Joyland: New novel - June 2013

[herbertwest]

Somone posted the following on twitter :
"Thrilled to read in The Times today that Stephen King has new books set for release. THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE, DR. SLEEP and JOYLAND."


What is JOYLAND?

I guess that it's from the interview that Neil Gaiman did with King, and that is available in the UK Sunday Times Magazine today. Apparently, it's also with Joe Hill!

[mae]

The article is online but it's subscription-only: http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/...cle1008100.ece

[mae]

Here is that tweet:

https://twitter.com/#!/flawed_critic...86388643983361

Thrilled to read in The Times today that Stephen King has new books set for release. THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE, DR. SLEEP and JOYLAND.

Another tweet:

https://twitter.com/#!/candicetripp/...73927723315201

Big fat Stephen King piece in the Sunday Times Magazine today. I can't wait for Joyland and Dr Sleep.

[Ari_Racing]

[mae]

Awesome, thanks! Would love to read the whole thing, too, but "an amusement-park serial killer"? Sounds dark.

[nocny]

so, is he writing it with Hill?

[mae]

Doesn't look like it.

[nocny]

I guess that it's from the interview that Neil Gaiman did with King, and that is available in the UK Sunday Times Magazine today. Apparently, it's also with Joe Hill!

I wonder what herberwest meant.

[mae]

Hill is also interviewed.

[nocny]

oh, thanks a lot :-)

[Ben Mears]

This sounds interesting. Hopefully more of a carny setting than a chain amusement park.

[Heather19]

Sounds really good!

[Stockerlone]

Sounds great.

[skyofcrack]

From SK's official site:

Following up on Neil Gaimain's interview in the (UK) Sunday Times mentioning a new novel to be titled Joyland about an amusement park serial killer, Stephen has given the thumbs up to officially report that this is indeed a work in progress that has been completed but will need to be edited. There is no official publisher or publication date set at this time. We will update you as more official news becomes available.

[nocny]

so, he has 2 books finished and The Wind wasn't even published yet Great!

[mae]

So the move to hold back Doctor Sleep till 2013 makes even less sense now.

[you ever seen a ghost?]

unless they put it out in the fall, but it doesn't really look like things are going that way...

-justin

[nocny]

maybe we will get old Bachman book in the fall

[herbertwest]

Well, i believe that they said NO NOVEL in 2012.. no?

[nocny]

don't remember anything like this.

[Bev Vincent]

The Wind Through the Keyhole is in 2012.

[nocny]

I think herbert meant "except Wind"

[Merlin1958]

So the move to hold back Doctor Sleep till 2013 makes even less sense now.

Well, actually there was an oblique reference to the circumstances in the Neil Gaiman interview. Something about an Agent negotiation regarding "Dr. Sleep".

Edit: Read for yourself. A fairly entertaining article with thanks to the post-er!!!


http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...s-Stephen-King

[Randall Flagg]

Stephen King: "my agent is dickering with the publishers about Dr. Sleep (sic), that's the sequel to The Shining..."

[mae]

Well yeah I guess Scribner wanted that second week of November when a new King book has been published for the last several years. Definitely doubtful that Joyland would be ready to be published then if King just finished writing the first draft.