What excites me is King's statement that the book was a play on Frankenstein.
Stephen King's new book Revival, in stores on November 11th, is a modern-day Frankenstein story about a electricity-obsessed minister that turns on God after his family dies and his five-decade relationship with a drug-added rock guitarist. "I've had the idea for this book since I was a kid,"Of course, this should come with a request -- "Oh please Mr. King, don't pull one of those Koontz 'I Frankenstein' things on us!" Of course he won't.
I've got to admit, this book has me a bit nervous. Not because I'm scared to be scared, but because King and religion sometimes go well together, and sometimes it's an unhappy marriage.
By the way, speaking of religion and horror --I've always thought a haunted church (with a twisted preacher who could raise the dead) would make an awesome horror story. Most people don't know how truly spooky some parts of a church can be after midnight.
I've been meaning to get my hands on a copy of Stone, but haven't got around to it yet (darn it!).
ReplyDeleteIt will be interesting to see just how far King's book riffs on Shelly's in the same way that Salem's Lot riffed on Stoker.
For me, the most imaginative church in the world has to be Notre Dame Cathedral. I haven't the faintest idea what the builders of that place were thinking, however I can only think they "got" a certain idea of what places like that should really be like.
If you want to read a book by a fella who definitely knows the horrors that can inhere in a church, read The Halloween Tree, by Ray Bradbury.
There are two audio editions, one read by Craig Toomy (aka Cousin Balkie, from Langoliers), and one is a full cast audio drama.
The narrated version can be found here:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Halloween-Tree/dp/B005FX3DQ0/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=
The dramatization is here:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Halloween-Tree-Dramatized/dp/B001CMOQ96/ref=pd_sim_b_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=1GJHN6B31N4H5AZ42SCB
ChrisC
Just visited King's official site and found this announcement:
Delete"StephenKing.com is proud to announce that PrepareForRevival.com is now online and SKMB members are being given a one-day exclusive to post their thoughts.
Prepare for Revival is an online social experiment intended for Stephen’s fans to explore the dark side of the human condition in anticipation of reading Revival.
As Revival is perhaps Stephen’s darkest novel to date, some Constant Readers may wish to take some time to prepare for the experience of reading the story.
Prepare for Revival invites you to explore and anonymously share your innermost thoughts on the major themes contained within the story. Users can safely and securely post their experiences and feelings about Faith, Tragedy, Disillusion, Addiction, Curiosity, Obsession, Death and The Afterlife.
Once users have read the novel, fans can also post their thoughts on Revival, its plot, characters, events and the larger-than-life climax."
He seems to be either taking this seriously, or at least it seems that way. Here's a link for the site:
https://prepareforrevival.com/
"--I've always thought a haunted church (with a twisted preacher who could raise the dead) would make an awesome horror story. Most people don't know how truly spooky some parts of a church can be after midnight."
DeleteYou must be clairvoyant or something, Reverend. Either that or Revival has suddenly turned into the gist that's suddenly decided to start giving.
I've just literally stumbled across an article from Maine, who's alternate title might be :STEPHEN KING'S CHILDHOOD CHURCH: HAUNTED?!
http://www.keepmecurrent.com/tri_town_weekly/news/at-old-durham-church-something-strange/article_6b3a9820-5f75-11e4-ba1e-bbc655901841.html
ChrisC
Oh no I just read . . . TMI
ReplyDeleteo.O j/k, sounds shocking.