The Shining is definitely a classic; one of Stephen King's great novels.

King was inspired to write by an off-season stay at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Many years later, the Stanley was used as the Overlook Hotel in a 1997 TV movie of The Shining.

 

Does anyone read the old stuff? Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (Mary Shelley's) Frankenstein. You have to use your imagination a lot more when reading the old stuff. Edgar Allan Poe??? The Fall of the House of Usher? The Tell-tale Heart?

 

The Shining, Salem's Lot and The Stand were so good it kind of ruined the whole genre for me for a long time.

 

Doctor Sleep, a sequel to The Shining, comes out this fall.

CAN'T. WAIT.

 

I like Poe. The Tell-tale Heart is a favorite of mine.

 

Yes! Poe is in my Top 5 favorite authors. It's sad, but his work was so good because his life was in shambles. He poured out his feelings on paper.

Each year around Halloween, I turn off my classroom lights, have my students close their eyes, and I read The Raven. They don't understand many of the "old" words, but they love the tone of the poem.

 

I always found the part in the movie with the guy dressed as a rabbit very disturbing.

 

September 24th is the release date for Doctor Sleep.

11/22/63 is one of his newer books but was actually really good. I thought so anyway.

 

Now I have a desire to reread The Shining. Then onto the sequel. Awesome!

 

Yep, i'll pick up Dr. Sleep the day it comes out lol. I enjoyed 11/22/63, and Wind Through the Keyhole, and I just finished Joyland...

 

100 pages to go & waiting on the sequel!!

 

I pre-ordered it on my NOOK (because right now it is under $11 if you preorder), so there is a marker sitting on my home screen just waiting to be filled....

 

I think re-reading "the Shining" was a mistake...I don't want to revisit the character of Danny atm. I'll prolly read a couple of other books then get to the sequel.
I'm worried that SK will mess it up. I like his older books better than newer ones. I know a lot of ppl liked "Under the Dome" but I was bored by it. I did like "Full Dark, No Stars" tho.

 

I haven't read a whole lot of Stephen King's books. Insomnia was one. It was alright. I started reading It a few years ago and still haven't finished it. The man can get a bit long-winded with his lengthy descriptions. I loved where the story was going but it was just entirely too wordy. I want to read The Shining but I'm afraid it will be the same way.

 

I love Stephen King's style of writing, and I've finished most of his books in three or four days.

As for The Shining, it's one of his best novels, and I recommend you read it; it's better than Stanley Kubrick's film version.

 

I shall. I never saw the movie in its entirety and I really do want to give King another chance.

 

Well I just started Dr. Sleep tonight. It's already promising just a few chapters in. I think I am going to like this book. Yay!

 

I have the book, but haven't started reading it.... Gotta find time.