Doctor Sleep

[srboone]

I must disagree. BH started off with 100 pages of inexplicable narration (I started the book 3 times before gettting past the point); then it became a very good police procedural infused with Jack's supernatural inclinations; then it ended up as a part of the DT series that had me shaking my head. Something tells me that Straub heavily influenced the first part, then let King run with the story after that.

Didn't find it nearly as successful as The Talisman--which I found to be a much more interesting and accessible version of Huckleberry Finn.

A classic, through and through.

[bsaenz24]

True, Black House doesn't read like a Talisman sequel at all. In spite of this, I loved it. Maybe even more than the first book.

sk

Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope.

Black House was a great book, but Talisman is a classic!!

[frik51]

I hope not! Black House didn't do justice to The Talisman or the character of Jack Sawyer! I can't say I'm excited about Dr. Sleep, but I really hope it's a better sequel than BH!

True, Black House doesn't read like a Talisman sequel at all. In spite of this, I loved it. Maybe even more than the first book.

sk

[peteOcha]

Not too sure how vampires connect to The Shining, but I am interested in finding out. It has been a while since I read the Shining. Is there an obvious connection that I'm not remembering?

...as long as they don't sparkle!!

Can't think of a connection either, thats what makes this all the more interesting for me.

[srboone]

My gut feel is that it's a similar sequel to The Shining as Black House was to The Talisman. Same main character, but no other real relation to the original.

JOhn

I hope not! Black House didn't do justice to The Talisman or the character of Jack Sawyer! I can't say I'm excited about Dr. Sleep, but I really hope it's a better sequel than BH!

[jhanic]

My gut feel is that it's a similar sequel to The Shining as Black House was to The Talisman. Same main character, but no other real relation to the original.

JOhn

[gsconquest]

Not too sure how vampires connect to The Shining, but I am interested in finding out. It has been a while since I read the Shining. Is there an obvious connection that I'm not remembering?

[peteOcha]

From the King website:

"It's now official--Stephen is working on Dr. Sleep, the sequel to The Shining. This weekend Steve read an excerpt from this at his appearance at George Mason University. They have given us permission to post their taping of the event here on Steve's site which we will do as soon as we receive the file. Dr. Sleep's plot includes a traveling group of vampires called The Tribe which is part of the passage he read from.

Really interested in hearing the passage when they upload it!