Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly feature that highlights books that I am anxiously awaiting. WoW is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.
Doctor Sleep(The Shining #2)
by Stephen King
to be published September 24th 2013 by Scribner
Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) and the very special twelve-year-old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals.I don't think I should even need to justify this and tell you why I am waiting on it but I will.
On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless—mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and spunky twelve-year-old Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the “steam” that children with the “shining” produce when they are slowly tortured to death.
Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father’s legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him, and a job at a nursing home where his remnant “shining” power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes “Doctor Sleep.”
Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan’s own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra’s soul and survival. This is an epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of devoted readers of The Shining and satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King canon.
1.) Stephen King
2.) A sequel to The Shining.
That is all.
What are you waiting on this week?
CREEPY!!!! But...SO many will want this at the library! I would never read this, but so many LOVE him. I certainly admire him but can't do horror of that level. Happy reading though! LOL!
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Wow! I'm a little scared all ready... That cover is crazy amazing!
ReplyDeleteGreat choice! I sent the info to my dad, who is a Stephen King fanatic, the day the cover was revealed.
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I love stuff like this! I've never read the book, but I liked the movie a lot!
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The Shining #2!? Where have I been living? That is just so exciting and I had no idea.
ReplyDeleteAnd btw, I see that you're reading Absent. I have a copy right here and I adored other Amulet/Abrams titles so I can't WAIT to read it. I hope you're enjoying it.
Believe or not I have never read anything by Stephen King. I do love the movie adaptations.
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Meeeeee, too! Can't wait!!
ReplyDeleteThat cover .... STUNNING! :D
ReplyDeleteAnd Stephen King is epic!
I love that cover! I've read one King book, and it will likely be the only one. Great writer, just too much for me. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteStephen King....all I needed to see before adding it to my TBR list and yelling since September is so far away.
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Umm Hell Yes!! That is all.
ReplyDeleteI saw an ad for this and I got super excited!!!
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SQUEEEEEEE :D Me too!! I'm waiting :D
ReplyDeleteI have never read The Shining, but that's a book that's on my shelf just waiting to be read! And now you tell me there's a SEQUEL!?!?!?!? I may have to try and read the first one soon!
ReplyDeleteThe Shining was freaking awesome. Can't wait for this! Fantastic pick.
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I'm crazy excited for this one too and that cover is AMAZING. I JUST read the Shining a few weeks ago so I'm really ready for this to release. Great pick!!
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Can you believe I STILL haven't read a single Stephen King book?! I wanted to last year, and just didn't find the time. So that's a resolution I have for 2013. Thanks for sharing! :)
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ReplyDeleteHOW WAS THIS NOT MY WOW?!
OMG.
I AM SO
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BAD BLYTHE
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I am a huge King fan too, although I haven't read a lot of his older horror books (I'm more a fan of The Dark Tower, Hearts in Atlantis etc) but, I am going to go grab a copy of The Shining in preparation for this - yay! Thanks for featuring it :)
ReplyDeleteAaah, what a creepy cover! I've been dying to read this since I first heard a whisper about it two years ago. SO glad it has a cover and a synopsis, and we're closer to its release. And of course, no justification is required. :-) Great WoW pick!
ReplyDeleteThat a creepy cover. I'm anxious/worried about this. It's been so long ... it has so much to live up to. I'm scared of being disappointed. Some of Kings latest work hasn't been that great (I still love him, though) but ... fingers crossed.
ReplyDeleteI should read the shining! >.< I only watched the movie when I was like 10 and I remember finding it very weird and not really getting it lol.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea he was writing another! I'll definitely have to get it for the library! He is NOT for me but I completely get why ppl think he's brilliant! Happy reading!
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Oh my... it's STEPHEN KING!!!!! Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteI am excited for this one too! I just am worried it won't be good because how can you outdo The Shining?
ReplyDeleteHoly hell, I had no idea Stephen King was coming out with a sequel to The Shinning?! Wow, so long after the original too...thinking it has the potential to be pretty epic. Can't wait to read your thoughts on it!
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