Old News: Bridge story between Talisman & Black House
Just stumbled on this, and it may very well be old news, but this is the first time I'm finding out about this, all these years later. It's a ten year old interview with king's agent:
http://new.publishersweekly.com/pw/p...e-review-.html
Quote:
We had planned, in 1999, on my doing a deal for the electronic publication of a bridge story between The Talisman and that novel's sequel, which Peter Straub and Stephen King are writing now. I think we'll still go forward with that. But I would like to see that done closer to when the book will be published, which probably won't happen until mid-2001.
In the dark recesses of Lilja's Library I found this interview with Peter Straub:
http://www.liljas-library.com/showinterview.php?id=8
Quote:
Följeslagarna: Early on there was some talk that King should write, what he called, a "bridge" between The Talisman and Black House on his own and publish this as an e-Book. This book should update us on Jack Sawyer's life the last 20 years (roughly). This information came from King's agent Ralph Vincinanza in an interview in Publishers Weekly, but when we asked you about this, you didn't know anything about it. Do you know something about this now? Will there be a "bridge"? Are you involved at all?
Peter Straub: The "bridge" story is still completely up in the air. If it happens at all, I'll start it, and King will finish it. (If Steve reads this, he'll be surprised, because we haven't even discussed the matter. My editor thought I might begin it, then pass it along to Steve.)
I completely missed all this, apparently, at the time. Obviously nothing came of this, then? That's too bad... Another file in the what-would-have-been case.