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Stephen King & Owen King’s Sleeping Beauties: A Graphic Novel, Vol. 2, by Rio Youers, Alison Sampson & Triona Farrell (IDW Publishing, 2022)

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The sleeping sickness now established, matters come to a head in Dooling. A strong counterpart to Volume 1, completing an excellent graphic novelisation (is that even a phrase?) of the King father and son collaboration. Perhaps works better if you’re familiar with the source novel, but enjoyable in its own right too. _ My own … Continue reading Stephen King & Owen King’s Sleeping Beauties: A Graphic Novel, Vol. 2, by Rio Youers, Alison Sampson & Triona Farrell (IDW Publishing, 2022)

Stephen King & Owen King’s Sleeping Beauties: A Graphic Novel, Vol. 1, by Rio Youers, Alison Sampson & Triona Farrell (IDW Publishing, 2021)

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A worldwide sleeping sickness affects all women: a small American town may be an epicentre. Excellent precis of the first half of the King father and son collaboration, developing and clarifying the storytelling in creative and visual ways. Vol 2 is anticipated keenly as a result! _ My own books are here, if that’s your thing. … Continue reading Stephen King & Owen King’s Sleeping Beauties: A Graphic Novel, Vol. 1, by Rio Youers, Alison Sampson & Triona Farrell (IDW Publishing, 2021)

Billy Summers, by Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton, 2021)

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A professional assassin waiting for the go on a big-paying hit begins to write a novel. A superb entertainment: King’s patent mix of the implausible and the compelling – here very light indeed on the supernatural – riffs on recurring themes (the lot of the novelist, JFK, lower-middle class America) in fun and interesting ways. … Continue reading Billy Summers, by Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton, 2021)

A Face in the Crowd, by Stephen King & Stewart O’Nan (Hodder & Stoughton, 2012)

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A widower fancies that he can see faces from his past in televised baseball games. Perhaps for King completists, this is nevertheless a melancholy and effective stand-alone story that doesn’t require a knowledge/love of baseball for it to work; we’ve all got regrets, after all. — My own books are here, if that’s your thing. Newest … Continue reading A Face in the Crowd, by Stephen King & Stewart O’Nan (Hodder & Stoughton, 2012)

In The Tall Grass, by Stephen King & Joe Hill (Gollancz, 2012)

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Travelling siblings stop to help a boy lost in a field of long grass. Effective horror novella that does exactly what you might expect, and which doesn’t over-work its central idea. Fine work from the modern master and an apprentice son. — My own books are here, if that’s your thing. Newest is noir thriller East of … Continue reading In The Tall Grass, by Stephen King & Joe Hill (Gollancz, 2012)

The Institute, by Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton, 2019)

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A 12-year-old boy genius with latent telekinetic abilities is kidnapped and held at a secret research station. A knowing and occasionally satirical low-key novel; as usual, the ending is the issue, though there’s huge amounts of pleasure in this mix of folksy Americana, paranoid SF and character study. Fun for author fans. — My own … Continue reading The Institute, by Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton, 2019)

Cinema Speculation, by Quentin Tarantino (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2022)

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A discussion of a dozen or so formative movies, mostly from the 1970s. A hugely entertaining blend of opinion, anecdote, and autobiography explaining how and why genre movies of the 70s (and cinemagoing) are fundamental to the director‘s approach to cinema. A little bit like the first half of Stephen King‘s On Writing: key context … Continue reading Cinema Speculation, by Quentin Tarantino (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2022)

Moon Lake, by Joe R Lansdale (Mulholland Books, 2021)

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A young writer returns to his childhood hometown to reinvestigate his father’s suicide and his mother’s disappearance. A touch of Stephen King, East Texas-style, in this standalone novel which balances investigative thriller and the gothic with this writer’s concern for probing the underbelly of prejudice. Plenty to enjoy here: a solid, professional job all around … Continue reading Moon Lake, by Joe R Lansdale (Mulholland Books, 2021)

The Shining [Devil’s Advocates], by Laura Mee (Auteur Publishing, 2017)

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A monograph on the Stanley Kubrick adaptation of the Stephen King novel. And a good one too; a smart, detailed and perceptive commentary on the movie, its production and reception. Academic but accessible, and even-handed in its analysis of the continuing significance of the movie as a popular culture touchstone. Recommended. — My own books … Continue reading The Shining [Devil’s Advocates], by Laura Mee (Auteur Publishing, 2017)