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First cover for Under the Dome

Posted: August 7, 2009, 20:45

Here is the first Under the Dome cover that's been revealed. It's the Dutch cover, the title is Gevangen and it's being released on November 12. This is the paperback cover.

Thanks to Chrissy

US Galley

Posted: August 5, 2009, 23:44

Here is a scan of the front of the US galley for Under the Dome.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

New column

Posted: August 5, 2009, 23:42

Here is a new column by King called My Screen Addiction.

Thanks to Sonia Rodríguez Riveiro

Stand arc 3

Posted: July 31, 2009, 02:12

The third arc of The Stand comic will have the title Soul Survivors and premier October 21st. Here is the cover for issue #1.

Fall of Gilead cover

Posted: July 31, 2009, 02:09

Here is the sketch cover for issue #4 of Fall of Gilead.

Review of Fall of Gilead #3

Posted: July 29, 2009, 00:00

Issue #3 of Fall of Gilead is now out and you can read my thought about it here.

Talisman info

Posted: July 28, 2009, 22:44

Here are the latest news about The Talisman comic:

- The plan is to have 6 issues in the first arc.
- The title of the first arc will be The Road of Trials.
- The plan is to do two more arcs of the same length (but that might change).
- There will be a month gap between each story arc.
- The first issue is due out in October 2009.

Update on the Atlanta signing

Posted: July 28, 2009, 21:58

Update on the Atlanta signing:

Date: November 13, 2009
Location: Barnes & Noble, 2900 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta
Time: 7:00 PM

Special Instructions from the store:
Stephen King will only sign copies of Under the Dome. No other books or memorabilia, please. There will be a limit of one book per customer. Wristbands will be used for entry into this event. Please call the store for details.

Signed collectors ed. of Under the Dome

Posted: July 27, 2009, 23:05

This was posted by the moderator of King's official board:

Not yet. I got an email over the weekend letting us know that the only place the signed edition will be sold is through Scribner's web site but they weren't set up yet to take pre-orders. The unsigned collector's edition can be pre-ordered now, though.

I spoke to Scibner and it dosn't look like they will be able to sell to customers outside the US (this might change though)...

Manchester event

Posted: July 27, 2009, 22:08

More about the Manchester signing:

Northshire Bookstore presents Stephen King
Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 7 pm
Manchester Elementary-Middle School
80 Memorial Ave.
Manchester Center, VT 05255

Tickets to go on sale Sept. 1 at 10 am
Can be purchased by phone or in the store (we will have a special number set up by 9/1, and will let you know what that number is)

Ticket pricing:
$50 – includes a signed copy of Under the Dome and preferred seating (250 available)
$5 – General admission (550 available)

Only purchasers of a $50 ticket will get a signed copy of the new book. Mr. King will not be signing any other books. Unsigned copies of Under the Dome and other Stephen King books will be available for purchase.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

King on Mars

Posted: July 27, 2009, 19:36

I just love the Brittish TV series Life on Mars so I just had to show you this:

DVDs to be released Tuesday

Stephen King praised the British police drama "Life on Mars" as "one of the greatest limited-run television series I've ever seen." And he certainly got it right when he said, in Entertainment Weekly, that it "blows the American version out of the water." Well, now the original U.K. series comes to home video, being released Tuesday in a four-disc set packed with special features (Acorn Media, $59.99).

John Simm plays a modern-day Manchester police detective who gets hit by a car while chasing a killer and wakes up in 1973. Still a cop, he tries to solve crimes using the low-tech and frequently frustrating methods of the 1970s. Police procedure is a little rougher on suspects and forensics is slower – but the music's really cool.

The set includes audio commentary on each episode, an hourlong documentary with cast and crew interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage, a "Music of 'Life on Mars' " featurette, outtakes and more.

This is "Series 1" of the show that ran for two seasons on British TV and was seen on BBC America. The U.S. version ran on ABC in the 2008-09 season.

UK proof of Under the Dome

Posted: July 24, 2009, 19:09

Here is a scan of an uncorrected UK proof for Under the Dome. It contains 880 pages (although the finished book will have 896 pages due to the fact that the finished book will be a bit more spaced out then the proof) and also has an author's note at the back.

Covers for issue #3 of Fall of Gilead

Posted: July 24, 2009, 19:08

Here are the covers for issue #3 of Fall of Gilead.

King in Manchester

Posted: July 24, 2009, 15:33

From Rutland Herald.

It's not clear whether state officials will be able to organize a presidential visit in the near future, but before the end of the year Vermont will get a visit from a King.

As part of a tour supporting his forthcoming novel, "Under the Dome," author Stephen King will be in Manchester on Dec. 2 as a guest of the Northshire Bookstore.

Northshire event coordinator Linda Ellingsworth called it "the mother of all book signings."

"It's obviously thrilling. The people here said it's probably been 15 years since he's been back here," Ellingsworth said.

"It's always exciting when a writer of his stature comes through Vermont. The tough thing is going to be getting in the door (of the signing,)" Bissette said.

Given this unusual opportunity, Bissette said he hoped people who planned to attend would come up with some good questions for King.

Ellingsworth said the bookstore would probably create a separate page on its Web site to promote the event. Tickets may be available as early as the first week in August.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Info about the collectors ed.

Posted: July 22, 2009, 22:55

Here is a press release from Scribner about the collectors editions of Under the Dome:

UNDER THE DOME
A Novel by
STEPHEN KING

In addition to our standard publication (IBSN: 9781439148501, $35.00) Scribner is pleased to offer two special editions of Stephen King’s newest novel. All editions will be on sale on November 10, 2009.

Under the Dome Collector’s Set
ISBN: 9781439156971
$75.00/$95.00 CDN
This collector’s edition of UNDER THE DOME has a belly band and jacket, a stamped case, 4-color printed end papers, a ribbon marker, and contains a deck of special collector’s cards of the character drawings that appear at the beginning of each part of the book. The book will be shrink-wrapped. Printed on specialty paper, this publication is limited to 25,000 copies.

Under the Dome Signed Limited Edition
More info coming soon...

Remake of children premiers later this year

Posted: July 20, 2009, 21:01

The remake of Children of the Corn will premier on SyFy on Saturday, September 26 at 9pm Eastern/Pacific.

Thanks to Ari

And the winners are...

Posted: July 19, 2009, 23:11

The race for an early copy of my book is over and here are the right answers and the winners that each will receive a galley of my book.

Read the complete text

Signed collectors ed. of Under the Dome

Posted: July 17, 2009, 21:44

Interesting news from the moderator of King's official site about the signed collectors ed. of Under the Dome.

I can't confirm this with Scribner because they close down early on Fridays in the summer, but there's a rumor going around the grapevine that the signed limiteds will be going on sale through their website this weekend. You could try this link but if you don't see the signed limited showing up, use the Search function on their site.

Under the Dome excerpt

Posted: July 17, 2009, 21:39

In June it was mentioned that there would be an excerpt from Under the Dome in Entertainmet Weekley. It has now been revealed that it'll be in the fall (that's Sept., Oct., and Nov. in the States) issue.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

More about the signings

Posted: July 17, 2009, 21:38

Here are more info about the signings in Nov.

NYC - on stage, no book signing, 250 pre-signed books
D.C./Baltimore - book signing, no on stage event
Atlanta - book signing, no on stage event
Sarasota - on stage, no book signing, 250 pre-signed books
Minneapolis - on stage, no book signing, 250 pre-signed books
Toronto - on stage, no book signing, 250 pre-signed books
Portsmouth, NH - on stage, no book signing, 250 pre-signed books
Manchester Center, VT - on stage, no book signing, pre-signed books

Thanks to Bev Vincent.

King on working with the King of pop

Posted: July 17, 2009, 21:37

Stephen King talks about working with the king of pop on his music video for Ghosts here.

Under the Dome movie

Posted: July 16, 2009, 22:58

Publishers Weekly reports that Under the Dome might be on its way to be filmed:

Quote:
Rand Holston at CAA is currently out with the film rights to Stephen King's forthcoming novel, Under the Dome. Scribner is publishing in November and Holston is co-agenting with Darhansoff, Verrill, Feldman. (King's literary agent is Chuck Verrill.) The novel follows the members of a small Maine town inexplicably sealed off one day by an invisible and impenetrable force field. Stranded inside the dome—which is erected at a random and unfortunate circumference that separates those within the town—a group of locals, led by an Iraq war vet, band together to fight rising social unrest and, ultimately, the barrier itself. King announced that he had finished the book back in January and, in his column for Entertainment Weekly, spoke of its massive size—it's more than 1,000 pages. The heft may be making it tough for Hollywood execs to see the story working as a feature; one insider said all the activity in the book is causing some to think Dome makes more sense as a miniseries. Other massive 1,000-plus page works by King—like It and The Stand—both wound up on the small screen, the former as a TV movie and the latter as a miniseries.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Signing dates

Posted: July 16, 2009, 21:19

Here are more info about King's signing tour for Under the Dome from the moderator of his official board:

Dates and locations for signing tour update:

November 10 - NYC (this event is already sold out)
November 11 - still being decided whether D.C. or Baltimore
November 13 - Atlanta (yes, we know it's a Friday )
November 16 - Sarasota
November 18 - Minneapolis
November 19 - Toronto
December 1 - Portsmouth, NH
December 2 - Manchester, VT

Thanks to Craig Trunzo

King to appear at Music Hall

Posted: July 16, 2009, 01:04

King takes The Music Hall stage Tuesday, Dec. 1 at 7:30pm
to discuss his new novel Under the Dome. Read more here.

Thanks to Miss X.

Collectors ed. of Under the Dome

Posted: July 15, 2009, 19:14

This was just posted by the Moderator on the Stephen King Message Board:

I've been authorized to release the official information from Scribner about the collector's editions, so here you go:

Scribner will publish two Collector’s Editions. The regular Collector’s Edition will have a special jacket with a belly band, a stamped case, four-color printed endpapers, a ribbon marker, and will contain a set of 27 special trading cards featuring drawings of characters from the book (drawn by cartoonist Matthew Diffee). These drawings will also be featured in the book—as a frontispiece image and on the 26 part title pages. The book will be shrink-wrapped and Scribner will print only 25,000 copies of this edition, priced at $75.

Scribner is also offering 1,500 copies of a signed, limited Collector’s Edition. This contains all the special elements listed above, plus the book will be signed by the author. This is priced at $200.

Thanks to John Hanic

Cell heads to TV

Posted: July 14, 2009, 21:26

Eli Roth has left Cell but now John Harrison has taken over and is about to turn it into a TV mini-serie. Here is what Dread Central writes about it:

"Some cool news just came out during the Q&A following the North American premiere of John Harrison's adaptation of Clive Barker's Book of Blood. According to Harrison he has just signed up to adapt Stephen King's technology spawned zombie story Cell. Following the demise of the Eli Roth adaptation, Harrison was approached to do a TV mini-series version.

And here is what Fangoria has to say about it:

Fango’s Tony Timpone just called up from Montreal’s Fantasia film festival with a hot scoop: John Harrison, whose Clive Barker-based feature BOOK OF BLOOD is premiering at the event, is writing a four-hour miniseries based on Stephen King’s CELL. The 2006 novel sees the population of America transformed into mindless, rampaging killers by a signal sent through their cell phones.

Harrison is scripting CELL for the Weinstein Company, which had originally planned to turn the book into a theatrical feature (with Eli Roth attached at one point to direct), but decided to abandon those plans and will be shopping the project to networks instead. Having served as assistant director/composer on the King-scripted CREEPSHOW and helmed TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE: THE MOVIE (including an adaptation of the author’s “Cat from Hell”), Harrison considers CELL one of King’s best recent books, with opening chapters that will make an incredible first 30 minutes on screen. The filmmaker adds that he doesn’t see this as a zombie story so much as a VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED-esque chiller, and enjoys the fact that the infected populace possesses a hive mentality. While he has been officially contracted to direct, he would certainly like to. BOOK OF BLOOD screens at Fantasia tonight at 7 p.m. (the show is almost sold out as of now); look for exclusive video of Harrison discussing BOOK, CELL and other projects at this site tomorrow!

Thanks to Al Mattice, Larry Fire and Uncle Creepy.

Issue #4 review

Posted: July 11, 2009, 00:19

Here are my thoughts on issue #4 of American Nightmares

UR on audio

Posted: July 9, 2009, 22:18

UR will be available as an audiobook on February 16, 2010. The reader has not yet been selected. The suggested retail price is $14.99 in CD format or $11.99 for the download edition which will be available July 2010.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Paperback cover

Posted: July 4, 2009, 01:20

Here is the papaerback cover for Just After Sunset that's released on September 22. You can pre-order your copy here.

My thoughts on Nightmares & Dreamscapes

Posted: July 4, 2009, 01:14

Here is my review for the three audio editions from Nightmares & Dreamscapes that was released last month

Under the Dome Collector's Set

Posted: July 2, 2009, 22:55

Simon & Schuster has announced a Collector's Set of Under the Dome. The price is $75 and more info will be released soon.

Interview with Nei Ruffino

Posted: July 2, 2009, 09:19

Here is an interview with Nei Ruffino who is the colourist of The Talisman comic book.

Thanks to grzesiek

King and Jackson

Posted: July 2, 2009, 09:04

King on Jackson:

EW columnist Stephen King writes, “It’s worth noting that he was never convicted of anything in criminal court, and when I asked Mick—who hung out with Michael occasionally— he was emphatic in his belief that Michael Jackson was indeed innocent of the abuse allegations. In the court of public opinion, however, he was found guilty of Weirdness in the First Degree, and ended up secluded in one haunted castle after another. Finally, he died in one. Strange man. Lost man. And not unique in his passing. Like James Dean, Elvis Presley, Kurt Cobain, Heath Ledger, and a dozen others we could name, he just left the building far too soon. Because, man oh man, that guy could dance.”

Here is an article about King and Michael Jackson’s collaboration Ghost.

Thanks to Larry Fire

More on The Stephen King Illustrated Companion

Posted: July 2, 2009, 09:03

Here are some more info about the upcoming book The Stephen King Illustrated Companion by Bev Vincent that sounds very interesting:

Read the complete text

My thoughts on Dolan's Cadillac

Posted: July 2, 2009, 01:40

Dolan’s Cadillac has had its world premier in Sweden today and I have seen it. Check out my thoughts about it here.

Back cover for Dolan

Posted: June 30, 2009, 11:36

Here is the back cover for the Swedish DVD release of Dolan's Cadillac. It doesn’t look like there are any bonus materials on the DVD.

Dolan in December

Posted: June 30, 2009, 07:24

This little note indicates that Dolan's Cadillac will premier in December in the US.

Emmanuelle Vaugier recently finished shooting the psychological thriller Dolan’s Cadillac, a film adaptation of Stephen King’s short story of the same name, with Christian Slater. It is due out in December.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

What is this?

Posted: June 29, 2009, 10:29

Up for some puzzles? Complete these and find out about a very interesting upcoming book!

Covers for issue #4

Posted: June 28, 2009, 02:35

Here is the variant and sketch covers for issue #4 of American Nightmares.

Preview of issue #3

Posted: June 26, 2009, 17:54

Now you can check out a preview of issue #3 of Fall of Gilead online. You will find it here.
Thanks to Sonia Rodríguez Riveiro

Read Morality online

Posted: June 26, 2009, 17:53

Now you can read Morality online. You'll find it here.

Thanks to Larry Fire

Darabont interview

Posted: June 26, 2009, 08:28

Here is an interview with Frank Darabont in which he talks about The Mist, Under the Dome and The Long Walk.

Thanks to Rocky Wood

Read Weeds

Posted: June 23, 2009, 21:56

For those of you that hasn't read Weeds you can now do so here.

(Please note that this link goes to Cavalier magazine that is an adult magazine. So, consider yourself warned…)

Thanks to Marco Lammers.

Act fast...

Posted: June 23, 2009, 07:37

This was posted on King's board yesterday so act fast if you want to go.

I've heard back from Scribner regarding the TimesTalk appearance. There will be a total of 350 tickets available but they have already sold over 200 so if you're considering this event, you may want to act quickly. They are on a first come, first served basis but they feel that all seats have excellent sight lines and that the theater is small enough to give an intimate feel.

The ticket price is not including the purchase of a book and nothing has been set in stone yet about there being signed copies available at this event.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

And the winners are:

Posted: June 21, 2009, 23:42

OK, the contest is onver and here are the correct answers:

Question 1: What is the title of the story on The House on Maple Street and other stories that King narrats himself?
Answer 1: Head Down.

Question 2: What year was Nightmares & Dreamscapes first released?
Answer 2: 1993.

Question 3: Name one of the stories in Nightmares & Dreamscapes that has been filmed.
Answer 3: Dolan's Cadillac, The End of the Whole Mess, The Night Flier, Chattery Teeth, You Know They Got a Hell of a Band, Sorry, Right Number, Crouch End, The Fifth Quarter or Umney's Last Case. There are also some Dollar Babis made from the collection.

Question 4: How many CDs will the three titles you can win here contain together?
Answer 4: The House on Maple Street (5 CD's), Dolan's Cadillac (5 CD's) and Chattery Teeth (4 CD's). Makes a total of 14 disks.

Question 5: When is the other three audio books with stories from Nightmares & Dreamscape (Sorry, Right Number: And Other Stories, The End of the Whole Mess: And Other Stories and It Grows on You: And Other Stories) being released.
Answer 5: November 10, 2009.

And the five winners that each get a pack with the these three audio editions The House on Maple Street (5 CD's), Dolan's Cadillac (5 CD's) and Chattery Teeth are:

1. Cyrus Simcoe
2. Henry Gershman
3. Nelson D Hill
4. Dominic Wassel
5. Jesse Lankford

If you didn’t win the contest you can get your copies here:

Dolan’s Cadillac
The House on Maple Street and other stories
Chattery Teeth

King comments on his two Bram Stoker Awards

Posted: June 21, 2009, 01:55

Here is King's comment on the two Bram Stoker Awards he won:

I'm delighted to tell you that I won not one but TWO Stoker Awards at this year's ceremony, one for Duma Key (Best Novel) and one for Just After Sunset (Best Collection). My motto is, You can never be too thin, too rich, or win too many Stoker Awards. (If you've never seen one, the awards are most excellently cool.) My thanks to everyone who voted, and my congratulations to all the other nominees. Most of all, though, thanks to everyone who bought those books and enjoyed them. (And if you bought them and didn't enjoy them, I still thank you.)

Steve

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Under the Dome tour

Posted: June 21, 2009, 01:52

Info about King's Under the Dome tour:

Tuesday | November 10, 2009 , 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

A Conversation with Novelist Stephen King
On the publication of his latest novel, “Under the Dome,” celebrated storyteller and best-selling author Stephen King (“Just After Sunset,” “Duma Key,” “The Stand,” “The Shining” and more than 50 other novels) talks about his career as a novelist, screenwriter and columnist and discusses his new work, a tour de force set in a Maine town and featuring more than 100 characters who encounter a supernatural element as baffling and chilling as any the author has ever conjured. Interviewed by New York Times book critic Janet Maslin.

Tickets: $30

Read more here.

Thanks to Bev Vincent