Second IT Movie Starts Filming This Summer
Posted: February 17, 2018, 20:28
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Ep. 84: A Kingly Look Ahead At 2018
Posted: February 12, 2018, 11:53
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Welcome to the Stephen King Podcast Constant and New Listeners!
Join your hosts - longtime Constant Readers - Hans Lilja of Lilja's Library and writer/podcaster - Lou W. Sytsma.
Welcome to Episode 84 of The Stephen King Podcast!
Last podcast we looked back at 2017, this time we look ahead at 2018!
Plus our recap of the latest Stephen King news.
We hope you enjoy this episode and, as usual, we want to hear from you.
Good or bad, we want it all!
You can leave us comments, questions, topic suggestions at:
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1) 00:00 - Intro
2) 00:36 - Podcast Setup
3) 01:03 - News From The Death Room
4) 30:21 - Reviews from the Night Shift: King in 2018
5) 1:10:40 - Podcast Signoff
6) 1:11:02 - Outro
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UK Cover For The Outsider
Posted: February 9, 2018, 19:55
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And here you can see an animated version of it.
Virginia Kull Cast In Mr Mercedes
Posted: February 9, 2018, 13:40
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Virginia Kull has been cast in Mr Mercedes.Virginia Kull is set for a recurring role in Season 2 of AT&T Audience Network’s breakout series Mr. Mercedes. Kull will play Sadie McDonald, a nurse on the neurology ward— known as the “Brain Bucket” — at Mercy General Hospital. An epileptic who has recently gone off her medication, she’s prone to occasional microscopic seizures which pull her away from the task at hand. Her most famous patient is Brady Hartsfield, the infamous Mercedes killer.
Thanks to Dimitris Tso
First Signed & Limited Edition Of Misery Ever
Posted: February 8, 2018, 16:10
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ABOUT THE EDITION
The Signed Limited Edition of Misery is published in three states: An Artist Gift edition, a Numbered edition and a Lettered edition. All three oversized editions measure 7.5” x 10.5”, and feature eight new full-color illustrations by Rick Berry, whose critically acclaimed work includes the Donald M. Grant editions of The Talisman and Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub
ARTIST GIFT EDITION
Signed by Rick Berry, the slipcased Artist Gift edition features a dust jacket with stunning wrap-around artwork by Berry. It is a smyth-sewn binding with full imperial cloth, two-hits stamping on front and spine, and is offset printed on Mohawk Superfine Eggshell paper. The gift edition will be highly limited for a Stephen King book, and is the only edition of the three with the wrap-around dust jacket art.
NUMBERED EDITION
The Numbered edition is limited to 200 copies, and is signed by Stephen King and Rick Berry. The first 185 copies are for sale and numbered in black. The remaining 15 copies are numbered in red and reserved for private distribution. It is a full Japanese cloth, smyth-sewn binding featuring a blind stamped front cover, and a leather spine label stamped in 22K gold leaf. The edition is printed letterpress on Cranes Lettra Pearl White cotton paper, and housed in a custom clamshell box.
LETTERED EDITION
The Lettered edition is limited to 26 copies for sale lettered A-Z, and is signed by Stephen King and Rick Berry. It is printed letterpress on moldmade Arches wove paper with a deckled fore edge, and handbound in full crimson goatskin leather. Endpapers are marbled, and made exclusively for this edition. The binding is sewn and rounded with a hollow back designed to prevent sagging fo the page block.
The edition includes an original frontispiece print pulled from a wood engraving by renowned illustrator and designer Barry Moser. The print is limited to 26 copies and is signed by Barry Moser. The title is made using six original Royal glass typewriter keys which are inset into the cover, and the letter designation is a Royal key inset into the lower back cover.
The book is housed in a handmade walnut wood box designed to resemble an original Royal Model 10 packing crate. The case is laser engraved, and features a black suede-lined book bed.
Elevation; King's Second Book For 2018
Posted: February 7, 2018, 09:28
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Elevation
By Stephen King
Release Date: October 30th, 2018
The latest from legendary master storyteller Stephen King, a riveting, extraordinarily eerie, and moving story about a man whose mysterious affliction brings a small town together—a timely, upbeat tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences.
Although Scott Carey doesn’t look any different, he’s been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. Scott doesn’t want to be poked and prodded. He mostly just wants someone else to know, and he trusts Doctor Bob Ellis.
In the small town of Castle Rock, the setting of many of King’s most iconic stories, Scott is engaged in a low grade—but escalating—battle with the lesbians next door whose dog regularly drops his business on Scott’s lawn. One of the women is friendly; the other, cold as ice. Both are trying to launch a new restaurant, but the people of Castle Rock want no part of a gay married couple, and the place is in trouble. When Scott finally understands the prejudices they face – including his own -- he tries to help. Unlikely alliances, the annual foot race, and the mystery of Scott’s affliction bring out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others.
From Stephen King, our “most precious renewable resource, like Shakespeare in the malleability of his work” (The Guardian), Elevation is an antidote to our divisive culture, as gloriously joyful (with a twinge of deep sadness) as “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
Pre-order your copy here.
Castle Rock Page
Posted: February 5, 2018, 00:59
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Interview With AzCheta
Posted: February 2, 2018, 13:43
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Castle Rock Trailer
Posted: February 1, 2018, 20:37
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Thanks to Lou Sytsma
The Outsider Extract
Posted: January 31, 2018, 13:26
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Thanks to Herbert West
Ep. 83: Stephen King in 2017 Retrospective
Posted: January 29, 2018, 22:10
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Welcome to the Stephen King Podcast Constant and New Listeners!
Join your hosts - longtime Constant Readers - Hans Lilja of Lilja's Library and writer/podcaster - Lou W. Sytsma.
Welcome to Episode 83 of The Stephen King Podcast!
Our first podcast for 2018!
And we kick off 2018 with a look back at 2017!!
Stephen King has been in the public consciousness for over 40 years now ever since Brian DePalma adapted King's first book - Carrie - as a movie. As with any artist, King's profile has risen and fallen over the years but last year, King hit the latest apex of his popularity. An amazing feat for someone who has been in the game so long!
Plus our recap of the latest Stephen King news.
We hope you enjoy this episode and, as usual, we want to hear from you.
Good or bad, we want it all!
You can leave us comments, questions, topic suggestions at:
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1) 00:00 - Intro
2) 00:30 - Podcast Setup
3) 01:19 - News From The Death Room
4) 26:10 - Reviews from the Night Shift: King in 2017
5) 1:00:52 - Podcast Signoff
6) 1:03:10 - Outro
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Lilja On bTV
Posted: January 28, 2018, 21:37
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Trunked Novels
Posted: January 28, 2018, 12:14
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Thanks to Lou Sytsma
Limited Tommyknockers
Posted: January 27, 2018, 16:25
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Thanks to Herbert West
Mike Flanagan To Direct Doctor Sleep
Posted: January 26, 2018, 20:48
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Mike Flanagan is set to direct Doctor Sleep the sequel to The Shining. Warner Bros will release it and Flanagan will rewrite Akiva Goldsman's script, Flanagan’s producing partner Trevor Macy will produce along with Vertigo Entertainment’s Jon Berg. Goldsman is executive producer.Thanks to Lou Sytsma
Shining in the Dark x 6
Posted: January 26, 2018, 08:00
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The Bulgarian edition:
Release date: November 20, 2017
Edition: Paperback
Pre-Order: Pleiad Books
Official site
The US edition:
Release date: January 2018
Edition: Hardback (signed by the editor and the cover artist)
Pre-Order: Cemetery Dance and Amazon
Official site
The Italian edition:
Release date: March 2018
Edition: Paperback
Pre-Order: Independent Legions Publishing
Official site
The German edition:
Release date: July 2018
Edition: Hardcover (numbered and signed by the editor)
Pre-Order: Festa
The UK edition:
Release date: Summer 2018
Edition: Hardcover (numbered and signed by the editor and artist)
Pre-Order: SST Publications
Official site
The Swedish edition:
Kickstarter: April 2018
Release date: September 2018
Edition: Hardcover
Pre-Order: TBA
Official site
Shining in the Dark To Be Released In Sweden
Posted: January 25, 2018, 23:49
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More info on the official site
Rest In Peace Jack Ketchum
Posted: January 24, 2018, 21:35
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Children Of The Corn: Runaway Out In March
Posted: January 24, 2018, 21:24
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“Children of the Corn: Runaway tells the story of young, pregnant Ruth, who escapes a murderous child cult in a small Midwestern town. She spends the next decade living anonymously in an attempt to spare her son the horrors that she experienced as a child. Ruth and her son end up in a small Oklahoma town, but something is following her. Now, she must confront this evil or lose her child.”
Dark Tower TV Show Starts Filming This Summer?
Posted: January 23, 2018, 16:38
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Now we at Omega Underground have learned that production is expected to begin sometime this summer in both Ireland and the United Kingdom. For obvious reasons expect a brand new cast for the proposed series. It should also be noted no network has yet to pick up the project.
Michael C. Hall To Narrate Pet Sematary
Posted: January 22, 2018, 21:22
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Source: EW.
Thanks to Lou Sytsma
Straub On The Talisman & Black House
Posted: January 21, 2018, 14:00
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Peter Straub talks about how he and King wrote The Talisman and Black House.
Tessa Ferrer Cast For Deason 2 Of Mr Mercedes
Posted: January 20, 2018, 00:48
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Grey’s Anatomy alumna Tessa Ferrer is set as a series regular opposite Jack Huston in Season 2 of AT&T Audience Network’s breakout series Mr. Mercedes. Production begins next month in Charleston, SC, on the Sonar Entertainment-produced Stephen King adaptation.
Ferrer will play Cora Babineau, wife of Dr. Felix Babineau (Huston) and head of marketing at a major pharmaceutical corporation, who’s even more ambitious than she is beautiful. If her husband has a genius for manipulating people from the inside out as he reaches into their brains and rewires them, Cora has a genius for influencing people from the outside in. Her beauty, brains and force of will, judiciously softened with poise and extreme charm, make her a formidable saleswoman, of whatever she’s peddling.
Classic King #30
Posted: January 19, 2018, 14:15
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Raw photojournalist footage of a panel discussion from a SF/Horror convention held in Knoxville in 1983. Participants include Stephen King, Peter Straub, Karl Edward Wagner, Charles Grant, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Whitley Streiber, Dennis Etchison, and others.
Thanks to Bryant Burnette
Shining Art
Posted: January 18, 2018, 23:49
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The Outsider
Posted: January 18, 2018, 20:31
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What do you think? Good or bad?
Shining in the Dark x 5
Posted: January 18, 2018, 19:00
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The Bulgarian edition:
Release date: November 20, 2017
Edition: Paperback
Pre-Order: Pleiad Books
Official site
The US edition:
Release date: January 2018
Edition: Hardback (signed by the editor and the cover artist)
Pre-Order: Cemetery Dance and Amazon
Official site
The Italian edition:
Release date: March 2018
Edition: Paperback
Pre-Order: Independent Legions Publishing
Official site
The German edition:
Release date: July 2018
Edition: Hardcover (numbered and signed by the editor)
Pre-Order: Festa
The UK edition:
Release date: Summer 2018
Edition: Hardcover (numbered and signed by the editor and artist)
Pre-Order: SST Publications
Official site
Shining in the Dark; UK Edition
Posted: January 18, 2018, 13:59
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EDITIONS:
• Hardcover
• Limited to only 350 Signed & Numbered copies
• Personally signed by the editor and artist on a specially designed full-colour signature page
• Larger 6.14” x 9.21” trim size
• Printed on 90gsm acid-free paper, with your archive and legacy in mind
• Bound in full-cloth with coloured head and tail bands
• Hot foil stamping on the front boards and spine for the ultimate presentation
• Offset printed and bound with full-colour endpapers
• Sewn binding for increased durability
• Stunning dust jacket art & twelve never-before-seen interior illustrations by Francois Vaillancourt
• Extremely limited ONE-TIME printing of SST Publication's Special Signed Limited Edition—Only 350 copies will be available worldwide.
Promoting Shining in the Dark In Bulgaria
Posted: January 14, 2018, 19:31
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Saturday was the big day. A sunny Sofia greeted me and I arrived at Helikon just before 10 and after being introduced to a lot of nice people it was time to do a TV interview with Svetoslav Ivanov for bTV’s 120 minutes. It was done all in English so it was not that different to other interviews I have done. Svetoslav was very nice and easy to talk to so it went smooth.
Then it was time for the main event. The crowd was there, I was there, the moderator Asya Angelova was there and the interpreter Boya Delibaltova was there. I was introduced and that was when I really understood that this was going a lot different from what I’m used to. Not in a bad way but different. I realized that I didn’t understand a word of Asya’s introduction. The Bulgarian language is very different from both Swedish and English and I have to confess that I don’t understand one word. But Boya did a great job and translated for me. I then told the crowd about Lilja’s Library and the book; Shining in the Dark. This was followed by a Q&A session and a book signing and I really enjoyed talking to all everyone who had come there to check out my book.
This was then followed by interviews for Chetat li dvama and AzCheta.com, both in English.
After lunch, it was time for a radio interview with Georgi Mitov-Gemi for the show Knigi Zavinagi (Books Forever). My interview starts about 5 minutes into the show. This interview was also done with an interpreter and you actually hear more of her than me in the interview. This was also the only time during my visit that I tried to speak Bulgarian. Georgi asked me to say, “Hi this is Hans-Ake Lilja and your listening to Knigi Zavinagi”. After three tries Georgi was happy. I’m not sure if or where they used this clip though. Maybe it just ended up in the trash because to be honest I didn’t go a good job... On Sunday, I meet with a bunch of Bulgarian bloggers for interviews. We drank coffee and had a great time. Talked about Stephen King, Shining in the Dark and the pros and cons of the movie versions of The Shining and the new version of IT. Sunday afternoon was spent sightseeing in Sofia. The nice weather continued and it was a nice afternoon.
On Monday before I left and traveled back to Sweden I was interviewed by Olya Stoyanova for the show Hristo Botev. This interview was on live radio so I was a bit nervous but I think I did a pretty good job. After that, my Bulgarian adventure was over and the only thing left was a 10-hour trip back to Sweden where I arrived late on Monday evening. Tired but extremely happy with my trip to Bulgaria. And for that I want to thank everyone who arranged the trip, the interview and the meeting with the readers of my book. You all know who you are and what you did and I’m not naming anyone and setting myself up to forget someone. And I also want to send a special thanks to Pleiad who started it all. Thanks!Additional links:
Plosht Adslaveikov
Interview with VIBES
PodMosta Interview
AzCheta Article
Kafene Interview
King To Get PEN America Award
Posted: January 14, 2018, 15:20
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For more info: PEN America.
Thanks to Lou Sytsma
Casting For Mr Mercedes Season 2
Posted: January 12, 2018, 08:31
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Huston has been cast as Brady’s doctor, Dr. Felix Babineau and Hernandez will take the role of Assistant DA Antonio Montez.
Season 2 premieres on DIRECTV sometime this summer.
Source: EW
Thanks to Lou Sytsma.
UK Paperback Edition Of Sleeping Beauties
Posted: January 10, 2018, 13:09
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Pre-order here.
Shining in the Dark x 4
Posted: January 3, 2018, 21:45
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The Bulgarian edition:
Release date: November 20, 2017
Edition: Paperback
Pre-Order: Pleiad Books
Official site
The US edition:
Release date: January 2018
Edition: Hardback (signed by the editor and the cover artist)
Pre-Order: Cemetery Dance and Amazon
Official site
The Italian edition:
Release date: March 2018
Edition: Paperback
Pre-Order: Independent Legions Publishing
Official site
The German edition:
Release date: July 2018
Edition: Hardcover (numbered and signed by the editor)
Pre-Order: Festa
Shining in the Dark; German Edition
Posted: January 3, 2018, 17:22
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Title: Shining in the Dark
Format: Leather-structure Hardcover with dustjacket, bookmark and stapmping
Edition: Signed (by the editor) and numbered
Price: € 49,99
Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason On Castle Rock
Posted: January 2, 2018, 15:26
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Source: Bleeding Cool.
Ep. 82: A Keene Shining In the Dark
Posted: December 29, 2017, 23:01
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Welcome to the Stephen King Podcast Constant and New Listeners!
Join your hosts - longtime Constant Readers - Hans Lilja of Lilja's Library and writer/podcaster - Lou W. Sytsma.
Welcome to Episode 82 of The Stephen King Podcast!
Our final podcast for 2017.
Just a little bit of news but a lot of reviews and a big interview!
We review Joe Hill's - Strange Weather. Note: there will be spoilers for this segment.
Then Hans squirms waiting to hear Lou's thoughts on Hans's horror anthology - Shining In The Dark - celebrating 20 years of Lilja's Library as a website. The anthology contains the rarely seen Stephen King short story - The Blue Air Compressor.
Other stories come from Jack Ketchum, Richard Chizmar, Bev Vincent, Brian Freeman, Brian Keene, and more.
And the cherry on the top of our last podcast for 2017 is our interview with Brian Keene! Brian talks about his contribution to the anthology, his writing process, his podcast, and a variety of other subjects.
Brian Keene website - http://www.briankeene.com/
The Horror Show with Brian Keene - http://www.briankeene.com/podcast/
Scares That Care - http://scaresthatcare.org/
Plus our recap of the latest Stephen King news.
We hope you enjoy this episode and, as usual, we want to hear from you.
Good or bad, we want it all!
You can leave us comments, questions, topic suggestions at:
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In this podcast:
1) 00:00 - Intro
2) 00:30 - Podcast Setup
3) 02:25 - News From The Death Room
4) Reviews from the Night Shift:
a) 09:12 - Joe Hill's - Strange Weather - SPOILERS
b) 34:25 - Lou's Review of Shining In The Dark - no spoilers
5) 43:36 - Brian Keene Interview
6) 1:19:28 - Podcast Signoff
7) 1:22:15 - Outro
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What Is Your Best Memory From 2017
Posted: December 29, 2017, 09:21
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Mine is from September when I went to New York to hear Stephen and Owen read from Sleeping Beauties and talk about a lot of other things. Before the event I got to go backstage and say “Hi” to both Stephen and Owen and also (I had no idea he was going to be there) say “Hi” to Peter Straub. You can read more about it .
Please let me know what you’ll remember most when you think back to 2017 and Stephen King.
King’s Fans & Their Books; Add Your Photo!
Posted: December 29, 2017, 01:15
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Send in photos of you and King’s books so that I can add them to the Fan Photo Page. Here are my photos.
Also, if you send in a photo of you and something connected to Lilja’s Library you get a chance to get a free copy of my upcoming book Shining in the Dark: Celebrating Twenty Years. Read more here
CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW TO FIND OUT HOW TO SUBMIT PHOTOS
Here are the links with the number of photos submitted:
Mr Mercedes (327)
Revival (176)
Finders Keepers (127)
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (107)
End of Watch (102)
Charlie the Choo Choo (17)
Gwendy's Button Box (13)
Sleeping Beauties (14)
Lilja’s Library (125)
And remember, anyone, anywhere can enter! / Lilja
Pennywise Lives! Featurette
Posted: December 28, 2017, 12:51
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IT, IT Or IT?
Posted: December 28, 2017, 10:40
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What is your thought on this. Are they giving you extra value for your money or are they just trying to get us all to buy an extra copy of the movie?
Thanks to Herbert West
New Pennywise Figure
Posted: December 28, 2017, 08:39
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Thanks to Matty Jorissen & Herbert West
My Interview With Mike Flanagan
Posted: December 27, 2017, 11:43
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I think he [Henry Thomas] said at one point that we were going to ruin E.T. and Sam Cooke in one fell swoop, and he was right. But man, what a wonderful (and horrible) performance.
The Outsider To Be Released On May 22
Posted: December 25, 2017, 20:10
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Outsider, Elevation & One More Book In 2018?
Posted: December 23, 2017, 02:14
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The Outsider: Out in May according to King (Scribner has it listed for June)
Another book that doesn’t have a title yet that’s done.
Elevation: A novella that’s longer than Gwendy’s Button Box and also about Castle Rock, in some ways, it’s almost like a sequel to Gwendy’s Button Box that will come out in some form.
Looks like there will be a great 2108!
Thanks to Cody Williams
US Copy Of Shining In The Dark
Posted: December 22, 2017, 14:58
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Directors Cut Of IT In 2018
Posted: December 20, 2017, 14:38
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We reached out to Muschietti on Instagram earlier today, asking him if that planned Director’s Cut was still on the menu. “Yes, but in a few months,” he replied.
From what we gather, the Director’s Cut of IT will have all of those deleted/extended scenes put back into it, and we can’t help but wonder if that already infamous “Pennywise eats a baby” scene, absent from next month’s discs, will also be included in the extended version. We’re thinking that scene, and perhaps others, are being held back for the Director’s Cut release in the coming months, as added double dip incentives.
Message From Owen King
Posted: December 20, 2017, 13:34
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A Different Encounter Between Georgie & Pennywise
Posted: December 20, 2017, 08:45
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Bulgarian Review Of Shining In The Dark
Posted: December 17, 2017, 00:44
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Here is a great review of the Bulgarian edition of Shining in the Dark. You'll need Google translate though if you don't speak Bulgarian.
King Story Squad D To Be Released By CD
Posted: December 15, 2017, 14:03
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Cemetert Dance will release King's unpublished story Squad D in the anthology Shivers VIII next year. This is an interesting story that you don't want to miss. Other authors in the anthology is Bev Vincent, Jack Ketchum, Brian James Freeman and more.
