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Posted: May 7, 2007, 23:51
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NEWS -
Released dates for DT comic
Posted: May 7, 2007, 23:34
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The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #5: June 6
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #6: July 4
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #7: August 1
1408 reviews
Posted: May 6, 2007, 23:43
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Thanks to Anders Jakobson
ARC of Blaze
Posted: May 4, 2007, 21:48
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Here is a scan of Scribner's ARC of Blaze.It also contains the story Memory that is a preview for the upcoming Duma Key.
Official 1408 site
Posted: May 4, 2007, 21:30
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Stephen's Picks for the week of May 1, 2007
Posted: May 4, 2007, 21:29
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* Stephen is reading:Then We Came To The End by Joshua Ferris
* Stephen is also reading:No Dominion by Charlie Husten Finn
* Stephen is also reading: Angelica by Arthur Phillips
Variant covers for issue #4
Posted: May 3, 2007, 22:51
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Thanks to Ari
King to Canada - article
Posted: May 3, 2007, 11:05
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Thanks to Rocky Wood
Forward to Blaze
Posted: May 3, 2007, 11:04
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Thanks to Paul Poroshin
Faithful to be filmed
Posted: May 3, 2007, 11:00
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Thanks to Paul Poroshin
Variant cover for issue 4
Posted: May 3, 2007, 00:10
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Here is the variant cover of The Gunslinger Born issue #4. It's done by Steve McNiven.Thanks to Mike Cahill
King in Canada in June
Posted: May 2, 2007, 21:43
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Stephen King, Naomi Klein, Ami McKay, Christopher Hitchens, Sherman Alexie, Louise Penny, Kenneth Oppel, Jeannette Walls, James A. Owen: just a sampling from the broad range of over 50 authors participating in a brand new festival for readers in Toronto. Taking place over three days from June 7th to 9th, BOOKED! is a unique, inclusive festival catering to the tastes of ALL readers. BOOKED! events include every possible reading genre: from horror to chick-lit, from comic books to current events-this is not your typical Canadian literary festival.
BOOKED! was created by members of the publishing community to give booklovers access to the authors behind the books they love, with readings, presentations, forums, panel discussions and two full days of children's programming. Free events will be held at bookstores and locations throughout Toronto, while ticketed events (ranging from $5-$25) will be held at Fort York, Harbourfront and the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
And, BOOKED! is proud to announce a gala tribute to master storyteller and multi-million-copy best-selling author Stephen King-his first-ever public appearance in Canada-to receive a lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Booksellers Association. The event, to be held at the John Bassett Theatre at the MTCC on Friday, June 8 at 7:30 pm will include an on-stage interview with a surprise celebrity guest. Presented by BOOKED! in partnership with Luminato, International Readings at Harbourfront and Simon & Schuster Canada.
Tickets to all events go on sale Thursday May 3 through the BOOKED! web site www.bookedbetweenthecovers.com and the Harbourfront Centre box office 416-973-4000.
For details on other events, a listing of all participating authors and locations, and for more information on BOOKED! and its sponsors, visit www.bookedbetweenthecovers.ca on May 3rd.
Thanks to Bev Vincent.
1408 photos
Posted: May 2, 2007, 21:27
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Here are some photos from 1408.Thanks to Bev Vincent.
Gunslinger Born issue #4
Posted: April 25, 2007, 01:17
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Here are some previews from issue #4 of The Gunslinger Born. You can also check out my review of issue #4 here.Dead Zone returns on June 17
Posted: April 24, 2007, 00:01
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USA Network has picked up The Dead Zone for a Sixth Season of 13 one-hour episodes! The series returns Sunday, June 17 at 10/9C with a dramatic premiere that will change everything in Johnny Smith's world. Read the official announcement and be sure to check out Shawn Piller's latest blog in which he details what to expect in Season 6!
The Pop of King: No No No Easy Road
Posted: April 24, 2007, 00:00
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Thanks to Willowlove
King to perform with the RBR for the first time in five years
Posted: April 23, 2007, 15:25
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I just got confirmation that it is correct. King will be there and perform with the band. It will be at Webster Hall on June 1, during the BookExpo America convention and it is to raise money for three literary charities.
Rocky Wood
The Dark Tower Comic Week Day 7
Posted: April 23, 2007, 00:11
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Question: What other King story was Ralph Macchio involved in turning into a comic?
Answer: The Lanwmower Man for Bizarre Adventures
Question: What was Robin’s first assignment for King?
Answer: It was to sort through the thousands of responses King had gotten to the On Writing story competition.
Question: What date is issue #4 of The Dark Tower comic released?
Answer: May 2nd 2007
And the five winners of a set of issue 1-7 are:
Hannah Beck from the US
Le Cerf Philippe from Belgium
Marco Lammers from The Netherlands
Lauren Roberts from the UK
Michael Emerson from the US
And the winner of a signed (by Jae Lee) copy of one of the issues in the series are:
Linda Kinder from the US.
Congratulations! Some of you were very lucky. Of the original 6 winners I picked only 2 where members on my list so the other 4 (including the grand prize winner) where disqualified…
This ends the The Dark Tower Comic Week but I want to thank you all for doing this a success. I have gotten a lot of mails about it and it’s been 100% positive. So Thanks!
Oh, and I’ll soon have another contest for you...
The Dark Tower Comic Week Day 6
Posted: April 21, 2007, 00:00
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Today the time has come to listen to what Peter David, who is doing the scripting on The Dark Tower comic, has to say. In the interview you can also see previews from issue #4, enjoy!On Predicting Violence
Posted: April 20, 2007, 21:39
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Thanks to Bev Vincent
The Dark Tower Comic Week Day 5
Posted: April 20, 2007, 00:00
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Read an interview with Richard Isanove who is the colorist on The Dark Tower comic here.The Dark Tower Comic Week Day 4
Posted: April 19, 2007, 00:00
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Question: How many covers for The Dark Tower comic has Joe Quesada done?
Answer: He has done two. He did variant cover for issue #1 but also the one for issue #1’s second printing.
Question: How many story arcs has Marvel announced for The Dark Tower comic so far?
Answer: The number or story arcs is 5 and the total number of issues in those arcs are 30
Question: Who was it that said no to doing two versions of the comic, one as it is today and one with Jae Lee’s sketches uncolorized?
Answer: It was Jae Lee himself after seeing Richard Isanove's coloring
And the two winners of a set of issue 1-3 are:
Tom Twinem from the US
Bob Ireland from the US
And the three winners of a random selected variation cover are:
Gabriel Vaianella from Argentina
Spencer Chestnutt from the US
Khoi Tran from the US
Congratulations! Don’t forget though that The Dark Tower Comic Week is only halfway. As of right now there is a second contest up and running. Don’t forget to enter that one, and yes, you can enter that one if you entered or won in the first contest.
The Dark Tower Comic Week Day 3
Posted: April 17, 2007, 23:59
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Read an interview with Robin Furth who write the storylines for The Dark Tower comic here.Darabont interview
Posted: April 17, 2007, 14:19
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Thanks to Bev Vincent
The Dark Tower Comic Week Day 2
Posted: April 17, 2007, 01:02
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Read an interview with the editor of The Dark Tower comic Ralph Macchio here.Robin interviewed
Posted: April 17, 2007, 01:01
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Thanks to Brant W. Fowler
Bachman's authorphoto
Posted: April 16, 2007, 09:01
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The Dark Tower Comic Week Day 1
Posted: April 16, 2007, 00:02
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Read an interview with Marvel’s editor-in-chief Joe Quesada here.Welcome to The Dark Tower Comic Week
Posted: April 16, 2007, 00:00
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Here is all you need to know about it...
Read the complete text
Black House at The Haven Foundation
Posted: April 13, 2007, 23:30
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The April selection of a signed book through The Haven Foundation will be Black House (Hardcover signed by both Stephen King and Peter Straub). The price will be $80 plus shipping. The books will go on sale beginning at 12 noon Eastern Time on April 17th. We have a total of 25 copies available and will be offering them in small lots at random times throughout the day so that they will not sell out within the first 2 minutes of going on sale as they did in January. We do not take pre-orders or telephone orders.
PLEASE NOTE: Anyone who has purchased a signed Stephen King book through The Haven Foundation will not be eligible to purchase another signed copy. We have a one signed book per household lifetime limit in order to give as many people as possible the opportunity to get a signed book.
Ron to read Blaze
Posted: April 13, 2007, 23:02
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Today both Scribner and Hodder & Stoughton confirmed that the narrator for the audio version of Blaze is Ron McLarty. This is very good news if you ask me.Interview with Jae and Robin
Posted: April 13, 2007, 20:59
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Thanks to Bev Vincent
Blaze
Posted: April 11, 2007, 22:26
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Review of Development Hell
Posted: April 10, 2007, 15:17
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Here is my review of Mick Garris Development Hell. You can order your copy of it from Cemetery Dance.Edward Miller illustrations
Posted: April 8, 2007, 13:09
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If your interested in buying the artwork or prints, please contact Edward at les.edwards7@btopenworld.com.
Thanks to Ari
The Pop of King: How to Bury a Book
Posted: April 8, 2007, 01:15
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Here is a new column by King called How to Bury a Book. It's in the April 5 issue of Entertainment Weekly.Thanks to Kim Place.
Second clip from The Mist
Posted: April 4, 2007, 18:32
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My review of issue #3
Posted: April 4, 2007, 00:22
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DT comic clip
Posted: April 2, 2007, 18:35
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Thanks to Bev Vincent
Mrs Todd's Shortcut for TV
Posted: April 2, 2007, 13:26
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Since this was posted on Shocklines, I'll repeat it here: "Mike's also going to be adapting the Stephen King short story Mrs Todd's Shortcut for TV."
Thanks to Bev Vincent
Landon Talks Christine Remake!
Posted: April 2, 2007, 13:25
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Stephen King's hellbent '58 Plymouth Fury, Christine, is back in the shop for some modern retooling, no secret there. However, who are the creative mechanics working under the hood? Word trickled over to us that Disturbia co-writer Christopher Landon may be flirting with the project. In talking with him one-on-one about his latest Dreamworks thriller (he shares screenwriting credit with Carl Ellsworth), Landon was hesitant to delve deep into the subject of a Christine remake, but he did confirm his possible involvement.
"['Christine'] has been all over the place," he says, alluding to the property's travels as a rumored SCI FI Channel Original to Sony and NBC's plans to turn it into an event telepic. "If it happens or not we'll see, but when I came in what I wanted to do was really go back to the book, the source material. I'm a fan of the Carpenter version, it is fun. But the book was much more of a possession story than it was just a killer car. That's what made the book so great is that what was so terrifying was that it wasn't just about an inanimate object running around and killing people, it was a boy who was sorta being taken over by the former owner of the car - and there was something more terrifying about that. Also, I just love the dynamics of the characters and so forth. Right now it's way too soon say anything else about it. We're so in the thick of deal-making, I don't want to blow anything else!"
Fair enough. King's original 1983 novel was turned into a John Carpenter film that same year starring John Stockwell (director of Turistas), Keith Gordon ("Dexter") and Alexandra Paul ("Baywatch"). Not long ago, a remake of the film was announced along with an update of King's Pet Sematary.
Thanks to Bev Vincent
Last visit to The Mist
Posted: April 1, 2007, 00:40
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Papers from The Mist
Posted: March 30, 2007, 22:52
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Even more from The Mist
Posted: March 29, 2007, 16:22
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Thanks to Bev Vincent
More from The Mist
Posted: March 28, 2007, 11:54
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Thanks to Anders Jakobson
Eli Roth talks about Cell
Posted: March 27, 2007, 14:28
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Eli Roth, who will direct the feature-film version of Stephen King's best-seller Cell, told SCI FI Wire that he won the endorsement of the famously finicky author for his version of the story. "My first question when I adapted it was can I deviate from the book?" Roth said in an interview in Beverly Hills, Calif., on March 25 while promoting Grindhouse, in which he has a small part. "It's Stephen King. Am I going to piss off Stephen King? He was mad at Stanley Kubrick [who adapted King's The Shining], I don't want him mad at me. And, finally, Stephen King was like, 'Do whatever you want.'"
Roth (Hostel) and writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski are now writing the script for Cell, based on King's apocalyptic book in which a mysterious cell phone "pulse" drives some people insane all over the world, turning them into ravening killers.
Roth said that he would necessarily change elements of King's book, while maintaining other elements. "I love the opening [scene]," Roth said. "But I also want to keep, ... not necessarily that same chaotic tone, but I want to keep the tension of the opening 40 pages of the book going throughout the whole film and introduce other elements. Because I think the book, for me, where it loses tension is where suddenly you don't feel like the phone crazies are trying to kill them. ... I find that it's finding other ways to make it so you still feel the tension that any second you could get killed [and] carrying that throughout the whole film."
Roth, a native of Boston, added that he hopes to shoot the movie in that city, where it is set. And he'd even like to persuade King to make a cameo in the movie, which Roth will begin after he wraps the upcoming sequel Hostel 2.
"If he'd like to, sure," Roth said of a King cameo. "There's always room. That's the good thing about Cell. Because it's like crazy people running around trying to [kill you] It's like everybody gets a cameo."
Thanks to Bev Vincent
Length of Duma Key
Posted: March 27, 2007, 14:26
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Thanks to Mike Smith
Preview of issue #3
Posted: March 26, 2007, 23:37
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More from the set of The Mist
Posted: March 26, 2007, 23:36
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Time to pre-order
Posted: March 26, 2007, 12:15
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Blaze:
US hardback
US audio
UK hardback
UK audio
Duma Key:
US hardback
US audio
UK hardback
UK audio
Gunslinger Born 1-7:
US hardback
