Elevation-New Stephen King Book October 2018

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Elevation. King's second book due in October 30th, 2018, announced on stephenking.com


"The latest from legendary master storyteller Stephen King, a riveting, extraordinarily eerie, and moving story about a man whose mysterious affliction brings a small town together—a timely, upbeat tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences.

Although Scott Carey doesn’t look any different, he’s been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. Scott doesn’t want to be poked and prodded. He mostly just wants someone else to know, and he trusts Doctor Bob Ellis.

In the small town of Castle Rock, the setting of many of King’s most iconic stories, Scott is engaged in a low grade—but escalating—battle with the lesbians next door whose dog regularly drops his business on Scott’s lawn. One of the women is friendly; the other, cold as ice. Both are trying to launch a new restaurant, but the people of Castle Rock want no part of a gay married couple, and the place is in trouble. When Scott finally understands the prejudices they face – including his own -- he tries to help. Unlikely alliances, the annual foot race, and the mystery of Scott’s affliction bring out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others.

From Stephen King, our “most precious renewable resource, like Shakespeare in the malleability of his work” (The Guardian), Elevation is an antidote to our divisive culture, as gloriously joyful (with a twinge of deep sadness) as “It’s a Wonderful Life.”"

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

Elevation By Stephen King. Release Date: October 30th, 2018

Elevation: A novella that’s longer than Gwendy’s Button Box and also about Castle Rock, in some ways, it’s almost like a sequel to Gwendy’s Button Box.

[Randall Flagg]

Dedicated thread

[amd013]

Honestly the description doesn't sound too appealing to me. But I'll read it anyway.

[Bev Vincent]

Honestly the description doesn't sound too appealing to me. But I'll read it anyway.

It's REALLY good...

[Roseannebarr]

Honestly the description doesn't sound too appealing to me. But I'll read it anyway.

It's REALLY good...


Dang! You already read that one too! Can I borrow it... please....

[Church]

Is this the same character as the shrinking man?

[Bev Vincent]

Is this the same character as the shrinking man?

Same name, yes.

[Merlin1958]

Any order info available as yet?

[amd013]

Any order info available as yet?

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pick your poison

Edit: ok, why aren't the links showing up for me? Let me try using both the url option, and just cut and paste method

[Merlin1958]

Many thanks!!!!!! UK edition appears not to be available on amazon at this time FWIW

[The Library Policeman]

Paul Suntup - I’d like a Ltd Edition of this one. Get on it :evil:

JK

[herbertwest]

Many thanks!!!!!! UK edition appears not to be available on amazon at this time FWIW

I've contacted them just after the announcement. My contact didn't know yet, so I guess the sale didnt go through yet, but surely they will confirm and announce it very shortly.
Usually it's a few days after the american announcemnt

[Merlin1958]

Many thanks!!!!!! UK edition appears not to be available on amazon at this time FWIW

I've contacted them just after the announcement. My contact didn't know yet, so I guess the sale didnt go through yet, but surely they will confirm and announce it very shortly.
Usually it's a few days after the american announcemnt

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[stroppygoblin]

Here we go again...

https://www.facebook.com/127516977355305/posts/1846041088836210/

[jsmcmullen92]

Here we go again...

https://www.facebook.com/127516977355305/posts/1846041088836210/

Hope you been working out Simon.... For as many books you will have t carry, might as well throw away those free weights and just use SK books. At least it's not another Under the Dome or The Stand Uncut.

[Beverly Marsh]

Here we go again...

https://www.facebook.com/127516977355305/posts/1846041088836210/

:smile_002:

[stroppygoblin]

If you requested a Purple WHSMith copy from me last time, please confirm (by PM) you would like one of these. Note: Due to the length of the list I already have, I'm not currently looking to add to it... :scared:

[Phalucha]

I also got to read Elevation and it is one of King’s best stories in sometime. Very moving.

[Stockerlone]

The German HC get published 12.nov. 2018
https://www.randomhouse.de/content/edition/cover/350px/9783453272026.jpg

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Just finished it. I hated it. It will go down as bottom three for me. Along with Liseys Story and Regulators. The whole book is nothing but SK forcing his political commentary down your throat, with poorly drawn, cookie-cutter cliche characters in a Matheson ripoff.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

He should have called it Vegan Lesbian Lovers in Big Bad Trumpville.

[peripheral]

He should have called it Vegan Lesbian Lovers in Big Bad Trumpville.

Sounds like I'll enjoy this book... :cool:

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

I hope you do. Not for me, but I certainly don’t begrudge others their opinion. I’ve read almost every SK book, and though I’ve liked most of them, I certainly haven’t liked them all.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

My dislike of the story has nothing to do with his political point of view, and more with the fact that their is literally no meat to the story beyond that. Sleeping Beaties was heavy handed on the politics, but I enjoyed it because it was a good story. I just don’t think this one has any story, and what there is is poorly executed. Sorry for the multiple posts. Sometimes it takes me a couple tries to get my thoughts together.

[HONKYTONKSMASH]

He should have called it Vegan Lesbian Lovers in Big Bad Trumpville.

Sounds like I'll enjoy this book... :cool:

:emot-roflolmao::emot-roflolmao::emot-roflolmao::emot-roflolmao::emot-roflolmao::emot-roflolmao:

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

I guess I'm not the only one who sees politics in King's novels. I may (or may not) agree with his views, but I really liked ELEVATION, and I found it a nice tribute to Richard Matheson, whose novels, etc. I also like A LOT.

I also liked SLEEPING BEAUTIES, which I just read a short time ago. In fact, I almost couldn't put it down, and it's not because I spilled Crazy Glue on my fingers either.

EDIT - I do agree that LISEY'S STORY (to me) is his worst book. I can't sugarcoat it, I absolutely hated it.

[Ben Mears]

Just finished it. I hated it. It will go down as bottom three for me. Along with Liseys Story and Regulators. The whole book is nothing but SK forcing his political commentary down your throat, with poorly drawn, cookie-cutter cliche characters in a Matheson ripoff.

Under The Dome is the most blatant of SK's politically driven novels. His over the top portrayal of Big Jim Rennie and Andy Sanders as caricatures of Dick Cheney and George W. Bush was unimaginative and predictable. The book should have been titled Straw Man.

[St. Troy]

Lisey’s Story was great.

[Merlin1958]

Lisey’s Story was great.

No.......................................it wasn't!!!




Sorry, but facts are facts.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

I never picked up on the politics in UTD, but I REALLY like that book. I was caught up in the story, although I gave up on the TV series after the 3rd season. Can't win 'em all, I guess.
I just didn't like the characters in LISEY'S STORY. Especially Lisey and her husband. All the made up expressions really irritated me and I was nauseated when she ate Hamburger Helper, or whatever it was. BUT - since the book really affected me emotionally the way it did it succeeded 100% on that level.
I also liked THE REGULATORS, although I can't recall much about it, which always makes re-reads more enjoyable.
The King books I liked the least (which is a polite way of saying I didn't like them) are THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON, THE COLORADO KID, THE SONG OF SUSANNAH and THE DARK TOWER. Oh yeah, didn't much care for FROM A BUICK 8 either.

[Pasiuk57]

I have an ELEVATION UK Review Copy for sale with the Review Letter from the Publisher.
If anyone is interested?

[Kingfan24]

He should have called it Vegan Lesbian Lovers in Big Bad Trumpville.

Some people can’t be rational when it comes to politics - this whole weird thing about LGBTQ’s being discriminated against in America under trump is just utter crap.

[Hunchback Jack]

I won't comment on the politics in other works, but I also quite like Lisey's Story. Being married to a woman whose first language is not English, we have a private language full of words borrowed from - or spawned from the unnatural coupling of - both languages, which only we and our son understand. King captured that perfectly in this novel.

HBJ

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON, THE COLORADO KID, THE SONG OF SUSANNAH and THE DARK TOWER. Oh yeah, didn't much care for FROM A BUICK 8 either.

Of those, the only ones I did like were TGWLTG and DT7.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Just finished it. I hated it. It will go down as bottom three for me. Along with Liseys Story and Regulators. The whole book is nothing but SK forcing his political commentary down your throat, with poorly drawn, cookie-cutter cliche characters in a Matheson ripoff.

Under The Dome is the most blatant of SK's politically driven novels. His over the top portrayal of Big Jim Rennie and Andy Sanders as caricatures of Dick Cheney and George W. Bush was unimaginative and predictable. The book should have been titled Straw Man.

The politics in UTD were heavy handed, but I enjoyed the story, so it didn’t really bother me. I just felt like the story was secondary to the political message, and was almost an afterthought.

[Kingfan24]

Just finished it. I hated it. It will go down as bottom three for me. Along with Liseys Story and Regulators. The whole book is nothing but SK forcing his political commentary down your throat, with poorly drawn, cookie-cutter cliche characters in a Matheson ripoff.

Under The Dome is the most blatant of SK's politically driven novels. His over the top portrayal of Big Jim Rennie and Andy Sanders as caricatures of Dick Cheney and George W. Bush was unimaginative and predictable. The book should have been titled Straw Man.

The politics in UTD were heavy handed, but I enjoyed the story, so it didn’t really bother me. I just felt like the story was secondary to the political message, and was almost an afterthought.

100% agree.

[CyberGhostface]

He should have called it Vegan Lesbian Lovers in Big Bad Trumpville.

Some people can’t be rational when it comes to politics - this whole weird thing about LGBTQ’s being discriminated against in America under trump is just utter crap.

Trump is already trying to stop transgender people from serving in the military for starters.

Anyways IMO the politics in Elevation compared to UTD and Sleeping Beauties were mild beyond "Gay people are people too" which is inoffensive as you can get. It's the King equivalent of a Hallmark movie.

If people are bothered by something as soft as this I wonder how they felt about the gay hate crime chapter in "It" or all the commentary on racism with Mike and Henry.

[ICry4Oy]

Some people can’t be rational when it comes to politics - this whole weird thing about LGBTQ’s being discriminated against in America under trump is just utter crap.


I haven't read Elevation yet so I'm not sure of your context here but my first reaction is what the actual fuck?

[Kingfan24]

He should have called it Vegan Lesbian Lovers in Big Bad Trumpville.

Some people can’t be rational when it comes to politics - this whole weird thing about LGBTQ’s being discriminated against in America under trump is just utter crap.

Trump is already trying to stop transgender people from serving in the military for starters.

Anyways IMO the politics in Elevation compared to UTD and Sleeping Beauties were mild beyond "Gay people are people too" which is inoffensive as you can get. It's the King equivalent of a Hallmark movie.

If people are bothered by something as soft as this I wonder how they felt about the gay hate crime chapter in "It" or all the commentary on racism with Mike and Henry.

You pointed out a key difference between It and Elevation. It is an incredible book. And the politics fit not only the time of the story but also don’t shove some sort of agenda in your face. I understand king has every right to use politics in his book but when he shoves it in your face it’s not fun as a reader and it’s not fun as a member of the group that supposedly has all this hate and animosity towards members of the LGBTQ community. Just because some extreme right wingers say stupid shit doesn’t mean all conservatives are extremists which is what mainstream media and some liberals in general would have you believe.

[SystemCrashOverRide]

He should have called it Vegan Lesbian Lovers in Big Bad Trumpville.

Some people can’t be rational when it comes to politics - this whole weird thing about LGBTQ’s being discriminated against in America under trump is just utter crap.

Trump is already trying to stop transgender people from serving in the military for starters.

Anyways IMO the politics in Elevation compared to UTD and Sleeping Beauties were mild beyond "Gay people are people too" which is inoffensive as you can get. It's the King equivalent of a Hallmark movie.

If people are bothered by something as soft as this I wonder how they felt about the gay hate crime chapter in "It" or all the commentary on racism with Mike and Henry.

You pointed out a key difference between It and Elevation. It is an incredible book. And the politics fit not only the time of the story but also don’t shove some sort of agenda in your face. I understand king has every right to use politics in his book but when he shoves it in your face it’s not fun as a reader and it’s not fun as a member of the group that supposedly has all this hate and animosity towards members of the LGBTQ community. Just because some extreme right wingers say stupid shit doesn’t mean all conservatives are extremists which is what mainstream media and some liberals in general would have you believe.

Not to make this too much an overtly political discussion, but I read and enjoyed Elevation and at no point did I believe that King was painting "All conservatives as extremists". He simply told a story that contained some bigoted people, this isn't new for King nor is it an attack on Trump. Outside of the context of the story, those that follow King's social media clearly know his stance on the current POTUS, but I think you're conflating the two if you believe Elevation is overtly attacking Trump, because it isn't.

It's funny, if King happens to write about a white man who turns out to be a serial killer, there's no backlash from his readership claiming "King is painting all white men as Serial Killers!", because that isn't what he's doing, he's simply telling a story wherein a character happens to be white and a serial killer - But conversely if his story contains a visibly minority, or overtly bigoted characters, a portion of the same readership infer their own impression on what those characters represent, feel personally attacked, and are compelled to respond with; "THIS IS TOO POLITICAL, STOP CRAMMING IT DOWN OUR THROATS!" which I find patently absurd.

Why can't it simply be a story that includes some gay people, and some people who discriminate against them as a basis for a plot device?

[St. Troy]

I really need to read Elevation.

[WeDealInLead]

Indeed. It's fantastic, in line with his more literary, human interest yarns with a supernatural element to it.

[St. Troy]

Indeed. It's fantastic, in line with his more literary, human interest yarns with a supernatural element to it.

That description sounds a bit like Lisey's Story, which I quite like but seemingly everyone else detests.

[ICry4Oy]

That description sounds a bit like Lisey's Story, which I quite like but seemingly everyone else detests.


I started liking Lisey's Story after I got past about the first 350 pages. That was liking running through wet cement.

[HONKYTONKSMASH]

I thought Liseys was as bad as a Koontz book.....:emot-roflolmao: but whatever floats your boat

[Brian861]

Indeed. It's fantastic, in line with his more literary, human interest yarns with a supernatural element to it.

That description sounds a bit like Lisey's Story, which I quite like but seemingly everyone else detests.

I like it too. But, according to Chad, my boat will float down to a drain where a weird clown will pull my arm off! Damn you, Chad :mad1:

[HONKYTONKSMASH]

Indeed. It's fantastic, in line with his more literary, human interest yarns with a supernatural element to it.

That description sounds a bit like Lisey's Story, which I quite like but seemingly everyone else detests.

I like it too. But, according to Chad, my boat will float down to a drain where a weird clown will pull my arm off! Damn you, Chad :mad1:

:emot-roflolmao::emot-roflolmao: Exactly!