rsu@cbscc.UUCP (Rick Urban) (04/04/85)
Well, every so often I feel compelled to keep the net up to date
on the latest Stephen King news, so here goes:
Books:
1) "Skeleton Crew" has a publicaion date of June 21st,
according to the publicity department at Putnam (though with
the unexpected success of "Thinner", there is a possibility that
this date will be set back).
2) This fall, the original, unexpurgated version of "The
Stand" will be released (I assume from Doubleday). The length
will be about 1300 pages.
3) His first new novel (under his own name) since "The
Talisman" will be "It", and is tentatively slated for a 1986
release.
4) "Eyes of the Dragon" is due in late 1987, and a new
science fiction-fantasy novel called "The Tommyknockers" will
be released sometime in 1988. Does anyone know when "The Drawing
of the Four", the second installment in "The Dark Tower" series,
is due?
Movies:
1) "Cat's Eye" will be released on April 12th.
2) "Silver Bullet" is scheduled for release on October 11th.
3) Rob("This Is Spinal Tap", "The Real Thing")Reiner is
scheduled to start shooting "The Body" from the "Different Seasons"
collection for Embassy Pictures in mid-June.
4) "The Talisman" - who knows? After all the hoopla sur-
rounding Speilberg's purchase of the film rights, the project
seems to be in limbo (no shooting date, director, cast have
been announced).
5) "The Stand" is supposed to be filmed in Texas, and "Pet
Sematary" in Maine, but it doesn't look as if either project will
come to fruition soon.
Television:
1) King is supposed to contribute scripts to the new
"Twilight Zone" series to be on the fall 1985 schedule.
And yes, I for one would be interested in hearing some reviews of
his Richard Bachman books (I have "Roadwork", "The Running Man"
and "Thinner", but have not had a chance to read any of them yet).
Whew! I hope some of you found that interesting!
Rick Urban
AT&T Network Systems
Columbus, Ohio
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been sirene@phoenix.UUCP (Irene A. Schwartz) (04/08/85)
I really enjoyed your posting about Stephen King,
I have been enjoying his work for a long time
now, and as you have posted it looks like I will
be enjoying his work for a long time to come.
I'm wondering if you can help me find the book
The Black Tower! I have looked everywhere and
can't seem to find it. Any info. would help
my search.
Thanks in advance
.
techpub@mhuxt.UUCP (mcgrew) (04/09/85)
> I really enjoyed your posting about Stephen King, > I have been enjoying his work for a long time > now, and as you have posted it looks like I will > be enjoying his work for a long time to come. > I'm wondering if you can help me find the book > The Black Tower! I have looked everywhere and > can't seem to find it. Any info. would help > my search. > Thanks in advance > > . > I too enjoyed reading your posting Rick. As far as finding a copy of The Black Tower, you can pretty much forget it. It was pronted in a limited-edition basis only--too bad, it's a good story (even if SK didn't finish the story; only SK could write a book, not finish it completely, and still have it published!). I'm really looking forward to reading the original, unexpurgated version of The Stand and seeing the movie as well. Been waiting a loonnngg time! melanie ihnp4!mhuxt!techpub
rsu@cbscc.UUCP (Rick Urban) (04/10/85)
For the sake of clarification, the King book we are talking about is "The DARK Tower", not "The BLACK Tower". As to its availability, I think it originally had 10,000 copies in print. When "Pet Sematary" was published, "The Dark Tower" was included in the list of books by King printed in the front of the book. The demand for the book was so great that an additional printing of 10,000 copies was made. As far as I know, there will be no further reprintings, so good luck in finding a copy (I'm not giving up mine!) I don't mean to get anyone's hopes up, but there was never supposed to be a second printing of the book, but it happened anyway. Also, there was a reprinting of "Cycle of the Werewolf" recently by New American Library, while my understanding was that the edition put out by the Land of Enchant- ment Press was to be the only one. Call it greed or public demand, there have been efforts to make King's less mainstream works available to the public, though I doubt if mass market editions of "The Dark Tower" are on the horizon. Try your local library, or a used/rare bookstore. Rick Urban AT&T Network Systems Columbus, Ohio ihnp4!cbosgd!cbscc!rsu P. S. Some people have asked me where I get my information. Well, let's see: Time, Newsweek, USA Today, The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, The West Coast Review of Books, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Starlog, Fangoria, Cinefantastique, Starburst, Booklist, Viking Books, New American Library, Putnam Publishing Group, Douglas Winter's "Stephen King: The Art of Darkness", Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, Forthcoming Books in Print, Jerry Boyajian, and any other miscellaneous publication or person I come across who can provide me with arcane bits of information, about Stephen King or anything else!
boyajian@akov68.DEC (04/24/85)
> From: cbscc!rsu (Rick Urban) > ...there was a reprinting of "Cycle of the Werewolf" recently by > New American Library, while my understanding was that the edition > put out by the Land of Enchantment Press was to be the only one. > Call it greed or public demand, there have been efforts to make > King's less mainstream works available to the public, though I > doubt if mass market editions of "The Dark Tower" are on the horizon. I got the impression that the NAL edition of CYCLE was done to be a tie-in to the movie SILVER BULLET, which is adapted from that story. Why it was published so far in advance of the movie, I don't know, unless the movie was pushed back from a Spring to a Fall release. As for THE DARK TOWER, no doubt you've noticed that it *wasn't* listed in THE TALISMAN. > P. S. Some people have asked me where I get my information. > Well, let's see: > Time, Newsweek, USA Today, The New York Times, Publishers > Weekly, Library Journal, The West Coast Review of Books, Variety, > The Hollywood Reporter, Starlog, Fangoria, Cinefantastique, > Starburst, Booklist, Viking Books, New American Library, Putnam > Publishing Group, Douglas Winter's "Stephen King: The Art of > Darkness", Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, Forthcoming Books > in Print, Jerry Boyajian... Wow. I'm in heady company indeed! I'm flattered. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA