Well, it looks like a it's going to be a pretty good year to be a Stephen King fan. The constant reader can look forward to two King novels -- Doctor Sleep and Joyland. We can also expect several books about King, and we will find Mr. King all over the television. Both Syfy and CBS will be running Stephen King television shows.
Here is a short list of some things we can expect in the upcoming year:
2013: Haven was renewed by Syfy for another year.
2013: Stephen King Desk Calendar.
2013: Screamplays.
Cemetery Dance still lists this book coming out in 2013. I ordered it in. . . 2011ish ? I wonder if they remember! I'm looking forward to it.2013: The Illustrated Stephen King Movie Trivia Book. (More HERE)
Cemetery Dance describes the book, saying, "1,000 questions to test your knowledge of the movies, miniseries, and television episodes based on ideas conjured from the imagination of the King of Horror, along with more than 50 special illustration-based questions from Cemetery Dance favorite artist Glenn Chadbourne."January 23, 2013: Limited Edition of The Shining. Subterranean Press. (More HERE)
March, 2013: Ghost Brothers Soundtrack CD/DVD Coming March 2013
April 2, 2013: The Dark Tower Companion, Bev Vincent.
I discussed this book with Bev Vincent in my recent interview. In part, Vincent said:
This is the first book to address the Marvel adaptations and their place in the canon (or not). I look at each graphic novel series and underline the places where it provides new scenes or material, and the places where it diverges from or contradicts King’s novels. I also provide summaries of the extra material found in each issue for people who haven’t read the graphic novels.
Check out the full interview at: talkstephenking.blogspot.comSummer 2013: Under The Dome goes to CBS
June 4, 2013: Joyland
What's not to like? Stephen King sets a killer loose in a theme park. Nifty.September 24, 2013: Doctor Sleep
Here's a book I'm really looking forward to! It's a sequel to The Shining! King doesn't revisit his works ver often,and I think this is a great one to go back to.October, 2013: CARRIE
I agree with the sentiments Rod Pocowatchit at The Wichita Eagle expresed: "I’m generally not a fan of remakes, but it’s rumored this new version is truer to King’s novel than Brian DePalma’s film that made Sissy Spacek a star. And the casting is inspired — Moretz is one of the best young actors today, and Julianne Moore should chew up the scenery nicely as Carrie’s crazy-pants mother." (HERE)
Looks like you forgot one item on that list. Though considering which adapt I'm talking about and that it's official status is unconfirmed...
ReplyDeleteSci Fi (NOT SYFY) Channel present's Stephen King's Eyes of the Dragon.
...Why does that not fill me with confidence.
ChrisC
This is a little off topic, however, f you're currently re-listening to The Stand, I stumbled upon this interesting article from Popmatters while looking for another website. Here it is, for what it's worth. Maybe not much.
Deletehttp://www.popmatters.com/pm/column/166761-wishing-for-the-end/
It's title is "Wishing for the End," and it has this interesting observation:
"Scientific American magazine...published a story on 18 December called, “Do we all secretly want the world to end?” which quotes a gaggle of neuroscientists as saying that doomsday predictions activate primal areas of the human brain which cause us to react with fatalistic responses. Our evolutionary predilections bid us to prepare for the worst, and when we do, we reinforce the fear, which re-triggers the behavior, which reinforces the fear, and so on. When people invest time and energy into this cycle, they begin to see it as part of their identity, and they form communities of like-minded people who again reinforce those beliefs."
To be fair, I think that's sort of overdoing it. I certainly hope they're wrong. However the article struck me as interesting food for thought in how people view ideas like "The End."
Actually, the more correct word might be "Transformation"or "Consummation" rather than "End," or maybe "Theosis."
ChrisC
The name Syfy was officially adopted on July 7, 2009.
ReplyDeleteYeah, when I first heard about that I thought it must be some kind of joke.
DeleteThen I realized an era was ending.
Long story short, I reuse to insult the rules grammar, and taste.
ChriC
It is insane, isn't it? But, so much of what syfy does isn't SciFi anyway they might as well label it something else.
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