Joyland

[bookworm 1]

Agree I really loved The Colorado Kid.I think Joyland sounds interesting.looking forward to it being released.

[frik51]

I really liked The Colorado Kid as well.
Nothing earth shattering, but an intimate (sort of) captivating story.

sk

[Teriw]

Well The Colorado Kid was bascially everything I just said, Intriguing, Great characters, not scary. There was no twist because there was no end or outcome rather but a great story.

[srboone]

Same here. TCK was one of his best in the new century.

[Martin]

I loved the last story he published with Hard Case Crimes so I am looking forward to this one.

[Teriw]

Sounds like its just gonna be a mystery based around some intricate? (I can't spell) characters. I love when he gets right into the characters but sometimes he goes to far into the characters and not enough into the story. I'd say its gonna be an intriguing story, full of gret characters, maybe a good twist or two but nothing scary.

[Lou Sytsma]

Sounds like the good basis for a horrific book. Clowns, serial killers, and an amusement park. Mix it up and it screams scary to me.

[srboone]

Well, I'll give it a chance. But I prefer his hard-core horror books too.

[Xiabei]

Umm... hate to say it, but I don't think it sounds all that great. Just my opinion. I wish King would write more horror and less "human condition".

[Teriw]

Sure is. and hopefully if someone does a limited I will have some damn money for once. lol

[srboone]

Hard Case Crime is the same line that published The Colorado Kid, isn't it? That means there'll be a paperback and then someone will do a S/L....

[Teriw]

Saw this via Liljas facebook today. Very excited and disapointed at the same time. Not a fan of paperbacks. Didnt expect it to be so soon though. June 2013 sounds good to me. It'll prob take me til then to get through Doctor Sleep when it comes out.

[jhanic]

http://www.hardcasecrime.com/books_b...?title=Joyland

http://www.thebookseller.com/news/ne...ase-crime.html

Thanks to the people at TDT.org.

John

[Martin]

An article about Joyland:

Stephen King to Publish New Novel with Hard Case Crime
By Jason Boog on May 30, 2012 2:52 AM
Stephen King will release a new novel with the pulp fiction publisher, Hard Case Crime. Publication is set for June 2013, and there will be no eBook edition initially.

King explained in a statement: “I love crime, I love mysteries, and I love ghosts. That combo made Hard Case Crime the perfect venue for this book, which is one of my favorites. I also loved the paperbacks I grew up with as a kid, and for that reason, we’re going to hold off on e-publishing this one for the time being. Joyland will be coming out in paperback, and folks who want to read it will have to buy the actual book.”

The mystery will include a cover art from James Bond poster artist Robert McGinnis and Hard Case Crime cover artist Glen Orbik.

Here’s more about the book, from the release: “Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, JOYLAND tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever.”

[jhanic]

I don't see Pennywise in this, but the equivalent of "Burny" Burnside from Black House, controlled by an entity of the Crimson King, seems to me to be more possible.

John