Board 8 > So it's official: Stephen King is working on a sequel to The Shining.

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OctilIery
09/27/11 4:45:00 PM
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http://www.stephenking.com/index.html

Entitled Dr.Sleep, it follows a grown up Danny, and involves a group of Vampires called The Tribe.

We've heard talk of it before, but this is the first official announcement.

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Haguile
09/27/11 4:48:00 PM
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I was kind of hoping it was titled The Shining 2: Shine Harder

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Leebo86
09/27/11 4:51:00 PM
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Waiting 30+ years and writing a story involving a character from another book in a completely different story = milking The Shining

Also, lol at "sequal" twice

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OctilIery
09/27/11 4:52:00 PM
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UberPyro64 posted...
So another book/movie that didn't need a sequal is getting a sequal.
People sure like milking cows don't they?


Yup, sure milking. He sure hopped on that, he clearly hasn't waited until he had a good idea that would make a good story or anything, I mean, it's not like he's had anything good recently....

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UberPyro64
09/27/11 4:54:00 PM
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So another book/movie that didn't need a sequel is getting a sequel.
People sure like milking cows don't they?

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UberPyro64
09/27/11 4:57:00 PM
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lol at me spelling sequel wrong, twice too.

Anyway I just don't think it needs a sequel. It seemed complete to me and and anything more seems like their milking. I think he should stick with Original stuff and only reference past work.

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Leebo86
09/27/11 5:00:00 PM
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Whether you think writing a story with an existing character is a good idea or not, there's just no way this could possibly be characterized as milking.

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OctilIery
09/27/11 5:04:00 PM
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UberPyro64 posted...
lol at me spelling sequel wrong, twice too.

Anyway I just don't think it needs a sequel. It seemed complete to me and and anything more seems like their milking. I think he should stick with Original stuff and only reference past work.


Whether you think it needs a sequel or not is irrelevant, since this likely won't change the original at all, just use the characters for another story, and is in no way shape or form milking.

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DeathChicken
09/27/11 5:11:00 PM
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If it's anywhere as good as Black House was as a sequel to Talisman, he should make more sequels

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OctilIery
09/27/11 5:15:00 PM
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DeathChicken posted...
If it's anywhere as good as Black House was as a sequel to Talisman, he should make more sequels

Well I think the problem is more getting good ideas for sequels. Most of his stories are pretty final.

I mean, of his stories, the only ones that come to mind with significant sequel potential are The Shining, It, maybe Insomnia and The Stand with a short story. That's about it.

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OctilIery
09/27/11 11:35:00 PM
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I suppose this also means I can put off my re-read of The Shining until later

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agesboy
09/27/11 11:40:00 PM
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Pfft, The Stand could have another huge epic as a sequel. There's tons of potential there.

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OctilIery
09/27/11 11:42:00 PM
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agesboy posted...
Pfft, The Stand could have another huge epic as a sequel. There's tons of potential there.

Potentially, especially considering some of the extras in the extended edition, but I'd rather see a short story covering how Flagg fares after the book.

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ExThaNemesis
09/27/11 11:51:00 PM
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From: OctilIery | #013
Flagg fares after the book.


You've read Dark Tower, haven't you? You should know how Flagg fares. >.>

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OctilIery
09/28/11 12:06:00 AM
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ExThaNemesis posted...
From: OctilIery | #013
Flagg fares after the book.
You've read Dark Tower, haven't you? You should know how Flagg fares. >.>


We don't know how Flagg fares as we obviously can't say whether or not The Stand occurs before or after The Dark Tower >.>;

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OctilIery
09/28/11 8:51:00 AM
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Up

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Aecioo
09/28/11 9:17:00 AM
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OctilIery posted...
ExThaNemesis posted...
From: OctilIery | #013
Flagg fares after the book.
You've read Dark Tower, haven't you? You should know how Flagg fares. >.>

We don't know how Flagg fares as we obviously can't say whether or not The Stand occurs before or after The Dark Tower >.>;


Actually...

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In the last book of the Dark Tower series, they go to Maine in 1999 to save King, so he could complete the dark tower series. The Stand was written in 1978. Therefore The Stand had to come before Dark Tower!

huzzah

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OctilIery
09/28/11 9:38:00 AM
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Aecioo posted...
OctilIery posted...
ExThaNemesis posted...
From: OctilIery | #013
Flagg fares after the book.
You've read Dark Tower, haven't you? You should know how Flagg fares. >.>

We don't know how Flagg fares as we obviously can't say whether or not The Stand occurs before or after The Dark Tower >.>;

Actually...

SPOILERS
In the last book of the Dark Tower series, they go to Maine in 1999 to save King, so he could complete the dark tower series. The Stand was written in 1978. Therefore The Stand had to come before Dark Tower!

huzzah


Except the Stand depicts the fall of civilization as we know it, and The Dark Tower depicts that very same civilization intact, along with plenty of other evidence suggesting that Flagg exists across multiple worlds.

Not to mention The Stand ends with Flagg on a deserted island >.>;

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Aecioo
09/28/11 9:41:00 AM
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Exactly, he exists across multiple worlds, so you can't say that The Stand and The Dark Tower are the same world.

The only tie in between the two are King (aside from Flagg of course), so that's the only credible evidence.

Not saying that this is 100% right, but it's the only evidence we have if you were going to try and make a timeline of... Flagg events, I guess.

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Aecioo
09/28/11 9:42:00 AM
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also the island was not deserted at the end of The Stand

>_>

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OctilIery
09/28/11 10:19:00 AM
#22:


Aecioo posted...
also the island was not deserted at the end of The Stand

>_>


Well you get my point!

And yeah, there's no solid timeline, but however you go by, something happens in the events after The Stand.

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Nevest
09/28/11 10:24:00 AM
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Yay! Dark Tower talk in here! =D

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Aecioo
09/28/11 12:25:00 PM
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OctilIery posted...
Aecioo posted...
also the island was not deserted at the end of The Stand

>_>

Well you get my point!

And yeah, there's no solid timeline, but however you go by, something happens in the events after The Stand.


Oh no I know, I was just saying that most likely The Dark Tower comes after The Stand.

I'm all for a sequel to The Stand.

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GrapefruitKing
09/28/11 12:27:00 PM
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and involves a group of Vampires

god damnit why are vampires EVERYWHERE these days

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OctilIery
09/28/11 1:26:00 PM
#26:


GrapefruitKing posted...
and involves a group of Vampires

god damnit why are vampires EVERYWHERE these days


Well to be fair, it's heavily hinted that Danny is one of the psychic vampires within the dark tower, so that may explain it.

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CherryCokes
09/28/11 1:30:00 PM
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From: OctilIery | #019
Except the Stand depicts the fall of civilization as we know it, and The Dark Tower depicts that very same civilization intact, along with plenty of other evidence suggesting that Flagg exists across multiple worlds.


The ka-tet also visits the universe in which The Stand has happened

So The Stand has to have happened before The Dark Tower

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CherryCokes
09/28/11 1:34:00 PM
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Also we already knew he was more or less working on Dr. Sleep since The Wind Through the Keyhole has a release date already

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ExThaNemesis
09/28/11 8:21:00 PM
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From: CherryCokes | #027
The ka-tet also visits the universe in which The Stand has happened

So The Stand has to have happened before The Dark Tower


This, and the stuff in the different universes isn't happening independently or anything like that.

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OctilIery
09/28/11 8:40:00 PM
#30:


CherryCokes posted...
Also we already knew he was more or less working on Dr. Sleep since The Wind Through the Keyhole has a release date already

This is the official announcement though :P

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OctilIery
09/28/11 8:44:00 PM
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Also, when did The Stand appear in DT? I vaguely remember but not clearly.

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Lord Bob Bree
09/28/11 9:03:00 PM
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From: OctilIery | #031
Also, when did The Stand appear in DT? I vaguely remember but not clearly.


End of Wizard and Glass.

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CherryCokes
09/28/11 10:03:00 PM
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From: Lord Bob Bree | #032
End of Wizard and Glass.


really all of W&G, actually. the minute they get off Blaine they are in that world

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OctilIery
09/29/11 8:32:00 PM
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I remember that now!

Time to go reread the series lol

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Pretty_Odd
09/29/11 8:37:00 PM
#35:


GrapefruitKing posted...
and involves a group of Vampires

god damnit why are vampires EVERYWHERE these days


Seriously. He may not be milking The Shining, but he sure as hell is jumping on the vampire trend.

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OctilIery
09/29/11 8:39:00 PM
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Pretty_Odd posted...
GrapefruitKing posted...
and involves a group of Vampires

god damnit why are vampires EVERYWHERE these days

Seriously. He may not be milking The Shining, but he sure as hell is jumping on the vampire trend.


.....What?

When was the last time he did a story involving vampires?

There was a Psychic Vampire in DT7(2004) and a re-release of Salem's Lot(2005)

Hardly jumping on a trend. God forbid he use one of the most common horror creatures simply because it's popular -_-

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CherryCokes
09/29/11 11:31:00 PM
#37:


stephen king is probably partially responsible for this current glut of vampire fiction

i bet a lot of these chumps read Salem's Lot when they were young

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