6.3.13 - Stephen appeared on The Today Show to discuss Joyland and other topics.
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EXCERPTS:
On Joyland:
It started with the image of a little boy on a wheelchair. Kept looking and saw the amusement park down the beach.
“Why have I waited so long to set a book in an amusement park? They’re just scary places.”
He originally planned for the Hotel in The Shining to be an amusement park, but then decided he needed something more rural.
ON WRITING
It’s like having a fossil in the sand. You have to brush it away. You try to get it out as much as possible intact.
Books like the Green Mile where I had no idea, and others I get the whole picture.
44th book - 44th alternate realities
“Without writing, I’d be dead.”
“It’s an escape hatch.”
“I would do this for free.”
WHY NOT AN EBOOK:
Because it’s retro. It’s published with Hard Case crime. Throwback covers. If retro, let’s go all the way. Reacquaint themselves with bookstores.
MUSICAL
With Stephen King, John Mellencamp & T Bone Burnett
"Ghost Brothers of Darkland County"
BOOKS HE RECOMMENDS
(First two are by his sons)
- Joe Hill: “NOSA4A2”
- Owen King: “Double Feature”
- John Sandford: “Silken Prey”
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