The book would continue the two he wrote with the late Peter Straub, while new stories are due next year
  • BayazRules@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Straub and King were writing Floating Dragon and IT respectively without being aware of the other’s project (both tales about small towns cursed by evil both supernatural and manmade). They were really on the same page.

  • AragornsDad@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I never finished the sequel, is it worth revisiting?

    I read The Talisman as a young teen, and it deeply disturbed me (I really liked it though). The magical stuff was scary and so was the real stuff (the the vulnerability of a child on their own to abusive adults), and the way the two worlds and fears were combined creeped me out!

    • shillyshally@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I cannot say anything about the sequel other than I read it twice, which I rarely do. I liked it.

  • Primetime22@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Finally got around to The Talisman after letting it sit on my shelf for years. One of the better fantasy/adventure books I’ve checked out, and I really liked how every beat of the story developed the main character in a kinetic and logical way.

    I’ve heard the second installment is either much better or much worse depending on who you ask… I’m excited to dig into it.

    • namsur1234@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I thought The Talisman was better, but Black House was still good. I recommend it, but probably should reread the first one if it has been awhile.

  • Sunset_Squirrel@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    The Talisman is my favorite King book but I hope he ‘finds’ any further Talisman novels as unpublished dark Bachman manuscripts.

    I don’t want another Fairy Tale.

  • remedy4cure@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    You could probably chart King’s output against the availability of cocaine in the local area

    • shillyshally@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I read Black House again 10 years ago but have not read The Talisman since 1985. May be time for a second look.

    • oppernaR@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      If you (or anyone seeing this) haven’t read it yet, Fairy Tale has a very similar vibe. Can really recommend it.

  • 7ootles@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Saw the article when it came out a couple of months ago, and since then I’ve read The Talisman. Black House is next on the list. I hope sai King completes the thing.

    • shillyshally@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I do too but damn, I was so disappointed in Fairyland, 60% and then did not bother to skim which was a first for me.

      • Roseliberry@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I feel like he set that up for a sequel, because that sex scene right before the hero left probably gave the hero a heir.

  • Coachbalrog@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Is Talisman the one where the main character befriends a werewolf (or something) in another dimension then they come back to here/now, go to a movie theatre and the werewolf falls in love with the smell of popcorn only to then completely freak out when they put put fake butter on it? (I think he says something like, why are they putting piss on it?)

    I read it in high school (so late 80s),I don;t remember much of it.