There are a lot of reference in doctor sleep that draw from the original book. Not only is the film based on the 20 novel by stephen king, its also a. Randall stephens when stephen king announced doctor sleep, the muchanticipated sequel to the shining, he promised a return to ballstothewall, keepthelightson horror. Farhad sigari, md is an otolaryngologyhead and neck surgery specialist in marina del rey, ca and has been practicing for years. The instantly riveting doctor sleep picks up the story of the now middleaged dan, working at a hospice in rural new hampshire, and the very special.
Doctor sleep is a sequel to the shining the way american gods is a sequel to anansi boys. On highways across america, a tribe of people called the true knot travel in search of sustenance. Excerpt from stephen kings doctor sleep daily dead. He doesnt bring out the first ghost in the shining until about page onefifty. Sleep follows danny torrance, the troubled son of shining protagonist jack, as he gets drawn into a.
Doctor sleep by stephen king meet your next favorite book. They look harmlessmostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their rvs. Its odd how closely stephen kings new novel, doctor sleep, parallels nos4a2, the latest by his son joe hill. In the followup novel, doctor sleep, king sought to continue dannys story as the. Hardcover, ebook, audiobook first edition release date. In his new novel, doctor sleep, king picks up the story of jacks son danny now dan. Doctor sleep won the 20 bram stoker award for best novel the novel was adapted into a film of the same name, which was.
Chadbourne is creating original covers for current and past stephen king novels. Both are about people whose extraordinary talents draw monstrous attention when theyre children, warp their later years, and only let them regain a semblance of normality later in life. Thirtysix years on from his horror classic, the shining, stephen kings. Youll be fine if you skip directly to doctor sleep, but you may appreciate it more if you read the shining first. Both stephen king and stanley kubricks estate approve of doctor. Doctor sleep is stephen king s sequel to his 1977 smash hit the shining, about a haunted hotel. He first attempted the long novel under the dome in 1972 and couldnt fix it until it was finally published in 2009. Stephen king brings back son of the shining in sequel doctor sleep. Titled doctor sleep, the new novel focuses on danny torrance in his 40s and a tribe of psychic vampires. Stephen king returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, the shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middleaged dan torrance the boy protagonist of the shining and the very special twelveyearold girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals. Glenn chadbourne, stephen king new cover series stephen. After a short preface that details an important interaction between young danny torrance and an ageing dick hallorann, king picks up the story some 23 years after the events at the overlook hotel, when dan.
Presentation mode open print download current view. Buy doctor sleep by king, stephen from amazons fiction books store. Albin michel and heyne random house are proud to announce that stephen will visit france and germany to promote doctor sleep. Years ago, the haunting of the overlook hotel nearly broke young dan torrances sanity, as his paranormal gift known as the shining opened a. Every now and then somebody would ask, whatever happened to danny from the shining. Buy doctor sleep by stephen king online at alibris.
Download doctor sleep pdf by stephen king published on 24th september 20. Doctor sleep is one of the best horror books written by stephen king. It took him a while, but doctor sleep is the answer to that question. His epic works the dark tower, it, pet sematary, and doctor sleep are the basis for major motion pictures, with it now the highest grossing horror film of all time. Doctor sleep joins it as one of the best stephen king. Signed by stephen king on a rare appearance in germany to support the armed forces. Doctor sleep is the new film that attempts to act as sequel to both book and movie, and stephen king thinks its so good, it redeems the shining movie in his eyes. The book reached the first position on the new york times best seller list for print and ebook fiction combined, hardcover fiction, and ebook fiction. Like it and dreamcatcher, its setting is the fictional town of derry, maine, but it also includes strong connections to stephen kings novel series the dark tower. Stephen kings sequel to the shining, will be released on september 24th. Stephen king thinks doctor sleep redeems his dislike of. Insomnia is a 1994 horrorfantasy novel by american writer stephen king. Glenn chadbourne, a major artist in the stephen king world, is recognized by stephen king readers from all over the planet.
So the patients under dans care still call him doc, giving a whole new context to that nickname. The shining was inyourface horror, the claustrophobic shock of being trapped in a narrow space where your. She graduated from university of southern california school of medicine in 1988 and specializes in internal medicine. Stephen king returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, the shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middleaged dan torrance and the very special twelveyearold girl he must save from a tribe of murderous. Stephen kings new novel doctor sleep first look telegraph. The instantly riveting doctor sleep picks up the story of the now middleaged dan, working at a hospice in rural new hampshire, and the very special twelveyear old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals. Stephen king, doctor sleep signed usa first edition. Now in his 40s, dan finally gets sober and settles in a new. Read the soft copy of this book anytime, anywhere and download it for free. With several events scheduled in both countries, the constant reader can rely on the page located at the link below for all news and updates related to the european book tour. Whether he is advancing his literary ambitions with liseys story or the brilliant 11. If youd like to learn what wendy, danny, and the overlook shortly after the events of the shining, read this recently released excerpt from doctor sleep. King brings out the first ghost in doctor sleep within five pages. The sunday timesa powerful sequel to the shining observerking finds a mode of the supernatural that has a melancholic beauty guardian, book of the week all the virtues of his best work margaret atwood, new york times a gripping, powerful novel, all the more so for being patently heartfelt financial times.
On highways across america, a tribe of people called the true knot travel in search of. Finally, he settles in a new hampshire town, an aa community that sustains him, and a job at a nursing home where his. It has been a golden age for stephen kings readers. While attending a book signing in 1996, someone asked stephen king what became of danny torrance, the young protagonist of king s third novel the shining. I would recommend this book to any stephen king fan. The book is accompanied by a photo of stephen king during the rare visit to support the troops.
Doctor sleep, stephen kings sequel to the shining, will be released on september 24. The original hardcover edition was issued with dust jackets in two complementary designs. Kings own supplies of creative steam show little sign of being depleted. Editions of doctor sleep by stephen king goodreads. On the second day of december in a year when a georgia. Doctor sleep is the 45th fulllength novel by bestselling american author, stephen king, and is the sequel to his fourth novel, the shining. Doctor sleep is a 20 horror novel by american writer stephen king and the sequel to his 1977 novel the shining. King delivers, though in a subtler, more nuanced way than he did with the shining.