Stephen The Constant Writer

[jimi-donohue]

I am a British reader, i am 25 and I am down to my last four King books. I started reading King at 16 and have devoured all of his work ever since. I used to love the smell of the page of a new King book. Now, I have all but run out of fresh King novels. I wonder how many more (if any) King will write. Does anyone have any idea what his plans for future writing are?

[Moderator]

Under the Dome will be out in November. There is an announcement at the top of the Forum pages that gives the plot synopsis. He's still writing new work including some short stories.

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

And he's said (thankee Bev and Lilja) that he and Peter Straub will start work on Talisman 3 'in one or two years'.

And there's the musical Ghost Brothers of Darkland County to come, hopefully next year.

Long days and pleasant nights

[Wendybird]

Hi jimi and welcome!

You are not running out of Sai King books because we all know that you will read them over and over again!

There is no end to Sai King. Every time you re-read a book you find something new and wonder why you never spotted it before!

Glad to have you on board, I can't answer the "future plans" part of your post but I know of a woman who can! lol (side note - I bet she gets in here before I do! Bets anyone? lol)

Again, welcome to the board jimi (is it ok if I call you that?)

Birdy

[jimi-donohue]

ok, now i've seen, thanks for that. King has'nt got let in his life to write (sorry to say it). We all know his master work was dark tower (unbeatable ending), but i hope he give us one more slice of brilliant work before the end. Duma Key was NOT an example of this. Don't get me wrong, i adore King (thats why i'm here) but I long for something new that is magnificent, i have been waiting a while. Koontz still has it

[jimi-donohue]

ok, now i've seen. Is it enough? not for me. i want something more. I know Dark Tower was his master work, but i want one work of brillience before it is too late. Where is it going to come from. Or more to the point, does he still have it in him?..... heres hoping

[Srbo]

ok, now i've seen. Is it enough? not for me. i want something more. I know Dark Tower was his master work, but i want one work of brillience before it is too late. Where is it going to come from. Or more to the point, does he still have it in him?..... heres hoping

Hi there.

Dude, what is that supposed to mean ?
Before what is too late ?

I hope you are not thinking what I think you thought...

As to where is it going to come from and is it still in him :

Another King, this ones name is BB King...he is 83 years old and he just released a new, brilliant blues album.
What does that tell you ?

Don`t you worry about the Kings of this planet...

[Bryan James]

I'm sure he already has some dusty shorts (joke intended) rattling around the office.

Kinda like we guys had that special sock we kept coming back to...

He's not nearly done, unless he pulls a Crighton on us.

I hope not.

BJS

[Mr Nobody]

'Devoured his work', eh? You ought to try reading 'em. Much better than way!

But seriously, I was a bit disturbed by 'one work of brilliance before it's too late'.
I'm not saying all SK's stories are fantastic, but there are surely works of 'brilliance'. And just how do you go about quantifying 'brilliance'? What's brilliant to you might be dull as dishwater to me, and vice versa.
Now if you meant 'one more work of brilliance'...then all's cool enough. I mean, how anyone could read Bag of Bones and not consider it brilliant is beyond me - but then, like I said it's all subjective.

[GravemakersAndGunslingers]

I believe King still has great novels in him (lets hope Under The Dome is one such) but I think it would be asking a lot for him to emulate his The Dark Tower series at this stage of his career.