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The Stephen King Book Challenge: round 16

Posted: August 31, 2012, 22:15
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Here is the result from the first elimination round. We now have 32 books in the second elimination round left to fight for the gold medal and you can see them all below. The pairs you can vote for today (and these are the only once you can vote for today) are:

Pair 9:
The Dark Tower III - The Waste Lands
Lisey's Story

Pair 10:
Black House
The Dark Tower IV - Wizard And Glass

Pair 11:
Everything's Eventual
The Stand

Pair 12:
Four Past Midnight
The Talisman

Please try to use these links to vote (by email) as much as you can. Makes it easier for me to count the result. If the links don't work for you, please send an email to news@liljas-library.com and in the subject, please write "I vote for X" (X is the title you're voting for).



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The Stephen King Book Challenge

Are you up for a game? I’m thinking a tournament between all King’s books. This is how it works.

I have randomly paired the books two and two. You get to vote for the one you like the best of the two by sending me an email with the title in the subject line. There will be two (or more) pairs a day in the beginning and then one as we move on.

The winner of the two will advance to the next round where it will be put against the winner from the other pair. Then you get to vote again and the winner between these two moves up one place and so on until there’s only one book left. The Winner!

So, are you up for it? The first two pairs are up and running as we speak. Send mails to me and let the fun begin. You can vote on these two pairs until I put the next up.

Oh, and you can only vote for one in each pair.

The Stephen King Book Challenge: round 15

Posted: August 31, 2012, 00:03
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Here is the result from the first elimination round. We now have 32 books left to fight for the gold medal and you can see them all below. The pairs you can vote for today (and these are the only once you can vote for today) are:

Pair 5:
Pet Sematary
Desperation

Pair 6:
Hearts In Atlantis
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

Pair 7:
The Dark Tower I - The Gunslinger
Thinner

Pair 8:
The Green Mile - The Complete Serial Novel
Carrie

Please try to use these links to vote (by email) as much as you can. Makes it easier for me to count the result. If the links don't work for you, please send an email to news@liljas-library.com and in the subject, please write "I vote for X" (X is the title you're voting for).



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The Stephen King Book Challenge

Are you up for a game? I’m thinking a tournament between all King’s books. This is how it works.

I have randomly paired the books two and two. You get to vote for the one you like the best of the two by sending me an email with the title in the subject line. There will be two (or more) pairs a day in the beginning and then one as we move on.

The winner of the two will advance to the next round where it will be put against the winner from the other pair. Then you get to vote again and the winner between these two moves up one place and so on until there’s only one book left. The Winner!

So, are you up for it? The first two pairs are up and running as we speak. Send mails to me and let the fun begin. You can vote on these two pairs until I put the next up.

Oh, and you can only vote for one in each pair.

The Stephen King Book Challenge: round 14

Posted: August 29, 2012, 22:29
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Here is the result from the first elimination round. We now have 30 books left to fight for the gold medal and you can see them all below. The first pairs out today is:

Pair 1:
Full Dark, No Stars Vote
'Salem's Lot Vote

Pair 2:
Skeleton Crew Vote
Christine Vote

Pair 3:
IT Vote
The Regulators Vote

Pair 4:
Insomnia Vote
Night Shift Vote

Please try to use these links to vote (by email) as much as you can. Makes it easier for me to count the result. If the links don't work for you, please send an email to news@liljas-library.com and in the subject, please write "I vote for X" (X is the title you're voting for).



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The Stephen King Book Challenge

Are you up for a game? I’m thinking a tournament between all King’s books. This is how it works.

I have randomly paired the books two and two. You get to vote for the one you like the best of the two by sending me an email with the title in the subject line. There will be two (or more) pairs a day in the beginning and then one as we move on.

The winner of the two will advance to the next round where it will be put against the winner from the other pair. Then you get to vote again and the winner between these two moves up one place and so on until there’s only one book left. The Winner!

So, are you up for it? The first two pairs are up and running as we speak. Send mails to me and let the fun begin. You can vote on these two pairs until I put the next up.

Oh, and you can only vote for one in each pair.

The Stephen King Book Challenge: round 13

Posted: August 29, 2012, 00:11
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The 12th round is done and here are the result of that one:


The 13th round is now on and this time it's these pairs you can vote for.

Pair 27:
From a Buick 8
Under the Dome

Pair 28:
Cujo
The Eyes Of The Dragon

Pair 29:
The Dark Half
Cell

Pair 30:
The Dead Zone
The Tommyknockers


Please try to use these links to vote (by email) as much as you can. Makes it easier for me to count the result. If the links don't work for you, please send an email to news@liljas-library.com and in the subject, please write "I vote for X" (X is the title you're voting for).

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The Stephen King Book Challenge

Are you up for a game? I’m thinking a tournament between all King’s books. This is how it works.

I have randomly paired the books two and two. You get to vote for the one you like the best of the two by sending me an email with the title in the subject line. There will be two pairs a day in the beginning and then one as we move on.

The winner of the two will advance to the next round where it will be put against the winner from the other pair. Then you get to vote again and the winner between these two moves up one place and so on until there’s only one book left. The Winner! This image will give you an idea of what it will look like. I will however not show you the pairs until it’s time to vote for them. No tactical voting here.


So, are you up for it? The first two pairs are up and running as we speak. Send mails to me and let the fun begin. You can vote on these two pairs until I put the next up.

Oh, and you can only vote for one in each pair.

Early press for Movie Trivia Book

Posted: August 27, 2012, 22:34
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Here are some early press for my upcoming book (done with Kevin Quigley and Brian Freeman). Check it out!

“Night Flier is underrated, and I don’t know why The Dead Zone isn’t considered a classic piece of 1980s cinema,” said Kevin Quigley, Co-Author of The Illustrated Stephen King Movie Trivia Book, “But oh boy, are some bad. I can’t believe I sat through The Mangler. And you know how people say that once you get to a certain level of rich, none of it starts being real anymore? That’s how it is with the level of bad in the Children of the Corn movies. Although I will reluctantly say that Children of the Corn II actually isn’t terrible. Or ‘as’ terrible.”

The Stephen King Book Challenge: round 12

Posted: August 27, 2012, 22:30
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The 11th round is done and here are the result of that one:


The 12th round is now on and this time it's these pairs you can vote for.

Pair 23:
Bag Of Bones
The Dark Tower V - Wolves of the Calla

Pair 24:
The Long Walk
Misery

Pair 25:
Different Seasons
The Shining

Pair 26:
Blood And Smoke
Dolores Claiborne

Please try to use these links to vote (by email) as much as you can. Makes it easier for me to count the result. If the links don't work for you, please send an email to news@liljas-library.com and in the subject, please write "I vote for X" (X is the title you're voting for).

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The Stephen King Book Challenge

Are you up for a game? I’m thinking a tournament between all King’s books. This is how it works.

I have randomly paired the books two and two. You get to vote for the one you like the best of the two by sending me an email with the title in the subject line. There will be two pairs a day in the beginning and then one as we move on.

The winner of the two will advance to the next round where it will be put against the winner from the other pair. Then you get to vote again and the winner between these two moves up one place and so on until there’s only one book left. The Winner! This image will give you an idea of what it will look like. I will however not show you the pairs until it’s time to vote for them. No tactical voting here.


So, are you up for it? The first two pairs are up and running as we speak. Send mails to me and let the fun begin. You can vote on these two pairs until I put the next up.

Oh, and you can only vote for one in each pair.

The Edge is back in Haven

Posted: August 27, 2012, 10:32
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Dread Central had the following good news posted today:

Superstar Edge is returning to the show and will appear in multiple episodes of the show’s third season including the premiere, September 21st at 10PM ET/PT.

From the Press Release:
Edge (aka Adam Copeland) will reprise his role of Dwight Hendrickson, a shrewd, longtime Haven resident and “troubled” handyman who can truly handle anything, and often does, as the town’s “cleaner.” A close ally of Nathan’s (Lucas Bryant), Dwight helps to cover up all of the town’s supernatural goings on and to keep Haven’s secrets hidden.

Season Three of "Haven" picks up immediately following the events of the gripping Season Two finale with Audrey (Emily Rose) having been brutally kidnapped, Nathan warned against pursuing a romantic relationship with Audrey, and Duke (Eric Balfour) seemingly engaged in a fight to the death with Nathan after he discovers his family lineage is to kill Haven citizens with troubles.

This season’s previously announced guest stars include Iain Glen ("Game of Thrones", "Downton Abbey"), Bree Williamson ("Gossip Girl", "One Life to Live"), Dorian Missick ("Southland", "The Cape"), Kate Kelton (Harold and Kumar, American Psycho 2), Nolan North (Uncharted video game series, "Pretty Little Liars"), and Claudia Black (Uncharted video game series, "Farscape").

"Haven", based on the novella The Colorado Kid from renowned author Stephen King, follows former FBI agent Audrey Parker, who becomes a cop in the small town of Haven, Maine, and soon discovers the town’s many secrets, which also hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of her lost past.

The Stephen King Book Challenge: round 11

Posted: August 26, 2012, 22:59
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The 10th round is done and here are the result of that one:


The 11th round is now on and this time it's these pairs you can vote for.

Pair 19:
The Colorado Kid
Everything's Eventual

Pair 20:
The Dark Tower VII - The Dark Tower
The Stand

Pair 21:
Gerald's Game
Four Past Midnight

Pair 22:
Duma Key
The Talisman

Please try to use these links to vote (by email) as much as you can. Makes it easier for me to count the result. If the links don't work for you, please send an email to news@liljas-library.com and in the subject, please write "I vote for X" (X is the title you're voting for).

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The Stephen King Book Challenge

Are you up for a game? I’m thinking a tournament between all King’s books. This is how it works.

I have randomly paired the books two and two. You get to vote for the one you like the best of the two by sending me an email with the title in the subject line. There will be two pairs a day in the beginning and then one as we move on.

The winner of the two will advance to the next round where it will be put against the winner from the other pair. Then you get to vote again and the winner between these two moves up one place and so on until there’s only one book left. The Winner! This image will give you an idea of what it will look like. I will however not show you the pairs until it’s time to vote for them. No tactical voting here.


So, are you up for it? The first two pairs are up and running as we speak. Send mails to me and let the fun begin. You can vote on these two pairs until I put the next up.

Oh, and you can only vote for one in each pair.

The Stephen King Book Challenge: round 10

Posted: August 25, 2012, 23:16
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The 9th round is done and here are the result of that one:


The 10th round is now on and this time it's these pairs you can vote for.

Pair 17:
Black House
Cycle Of The Werewolf

Pair 18:
The Dark Tower IV - Wizard And Glass
Faithful

Please try to use these links to vote (by email) as much as you can. Makes it easier for me to count the result. If the links don't work for you, please send an email to news@liljas-library.com and in the subject, please write "I vote for X" (X is the title you're voting for).

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The Stephen King Book Challenge

Are you up for a game? I’m thinking a tournament between all King’s books. This is how it works.

I have randomly paired the books two and two. You get to vote for the one you like the best of the two by sending me an email with the title in the subject line. There will be two pairs a day in the beginning and then one as we move on.

The winner of the two will advance to the next round where it will be put against the winner from the other pair. Then you get to vote again and the winner between these two moves up one place and so on until there’s only one book left. The Winner! This image will give you an idea of what it will look like. I will however not show you the pairs until it’s time to vote for them. No tactical voting here.


So, are you up for it? The first two pairs are up and running as we speak. Send mails to me and let the fun begin. You can vote on these two pairs until I put the next up.

Oh, and you can only vote for one in each pair.

The Stephen King Book Challenge: round 9

Posted: August 24, 2012, 22:06
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The 8th round is done and here are the result of that one:


The 9th round is now on and this time it's these pairs you can vote for.

Pair 15:
Firestarter
The Dark Tower III - The Waste Lands

Pair 16:
On Writing
Lisey's Story

Please try to use these links to vote (by email) as much as you can. Makes it easier for me to count the result. If the links don't work for you, please send an email to news@liljas-library.com and in the subject, please write "I vote for X" (X is the title you're voting for).

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The Stephen King Book Challenge

Are you up for a game? I’m thinking a tournament between all King’s books. This is how it works.

I have randomly paired the books two and two. You get to vote for the one you like the best of the two by sending me an email with the title in the subject line. There will be two pairs a day in the beginning and then one as we move on.

The winner of the two will advance to the next round where it will be put against the winner from the other pair. Then you get to vote again and the winner between these two moves up one place and so on until there’s only one book left. The Winner! This image will give you an idea of what it will look like. I will however not show you the pairs until it’s time to vote for them. No tactical voting here.


So, are you up for it? The first two pairs are up and running as we speak. Send mails to me and let the fun begin. You can vote on these two pairs until I put the next up.

Oh, and you can only vote for one in each pair.

A Message From Stephen

Posted: August 23, 2012, 23:32
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This message was posted on King's official site today:

A Message From Stephen: Best Novel of All Time
Posted: August 23rd, 2012 9:58:41 am EDT


Dear Constant Readers: This is fun, if you're into "bracketology," or even if you're not. If you go to Best Novels of All Time on the Huffington Post, you'll see a series of face-offs (To Kill a Mockingbird versus The Great Gatsby, for instance). I urge you not only to vote, but to use Twitter and Facebook to spread the word.

BUT.

Uncle Stevie says YOU MUST NOT VOTE FOR A BOOK YOU HAVEN'T READ. Which was why I couldn't vote for Moby Dick. Everyone says it's great and blah-blah-blah, but I drown in whale-oil every time I try it. My bad, people, I admit it. So…you may have to leave some brackets entirely blank. But this way it's fair.

And no, you can't vote for one of my books, 'cause I didn't make the cut. Still…happy voting, and spread the word. I'm guessing the champ might be Great Expectations, but I've been wrong before. Once in 1972, and once…mmm…no, that time I was right.

Vote! It's a great warm-up for November!

Launch the Huffington Post

The Stephen King Book Challenge: round 8

Posted: August 23, 2012, 23:24
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The 7th round is done and here are the result of that one:


The 8th round is now on and this time it's these pairs you can vote for.

Pair 13:
The Bachman Books
The Green Mile - The Complete Serial Novel

Pair 14:
Carrie
Mile 81

Please try to use these links to vote (by email) as much as you can. Makes it easier for me to count the result. If the links don't work for you, please send an email to news@liljas-library.com and in the subject, please write "I vote for X" (X is the title you're voting for).

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The Stephen King Book Challenge

Are you up for a game? I’m thinking a tournament between all King’s books. This is how it works.

I have randomly paired the books two and two. You get to vote for the one you like the best of the two by sending me an email with the title in the subject line. There will be two pairs a day in the beginning and then one as we move on.

The winner of the two will advance to the next round where it will be put against the winner from the other pair. Then you get to vote again and the winner between these two moves up one place and so on until there’s only one book left. The Winner! This image will give you an idea of what it will look like. I will however not show you the pairs until it’s time to vote for them. No tactical voting here.


So, are you up for it? The first two pairs are up and running as we speak. Send mails to me and let the fun begin. You can vote on these two pairs until I put the next up.

Oh, and you can only vote for one in each pair.

The 2 lucky winners are...

Posted: August 22, 2012, 23:05
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OK, the contest is over and we have two lucky winners that will each receive a copy of the audio edition of A Face in the Crowd but before I reveal who they are, here are the correct answers:

Question 1: King and O'Nan wrote Faithful together, what year was the book released in the US?
Answer 1: 2004

Question 2: What’s the main characters name in A Face in the Crowd?
Answer 2: Dean Evers

Question 3: What country was first to publish King’s book From a Buick 8?
Answer 3: Germany. They where about 6 month ahead of the US since the US and the UK switched the release of From a Buick 8 and Everything’s Eventual.

Question 4: Name one person, except Stewart O’Nan, that King has collaborated with on a story.
Answer 4: Peter Straub and Joe Hill

Question 5: How many episodes has been released of The Lilja & Lou Podcast?
Answer 5: 6 episodes. One was divided in two parts though.

Question 6: How many discs will the audio edition of A Face in the Crowd have?
Answer 6: 1

Question 7: Who’s narrating A Face in the Crowd?
Answer 7: Craig Wasson

And the winners are Sheila Buchholz and Robert Duling. Congratulations!

The Stephen King Book Challenge: round 7

Posted: August 22, 2012, 22:56
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The 6th round is done and here are the result of that one:


The 7th round is now on and this time it's these pairs you can vote for.

Pair 11:
Just After Sunset
The Dark Tower I - The Gunslinger

Pair 12:
Thinner
Rage

Please try to use these links to vote (by email) as much as you can. Makes it easier for me to count the result. If the links don't work for you, please send an email to news@liljas-library.com and in the subject, please write "I vote for X" (X is the title you're voting for).

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The Stephen King Book Challenge

Are you up for a game? I’m thinking a tournament between all King’s books. This is how it works.

I have randomly paired the books two and two. You get to vote for the one you like the best of the two by sending me an email with the title in the subject line. There will be two pairs a day in the beginning and then one as we move on.

The winner of the two will advance to the next round where it will be put against the winner from the other pair. Then you get to vote again and the winner between these two moves up one place and so on until there’s only one book left. The Winner! This image will give you an idea of what it will look like. I will however not show you the pairs until it’s time to vote for them. No tactical voting here.


So, are you up for it? The first two pairs are up and running as we speak. Send mails to me and let the fun begin. You can vote on these two pairs until I put the next up.

Oh, and you can only vote for one in each pair.

Description of Batman and Robin have an altercation

Posted: August 22, 2012, 21:50
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Here is a description of Batman and Robin have an altercation and if you are a subscriber (which I'm not :-( ) you can read it online here.

Sanderson sees his father twice a week. On Wednesday evenings, after he closes the jewelry store his parents opened long ago, he drives the three miles to Crackerjack Manor and sees Pop there, usually in the common room. In his “suite,” if Pop is having a bad day. On most Sundays, Sanderson takes him out to lunch. The facility where Pop is living out his final foggy years is actually called the Harvest Hills Special Care Unit, but to Sanderson, Crackerjack Manor seems more accurate.

Thanks to Lou Sytsma

Episode 7 of The Lilja & Lou Podcast out now!

Posted: August 22, 2012, 12:12
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Episode 7: Lilja & Lou Enter The Tall Grass & Find Writer Kevin Quigley - of the Lilja & Lou Podcast is now out.


We have an interview with writer Kevin Quigley. Kevin has written several books with unique perspectives that flocus on a particular aspect of Stephen King's career.  How has Stephen King fared on the bestseller book charts?  Or in comic books?  Or audio presentations?  Kevin knows and he has the books to back him up.


You can find Kevin's books at this link Cemetery Dance ebooks.


Hans and I sharpen our critical scythes and cut a path through the latest Stephen King & Joe Hill collaboration, 'In The Tall Grass.' 


We also bring you the latest Stephen King news and answer more listener email!


We hope you will all enjoy this episode and as usual we want to hear from you, good or bad, we want it all!



In this podcast:

1) 00:56 - Lilja and Lou Intro.
2) 01:51 - In The Death Room: Stephen King News
3) 05:24 - Interview: Writer Kevin Quigley
4) 23:20 - Reviews from The Night Shift: In The Tall Grass
5) 34:48 - Marv's Mailbag: Listener Questions
6) 40:53 - Signoff

Intro Music - Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult


Outro Music - Stand By Me - Ben E. King


Listen here or on iTunes.


RSS Feed - RSS.


Player Embed

Is The Dark Tower on again?

Posted: August 21, 2012, 23:03
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Is The Dark Tower on again? Well, Deadline posted this update:

Media Rights Capital is in serious talks to take on The Dark Tower after Warner Bros declined to make what potentially amounts to three feature films and two limited run TV series. MRC’s Modi Wiczyk is a big fan of the Stephen King novel series, I hear, and the company is eager to capitalize on the positive momentum they got from developing and financing the Seth MacFarlane-directed summer sleeper hit Ted with Mark Wahlberg. MRC next has the Neill Blomkamp-directed Elysium with Matt Damon, and the company has the capital to back an ambitious project like The Dark Tower with director Ron Howard eyeing Russell Crowe as the gunslinger Roland Deschain and his quest to travel through a Western-style world woven with magic to find the Dark Tower, mankind’s only hope. Akiva Goldsman adapted the book and is producing along with Brian Grazer and Stephen King. Even though MRC was unavailable to comment, I expect this deal to make quickly. MRC has a distribution arrangement with Universal, but it’s unclear whether that studio would release the film. Universal developed it but passed on making the project before it moved to Warner Bros.

Thanks to Gordon W. Olson

The Stephen King Book Challenge: round 6

Posted: August 21, 2012, 23:01
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The 5th round is done and here are the result of that one:


The 6th round is now on and this time it's these pairs you can vote for.

Pair 9:
Hearts In Atlantis
Blaze

Pair 10:
Roadwork
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

Please try to use these links to vote (by email) as much as you can. Makes it easier for me to count the result. If the links don't work for you, please send an email to news@liljas-library.com and in the subject, please write "I vote for X" (X is the title you're voting for).

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The Stephen King Book Challenge

Are you up for a game? I’m thinking a tournament between all King’s books. This is how it works.

I have randomly paired the books two and two. You get to vote for the one you like the best of the two by sending me an email with the title in the subject line. There will be two pairs a day in the beginning and then one as we move on.

The winner of the two will advance to the next round where it will be put against the winner from the other pair. Then you get to vote again and the winner between these two moves up one place and so on until there’s only one book left. The Winner! This image will give you an idea of what it will look like. I will however not show you the pairs until it’s time to vote for them. No tactical voting here.


So, are you up for it? The first two pairs are up and running as we speak. Send mails to me and let the fun begin. You can vote on these two pairs until I put the next up.

Oh, and you can only vote for one in each pair.

Batman and Robin have an Altercation: new story by King

Posted: August 21, 2012, 09:19
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More and more info about Batman and Robin have an Altercation is now popping up. Nothing on the official site though and why that is I have no idea. Anyhow, from what I have heard the story, yes, it is fiction, is about a man with Alzheimer's, his adult son, and an unexpected event on the highway. The story is quite short, 4 pages and it’s King writing in a more "realistic" vein. Quite poignant at times, with an end that's disturbing, amusing, and unexpected all at once.



Thanks to Tom

The Stephen King Book Challenge: round 5

Posted: August 20, 2012, 22:26
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The 4th round is done and here are the result of that one:


The 5th round is now on and this time it's these pairs you can vote for.

Pair 7:
The Dark Tower VI - Song of Susannah
Pet Sematary

Pair 8:
Danse Macabre
Desperation

Please try to use these links to vote (by email) as much as you can. Makes it easier for me to count the result. If the links don't work for you, please send an email to news@liljas-library.com and in the subject, please write "I vote for X" (X is the title you're voting for).

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The Stephen King Book Challenge

Are you up for a game? I’m thinking a tournament between all King’s books. This is how it works.

I have randomly paired the books two and two. You get to vote for the one you like the best of the two by sending me an email with the title in the subject line. There will be two pairs a day in the beginning and then one as we move on.

The winner of the two will advance to the next round where it will be put against the winner from the other pair. Then you get to vote again and the winner between these two moves up one place and so on until there’s only one book left. The Winner! This image will give you an idea of what it will look like. I will however not show you the pairs until it’s time to vote for them. No tactical voting here.


So, are you up for it? The first two pairs are up and running as we speak. Send mails to me and let the fun begin. You can vote on these two pairs until I put the next up.

Oh, and you can only vote for one in each pair.

King in Harper's

Posted: August 20, 2012, 13:45
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In the September issue of Harper’s King has written something called Batman and Robin have an Altercation. I’m not sure if this is fiction or nonfiction but I’m sure we’ll find out very soon.


Thanks to bensitzer

The Stephen King Book Challenge: round 4

Posted: August 19, 2012, 21:58
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The third round is done and here are the result of that one:


The 4th round is now on and this time it's these pairs you can vote for.

Pair 5:
Insomnia
The Wind Through The Keyhole

Pair 6:
Night Shift
Storm Of The Century

Please try to use these links to vote (by email) as much as you can. Makes it easier for me to count the result. If the links don't work for you, please send an email to news@liljas-library.com and in the subject, please write "I vote for X" (X is the title you're voting for).

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The Stephen King Book Challenge

Are you up for a game? I’m thinking a tournament between all King’s books. This is how it works.

I have randomly paired the books two and two. You get to vote for the one you like the best of the two by sending me an email with the title in the subject line. There will be two pairs a day in the beginning and then one as we move on.

The winner of the two will advance to the next round where it will be put against the winner from the other pair. Then you get to vote again and the winner between these two moves up one place and so on until there’s only one book left. The Winner! This image will give you an idea of what it will look like. I will however not show you the pairs until it’s time to vote for them. No tactical voting here.


So, are you up for it? The first two pairs are up and running as we speak. Send mails to me and let the fun begin. You can vote on these two pairs until I put the next up.

Oh, and you can only vote for one in each pair.

The Stephen King Book Challenge: round 3

Posted: August 19, 2012, 00:49
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The second round is done and here are the result of that one:


The third round is now on and this time it's these pairs you can vote for.

Pair 5:
IT
11/22/63

Pair 6:
The Regulators
Creepshow

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The Stephen King Book Challenge

Are you up for a game? I’m thinking a tournament between all King’s books. This is how it works.

I have randomly paired the books two and two. You get to vote for the one you like the best of the two by sending me an email with the title in the subject line. There will be two pairs a day in the beginning and then one as we move on.

The winner of the two will advance to the next round where it will be put against the winner from the other pair. Then you get to vote again and the winner between these two moves up one place and so on until there’s only one book left. The Winner! This image will give you an idea of what it will look like. I will however not show you the pairs until it’s time to vote for them. No tactical voting here.


So, are you up for it? The first two pairs are up and running as we speak. Send mails to me and let the fun begin. You can vote on these two pairs until I put the next up.

Oh, and you can only vote for one in each pair.

The Stephen King Book Challenge: round 2

Posted: August 17, 2012, 11:10
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The first round is done and here are the result of that one:


The second round is now on (you can't vote any more on the first one). This time it's these pairs you can vote for.

Pair 3:
The Running Man
Skeleton Crew

Pair 4:
Dreamcatcher
Christine

Please try to use these links to vote (by email) as much as you can. Makes it easier for me to count the result. If the links don't work for you, please send an email to news@liljas-library.com

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The Stephen King Book Challenge

Are you up for a game? I’m thinking a tournament between all King’s books. This is how it works.

I have randomly paired the books two and two. You get to vote for the one you like the best of the two by sending me an email with the title in the subject line. There will be two pairs a day in the beginning and then one as we move on.

The winner of the two will advance to the next round where it will be put against the winner from the other pair. Then you get to vote again and the winner between these two moves up one place and so on until there’s only one book left. The Winner! This image will give you an idea of what it will look like. I will however not show you the pairs until it’s time to vote for them. No tactical voting here.


So, are you up for it? The first two pairs are up and running as we speak. Send mails to me and let the fun begin. You can vote on these two pairs until I put the next up.

Oh, and you can only vote for one in each pair.

The Stephen King Book challange

Posted: August 16, 2012, 15:15
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Are you up for a game? I’m thinking a tournament between all King’s books. This is how it works.

I have randomly paired the books two and two. You get to vote for the one you like the best of the two by sending me an email with the title in the subject line. There will be two pairs a day in the beginning and then one as we move on.

The winner of the two will advance to the next round where it will be put against the winner from the other pair. Then you get to vote again and the winner between these two moves up one place and so on until there’s only one book left. The Winner! This image will give you an idea of what it will look like. I will however not show you the pairs until it’s time to vote for them. No tactical voting here.


So, are you up for it? The first two pairs are up and running as we speak. Send mails to me and let the fun begin. You can vote on these two pairs until I put the next up.

Pair 1:
Blockade Billy
Full Dark, No Stars

Pair 2:
'Salem's Lot
Nightmares And Dreamscapes

Oh, and you can only vote for one in each pair.

Lilja in the papers

Posted: August 13, 2012, 00:29
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As promised, here is the article about Lilja’s Library translated into English. It was done with Google translate and some touches from me but I hope it’ll give you the basics…



Spend his spare time on horror

Largest fan site on Stephen King run by Hans-Ake Lilja from Örebro

The goal was to meet and interview the author Stephen King. That he has done - several times. Hans-Ake Lilja from Örebro runs the world's biggest fan site about the horror master.

Back in 1996, when ordinary people was starting get Internet in their homes, Hans-Ake Lilja from Örebro created the website Lilja's Library about horror writer Stephen King.
- There were not too many good website about him, so I learned how to do my own. It was not that difficult in those days, says Hans-Åke but then he works as a software developer.
At first the site contained only text and the number of visitors was modest. 16 years later the site has grown to become the world's biggest fan site about Stephen King and the two dreams that Hans-Ake had from the beginning has now come true.
- One was to interview King, and I've got to do that twice over the phone. It took five years of exchanging emails with his assistant the first time. The second time it went a little faster, says Hans-Ake with a smile. The second dream was to meet the author, something he got to do when the King was visiting London for a publishing event.

It is difficult to understand both how big the site is in itself is as well as who big King is as an author. Lilja's Library currently has around 1.100 unique visitors each day and more than 13.000 people like the site on Facebook. And two years ago part of the website’s content was published as a book with the same name.
The author Stephen King has since 1974 published 68 books and been translated into around 40 languages. Today he releases about one or two books a year.
- In Sweden he’s been labeled as a horror writer and he is not as big here as he is in the US. It’s a pity that so few know that it’s King how’s written the books that both "The Green Mile" and "The Shawshank Redemption" is based on.
Why read so much by Stephen King?
- In addition to that they are good stories, they are also very fascinating. They often start out as very normal, everyday events that then turn into something else. Something scary.
- Fear is a very strong feeling. Joy and sorrow are as well but harder to write about. If you get an uncomfortable feeling when you read a book, then it’s usually a good book.

But so far, fear has not influenced Hans-Åke too negative.
- No, it's not like I have to sleep with the lights, he says with a laugh.
Perhaps that will change this fall though when he and his family goes on a dream vacation to the US where they will visit Universal Studios, which offers a different kind of tourist attraction.
- They will re-create the settings from “The Walking Dead” and I'll run with zombies smiles Hans-Åke. Maybe after that he’ll start sleeping with the lights on. Unless he himself turns into a zombie that is...

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Thanks to Herbert West

Articles about Lilja's Library

Posted: August 9, 2012, 02:21
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Today two interesting items about Lilja's Library surfaced.

The first is an interview with me about the site in a Swedish newspaper. You can read it here. Click on the top cover and go to page 14.

The second is a review about my book that you can find here.

Episode 6: Lilja & Lou Survive The Long Walk

Posted: August 9, 2012, 02:14
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Episode 6: Lilja & Lou Survive The Long Walk - of the Lilja & Lou Podcast is now out.

We have an interview with a co-author of Lilja's - Kevin Quigley. Together they worked on the book THE ILLUSTRATED STEPHEN KING MOVIE TRIVIA BOOK which is available for pre-order at Cemetery Dance. The book includes illustrations by Glenn Chadbourne and an afterword by director, Mick Garris.

We take care of business bringing you the latest King news and answer listener questions. Plus our very first listener audio question from Bryant Burnette! Thanks Bryant!

We also discuss Stephen King's alter-ego, Richard Bachman and put on our walking shoes to tackle the Bachman book, 'The Long Walk.'

Lots of King goodness in this instalment.

We hope you will all enjoy this episode and as usual we want to hear from you, good or bad, we want it all!

In this podcast:

1) 00:56 - Lilja and Lou Intro.
2) 01:51 - In The Death Room: Stephen King News
3) 17:34 - Discussion: Richard Bachman
4) 31:49 - Interview: Writer Kevin Quigley
5) 39:27 - Reviews from The Night Shift The Long Walk
6) 1:05:12 - Marv's Mailbag: Listener Questions
7) 1:19:40 - Signoff

Intro Music - Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
Outro Music - Stand By Me - Ben E. King

Listen here or iTunes.

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The Illustrated Stephen King Movie Trivia Book announced

Posted: August 9, 2012, 01:47
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Great news today! I am very happy to tell you that today Cemetery Dance announced my second book. A qiuz book I co-edited with Brian James Freeman and Kevin Quigley.

Today Cemetery Dance are pleased to announce The Illustrated Stephen King MOVIE Trivia Book by Brian James Freeman, Kevin Quigley, and Hans-Ake Lilja, which features more than 1,000 questions about the movies, miniseries, and television episodes based on ideas conjured from the imagination of the King of Horror, along with more than 50 illustrated questions created by Glenn Chadbourne and an exclusive afterword by Mick Garris, director of The Stand, The Shining, Riding the Bullet, Desperation, Bag of Bones, and many others!

Read more and order here.

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