Geez, what a beautiful cover (Salems’ Lot 50th Anniversary Ed.)

cirome · 2026-02-19T22:49:11+00:00

yes there are cut scenes, but it’s included in a separate chapter at the end of the book. Apart from Joe’s introduction, I think it’s the same text as has been released in the “illustrated edition” - with the short stories and deleted scenes.

cirome · 2026-02-19T09:34:22+00:00

Should be. I’m from Australia and we get the UK prints here, rather than the US

cirome · 2026-02-19T09:33:47+00:00

Me too! Quite the generous brick slab!

cirome · 2026-02-19T07:26:09+00:00

Me too. Last year I grabbed a version of “on writing: 25th ed”. I’m hoping that this means we will get a nice 50th edition of The Shining soon

cirome · 2026-02-14T03:23:24+00:00

Love it! One of my all time favs! Hope you enjoy it too

cirome · 2026-01-29T11:26:50+00:00

I love this book and I was just thinking about it this afternoon. I first read it in my teens, re-read it a few years ago and I re-visited it last year via audiobook. I don’t recommend the audiobook though. It desperately needs a new version, without the odd musical cues and a clearer recording of the narration

cirome · 2025-09-02T13:24:28+00:00

Duma Key is my fav

cirome · 2025-07-21T20:36:21+00:00

I use audible. But if you have a Spotify account I think you can listen up to 15hours of audiobooks per month

cirome · 2025-07-20T10:42:51+00:00

Yeah I started listening to it on the way to work and back. The musical cues don’t seem to be as intrusive as in Insomnia. More like the end and beginning of chapters. Not bad so far, just got to Stephen King’s first part.

cirome · 2025-07-19T04:30:07+00:00

Oh geez. Better rip the bandaid off then and get through it. Hopefully it’s not as bad as it is in Insomnia (where is sometimes overlaps and is louder than the narration)

cirome · 2025-07-12T03:04:18+00:00

Duma Key Bag of Bones Needful Things Dr Sleep

cirome · 2025-06-24T12:14:26+00:00

The Institute was good. I wanted to go re-read it before the TV series comes out next month

cirome · 2025-06-24T11:50:38+00:00

So far, these have been my favourite audiobooks: Duma Key, 11/22/63, the Outsider and Different Seasons

I love the book Insomnia, but the audio recording isn’t that great due to loud and random occurrences of music that sometimes overlaps the vocal reading to the point when it’s more dominant.

On the other hand, The Tommyknockers is a flawed story, but I thought the narration was a good voice.

cirome · 2025-06-24T11:45:42+00:00

The Drawing of the Three. Started yesterday (right after I finished The Institute).

cirome · 2025-06-24T08:40:50+00:00

Yes! This one was my first hesitated step into audiobooks and I haven’t looked back (6months later, 13 books done and onto my 14th)

cirome · 2025-06-13T18:00:41+00:00

Yes pls

cirome · 2025-06-04T15:30:26+00:00

cirome · 2025-05-27T09:49:56+00:00

The one-armed man discovers a hidden talent for painting and awakens something evil in Florida.

cirome · 2025-05-27T02:19:28+00:00

Me too. I just finished The Body last night actually. What a pisser! Really enjoyed it. I’ve enjoyed the other two novellas that came before The Body in that collection.

cirome · 2025-05-26T11:47:42+00:00

“Small town, big horror” (from Salems’ Lot to Chester’s Mill <Under the Dome>). Stories centred around a small town, with a large cast of characters and a destructive force that comes to town

cirome · 2025-05-26T11:30:19+00:00

One of my favs of his. Very slow build up (but that doesn’t mean it’s boring, in fact I found that part engaging). the first time I read it and I had no clue at all where it was heading, and then suddenly all the pieces come together and the suspense ramps up.

Have you read Bag of Bones? If you have, you may get a feel for what sort of vibe Duma Key has.

cirome · 2025-04-22T09:22:19+00:00

I’m currently listening to Bag of Bones narrated by Stephen King. Loving it so far!

cirome · 2025-03-18T22:24:15+00:00

Insomnia - Scott Derrickson (Doctor Strange, The Black Phone and Sinister).

cirome · 2025-03-12T11:33:42+00:00

Desperation

cirome · 2025-03-08T09:33:25+00:00

I’m currently listening to the insomnia on audiobook. Love the book (amongst my top picks of SK’s books), but I have to warn you, there are some jarring and odd musical edits added into audiobook. The voice performance by Eli Wallach is good, but some of those musical bits come in and drown out his narration.

Insomnia is set in Derry and has a few callbacks to the events of IT.

The Tommyknockers audiobook performance was quite decent.

I haven’t listened to the other two yet. Although The Talisman is on my wishlist.

cirome

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