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In the Tall Grass

Posted: May 22, 2012, 21:52
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From King's official site:

New Short Story Collaboration

Esquire has announced it is to publish a new story collaboration by Joe Hill and Stephen as part of its launch of an e-book series called "Fiction for Men." "In the Tall Grass" will be published in two parts, the first to appear in the June/July issue and the conclusion in the August issue. The works will be available only in the print and iPad editions of the magazine.

Thanks to Lou Sytsma

Hill confirms story with dad

Posted: May 22, 2012, 08:36
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The new short story being published in Esquire is by both King and his son Joe Hill and Joe posted this on twitter:

Did a story for the June/July Esquire with my dad. Beyond that, I can't say nuttin until @Esquiremag sez so.

Should be interesting!

Help us get the Podcast even better!

Posted: May 21, 2012, 16:01
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New short story by King

Posted: May 21, 2012, 15:24
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Esquire will be publishing a new short story by King in the June/July issue.

It coincides with the publication of three works in the June/July issue of Esquire — by Stephen King and his son Joe Hill; the thriller writer Lee Child; and Colum McCann. The works will be available only in the print and iPad editions of the magazine.

Read more here

Thanks to Lou Sytsma

The Lilja & Lou Podcast episode 2 - part 2

Posted: May 20, 2012, 20:21
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The second part of episode 2 of Lilja & Lou Podcast is now out. It’s called Episode 2 - Part 2: Keyholes & Companions.

In it we talk to Bev Vincent about his wonderful book The Stephen King Illustrated Companion. Bev also joins us in a group review for King’s latest book Wind Through the Keyhole.

Also we give you the latest news in the word of Stephen King.

Finally, we present the winner in our last episode’s contest for the Battleground book. Don’t miss out on this!

We hope you will all enjoy this episode and as usual we want to hear from you, good or bad, we want it all! Oh and here is a link to the info on how you can order tickets from King's apperance at Tsongas Central UMass Lowell.


In this podcast

Click for a larger image1) Lilja and Lou Intro.

2) In The Death Room:
Stephen King News

3) Reviews From The Night Shift:
We take a closer look at King’s latest book Wind Through the Keyhole.

4) The King Crate Recommendations:
We examine the book The Stephen King Illustrated Companion with its author Bev Vincent.

5) Marv's Mailbag:
We answer listener email

6) Winner of the Battleground contest in the last episode is announced.

7) Close Out

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A Good Marriage hits the screen

Posted: May 20, 2012, 00:19
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From Screen Daily:

EXCLUSIVE: Atlas International has added Stephen King adaptation A Good Marriage to its Cannes slate.

Atlas International has added Stephen King adaptation A Good Marriage to its Cannes slate.

Peter Askin will direct the psychological thriller based on a short story from King’s book Full Dark - No Stars, winner of the 2010 Bram Stoker Award for Best Collection. Will Battersby produces.

A Good Marriage follows a woman who discovers her husband’s dark secret hiding in their garage. The New York shoot is set to get underway in late summer for a summer 2013 release.

“Everyone at Atlas is very excited to be part of this project and honored by its new association with Stephen King, a true master if there ever was.“ says Philipp Menz, CEO of Atlas International.”

The project is out to cast.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

The Lawnmover Man as a TV series?

Posted: May 18, 2012, 23:18
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Blood Disbusting reports that a TV series based on The Lawnmover Man (the movie not King's story) is in the making. Please don't do this!

The original film being one of the worst movies ever made isn’t deterring the powers that be from making a “Lawnmower Man” TV series. Let’s hope they stick to the new “it’s closer to the book” axiom. Whoops? They’re basing them on the movie and its sequel? With “state of the art CG”? I’m moving to an island STAT. The series is being put together by Park Entertainment and David Tichter (Morgan Stewart’s Coming Home) is writing the pilot.

Per Moviehole, “Park Entertainment are packaging 26 one-hour episodes of a show that, like the two “Lawnmower Man” features that preceded it, will combine live-action and some rather state-of-the-art special and visual effects.
While the original King short story concerned a man who conjures up an unholy, autonomous lawnmower to cut a clients lawn, before munching down on the grass himself (yes, totally odd), the film version told of a mentally-retarded lawnmower man named Jobe who is coaxed into being a guinea pig for a scientist’s virtual reality experiments, ultimately becoming more intelligent in the process but also evil.”

King at #66

Posted: May 16, 2012, 16:26
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Forbes presented it’s top 100 most powerful celebrities in the world list today and King ended up on place 66. At a closer look he gets the following ranking:

Pay: $39 M
Money Rank: 46
TV / Radio Rank: 81
Press Rank: 55
Web Rank: 59
Social Rank: 76

Check out the entire list here

Doctor Sleep delayed

Posted: May 16, 2012, 10:57
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The Moderator of King's board confirmed that Doctor Sleep will be delayed.

Yes, it will be delayed but I do not know yet when it will be released.

That means it will be released 2013 and not moved up to be released in 2012.

Time to vote!

Posted: May 16, 2012, 09:11
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We still needs votes to decide which is the all-time #1 King book. Today the result looks like this (and no, I won’t tell you the titles) but as I said, we still need more votes so cast your vote if you haven’t already!

1.X 625 votes
2.X 469 votes
3.X 122 votes
4.X 114 votes
5.X 93 votes
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62.X 1 votes
63.X 1 votes
64.X 0 votes
65.X 0 votes
66.X 0 votes

Cas your vote here.

Promote Lilja’s Library - New Contest!

Posted: May 14, 2012, 16:15
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OK, I think it’s time for a contest again here at Lilja’s Library, don’t you agree? And since there has been requests for a contest where you have to use your imagination I’ll give you just that. Your task this time, should you choose to accept it is…

Promote Lilja’s Library!

Easy right? Yeah, could be but you have to document yourself while you do it. Either by photo, video or audio. The best promotion will win a copy of my book (signed if the winner wants) and you can send in as many as you like. That’s all the rules there is.

You can do it any way you want. Put a tattoo, real or fake and show of at the beach. If you work on the radio station, mention the site. Draw the url in the sand. Post a link in a fun place, put bookmarks in every book in your local library, find a unusual spot to put the url... Only your imagination (and the law) might set boundaries for your creativity. Document it and send it to me in a mail to info[a]liljas-library.com (let me know if you for some reason can’t mail it and we’ll find out a way). Please don’t post it on facebook or any other place though since that will make it hard for me to find. OK?

Deadline is June 14 (which gives you a month to get it done) and then I’ll post the winning entry on the site on June 15. Hopefully I can use the winning entry to promote the site. Good luck everyone and let the imagination run free!

The Lilja & Lou Podcast episode 2

Posted: May 12, 2012, 23:23
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Check out the second Lilja & Lou Podcast Episode 2 - Part 1: Ghosts & Battlegrounds, out now! In this episode we talk to Richard Christian Matheson about his book about Battleground and we're joined by Bev Vincent who tells us about his red carpet experience from when Ghost Brothers in Darkland County premiered.

We also have a contest that you don't want to miss. More about that in the podcast...

As when episode 1 was released we hope you will enjoy it and also let us know your thoughts about this episode, good or bad we want to hear it all!

The Reach heads to Cannes

Posted: May 10, 2012, 16:33
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King's The Reach is being turned into a movie:

Buyers at the festival will get a chance to hear more about the plans to bring King's story to the big screen as the project will make its market debut at the Marche du Film.

LONDON – A movie based on the story author Stephen King says that he would "most like to be remembered for after his death" will make its market debut in the Marche du Film in Cannes.

British sales, production and finance banner Park Entertainment is bringing King's The Reach to market for the first time. It will be produced by Grayson Ross and Jodi Hansell for DownEast Village Productions.

Budgeted in the $12 million-$14 million range, the story's title refers to the 1.5 mile stretch of water between Goat Island and the Maine coastline. The book details the story of a 95-year-old lady who embarks on a troubled journey to the mainland from the island after the Reach freezes over for the first time in 50 years.

It is currently out to directors and talent agents and is tipped to pick up heat at the market in Cannes.

Thanks to Ari.

Slipcased set on The Shining & Danny Torrence

Posted: May 9, 2012, 11:26
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The Overlook Connection Bookstore is offering a signed Slipcased Sets with Original Covers!

Here are the info:

- Special Set of 3 Hardcovers!
- Only 100 Numbered Sets Available!
- Each Hardcover SIGNED by Glenn Chadbourne and Mick Garris!
- Pick Your Number! First Come, First Pick!
- $200.00 + shipping

This Slipcased Set of 3 Hard Covers Features:

~~ DOCTOR SLEEP:~~
by Stephen King.
1st Printing with the publisher dust jacket and
a second dust jacket of Original Cover by Artist Glenn Chadbourne!
Signed by Glenn Chadbourne!

~~ BEFORE THE PLAY: ~~
Hardcover of The Shining movie special edition, and prequel
story to The Shining.
Signed by Mick Garris, director of The Shining
(see details below)

~~ THE SHINING ~~
by Stephen King.
This is the "Original 70's Cover" Hard Cover Edition!
with second and Original Cover by Artist Glenn Chadbourne!
Signed by Glenn Chadbourne!

Yes, you read correctly - All three hard cover books, all signed by artist and director and slipcased. This is the perfect set that features everything on The Shining and Danny Torrence! Only 100 sets are being produced and that is it. Order early to gaurantee your copy!

All Three Hardcovers are held in an attractive leatherette slipcase! Order here.

Release date for season 2 of Haven

Posted: May 9, 2012, 11:23
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Looks like the second season of Haven will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on September 11. Here is a report from Spoiler TV:

Following eOne's tweet recently stating "Hey #Haven Fans! Check out HAVEN: COMPLETE SECOND SEASON starring #EmilyRose & #EricBalfour. Available to buy on BLU-RAY & DVD 9/11!", this possible September 11th release date is (close to) confirming a release date for "Haven"'s second season on both formats. We'll keep you updated on any further information!

Doctor Sleep description

Posted: May 9, 2012, 00:28
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How interesting does this sound? Very!

Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) and the very special twelve-year-old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals.

On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless—mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and tween Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the “steam” that children with the “shining” produce when they are slowly tortured to death.

Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father’s legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him, and a job at a nursing home where his remnant “shining” power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes “Doctor Sleep.”

Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan’s own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra’s soul and survival. This is an epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of hyper-devoted readers of The Shining and wildly satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King canon.

Dexter bobble heads

Posted: May 7, 2012, 23:00
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For those of you that, like me, think that bobble heads are pretty cool there are now two more joining the quite large family based on characters from the TV series Dexter. This time it’s Debora Morgan and Joey Quinn that will nod their way into our homes. Both will cost $12.99 and are released in July.



King's Afterlife

Posted: May 7, 2012, 18:35
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Found in interesting question on King’s message board where someone asked if King had given up on the Afterlife and the moderators answer was that:

The story is written but I don't know where it is at as far as doing it as a comic.

And that the version she had seen was in short story form. Interesting if you ask me...

Stand review

Posted: May 4, 2012, 00:50
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Here is a rather wonderful, succinct and well-thought out review of The Stand comic from Comic Heroes Magazine:

"Over the course of 31 issues, collected in six volumes, Marvel has produced arguably the finest novel-to-comics adaptation ever. Not only does Stephen King's The Stand remain utterly faithful to the source material, it manages to convey almost all of the power of King's apocalyptic epic and as much of the depth of characterisation as can reasonably be expected.

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has expertly filleted the original text; a true flavour of King's literary 'voice' seeps through in every caption. He also retains the novel's many quiet, reflective interludes rather than trying to hone it down to a series of action sequences and moments of horror. This is particularly evident in No Man's Land, in which the good guys begin re-establishing some kind of societal normality after the death and devastation caused by a lethal flu plague. The talking-head character interplay is as tense and compelling as the violence and self-sacrifice in the final volume.

Fine though the scripting is, the art is even better. Mike Perkins' calm, naturalistic style - illuminated by Laura Martin's understated colouring - is perfect for a story about ordinary people grappling with threats both supernatural and mundane"

Want Marv in your pocket?

Posted: May 3, 2012, 10:02
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Many of you have expressed interest in merchandise featuring Marv – The Library Policeman since he first appeared on Lilja’s Library (one man even wanted a tattoo of him but I don’t know if that ever happened). Now the first merchandise is here.

How would you feel to carry Marv around your neck or in your pocket? Well, now you can, thanks to the good folks over at Big Blue Box Productions . They have created a 5 centimeter (2 inches) big version of Marv that you can get either on a ball chain or keyring.

Click for a larger image

Each Marv is handmade from polymer clay about 5 centimeter (2 inches) long, is really cool if you ask me and come on ball chain or keyring. And the best think it’s not very expensive.

Prices:
£12 delivered U.K
$25 Delivered U.S
€18 Delivered Europe

Order through facebook or by email: bigblueboxprod@hotmail.co.uk.

King doing a cameo in Writers

Posted: May 3, 2012, 08:35
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Had you heard about a movie called Writers? Me either but today I got a photo of King with the subtitle “Stephen King recording his audio for the movie”. Turns out Writers is a movie written and directed by Josh Boone. It stars Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly, Academy Award nominee Greg Kinnear, Lily Collins, Logan Lerman, and Kristen Bell. Judy Cairo who produced the Academy Award winning Crazy Heart is producing. In the movie King plays himself in a cameo.

The film is about a family of writers and follows their fractured family over the course of a year. Kinnear plays an acclaimed novelist who is having trouble getting over his ex-wife (Connelly). Lily Collins plays their collegiate daughter who is about to have her first published. Kinnear's teenage son, played by Nat Wolff, is a big King fan.

Shooting ended three weeks ago and the movie is being edited as we speak and will premiere at a festival later this year so keep an eye out for that.

Vote on your phone or computer

Posted: May 2, 2012, 13:58
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Upon popular request you can now vote on the #1 King book by phone as well as on the computer. It’s a bit smaller but possible so now there’s no excuse not to vote. Vote and then tell all your King fans friend to spread the word. We still need more than 8,000 votes to get a fair result!

Vote here!

Chloe Moretz talks Carrie remake

Posted: April 30, 2012, 23:40
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Chloe Moretz talked about theremake of Carrie recentley:

"We're kind of going off the book," the 15-year-old actress continued. "It's darker and much more psychological. More 'Black Swan'. You're really looking into her mind and it really looks into the relationship of Margaret and Carrie. It's set in modern time, so it's a lot different."

During the chat, the "Hugo" star also spilled the beans that she will undergo a very drastic physical transformation to portray Carrie White. "It's something that's very different from me," she confessed. "It's an out of body thing. I'm becoming a totally different person for it. I'm letting go of all of my self-esteem issues and just kind of going into it. You have to."

Thanks to Lou Sytsma

Here are the winners!

Posted: April 28, 2012, 23:01
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Finally, here are the winners in the Dark Tower Mania contest:

The winner of the limited edition of Wind Through the Keyhole donated by PSPulishing is Frank Willson. Winner of a hardcover of the UK edition of Wind Through the Keyhole AND all seven Dark Tower books from Hodder & Stoughton is Sharon Givens and the three winners of each a hardcover of the UK edition of Wind Through the Keyhole Catheryne Taylor, Kevin Jones and Morgue Anna. Congratulations to you all!

Which King book is best? 10,000 fans can’t be wrong!

Posted: April 26, 2012, 17:04
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Recently there was a list of King’s books published in which they were all ranked. Well, a lot of you didn’t like that ranking so I thought I would give you the chance to speak your mind. Head over to Lilja’s Library’s Poll to cast your vote on which of King’s books is the best. To make it fair I won’t publish the result until 10,000 have casted their vote and then I will not only tell you which book the fans rank as #1 but I will also give you a list of all his book in order of which the fans thinks is the best.

Go here to cast your vote!

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