Darabont says The Mist might start shooting in Feb.
Posted: November 10, 2006, 00:35
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Thanks to Mike Cahill and Ari
Thanks to Mike Cahill and Ari
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Thanks to Mike Cahill and Ari
And one last meeting with the King...
Posted: November 9, 2006, 21:24
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The after noon was spent at the ASDA supermarket where King would do a signing. There wheren’t that many people there until about an hour before the signing started but then there where a lot...and I meen A LOT.I got to meet up with a lot of old and new friends and we had a really good time. At 5PM King entered and the line started to move. When we got to King we where told no cameras where alowed. At first bumed out we soon found out that there where a lady taking photos of us with a polaroidcamera and then giving out the photo as we left. A very good idea!
This time I didn’t say anything to King except “Thanks” and extracted my hand. At the same second he reached for his glass of Coke and there where a second of total confusion. Then he put forward his left hand and I shook that...
Lilja goes to the press conference
Posted: November 9, 2006, 21:22
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So, today started with a press conference arranged by the FPA. I was offcourse there in good time and got a front row seat, just about 2 meters from King. There where a photosession for 2 minutes, a Q&A for about 40 minutes and then King signed books (I got the ticket for the Battersea Park reading signed).I also got to ask King a question and I decided to asked him about the new Bachman book that he mentioned at the reading. He then said that he found it in his basement, that it’s from 1973 and that the title is Blaze. This book has been known to fans for quite a while and it’s nice that King has finally decided to publish it.
No date has been set but King said it would need some updating first so it may be a while...
Lilja meets King...again
Posted: November 9, 2006, 10:02
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Yesterday I was at a publisher party, arranged by King’s UK publisher Hodder & Stoughton, in London. And yes, you guessed it, King was there as well and I got a chance to speak with him for a few minutes. Since the conversation was a lot longer then at the signing I can’t recap it all here but I can tell you what we said when I got a second chance to talk to him just as he was leaving.Lilja: It’s a real honor to finally meet you!
King: It’s an honour to meet you to.
And with that he was of in the night. I was left with a very nice feeling, a copy of Lisey’s Story, a promotional paperweight (they where giving them away at the party) AND a picture of King and me!
Just as I was planning on leaving I ran into Robin Furth and got a VERY nice chat with here. She told me that 3 issues of The Dark Tower comic was already done and that it looks amazing. No one will be disapointed with it, that is for sure.I also got a chance to talk to a lot of people from Hodder & Stoughton, including King’s proofreader...and it turned out to be an extreamley nice evening.
A new Bachman book? Yes, says King.
Posted: November 8, 2006, 10:14
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King at Battersea Park
Posted: November 8, 2006, 10:11
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King then ended the the whole thing by signing books for a lot of happy fans.
Lilja finally meets King
Posted: November 8, 2006, 10:03
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Finally, 12 hours after I left Sweden I stod face to face with King. It was at Borders in London and I think I pulled it of without sounding to crazy.King: Hi How are you?
Lilja: Fine and you?
King: Fine.
Lilja: Are your hand tired?
King: No it’s OK, it’s on autopilot.
And then it was over...
Lilja and King in the UK...
Posted: November 7, 2006, 00:07
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Willa teaser
Posted: November 5, 2006, 22:51
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Here is a teaser of Willa from Playboy. Please be ware that there are semi-nude women if you follow this link. Click on the Get a FREE PREVIEW link to get there.
Thanks to Takara.
Another interview with King
Posted: November 2, 2006, 00:29
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Thanks to Rocky Wood
Talisman 3 - sort of a ‘24’ thing
Posted: November 1, 2006, 22:19
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King replied that yes he has spoken with Straub. At the end of Black House Jack is dying in our world and goes to the territories. King sees a story where Jack has to return to our world, must only do so in brief periods as it accelerates his death. In King’s words: “sort of a ‘24’ thing”.
Thanks to Bev Vincent
#1 of The Dark Tower Comic out Feb. 7
Posted: October 31, 2006, 20:52
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On-Sale Date Set for The Dark Tower Comic
The latest news from Marvel is that the first issue of The Dark Tower comics will be on-sale on February 7, 2007.
The Dark Tower Sketchbook, featuring character designs, penciled pages, commentary, and a primer on the world of the Dark Tower, will be available free at your local Marvel retailer on December 13, 2006.
For more information about the sketchbook, please Click Here .
Craig R Baxley to tie Nicole Kidman to the bed?
Posted: October 31, 2006, 19:38
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Craig R Baxley (Kingdom Hospital, Storm of the Century) hopes to direct a film version of Stephen King's 1992 Gerald's Game starring Nicole Kidman, adapted by King himself.
Thanks to Bev Vincent
One week left...
Posted: October 31, 2006, 12:32
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Win two tickets to King’s reading in London
Posted: October 31, 2006, 12:29
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The Pop of King: Hail to the Spoken Word
Posted: October 28, 2006, 20:17
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Thanks to Willowlove
An idea for another novel...
Posted: October 28, 2006, 20:10
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Anyway, the actual reading and interview was great. John Connolly was funny and engaging. King said that he has a rough manuscript of a new novel completed, and spoke about an idea he had for another novel: a man and his wife are driving on the Interstate late at night. They pull into a rest stop, and the wife asks the husband to go inside and buy her a soda. As the husband crosses the parking lot, a man gets out of the only other car parked at the rest stop and approaches the husband with a map. He asks the husband for directions, and as the husband bends to look at the map, the guy shoots him in the head. Another man, meanwhile, had circled the car and now holds the wife at gunpoint. The guy with the map comes over and removes the couples' baby from the back seat. They say to the wife, "You will do exactly what we tell you to do, or in 24 hours we will put your baby in a microwave oven and cook him." King described the wife as "the perfect guided missile."
Thanks to Bev Vincent
Ticket and flier for the UK event
Posted: October 26, 2006, 22:23
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Another interview with Mick Garris
Posted: October 26, 2006, 22:22
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Here Garris talks about the bad treatment Desperation got from ABC, his new book Development Hell and season 2 of Masters of Horror.
King's reading on October 24th
Posted: October 26, 2006, 13:21
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Clip from GMA earlier today
Posted: October 26, 2006, 00:24
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They have also put an excerpt from the book online.
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Garris involved in Bag of Bones and From A Buick 8?
Posted: October 25, 2006, 01:14
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BD: You are quickly becoming The King of the Stephen King miniseries – any more coming up?
MG: We’re looking at “Bag of Bones” as well as “From A Buick 8” – there’s a character in that one named after my wife, who played the dead woman in Room 237 in “The Shining”. It would be a lot of fun if Cynthia were to play a character named after her. And Eli Roth is still going to be adapting “Cell” for the big screen.
I checked with Garris and he wanted me to tell you that they don't have either project set up yet, but that they are pursuing them.
November 8 signing canceled
Posted: October 25, 2006, 00:08
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Yes, that book signing has been removed. I had misunderstood that it was a "done deal" as it was on the list but hadn't actually been finalized. Hodder decided to do a radio program instead on that date.
Lisey and Nightmares out today!
Posted: October 24, 2006, 23:59
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Order your copy here:
Lisey’s Story
Nightmares & Dreamscapes
Also, King will appear at the Symphony Space where he will read from Lisey's Story. More info here
King on TV
Posted: October 24, 2006, 23:58
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Stephen will be appearing on Good Morning America Wednesday, October 25th between 8:15 AM and 8:45 AM Est.
New interview
Posted: October 24, 2006, 16:33
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Thanks to Bev Vincent
Lisey's Story review
Posted: October 23, 2006, 23:59
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Sunday's winner
Posted: October 23, 2006, 00:07
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Question: Is Lisey’s Story Mark Stutzman’s favorite of all the covers he has done for King’s books.
Answer: No (his favorite is Everything’s Eventual)
And the winners are… Melissa Mary Allyn from the US (an audio copy), Jamin Laney from the US (an audio copy) and Krista Tom from the Netherlands (a UK hardback) and Josef Klein from Germany (a US hardback), Congratulations!
Friday and Saturday’s winners
Posted: October 22, 2006, 01:30
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Before I give you the winners though I want to remind you that you have to subscribe to my newsletter to have the chance to win. During the drawing of these 7 winners I had to disqualify 3 entries because they wasn’t resisted to the newsletter or had given a different e-mail address. So, make sure you subscribe and give the right mail in the entry.
FRIDAY
Question: An excerpt from Lisey’s Story was first published in 2004. Where?
Answer: McSweeney’s Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories.
And the winners are… Sebastiaan Rutten from the Netherlands (an audio copy), Peter Hunt from the US (an audio copy) and Alex Michielon from the Australia (a UK hardback), Congratulations!
SATURDAY
Question: How many days did it take for Lilja’s Library to get 1,000,000 hits?
Answer: March15th 1999 – October 14th 2006. That is 2771 days.
And the winners are… Vince Sonnenberg from the US (an audio copy), Per Andersson from Sweden (an audio copy), Kelly Bridges from the US (a UK hardback) and Frank Hill from the UK (a US hardback), Congratulations!
Interview with Mark Stutzman
Posted: October 21, 2006, 15:34
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Here is an interview I have done with Mark Stutzman who has designed the covers for many of King’s recent books including the upcoming Lisey’s Story.Stephen King special in The Times
Posted: October 21, 2006, 01:17
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The Times has launched their Stephen King special to celebrate that King will soon be in the UK for the first time in 8 years. On their site they have a lot of interesting stuff and if you head over there you’ll find the two first chapters of Lisey’s Story, a podcast and more.Thursday’s Lisey winners
Posted: October 20, 2006, 20:41
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Question: Who narrates the audio edition of Lisey’s Story?
Answer: Mare Winningham.
And the winners are… Robin Wallace from the US (an audio copy), Ewald Schattenberg from the Netherlands (an audio copy) and Hannah Beck from the US (a UK hardback), Congratulations!
Wednesday’s Lisey winners
Posted: October 19, 2006, 23:26
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Question: Lisey’s Story is bringing King on a promotion tour to the UK. What book was he there to promote last time he was there?
Answer: Bag of Bones (back in 1998)
And the winners are… Clifton Cross from the US (an audio copy), Fred Pellerito from the US (an audio copy) and Jeremy Guerineau from France (a UK hardback), Congratulations!
Darabont comments The Mist
Posted: October 19, 2006, 15:37
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Quote from Frank Darabont
"Doing THE MIST is a delight for me on a number of levels. For starters, I've always loved horror as a genre. Not so much the slasher thing, that got tired very quickly in my view, but from my earliest recollection I grew up loving movies that sought to scare the crap out of me, starting with the classic Universal monsters. Well, of course, that love of the genre is what led me to Stephen King's works in the first place, isn't it? So it's time to repay that debt and try to scare the crap out of an audience myself. With Steve's great story, and a little luck, I'm hoping to do just that.
“Another reason is, it's a project Stephen King and I have been talking about doing for almost twenty years now, since I first got to know and become friends with the man. In fact, it almost was my first directing project many years ago, but I went classy and did THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION instead. But THE MIST never went away; it's been lurking out there calling my name for a long, long time...and it's time to answer the call; it's time to get down and dirty and make a nasty little character-driven gut-punch horror movie. It's one of Stephen King's most legendary shorter works, very well known by his fans. Marsha in King’s office tells me it's the number one question asked by his fans when they write to his website (which she runs): when's THE MIST going to be made as a film? Well, I've always wanted to make my low-budget horror movie, so here we go. In a very real sense, I have to thank Danny Boyle, a man I've never met, but whose example in making 28 DAYS LATER really encouraged me. I saw that film, loved it, and thought: Well, why the hell not? Why not go make your scary little movie, shoot it fast, have some fun?
“That segues to the final reason I'm so looking forward to doing this. In a sense, doing a film like THE MIST is like putting myself into film school and learning a whole new approach to what I do. I had a foretaste of that earlier this year when I had the privilege of directing an episode of THE SHIELD for my friend Shawn Ryan. It was a seven-day shoot, fast-fast-fast, and I have to say there was something wildly liberating about shooting that way...it was an opportunity to put aside my reverence for Kubrickian elegance for a moment (and the painstaking approach it entails) and shoot fast and loose instead, do a real seat-of-the-pants style that embraces the ragged edges as virtues instead of avoiding them as sins. I'd say that if directing something like THE GREEN MILE is the equivalent of conducting a huge symphony orchestra playing Beethoven's Ninth in perfect tune, then directing something like THE SHIELD is the equivalent of jumping up on a small stage and playing with a small jazz combo and not caring if you miss a few notes -- in fact, missing some notes is kind of the point, isn't it? I want to take what I learned doing THE SHIELD and apply it to a feature film, and THE MIST is the perfect venue for that kind of in-your-face, in-the-moment energy. So one might say that if I've been going to film school this year, and if THE SHIELD was my mid-term, then THE MIST will be my class thesis. I can always go back to being the elegant guy later.”
Thanks to Anders Jakobson
New UK paperback covers
Posted: October 19, 2006, 15:01
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Popsy as a Dollar Baby
Posted: October 19, 2006, 00:32
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My Little Serrated Security Blanket by King
Posted: October 19, 2006, 00:30
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Have you ever heard of "My Little Serrated Security Blanket" by Stephen King? It's a very rare essay King wrote over a decade ago, and most fans have never had a chance to read it... until now!
That's right! Stephen King has just granted permission for "My Little Serrated Security Blanket" to appear in our special deluxe edition of Stephen King: The Non-Fiction! Our designer is working hard at this very moment on a re-design of the book so we can include this entertaining and difficult to find article!
My review of Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished
Posted: October 19, 2006, 00:29
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Want to get your name in a King book?
Posted: October 16, 2006, 23:28
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Amazing Stephen King News:
Ten years ago, Stephen King introduced the world to the men who walked The Green Mile, to Eduard Delacroix, Arlen Bitterbuck, William Wharton, and the gentle, tragic, John Coffey. Now King invites you to walk The Mile with them.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary edition of The Green Mile from Subterranean Press, everyone who orders the commemorative multi-volume set (any version) direct from Subterranean will find their names included in a special section included at the end of Volume Six -- "Those Who Walked the Green Mile" -- that lists all those who met their end seated in Ol' Sparky.
This is an unprecedented, perhaps once-in-a-lifetime chance to have your name included in a Stephen King book, just one more reason to treasure this masterpiece, newly illustrated by Mark Geyer.
If you've already ordered this special edition, you're already on the list. But there's always room on The Mile for one more set of feet.
So come take a walk with Stephen King, and place your preorder for the Gift Edition. You'll go down in history...and live to tell the tale.
For more info: www.subterraneanpress.com.
The Mist not in black and white
Posted: October 16, 2006, 23:25
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Fango was there to grill [Thomas Jane] for some more specifics about THE MIST. “The script is done,” he tells us. “It has been for a bit now, and it looks like it might be over at Dimension—so there’s your scoop!” Asked if Darabont plans to lens the film in black and white (an approach that it was rumored he would take at one time, to recall the creature features of the ’50s), Jane says, “Nah, this is gonna be all-color and pretty amazing. I can’t wait.”
Thanks to Bev Vincent.
1,000,000 !!!
Posted: October 15, 2006, 00:21
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Now that we got the 1,000,000th hit we can also pick the winner of the 1,000,000th hit contest. Here are all the right answers:
Question 1: What was the color of the text and the background on the first layout of Lilja’s Library?
Answer 1: Red text black background
Question 2: What is the name and occupation of Lilja’s Library’s mascot?
Answer 2: Marv - The Library Policeman
Question 3: What date to you think the 1,000,000th visitor will stop by at Lilja’s Library?
Answer 3: October 14th 2006
The winner of a first edition of The Stand is… Luca Gnuva from Italy. Congratulations!
Willa in Playboy on Nov. 10
Posted: October 14, 2006, 00:54
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New Short Story Release
Stephen’s new fiction short story “Willa” will be published in the December issue of Playboy, on newsstands November 10th. - Synopsis: "It's a love story set in the middle of nowhere."
UK signing for Nov. 8
Posted: October 13, 2006, 19:08
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Wednesday 8th November
1-2 PM Signing at Waterstones, Leadenhall Market, London
First draft of Duma Key done
Posted: October 12, 2006, 23:42
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According to King's message board moderator, King has finished the first draft of Duma Key and will revise it after he gets it back from his editors.
Thanks to Bev Vincent
Thomas Jane in The Mist?
Posted: October 12, 2006, 23:40
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In a movie round-up article at MTV, Thomas Jane (Dreamcatcher) says, "Frank Darabont and I are supposed to be doing Stephen King's The Mist."
No schedule or anything, but it's the first indication that someone beyond Darabont is attached to the project.
Thanks to Bev Vincent
Willa in Playboy
Posted: October 11, 2006, 22:07
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"Willa", the short story SK introduced at an appearance earlier this year, will be published in the December issue of Playboy.
Page 176 of the current (November) issue has the following (possible spoilers):
Willa-Master of suspense Stephen King returns with a chilling page-turner. When a derailment leaves train passengers stranded in the middle of nowhere, they soon realize nowhere is somewhere they desperately don't want to be.
Thanks to willowlove.
King to get Grand Master Award
Posted: October 11, 2006, 22:06
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Stephen King, the grand master of suspense and an international best-selling author, has been chosen to receive the highest award bestowed on an individual by Mystery Writers of America: the coveted Grand Master Award.
The annual Grand Master Award represents the pinnacle of achievement in the mystery field and was established to recognize not only important contributions to the mystery field over time but also a significant output of consistently high quality.
"As Grand Master, Stephen King is the natural successor to Edgar Allan Poe," says Reed Farrel Coleman, Executive vice president of Mystery Writers of America. "King is that rare jack all trades who masters all he attempts. He is a fearless writer."
"I'm delighted to be getting the Grand Master Award and to be joining the company of some of my greatest idols and teachers--people like John D. MacDonald, Ed McBain, and Donald E. Westlake,” says King. “The award means a great deal to me personally, because it's an award from people who understand two things: the importance of good writing and the importance of telling stories."
King will receive the award at the 61st Annual Edgar® Banquet to be held on Thursday, April 26, 2007 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel (Park Avenue at Grand Central Terminal, NY, NY). The "Edgars" as they are commonly known are named after Mystery Writers of America's patron saint Edgar Allan Poe and are awarded to authors of distinguished work in various categories.
Thanks to Bev Vincent and Miss X
UK signing for Nov. 10
Posted: October 11, 2006, 00:14
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Friday 10th November
1.00-2.00 Signing at Tesco superstore at Lakeside Shopping Centre, Thurrock.
UK reading
Posted: October 10, 2006, 10:51
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Stephen King will soon make his first UK appearance for 10 years. This exclusive event, presented by The Times, Hodder & Stoughton and Waterstone's, will take place at Battersea park Events Arena on November 7th at 7.00pm. Tickets cost £15.00 each. Book yours now on: (insert UK prefix here) 08708 303 488
The Pop of King: Graceless and Tasteless
Posted: October 4, 2006, 23:37
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King has a new column called Graceless and Tasteless out in the October 6th issue of Entertainment Weekly. You can read it online here.Thanks to Bev Vincent and Paul Poroshin
