Stephen King Dreams Up Sequel to 'The Shining'!

[Hellbilly]

One of the all-time greatest horror novels and feature films, The Shining, could be headed to sequel territory, so says author Stephen King. Following a 15-minute reading of King's latest book, "Under the Dome", legendary director David Cronenberg hosted a special Q+A with the author who revealed to the audience that he plans on writing a sequel to "The Shining" entitled "Doctor Sleep."

"Then King dropped a fan bombshell on the crowd by casually describing a novel idea he began working on last summer," writes Toronto IST. "Seems King was wondering whatever happened to Danny Torrance of The Shining, who when readers last saw him was recovering from his ordeal at the Overlook Hotel at a resort in Maine with fellow survivors Wendy Torrance and chef Dick Halloran (who dies in the Kubrick film version). King remarked that though he ended his 1977 novel on a positive note, the Overlook was bound to have left young Danny with a lifetime’s worth of emotional scars. What Danny made of those traumatic experiences, and with the psychic powers that saved him from his father at the Overlook, is a question that King believes might make a damn fine sequel.

So what would a sequel to one of King’s most beloved novels look like? In King’s still tentative plan for the novel, Danny is now 40 years old and living in upstate New York, where he works as the equivalent of an orderly at a hospice for the terminally ill. Danny’s real job is to visit with patients who are just about to pass on to the other side, and to help them make that journey with the aid of his mysterious powers. Danny also has a sideline in betting on the horses, a trick he learned from his buddy Dick Hallorann.

The title for King’s proposed sequel? Doctor Sleep."

source: bloody-disgusting.com

[Copyboy]

Wow. I always thought it would be kind of cool to see Danny Torrance and Charlie McGee hook up as adults.

[Nailwraps]

The sequel sounds interesting. Can't wait to see how it turns out.

[dave13]

not to burst anyones bubble, but this report is bullshit. i was at the toronto interview, and this article is spinning a story where there isn't one. what happened was this: cronenberg asked king if he enjoyed looking back over his works. king responded that he did sometimes enjoy looking over his older stuff, and sometimes wondered where the characters would be now. he then proceeded to lay out a few minutes about where he had pictured Danny Torrence being. from the way he talked, i got the impression that these were ideas he had come up with a few years back. but this was definitely just king indulging in a little bit of "what if" for the receptive audience. it was a nice moment, but he certainly didn't imply that he was planning on actually writing the book. It's no fault of bloody-disgusting's, since they're just quoting another website. But this "Toronto 1st" page is definitely misrepresenting what happened. Pretty blatant rumor-mongering.

[Hellbilly]

Originally Posted by dave13

not to burst anyones bubble, but this report is bullshit. i was at the toronto interview, and this article is spinning a story where there isn't one. what happened was this: cronenberg asked king if he enjoyed looking back over his works. king responded that he did sometimes enjoy looking over his older stuff, and sometimes wondered where the characters would be now. he then proceeded to lay out a few minutes about where he had pictured Danny Torrence being. from the way he talked, i got the impression that these were ideas he had come up with a few years back. but this was definitely just king indulging in a little bit of "what if" for the receptive audience. it was a nice moment, but he certainly didn't imply that he was planning on actually writing the book. It's no fault of bloody-disgusting's, since they're just quoting another website. But this "Toronto 1st" page is definitely misrepresenting what happened. Pretty blatant rumor-mongering.

Yikes, that sucks. I hate these false internet news rumors.

[fceurich39]

i am up for a sequel too bad it couldn't return to the overlook hotel though

[X-human]

Even if he was spit balling at the time, he could of had a 2,000 page book shipped off to the editor by the end of the week. While I took any such statements from say QT with huge grains of salt, King is quite capable of making good with any of his flights of fancy.

I'm somewhat puzzled by the high regard for The Shining. I didn't find it to be a remarkable book from King, he's done better. And even much of what he's done better isn't all that great either.

I'd be more interested in the Overlook Hotel. Its past, present and future. That was the more interesting character from the book.

[fceurich39]

Originally Posted by X-human

Even if he was spit balling at the time, he could of had a 2,000 page book shipped off to the editor by the end of the week. While I took any such statements from say QT with huge grains of salt, King is quite capable of making good with any of his flights of fancy.

I'm somewhat puzzled by the high regard for The Shining. I didn't find it to be a remarkable book from King, he's done better. And even much of what he's done better isn't all that great either.

I'd be more interested in the Overlook Hotel. Its past, present and future. That was the more interesting character from the book.

being from colorado i've been there and stayed there at the Overlook it truly is awesome and creepy