Would Mr. King be interested in this type of collaboration?

[doesitmatter?]

Hi, it's been a few years since I posted on this forum, but most of the news and questions I want to have answered are found either here (Ms. Mod is fantastic at answering so many questions so quickly) or at liljas-library. One question I did have was about collaboration. Stephen King is my second favourite writer of all time, but my favourite writer is Richard Laymon and it came as a hell of a shock to me when he passed away. Richard Laymon began writing a novel called 'The Queen of the Sunset Palace' in late 2000 and had written almost half the book by the time he died in February 2001. It seems as though the book will never come out unless it is finished by another writer, but it's been 8 years and it that were to happen surely that would have happened already. I was wondering if Stephen would be at all interested in completing the book? I know it's a long shot as Stephen very rarely collaborates, and he's never done anything like this, but I figured there was no harm in asking. I guess if Stephen was interested he could find out the contact details from Cemetery Dance's Richard Chizmar (Chizmar and the Laymon family know each other).

[Dani~]

I understand Laymon's son finished one of his books. I'd sooner see him do that again than have Stephen King do it. I liked Richard Laymon but in my opinion he was never in the same league as SK (of course in my opinion..no one is). I guess it would be one for posterity but I still don't care for the idea myself.
I'm also being a little selfish because when Stephen King sits down to write I want Stephen King.

But hey!! Welcome to the board, again! :smile2:

[seanryan]

I imagine this would be very difficult as the author has since passed away.

It would be one thing working with someone and spit balling ideas, getting feedback. But picking up where they left off and not being able to ask where they where heading, what plans they had for characters.

It would more than likely end up reading like two different people wrote it, unless he started from scratch and wrote it all. Which wouldn't be fair to the memory of first Author.

Might be a nice gesture if his son finished this one also.