Sequel to The Shining Officially Announced

[Starbreaker]

Stephen King read an excerpt from Doctor Sleep at George Mason University recently.

The story, King said, would follow a character from the original novel, Danny Torrance, now in his 40s, living in upstate New York, where he works as an orderly at a hospice and helps terminally ill patients pass away with the aid of some extraordinary powers. Doctor Sleep's plot includes a traveling group of vampires called The Tribe.

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I'm excited. I love the book and both adaptations.

 

[RoJoHen]

I've never actually read the book or seen the movies, but I'm glad at least that Stephen King is writing a sequel novel. For a moment, I thought this was going to be some lame Hollywood movie sequel.

 

[CorporalClegg]

The original was pretty lame too.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

The story, King said, would follow a character from the original novel, Danny Torrance, now in his 40s, living in upstate New York, where he works as an orderly at a hospice and helps terminally ill patients pass away with the aid of some extraordinary powers. Doctor Sleep's plot includes a traveling group of vampires called The Tribe.

http://www.stephenking.com/news.html

So basically Danny is now like Stark on Farscape? "Murder-redrum. Murder-redrum!"And there are vampires? I'm going to have to wait for some reviews before I check this out.

 

[Agenda]

Is it just me or do other people think it's lame that King has now tried to connect all his books into one universe? It takes away from their mystery when so many of their horrific happenings are given a history and explanation that "just happens" to fit within the events in the Dark Tower. And I'm not a fan of the Dark Tower anyway, and tying those great books to its mediocrity doesn't do them any favors.

 

[sidious618]

I love how King ties everything together. I've never read the Dark Tower books, though, and likely won't for a while but when Pennywise appears for a brief moment in another book I have to give King a thumbs up. I love how he integrates his worlds.

 

[Starbreaker]

I like how mostly everything is connected. The man has certainly figured out how to sell books.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

Asimov also connected all his stories together. When you write that many stories, it's an author's privilege.

 

[Obiwanshinobi]

Maybe these are psychic vampires. Although The Tribe sounds like Lost Boys II.

 

[CaptJimboJones]

Interesting, although it also sounds like the main character could be pretty much anyone. Making him Danny Torrance from The Shining seems a bit gimmicky unless there's a strong reason to tie it into the new story. I'd hope at the very least that King delves into how Torrance and his mother dealt with the aftermath of the horrific events at the Overlook Hotel.

 

[RJDiogenes]

I like an integrated body of work. The Shining, though, is an odd choice for a sequel. Back in the 80s, King talked about a sequel to Salem's Lot, which I would have preferred. But I'd really like to see more written about that club from "Breathing Method" and "Man Who Would Not Shake Hands."

 

[Starbreaker]

I like an integrated body of work. The Shining, though, is an odd choice for a sequel. Back in the 80s, King talked about a sequel to Salem's Lot, which I would have preferred.

King heavily features Father Callaway and some Salem's Lot stuff in Wolves of the Calla

 

[chardman]

I like an integrated body of work. The Shining, though, is an odd choice for a sequel. Back in the 80s, King talked about a sequel to Salem's Lot, which I would have preferred. But I'd really like to see more written about that club from "Breathing Method" and "Man Who Would Not Shake Hands."

Actually, I've heard that the founding members of The Tribe may turn out to be vampiric survivors of 'Salem's Lot, and that Doctor Sleep is a pseudo sequel to 'Salem's Lot, The Shining, and at least one other of King's major works. (I'm guessing Insomnia.)

 

[Hugo Rune]

My brain just fritzed out reading about this.

All I can say is "Buh?"

I think I would have preferred that rumoured story of the Yeti's sweeping Jack out of the maze just before he froze to death and see how King ran with that.

Either way, at least Kubrick won't be adapting the sequel!


Hugo - seriously?

 

[Admiral James Kirk]

Yetis didn't sweep Jack out of the maze because there was no maze in the novel.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Haha... caught!!

I'll admit to only having ever watched the film, but I am on a King kick right now and I will be visiting the novel. I'm working backwards in an attempt to finish on a high by completing the read with his (purportedly) earlier and better material.

This news still makes me scratch my head, yet clearly I've not registered the connectivity of his novels/world, so that's something to look out for at least


Hugo - now, can I scrub Molly Ringwald out of my mind when reading The Stand...??

 

[theenglish]

Haha... caught!!

I'll admit to only having ever watched the film, but I am on a King kick right now and I will be visiting the novel. I'm working backwards in an attempt to finish on a high by completing the read with his (purportedly) earlier and better material.

This news still makes me scratch my head, yet clearly I've not registered the connectivity of his novels/world, so that's something to look out for at least


Hugo - now, can I scrub Molly Ringwald out of my mind when reading The Stand...??

If you want to end on a high note, don't read Carrie last then.

The ending of the novel, The Shining, was too gruesome to be filmed back in the day. There was no axe either.

I also wouldn't recommend reading The Dark Tower in reverse order. That, by the way, is where most of the interconnectivity gets explained although throughout his career King referenced his other works.

 

[RJDiogenes]

I like an integrated body of work. The Shining, though, is an odd choice for a sequel. Back in the 80s, King talked about a sequel to Salem's Lot, which I would have preferred.

King heavily features Father Callaway and some Salem's Lot stuff in Wolves of the Calla

I like an integrated body of work. The Shining, though, is an odd choice for a sequel. Back in the 80s, King talked about a sequel to Salem's Lot, which I would have preferred. But I'd really like to see more written about that club from "Breathing Method" and "Man Who Would Not Shake Hands."

Actually, I've heard that the founding members of The Tribe may turn out to be vampiric survivors of 'Salem's Lot, and that Doctor Sleep is a pseudo sequel to 'Salem's Lot, The Shining, and at least one other of King's major works. (I'm guessing Insomnia.)

Ah, thanks for both of these tidbits. Very interesting.