19 years ago, today info about my first interview with King was posted on StephenKing.com. During the interview I spoke with King on the phone for 45 minutes and it resulted in a 3-part interview that was published on Lilja’s Library on January 16, 17 and 18 2007.
Some of the things we talked about is not that exciting today 19 years later as it was then but at the same time some of the things, like his accident, the soon to be released third Talisman book and writing under a pseudonym are still as exciting today as it was back in 2007.
You can check out the interview through these links if you haven't already.
The other day, I was looking at the number of books King has released between 1974 and 2025. It’s a total of 90 books, with an average of 1.73 books per year over these 52 years. Pretty amazing, if you ask me.
Two interesting and fun facts occurred to me while doing this.
1. During these 52 years, King has published at least one book every year except 1976. That is the only year between 1974 and 2025 in which he didn’t release any books. Every other year, he has published between one and three books.
2. I also found proof that King was working on a secret Batman novel between 1998 and 2005… If you look closely, you should be able to see the signs, but if not, click on the link below:
Mike Flanagan called The Dark Tower for ”his Holy Grail” and now he says several of the scripts are done:
“We’ve got a lot of scripts done for it. It’s the first priority.”
He envisions it as a series running for five seasons, followed by two stand-alone movies. Flanagan also had this to say about the 2017 adaptation:
“We can’t let that be the final word. We really can’t.”
Comic Book reports that CW canceled the adaptation of The Revelations of ‘Becka Paulson after being acquired by Nexstar in 2022. The network has since reconsidered its approach to big-budget adaptations under its new leadership.
The question is, is anyone dissapointed? Did anyone expect this one to be done? After all, we haven’t heard anything about it since July 2020.
