Dark Tower spoilers
Posted: November 4, 2003, 00:00
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Yesterday's Wall Street Journal (November 3, 2003) has an article on the front page of the second section regarding the efforts required to have rival publishers combine their efforts to issue the Dark Tower saga. The article, The Bookslinger, details the cooperation by Viking (Penguin) who this summer reissued the first four books in hardcover, Plume, who issued the trade paperbacks, and Signet, who issued the paperbacks, and Donald M. Grant and Viacom's Scribner imprint, who are issuing the last three.
The article, in a sidebar, gives a synopsis of all seven books. Here are the onces for part 5 - 7:
Wolves of the Calla (2003) Roland and his friends visit a place where families face the loss of some of their children every 20 years or so.
Song of Susannah (2004) Susannah Dean, one of Roland's companions, is taken over by a demon and the pair are then transported back to New York City in the summer of 1999.
The Dark Tower (2004) The conclusion of Roland's quest and the fates of his friends.
Also notable is the statement that Scribner is printing 660,000 copies of Wolves of the Calla, "a modest number for a Stephen King book but still a huge amount by publishing standards."
King will host the second installment of the nationally syndicated Lost Highway Radio Show, featuring American Recordings/Lost Highway recording artist The Jayhawks. The Jayhawks' 60-minute Lost Highway Radio Show is scheduled to air in late-November during the Thanksgiving holiday.
Thanks to Tom Kemock, John Hanic, Bev Vincent and Bob Ireland.
Tomorrow is the big release day for Wolves of the Calla but if you want to check out 
Here is a press release that I received:
It seems that George Romero hasn't given up on doing a movie version of 
Today I got confirmation from Simon & Schuster Audio that George Guidall will read the audio edition of Song of Susannah. He also read the new edition of The Gunslinger and Wolves of the Calla.
According to King's office he will be on Good Morning America on November 3rd. Check local listings for times.
The editor of the upcoming poetry anthology The Devil's Wine, Tom Piccirilli, gives an update on it's release date on his website 
Here is a scan of Grant's edition of Wolves of the Calla. As you can see it's a bit different then Scribner's.
There are now several photos from the set of Secret Window, Secret Garden and it's actors Johnny Depp and Timothy Hutton online.
Here is the cover for Borderlands 5 that contains King's story Stationary Bike.
Simon & Schuster Audio will release 'Salem's Lot on audiocassette and CD in January 2004. It will be read by Ron McLarty whose book The Memory of Running King praised in his column in Entertainment Weekly.
The Journals of Eleanor Druse: My Investigation of the Kingdom Hospital Incident will be released from Hyperion in January 2004. It's a journal by King's character Eleanore Druse from Kingdom Hospital.
Here is an exclusive first look at the set of Kingdom Hospital. You will find 17 images from the set of the TV series.
King will receive National Book Award's annual medal for distinguished contribution to American letters in November. You can read more about it on 
On the DVD you get the original 84 minute unaired pilot that has quite a few different scenes. Most obviously with Michael Moriarity as Reverend Gene Purdy instead of David Ogden Stiers and a different, tall, blonde actress playing reporter Dana Bright.
To the right is the cover of the DVD edition of The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer. It will be released on October 14th.
An article about Robin Furth who has written the magnetic book Stephen King's The Dark Tower - A Concordance has finally appeared online.
Today there is great news. The Dead Zone has been renewed for a third season!
I have been doing some reviewing lately and now I'm proud to let you know that you can check out my review of the 
In other news;
Ed Begley Jr. has been appointed the head of Kingdom Hospital.
Lion's Gate will release The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer on DVD on October 10. It will have Commentaries and Multi-Audio.
The issue of Entertainment Weekly with King's column is now out. It's called The Pop of King. It can also be read online but only if you're a subscriber.
Recently I had a talk with Kristen Dalton who plays Dana Bright in The Dead Zone. She told me her feelings about the series and you can check out what they are in the 
According to IMDB.com there has been some casting done for the movie version of Bag of Bones.
Two actors and one actresse have been selected for King's Kingdom Hospital. They are Andrew McCarthy, Diane Ladd and Bruce Davison.
Here is the UK cover for Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance, Volume One. It will be released in hardback on October 1st.
I have been doing some reviewing today and I'm pleased to be able to put three reviews online. I have been taking a closer look at 
On Scribner's King site you can now solve a scramble puzzle. The puzzle contains an illustration from Wolves of the Calla.
Here is the cover to Anthony Magistrale book Hollywood's Stephen King that will be released in November. You can preorder it 
King's fictional essay America the Literate can now be site.
If you want the bonus disk that is available when you get the season 1 box for The Dead Zone you need to buy it prior to 9/20/03. The bonus disc features the unaired Dead Zone season one pilot episode and other Special Features. You can order the box 
