NEWS - ELEVATION

Fans Get Elevation

Posted: January 1, 2020, 11:49
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Stephen King’s Elevation, is out and you know what that means…

I want to put together a page with photos of you all and your copy of Elevation. All you need to do is send me a photo (this should open an email but if it doesn’t, send the photo to info[a]liljas-library.com) of yourself and the book (any edition works) and I’ll post them here. If you don’t want to send it by email you can also post it on the facebook page and I’ll grab it there. I would also like to ask you to include your name, town and country so that I can list that with the photo. You can see what it will look like at the Mr Mercedes page, the Revival page, the Finders Keepers page, Bazzar of Bad Dreams page, End of Watch page, Charlie the Choo Choo page, Gwendy’s Button Box page, Sleeping Beauties Book page or the Outsider Book page.

Check out all Elevation photos here.

Let's get those photos collected! Some of you are even on all pages, GOOD WORK!

Elevation Winners

Posted: October 31, 2018, 14:12
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The contest is over and three winners (who will each get a copy of the UK edition of Elevation) has been selected. Before I reveal who they are I want to thank you all for telling me how you found Lilja’s Library. Some did it many years ago and others just days ago but I’m so happy and proud that you all tune in to read what I write. Thanks!

And now the winners… Rolf Nilsson, Roselyn Levita and Stephen Edwards. Congratulations you will each get a copy of the UK edition of Elevation.

My thoughts on Elevation

Posted: October 30, 2018, 00:00
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Here are my thoughts on Elevation.

I really like Elevation. It’s a sad book but to be honest, that is how I want my books, at least sometime. It makes them interesting when everything isn’t always fixed and put right. It’s the way life is. Sometime life hits you where it hurts and this time it happens in King’s story.

And the fact that King himself narrates the audio book is the icing on the cake.

Updated Plot Description Of Elevation

Posted: June 7, 2018, 15:18
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Here is an updated plot description of Elevation.

From master storyteller Stephen King comes a timely, upbeat tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences.

Castle Rock is a small town, where word gets around quickly. That’s why Scott Carey wants to confide only in his friend Doctor Bob Ellis about his strange condition: he’s losing weight, without getting thinner, and the scales register the same when he is in his clothes or out of them, however heavy they are.

Scott also has new neighbours, who have opened a 'fine dining experience' in town, although it's an experience being shunned by the locals; Deidre McComb and her wife Missy Donaldson don't exactly fit in with the community's expectations. And now Scott seems trapped in a feud with the couple over their dogs dropping their business on his lawn. Missy may be friendly, but Deidre is cold as ice.

As the town prepares for its annual Thanksgiving 12k run, Scott starts to understand the prejudices his neighbours face and he tries to help. Unlikely alliances form and the mystery of Scott's affliction brings out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others.

Elevation; King's Second Book For 2018

Posted: February 7, 2018, 09:28
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Stephen King's official site has announces 2018's second Stehen King book Elevation. The book will be 144 pages and released on October 30.

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.

Outsider, Elevation & One More Book In 2018?

Posted: December 23, 2017, 02:14
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In this interview with EW King talks about all the things that happened in 2017 and what’s coming in 2018:

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