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Stephen King is Writing a Sequel to "The Shining"Posted: November 25th, 2009 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
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Last Thursday, Stephen King was promoting his new "Under the Dome" novel at Toronto's Canon Theatre and also talked about his next book, which he said he has been working on since last summer. The new book will be called "Doctor Sleep" and that it will be a sequel to one of his most popular novels, "The Shining."
The reason for the follow-up is because the author believes that the first novel never explained what happened to young Danny and his psychic powers. And even though King ended his 1977 book on a positive note, he believes that the events that took place at the Overlook Hotel must have left Danny with lots of emotional scars.
The Torontoist was at the event and described what the author has in mind for the follow-up:
"Danny is now 40 years old and living in upstate New York, where he works as the equivalent of an orderly at a hospice for the terminally ill. Danny's real job is to visit with patients who are just about to pass on to the other side, and to help them make that journey with the aid of his mysterious powers. Danny also has a sideline in betting on the horses, a trick he learned from his buddy Dick Hallorann."
Source: Torontoist
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minkowski writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 5:21:03 AM
Go away King, The last good book you ever wrote, will EVER write, is From A Buick Eight. So, please, stop with the billshit. After the Sunset, Duma Key and Under the Dome, to name but a few, sucked.
And you know, just know, that of King is getting Sequelitist, it means he is finally, totally, on empty.
And don't ge wrong, I was a huge fan of his. Was. Blaze and IT are two of my favorite non-fiction books. But he lost somewhere with his Bachman abortions and those last four Dark Tower disasters.
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minkowski writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 5:46:36 AM
billshit? It's bullshit, dumbass.
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minkowski writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 5:46:48 AM
Ok, thanks. Sorry.
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TheHerpesOnRangersDick writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 6:23:22 AM
"I was a huge fan of his. Was. Blaze and IT are two of my favorite non-fiction books."
Huh? Stephan King never wrote any non-fiction books...
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minkowski writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 6:32:23 AM
I meant fiction, not non-fiction. Give me credit, its fucking early as hell and I haven't had my jack and coffee expresso.
And he did write non-fiction. On Writing is one and these are the others:
http://www.stephenking.com/library/nonfiction/
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guitar_dudester91 writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 7:43:14 AM
Here comes Hollywood with the Sequel adaptation!
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SpookyCupcakes writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 7:54:22 AM
Uh-oh, This immediatly reminded me of Millers "300,000" book
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LastActionHero writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 9:04:37 AM
His books have spawned some of the worst movies of all time.
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lawman writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 9:44:09 AM
Mink, I cant argue with you since I havent read any of his new shit. I am a huge fan though. After what you say, maybe i SHOULDNT read any of his new shit, I might no longer be a fan. I loved Dolans Cadillac!
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makingcircles writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 10:29:33 AM
My biggest issue with King's books is there aren't enough pictures.
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NatG83 writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 10:49:36 AM
Hmm...should we be happy that they are not rebooting or remaking (again) The Shining?
Yeah, this sounds bad for King. Is he really that tapped for ideas? Well...yeah, probably. The Shining isn't the same without Jack.
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ksplatt writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 12:28:32 PM
smells worse than lohan's vag. shit, brb, just puked on the carpet.
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atn5022 writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 12:38:39 PM
@last action hero
they have also made some of the best movies. shawshank, misery, the green mile, the shining
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DoucheNozzle writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 1:07:24 PM
Yeah, I think The Mist turned out to be a good movie. I get why some don't like it, but I felt it was a clever throwback to old-school horror movies, which is even more effective in the black-and-white version.
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WLDBLL writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 1:42:13 PM
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rabid writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 2:46:58 PM
Awesome. I always wanted to hear more about Danny since he was the main character of The Shining. The 90's remake of The Shining ended with the realization that Tony had been Danny all along sending back psychic warnings from the future.
Daniel Anthony Torrance.
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Rich k writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 3:24:07 PM
comon you guys, this could accually be good, it at least sounds kinda good.
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Goober3000 writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 3:41:19 PM
The shining one of my all time favs...interesting idea to see what became of the little shit...although I am going to miss Jack and Loyd
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c-prime writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 4:12:00 PM
Damn, I'm offline for 24 hours and minkowski makes his gallant return to this site to grace us with his hilarious and toxic commentary. Fucking awesome, man. It's about damn time. You guys fucking tore up that "Twilight" thread. Just wish I could've been here to watch that shit go down live.
Anyway, I was at the airport yesterday and saw a copy of King's latest novel at the book shop: "Under the Dome". I might've bought it, but it was so damn heavy and overblown AA said they'd have to charge me $50 for an extra carry-on.
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Aaron writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 4:54:07 PM
I liked Lisey's Story.. but I'm not a huge fan.
@makingcircles - Marvel is doing a comic run of the dark tower - some of the most gorgeous art I've seen in a graphic novel.. Every page is like a cover piece.
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tomeenucknfutz writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 5:01:35 PM
@Aaron - no doubt on the DT graphic novels. nice
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rwhyan writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 5:50:45 PM
Under the Dome is amazing.
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BobMcBob writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 6:24:15 PM
sounds awful
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Peter Parker writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 8:17:46 PM
"The new book will be called 'Doctor Sleep'"
That's so funny, I call my baseball bat the exact same thing!
Regardless, 'Doctor Sleep' isn't the best title for a book. Kinda screams out 'boring'.
Then again, if the point is to read myself to sleep, in the words of the great Zohan... "This could be good".
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moseshatesyou writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 9:08:39 PM
Why make sequels when you can just remake it....
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rabid writes:
on November 25th, 2009 at 10:48:50 PM
Has he been readin Warren Ellis' Doktor Sleepless?
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minkowski writes:
on November 27th, 2009 at 2:24:49 AM
"AA said they'd have to charge me $50 for an extra carry-on."
I'm surprised you didn't get arrested for trying to bring on-board a bomb.
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that_guy writes:
on December 1st, 2009 at 9:54:26 PM
In my opinion - Under the dome is a great character driven read and flies by quite quick, sure it's cheesy, mostly unrealistic, that's fiction.
I'm a pretty big King Fan, though The Shining is spectacular on it's own and works purely because King was a drunk in that era. Doctor Sleep begs the question: what's the point of continuing the story as it sounds more like a slow drama than the rip roaring horror The Shining.
This mink fella sounds like a bit of a fool but hey....
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