The Dark Tower Movie!

ComicBookMovie.com has reported that NBC Universal has set the release date for the first Dark Tower film. Opening May 17th 2013!!!


Roland! Come to the big screen!

Ron Howard (link) will be directing the first film, along with the first television season.

King says he has just been, "Waiting for the the right team" to get The Dark Tower series on the Big Screen (and little screen).

Full press release here.


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Stephen Kings Top Ten Movies according to about.com

About.com lists the top ten Stephen King movies:

1. The Shining (1980)

2. Creepshow (1982)

3. The Dead Zone (1983)

4. Silver Bullet (1985)

5. IT (1990)

6. Misery (1990)

7. The Dark Half (1993)

8. Needful Things (1993)

9. 1408 (2007)

10. Bonus Guilty Pleasure: Maximum Overdrive (1986)

Thoughts?

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Top Ten Stephen King Books :AMAZON

Amazon's Top Ten Stephen King Books are:


1. 'Salem's Lot

2. The Stand (uncut)

3. Pet Sematary

4. Different Seasons

5. The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel

6. Night Shift

7. IT

8. Misery

9. Christine

10. Insomnia

How many of these have you read?

NEW BOOK RELEASE: Full Dark, No Stars

Stephen King's new collection of short stories, Full Dark, No Stars is to be released on 11-9-2010. It has been marked #43 in the top Amazon 100 for the past 28 days.

Check out the info here!

Will you be picking up a copy?

Maybe this is a good chance for me to start on some Stephen King short stories...

The Tommyknockers

Late last night and the night before,
Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers, knocking at the door.
I want to go out, don't know if I can,
'Cause I'm so afraid of the Tommyknocker man.



The Tommyknockers (1987):

Definitely for the alien/UFO fanatic. This novel is creepy and grotesque, yet hard to put down.

The main characters are writers (well, on writer and one poet)as happens a lot in Stephen King's writings.

The actual plot takes a while to get going, but the beginning is by no means slow or boring. Once the plot gets going, it is hard not to be afraid of visiting Haven, Maine. The town is next to Derry, which comes from the IT storyline. There are multiple references to IT and Derry in the novel

(Speaking of Haven, there is a new SYFY series based on the town that Tommyknockers takes place in. A friend has told me that the Tommyknocker story line has not taken place in Haven yet, but it feels like it is headed in that direction. see here for TV info).

The novel encompasses many characters, not just the writer and the poet. All of the people in the town become involved in this thrill ride of a horror novel.

A great read, especially if you are looking to have nightmares involving eerie green light.

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The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three

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The Drawing of the Three is a continuation of the Dark Tower series. It was published in 1987.

This book begins exactly 7 hours after the first book, The Gunslinger (see previous post) ends.

Roland, the main character, continues in pursuit of the Dark Tower by gathering companions to help him along the way.

Without going into too much detail (again I do not like to post spoilers) Roland gathers these companions by being thrust into their time/world through miraculous free-standing doors. (It makes more sense when you read it). These companions were foreseen by the Man in Black.

Roland encounters many problems being thrust into eras far different from his own, but is constantly dealing with (life-altering) problems in his home world as well.

A beautiful continuation of The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three continues to impress and begins to get the reader addicted to Roland's own addiction; finding The Dark Tower.

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The Gunslinger Review

I will do my best to keep reviews spoiler free. Especially because I typically look at reviews to decide if I want to read a book or not and it upsets me greatly when people post reviews that simply summarizes the book.

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So, The Gunslinger (The Darker Tower I):

It tells the story of the gunslinger, Roland of Gilead, and his quest to catch the man in black, the first of many steps towards his ultimate destination - the Dark Tower.

The opening of the book is kind of slow. (It is divided into multiple "books".) It also took me a few to realize that part of it is a flashback, not currently happening.

The main character, The Gunslinger himself, Roland is likable, and yet, very easy to dislike at the same time. There is a touch of fantasy, reminding me of Lord of The Rings, in his back story. He has a determination that is super realistic, making him seem, well, real.

The settings give extra depth to the story, supporting a feeling of fantasy emphasizing the feeling of the great journey which lies ahead of the main character. The supporting characters are fleshed out in great detail, giving the story a touch of realism that Stephen King is famous for.

The story itself is intense and emotional, leaving the reader wanting more after the last page is turned. Luckily, this is the first of a rather lengthy series.

I would definitely recommend it to those who are fans of Lord of the Rings and other fantasy realms. It has a lingering touch of horror, and will not disappoint King's fans in the least.

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favorite Movies list

Here is my personal favorite list of Stephen King movies (top ten)

1. Stand By Me

2. The Green Mile

3. Misery

4. Carrie

5. Needful Things

6. Children of The Corn

7. The Running Man

8. Secret Window

9. 1408

10. The Mist

favorites list novels

I have read a lot of Stephen King. Not nearly all of them, I am especially lacking when it comes to his short stories, however, I have quite a bit under my belt.

My current list of my top ten favorites is:

1. The Stand

2. Cell

3. The TommyKnockers

4. 'Salem's Lot

5. Firestarter

6. The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower Series).

7. The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower Series).

8. Pet Sematary

9. Cujo

10. Gerald's Game

A quick bio

This is a quick bio, most of the information was gathered from here.

Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947. He is the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King.

Stephen made his first professional short story sale, called "The Glass Floor", to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage (to Tabitha Spruce), he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many of these were later gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.

In the spring of 1973,Doubleday & Co. accepted the novel Carrie for publication.

(The rest is history or so they say.)

The Kings have three children: Naomi Rachel, Joe Hill and Owen Phillip, and three grandchildren.