Stephen King’s ‘11/23/63’ - Review
By JANET MASLIN
Stephen King’s latest novel, “11/22/63,” tells of a schoolteacher who travels back to 1958 to alter history, and falls in love as well.
October 31, 2011, Monday .
Rediscovered Novel by 'Mildred Pierce' Author Will Be Released
By DAVE ITZKOFF
Hard Case Crime says it plans a fall 2012 release for The Cocktail Waitress, a novel that Cain was working on when he died in 1977, and which mixes themes from his novels Mildred Pierce and The Postman Always Rings Twice.
September 19, 2011, Monday .
'Carrie' the Musical Is Transported Again
By PATRICK HEALY
After a year of work, MCC Theater's stab at salvaging the musical ''Carrie'' from the Broadway flop hall of shame is far enough along that the company announced on Tuesday that it will produce the show next season, with preview performances set to begin Off Broadway on Jan. 31, 2012. An adaptation of the 1974 Stephen King novel about a bullied girl with telekinetic powers and her deeply religious, overprotective mother, ''Carrie'' will have a cast led by three-time Tony Award nominee Marin ...
June 01, 2011, Wednesday .
A Date for John Mellencamp-Stephen King Musical
By PATRICK HEALY; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF
''Ghost Brothers of Darkland County,'' a long-in-the-works musical by the horror writer Stephen King, right, and the rock musician John Mellencamp, below, will have its world premiere in April 2012 at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, according to the theater's Web site. The musical, which has been at least 11 years in the making, has been described as a Southern Gothic work based on a true story that Mr. Mellencamp wanted to fashion for the stage in the spirit of Tennessee Williams, one of his ...
April 02, 2011, Saturday .
Why Do Writers Abandon Novels?
Why Do Writers Abandon Novels?
By DAN KOIS
What leads a writer to give up on a book? Despair, frustration, ambition, inexperience and even success.
March 06, 2011, Sunday .
A New Novel (Only 1,000 Pages) From Stephen King
By CHARLES MCGRATH
In early 2002, Stephen King said he was written out and was thinking of retiring. Some retirement. He has since published at least four novels, a couple of story collections and has collaborated on a monthly comic book. On Wednesday, Scribner, his publisher, announced that in the fall it will bring out yet another King novel, called ''11/23/63.'' The new book is 1,000 pages long - enormous by most standards, but cruising length for Mr. King - and is apparently a ''counterfactual,'' a nov...
March 03, 2011, Thursday .
Book Review - Full Dark, No Stars - By Stephen King
Book Review - Full Dark, No Stars - By Stephen King
By TERRENCE RAFFERTY
In this collection of four new long stories, Stephen King returns to a favorite theme, the divided soul.
November 28, 2010, Sunday .
Stephen King’s ‘Full Dark,’ Grisham’s ‘Confession’ - Review
Stephen King’s ‘Full Dark,’ Grisham’s ‘Confession’ - Review
By JANET MASLIN
John Grisham’s “Confession” is about a man wrongly convicted of murder and the man who claims to be the killer; Stephen King’s “Full Dark, No Stars” contains four short stories.
November 08, 2010, Monday .
First In a Decade: Living Novelist On Cover
Compiled by ROBIN POGREBIN
The issue of Time magazine on sale Friday will feature Jonathan Franzen on the cover, below, the first time that a living American novelist has garnered that honor since Stephen King, in 2000. The accompanying article, by Lev Grossman, is a profile of Mr. Franzen on the occasion of his fourth novel, ''Freedom,'' the story of an American family that is due to be published this month. In the past Time has featured Tom Wolfe, Toni Morrison, George Orwell, John Updike, John Le Carré, Norman Mailer ...
August 12, 2010, Thursday .
In ‘Blockade Billy,’ King Mixes His Two Passions
By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Stephen King’s latest novella creates a catching phenom with a horrible secret.
June 21, 2010, Monday .
David Rosenthal to Leave Simon & Schuster
By JULIE BOSMAN
David Rosenthal, the publisher of Simon & Schuster, is leaving the company, several people familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.
June 02, 2010, Wednesday .
Palin And King E-Books Due Dec. 24
By MOTOKO RICH; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF
Amazon appeared to extend the downward pressure on e-book prices by offering pre-orders of Kindle versions of ''Under the Dome,'' Stephen King's new novel, and ''Going Rogue,'' Sarah Palin's memoir, for $7.99 each. The publishers of the books -- Scribner, a unit of Simon & Schuster, for ''Under the Dome'' and HarperCollins for ''Going Rogue'' -- had delayed the e-book versions for several weeks after the publication of hardcover editions. ''Under the Dome,'' which was published in hardcover...
December 11, 2009, Friday .
Book Price Wars Go Digital: $7.99 for E-Books by Stephen King and Sarah Palin
By MOTOKO RICH
The online book price wars are going digital, with pre-orders of ebook versions of Under the Dome and Going Rogue at $7.99.
December 10, 2009, Thursday .
Dreamworks Looks ‘Under the Dome’
Compiled by RACHEL LEE HARRIS
Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks Television are teaming up with the author Stephen King to produce a limited series for cable based on Mr. King’s latest novel, “Under the Dome,” Variety reported.
November 23, 2009, Monday .
Up Front: Stephen King
Up Front: Stephen King
By THE EDITORS
Raymond Carver’s fiction wasn’t a major influence on Stephen King when he first read it, he said, “but rereading it for the Book Review piece made a huge impression.”
November 22, 2009, Sunday
By JANET MASLIN
Stephen King’s latest novel, “11/22/63,” tells of a schoolteacher who travels back to 1958 to alter history, and falls in love as well.
October 31, 2011, Monday .
Rediscovered Novel by 'Mildred Pierce' Author Will Be Released
By DAVE ITZKOFF
Hard Case Crime says it plans a fall 2012 release for The Cocktail Waitress, a novel that Cain was working on when he died in 1977, and which mixes themes from his novels Mildred Pierce and The Postman Always Rings Twice.
September 19, 2011, Monday .
'Carrie' the Musical Is Transported Again
By PATRICK HEALY
After a year of work, MCC Theater's stab at salvaging the musical ''Carrie'' from the Broadway flop hall of shame is far enough along that the company announced on Tuesday that it will produce the show next season, with preview performances set to begin Off Broadway on Jan. 31, 2012. An adaptation of the 1974 Stephen King novel about a bullied girl with telekinetic powers and her deeply religious, overprotective mother, ''Carrie'' will have a cast led by three-time Tony Award nominee Marin ...
June 01, 2011, Wednesday .
A Date for John Mellencamp-Stephen King Musical
By PATRICK HEALY; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF
''Ghost Brothers of Darkland County,'' a long-in-the-works musical by the horror writer Stephen King, right, and the rock musician John Mellencamp, below, will have its world premiere in April 2012 at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, according to the theater's Web site. The musical, which has been at least 11 years in the making, has been described as a Southern Gothic work based on a true story that Mr. Mellencamp wanted to fashion for the stage in the spirit of Tennessee Williams, one of his ...
April 02, 2011, Saturday .
Why Do Writers Abandon Novels?
Why Do Writers Abandon Novels?
By DAN KOIS
What leads a writer to give up on a book? Despair, frustration, ambition, inexperience and even success.
March 06, 2011, Sunday .
A New Novel (Only 1,000 Pages) From Stephen King
By CHARLES MCGRATH
In early 2002, Stephen King said he was written out and was thinking of retiring. Some retirement. He has since published at least four novels, a couple of story collections and has collaborated on a monthly comic book. On Wednesday, Scribner, his publisher, announced that in the fall it will bring out yet another King novel, called ''11/23/63.'' The new book is 1,000 pages long - enormous by most standards, but cruising length for Mr. King - and is apparently a ''counterfactual,'' a nov...
March 03, 2011, Thursday .
Book Review - Full Dark, No Stars - By Stephen King
Book Review - Full Dark, No Stars - By Stephen King
By TERRENCE RAFFERTY
In this collection of four new long stories, Stephen King returns to a favorite theme, the divided soul.
November 28, 2010, Sunday .
Stephen King’s ‘Full Dark,’ Grisham’s ‘Confession’ - Review
Stephen King’s ‘Full Dark,’ Grisham’s ‘Confession’ - Review
By JANET MASLIN
John Grisham’s “Confession” is about a man wrongly convicted of murder and the man who claims to be the killer; Stephen King’s “Full Dark, No Stars” contains four short stories.
November 08, 2010, Monday .
First In a Decade: Living Novelist On Cover
Compiled by ROBIN POGREBIN
The issue of Time magazine on sale Friday will feature Jonathan Franzen on the cover, below, the first time that a living American novelist has garnered that honor since Stephen King, in 2000. The accompanying article, by Lev Grossman, is a profile of Mr. Franzen on the occasion of his fourth novel, ''Freedom,'' the story of an American family that is due to be published this month. In the past Time has featured Tom Wolfe, Toni Morrison, George Orwell, John Updike, John Le Carré, Norman Mailer ...
August 12, 2010, Thursday .
In ‘Blockade Billy,’ King Mixes His Two Passions
By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Stephen King’s latest novella creates a catching phenom with a horrible secret.
June 21, 2010, Monday .
David Rosenthal to Leave Simon & Schuster
By JULIE BOSMAN
David Rosenthal, the publisher of Simon & Schuster, is leaving the company, several people familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.
June 02, 2010, Wednesday .
Palin And King E-Books Due Dec. 24
By MOTOKO RICH; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF
Amazon appeared to extend the downward pressure on e-book prices by offering pre-orders of Kindle versions of ''Under the Dome,'' Stephen King's new novel, and ''Going Rogue,'' Sarah Palin's memoir, for $7.99 each. The publishers of the books -- Scribner, a unit of Simon & Schuster, for ''Under the Dome'' and HarperCollins for ''Going Rogue'' -- had delayed the e-book versions for several weeks after the publication of hardcover editions. ''Under the Dome,'' which was published in hardcover...
December 11, 2009, Friday .
Book Price Wars Go Digital: $7.99 for E-Books by Stephen King and Sarah Palin
By MOTOKO RICH
The online book price wars are going digital, with pre-orders of ebook versions of Under the Dome and Going Rogue at $7.99.
December 10, 2009, Thursday .
Dreamworks Looks ‘Under the Dome’
Compiled by RACHEL LEE HARRIS
Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks Television are teaming up with the author Stephen King to produce a limited series for cable based on Mr. King’s latest novel, “Under the Dome,” Variety reported.
November 23, 2009, Monday .
Up Front: Stephen King
Up Front: Stephen King
By THE EDITORS
Raymond Carver’s fiction wasn’t a major influence on Stephen King when he first read it, he said, “but rereading it for the Book Review piece made a huge impression.”
November 22, 2009, Sunday
