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Sequel to "The Shining" ---> "Doctor Sleep"
« on: September 19, 2013, 02:42:03 PM »
Stephen King's new book comes out next Tuesday. Its about Danny Torrence as an adult. Danny can still "Shine".

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Sleep_(novel)
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Re: Sequel to "The Shining" ---> "Doctor Sleep"
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2013, 02:52:05 PM »
  We shall see
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Re: Sequel to "The Shining" ---> "Doctor Sleep"
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2013, 02:54:47 PM »
Reviews have been out for a week, now. Mostly, positive.
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Re: Sequel to "The Shining" ---> "Doctor Sleep"
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2013, 02:59:00 PM »
what do you expect. It s going to be the same shit all over again just to make a quick buck on name alone. For fuck sake how old are you guys. Dont you know better?
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Re: Sequel to "The Shining" ---> "Doctor Sleep"
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2013, 03:00:52 PM »
 Uber is right  ^
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Re: Sequel to "The Shining" ---> "Doctor Sleep"
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2013, 03:03:11 PM »
Quote from: uberman on September 19, 2013, 02:59:00 PM
what do you expect. It s going to be the same shit all over again just to make a quick buck on name alone. For fuck sake how old are you guys. Dont you know better?
Settle down, Freud. The original was aces. One of only two books that I ever paused with and said *whoa.* If the sequel is half as good, then we're away.
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Re: Sequel to "The Shining" ---> "Doctor Sleep"
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2013, 03:13:56 PM »
Sounds promising, but I long ago gave up on Stephen King. Read maybe one that I liked (The Green Mile, which I really liked) and a few others that I thought were quite silly. I couldn't even finish The Stand, which is supposed to be everyone's favorite. Just quit on it about 400+ pages in.

Am I missing something with him?
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Re: Sequel to "The Shining" ---> "Doctor Sleep"
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2013, 03:42:30 PM »
Quote from: The Ugly on September 19, 2013, 03:13:56 PM
Sounds promising, but I long ago gave up on Stephen King. Read maybe one that I liked (The Green Mile, which I really liked) and a few others that I thought were quite silly. I couldn't even finish The Stand, which is supposed to be everyone's favorite. Just quit on it about 400+ pages in.

Am I missing something with him?
Nope. I'm with you. Dude's a monstrously-talented author, but sometimes less is more. His ego and his publisher fail to see this.  Of his oevre (sp?), I'd love me some 5-7 books. 
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Re: Sequel to "The Shining" ---> "Doctor Sleep"
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2013, 04:34:16 PM »
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Re: Sequel to "The Shining" ---> "Doctor Sleep"
« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2013, 07:02:23 PM »
reading novels sucks unless its about

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Re: Sequel to "The Shining" ---> "Doctor Sleep"
« Reply #10 on: September 19, 2013, 08:19:58 PM »
Quote from: galeniko on September 19, 2013, 04:32:04 PM
kings monuental saga on roland the gunslinger is the most epic piece ever written.

but damn, he had some shit books too.

that under glass or jfk and the short stories in general, my goodness those sucked

How long does it take to get into those books?  First several pages seem pretty nerdy
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Re: Sequel to "The Shining" ---> "Doctor Sleep"
« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2013, 01:52:55 AM »
Quote from: galeniko on September 19, 2013, 08:42:27 PM
how to say, long breath, some 100 pages intro, but after that, gets great.

my fav was tommyknockers btw :D

Glad to hear you say that constant reader!!!  No one seems to know about The Tommyknockers.

 
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Re: Sequel to "The Shining" ---> "Doctor Sleep"
« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2013, 01:54:11 AM »
Ken Follet is the best though.

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Re: Sequel to "The Shining" ---> "Doctor Sleep"
« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2013, 02:10:09 AM »
Quote from: dr.chimps on September 19, 2013, 03:03:11 PM
Settle down, Freud. The original was aces. One of only two books that I ever paused with and said *whoa.* If the sequel is half as good, then we're away.
:D .. as if you pausing and saying "whoa" is some sort of benchmark for greatness

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Re: Sequel to "The Shining" ---> "Doctor Sleep"
« Reply #14 on: September 20, 2013, 02:12:14 AM »
Quote from: galeniko on September 19, 2013, 04:32:04 PM
kings monuental saga on roland the gunslinger is the most epic piece ever written.

but damn, he had some shit books too.

that under glass or jfk and the short stories in general, my goodness those sucked

this

the gun slinger series is phenomenal

his imagination is unbelievable
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Re: Sequel to "The Shining" ---> "Doctor Sleep"
« Reply #15 on: September 20, 2013, 03:57:48 AM »
Quote from: dr.chimps on September 19, 2013, 03:03:11 PM
Settle down, Freud. The original was aces. One of only two books that I ever paused with and said *whoa.* If the sequel is half as good, then we're away.

What was the other book?
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Re: Sequel to "The Shining" ---> "Doctor Sleep"
« Reply #16 on: September 20, 2013, 08:46:12 AM »
The story of Roland Dashaine is awesome, and how he ties it into his other books like salems lot, hearts of Atlantis, the stand is there any I'm missing that tie into the gunslinger universe
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Re: Sequel to "The Shining" ---> "Doctor Sleep"
« Reply #17 on: September 20, 2013, 12:20:49 PM »
Quote from: galeniko on September 19, 2013, 04:32:04 PM
kings monuental saga on roland the gunslinger is the most epic piece ever written.

but damn, he had some shit books too.

that under glass or jfk and the short stories in general, my goodness those sucked

You must be joking. His short stories definitely do not suck, have you ever read Nightshift?

His early novels are ok considering that Stephen King is to literature what McDonalds is to food.
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Re: Sequel to "The Shining" ---> "Doctor Sleep"
« Reply #18 on: September 20, 2013, 08:36:52 PM »
Shining=Masterpiece
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