently. It has been widely reported that Frank Darabont was working on an adaptation of The Mist and it looks like the draft is actually done. In a report about the forthcoming “Indiana Jones” sequel, Ain't It Cool's Harry Knowles let slip that he read the script and it was “amazing,”.

Thanks to Drew.

Cell contest a success

Posted: January 19, 2006, 21:14
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The first day of Lilja's Library's Cell Contest was a success. There where a record breaking number or entries. The Winners will be announced on January 24. A new question is now online.

Cell contest

Posted: January 19, 2006, 21:02
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OK, It's contest time again. This time it's copies of Cell that's at stake. 10 copies of the audio CD and 5 copies of the hardback to be more exactA new question will be posted each day between January 19 and January 23 and I will draw 3 winners each day. Two of these will get the audio CD and one the book.

To make it a bit more interesting I won't publish the names of the winners every day as usual, this time I'll publish all the winners on January 24. That way you will have to live with the suspense a bit longer...yes, I know I'm cruel :-)

OK, so, just click the banner and answer the question. All answers can be found somewhere on the site. Good luck!

Stephen's Picks

Posted: January 18, 2006, 21:01
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Stephen's Picks for the week of January 16, 2006 is out:

* Stephen is reading Voodoo Heart by Scott Snyder (Very good)
* He is also reading Dead Low Tide by John D. Macdonald
* In theaters, Stephen saw Brokeback Mountain (Very good)

Article about William Hurt

Posted: January 18, 2006, 20:59
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Here is an article about William Hurt who plays John Renshaw in the episode Battleground of Nightmares & Dreamscapes.

No Sword in the Darkness online

Posted: January 17, 2006, 20:54
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I got an email from Rocky Wood today and it seams that the Australian paper that ran the first part of Sword in the Darkness made a mistake. Rocky gives this explanation:

The first part of 'Sword in the Darkness' which was online this past Saturday appeared in error and has now been removed from the newspaper's website. The second part of the excerpt from the upcoming book, 'Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished' will appear only in the hard copy newspaper and not online.'

Full cover of UK Cell

Posted: January 16, 2006, 18:45
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I got a copy of the UK edition of Cell today and here is the full UK cover.

Just Askin'

Posted: January 16, 2006, 18:43
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King's first column for 2006 is now out. It's called Just Askin' and you can read it here.

Thanks to Paul Poroshin.

Richard Thomas in Autopsy Room Four

Posted: January 16, 2006, 18:42
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Greta Scacchi has been cast opposite Richard Thomas in Autopsy Room Four one of the episodes in Nightmares & Dreamscapes.

Thanks to MG.

Sword in the Darkness online

Posted: January 14, 2006, 18:40
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All of you that for some reason didn’t get Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished can now read Sword in the Darkness online. The Australian is publishing it online and the first part is already out, you can read it here. The next part (they have divided it in two parts) will be out next week.

Thanks to Bev Vincent.

Stephen King podcast

Posted: January 12, 2006, 18:38
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On February 9th Simon & Schuster Audio will launch an exclusive Stephen King podcast on their site. It will contain a 20-minute interview with King himself, and an excerpt from the Cell audio book. The interview with King that was recorded on December 5 so it's a new and fresh one you don't want to miss.

Both the book and audio is released on January 24th and at the back of the book you can find an excerpt from King's next book Lisey's Story that is due out in October.

You can pre order your copy of Cell here:

US hardback
US audio CD
US audio Cassette
UK hardback
UK audio CD

Do King use American Express?

Posted: January 12, 2006, 18:37
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Here's a link to a site where you can see a commercial for American Express that King did back in the 1980's.

Thanks to Brian Freeman.

King in France

Posted: January 12, 2006, 18:36
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Cell will be released in France with the title Cellulaire in March and Robin Furth's The Dark Tower Concordance volume 2 will be released on March the 17th with the title La Tour Sombre - Concordance volume 2.

Thanks to Stephen King Lille board.

New book

Posted: January 11, 2006, 18:35
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On the official message board someone asked if King had started a new book after Cell and Lisey's Story and the moderator confirmed that he had, as far as she know. Good news in other words.

Lisey in UK Cell as well

Posted: January 11, 2006, 18:34
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I got confirmation today that the UK edition of Cell also will have the first chapter of Lisey's Story at the end.

The Dark Tower 7 in Poland

Posted: January 11, 2006, 18:32
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The Dark Tower 7 is being released in Poland and to the right you can see the cover.

Desperation photos

Posted: January 10, 2006, 00:39
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Fangoria published these cool pictures from Desperation today!



The images are (from left to right, up and down) Annabeth Gish with some KNB EFX-created corpses, Charles Durning sharing a scene with a real live cougar, Kelly Overton and Steven Weber fighting a vicious bird and Garris himself with Ron Perlman, who plays the nasty Collie Entragian.

Thanks to Mike Cahill.

I Know What You Need in the Netherlands

Posted: January 10, 2006, 00:35
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The Dollar Baby I Know What You Need will be screened in the Netherlands in March 2006, to coincide with the release of Stephen King's new book, Cell.

Thanks to Stephen King Short Movies.

Stephen's Picks

Posted: January 10, 2006, 00:34
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Stephen's Picks for the week of January 9, 2006 is out:

* Stephen is reading Dispatch by Bentley Little
* He is also reading A Green Desire by Anton Myrer
* He is listening to Mistakes Were Made by Diesel Doug and the Long Haul Truckers
* In theaters, Stephen saw Hostile (Very good)
* In theaters, Stephen also saw Wolf Creek (good)

And the winner is...

Posted: January 6, 2006, 00:33
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So the winner of an ARC of Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished has been drawn but first, here are the right answers:

Question 1: This Stephen King classic goes into the theme of country folk vs. city folk. Which one is it?
Answer 1: Cujo

Question 2: Fill in the blank.
"I love to burn things up," King says. "It's the werewolf in me, I guess.... _________was particularly fulfilling, because there I got a chance to scrub the whole human race, and man, it was fun!"
Answer 2: The Stand

Question 3: Fill in the blank: "In 1989, King signed a deal with Viking that netted him _____million for four books, a new record."
Answer 3: $35

And the lucky winner is Jeremy Thomason from the US. If you didn't win, don't be too sad. A new contest will start soon, very soon!

Airdate for Desperation set

Posted: January 5, 2006, 00:32
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Good news! The official airdate for Desperation is Thursday, 18 May 2006.

Thanks to Bev Vincent.

Contest over

Posted: January 5, 2006, 00:29
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The contest for an ARC of Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished is over. The winner will be drawn tomorrow so be sure to check in then.

Latest on Ghost Brothers

Posted: January 5, 2006, 00:27
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Here is the latest news about The Ghost Brothers of Darkland County. It's not much but it's nice to see that they are making progress.

Thanks to Rocky Wood and Ed Yarb.

Background to Cell

Posted: January 5, 2006, 00:25
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A new edition of Bev Vincent's News From the Dead Zone column is now online and among all the interesting things in it is how King got the story idea for Cell:

King told a story about leaving a New York hotel to get a coffee one morning about six years ago. "A lady under the canopy was on her cell phone and the doorman was getting someone a cab. I thought, what if she got this message on her cell phone that she could not deny and she had to attack everyone she saw - and she started with the doorman, she ripped his throat out."

Thanks to Bev Vincent.

Lisey's Story excerpt

Posted: January 5, 2006, 00:23
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Bev Vincent had the following to say about the excerpt from Lisey's Story that is in the US edition of Cell:

The Scribner edition of Cell contains a sneak peak at Lisey's Story. The first twelve pages of the book are presented in King's own handwriting. The excerpt is not the same as what we've previously seen in "Lisey and the Madman." The opening chapter is called "Lisey and Amanda (Everything the Same)" and deals with Lisey Landon two years after the death of her famous writer husband Scott. She's finally going through his writing office, trying to decide what to do about his unpublished works. Amanda is her older sister, and there seems to be tension between the two. My feeling is that this book will be in the Bag of Bones vein.

Thanks to Bev Vincent.

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