Doctor Sleep (The Shining sequel) gets 3 covers

[tazber]

Posted: 2/6/13 at 12:32pm

I've read some of King's interviews about this and I must say that I can't wait to read it. Sucks it's coming out in the Fall.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 2/6/13 at 1:46pm

Eeesh. I'd probably go for the middle one. If I was planning on getting it and I'll probably wait for paperback.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 2/6/13 at 3:17pm

The middle one looks like a macabre version of John Green's Looking for Alaska



I like the top one, too, but the skull is a bit much.

Updated On: 2/6/13 at 03:17 PM

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 2/6/13 at 3:22pm

After Black House, I have little faith in King's ability to produce a compelling sequel. God, that was awful.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 2/6/13 at 3:29pm

Well that was only one book, i'm pretty sure i wont judge him on just that. I am looking forward to this

[tazber]

Posted: 2/6/13 at 4:57pm

And that was also co-written with Straub.

I was skeptical when I first heard he was doing this, but I've read his thoughts on where he's taking the story and it sounds good.

[CJ N2N]

Posted: 2/6/13 at 8:29pm

I really can't wait for this! The Shining was my favorite Stephen King book for years until I read IT this past summer and the story he's been describing in recent interviews sounds like one of his best in years (next to Under the Dome).

I'm not a huge fan of any of these covers to tell you the truth. I must say, that last cover is AWFUL. I personally like the second one the best out of them. The first ones not terrible, but... not very good at the same time.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 2/7/13 at 1:45pm

Well that was only one book, i'm pretty sure i wont judge him on just that.

King is one of my all-time favorite authors, but that wasn't the only book I didn't like. I just noted it because it was his first major sequel to a novel written decades earlier. He co-wrote both with Straub, but Black House was terrible and The Talisman was one of the best. It just gives me pause. The Shining is one of his most beloved novels, so I imagine expectations will be insanely high on this one. I hope it's some sort of passion project for King because regardless the product, the feedback from critics and fans will probably be crazy.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 2/7/13 at 2:16pm

I'd probably go ahead and get this on publication day. Just, well, I don't know...

Vampires? Really? Jeez.

Edit: Well, okay, they don't seem to be vampires---

from Stephenking.com:

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.

Updated On: 2/7/13 at 02:16 PM