# Stephen King working on a Shining sequel...with vampires!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 28, 2011, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-working-on-a-shining-sequel-with-vampires/597870 "2011-09-28T12:03:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-working-on-a-shining-sequel-with-vampires/597870/1 "2011-09-28T12:03:50Z")
> **[Stephen King Sneaks 'The Shining' Sequel: Danny Stars in 'Dr. Sleep' With...](https://deadline.com/2011/09/stephen-kings-the-shining-sequel-official-stars-danny-in-dr-sleep-with-vampires-177000/)** > > Stephen King announced the book’s possibility back in 2009, but it wasn’t made official until last weekend when he read an excerpt during a George Mason University awards ceremony. The … Oh lord. Odds of being awful? Pr (awful | King’s recent trajectory, plus vampires) = 96.3%. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-working-on-a-shining-sequel-with-vampires/597870/2 "2011-09-28T12:49:21Z")
Nothing good can come out of this… ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-working-on-a-shining-sequel-with-vampires/597870/3 "2011-09-28T12:49:37Z")
I worship the ground Mr. King walks on…but I desperately wish he wouldn’t do this. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-working-on-a-shining-sequel-with-vampires/597870/4 "2011-09-28T12:53:55Z")
I thought he was “done” writing fiction? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-working-on-a-shining-sequel-with-vampires/597870/5 "2011-09-28T13:00:16Z")
Ah, a story of a ghoulish creature engaging in cannibalistic behavior. And then writing a book. Stephen King is turning into George Lucas, in that he’s rejigging his past triumphs which will inevitably ruin them and make everyone hate him. Mining his back catalog for the Dark Tower series was bad enough. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-working-on-a-shining-sequel-with-vampires/597870/6 "2011-09-28T13:05:39Z")
> [@Sarabellum1976](#): > > I thought he was “done” writing fiction? …several times? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-working-on-a-shining-sequel-with-vampires/597870/7 "2011-09-28T13:08:22Z")
I am sick unto death of vampires, but I guess he’s just trying to cash in on the current craze. Although he’s a bit late! Still, Shining is one of my favorite books ever, and I don’t think he can really improve on it. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-working-on-a-shining-sequel-with-vampires/597870/8 "2011-09-28T13:08:47Z")
I don’t know - I’m curious as to what happened to Danny. Maybe it will be awful but I’ll probably read it anyways. I am currently reading _Full Dark, No Stars_ and it’s better than I expected. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-working-on-a-shining-sequel-with-vampires/597870/9 "2011-09-28T13:29:51Z")
Before I clicked on the link, I thought it would be “The Overlook Hotel 2: More Overlooking” (which would indeed be lame). But having another unrelated novel starring Danny Torrence doesn’t sound offensive to me. Of course, I gave up reading Stephen King books written after “Insomnia”, so I’m not going to defend the writing quality of his recent books. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-working-on-a-shining-sequel-with-vampires/597870/10 "2011-09-28T13:34:13Z")
> [@LVBoPeep](#): > > I don’t know - I’m curious as to what happened to Danny. Maybe it will be awful but I’ll probably read it anyways. Me, too, but why vampires? Danny was a very special child; there’s a great deal more he could deal with than stupid old vampires. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-working-on-a-shining-sequel-with-vampires/597870/11 "2011-09-28T14:18:31Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I am sick unto death of vampires, but I guess he’s just trying to cash in on the current craze. Although he’s a bit late! Still, Shining is one of my favorite books ever, and I don’t think he can really improve on it. Unlikely, as he was writing about vampires decades before the current craze, and they’re pretty important to The Dark Tower, and as such an important part of his fictional universe. I think it sounds interesting, and will probably be good - King’s success rate is probably as high as anyone who writes as many books as him. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-working-on-a-shining-sequel-with-vampires/597870/12 "2011-09-28T14:20:05Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > Unlikely, as he was writing about vampires decades before the current craze, and they’re pretty important to The Dark Tower, and as such an important part of his fictional universe. > > I think it sounds interesting, and will probably be good - King’s success rate is probably as high as anyone who writes as many books as him. Well, I have read his vampire books, but that doesn’t mean he couldn’t be writing more books just to cash in on it! ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-working-on-a-shining-sequel-with-vampires/597870/13 "2011-09-28T14:26:38Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I worship the ground Mr. King walks on…but I desperately wish he wouldn’t do this. Amen! I liked “Salem’s Lot” back in the day but the genre has had the blood sucked out of it, so to speak. And for anyone who gave up on SK I suggest you give “Full Dark, No Stars” a try as **LVBoPeep** mentioned. The writing really harkens back to his early career. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-working-on-a-shining-sequel-with-vampires/597870/14 "2011-09-28T14:30:32Z")
I just think King needs to properly get in the mood before settling in to write this book. Anyone have his supplier’s number? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-working-on-a-shining-sequel-with-vampires/597870/15 "2011-09-28T14:50:02Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > And for anyone who gave up on SK I suggest you give “Full Dark, No Stars” a try as **LVBoPeep** mentioned. The writing really harkens back to his early career. Yeah, I do think he still nails it in his shorter works. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-working-on-a-shining-sequel-with-vampires/597870/16 "2011-09-28T14:55:16Z")
Isaac Asimov writing a sequel that joined his Robot series with the Foundation series seemed like a stupid idea, until I realized that it meant that sales would go up on both Foundation series books and Robot series books, as people unfamilar with books they hadn’t read yet (or hadn’t read in a long time) bought other books in the series to catch up. This’ll persuade people to buy copies of _The Shining_. And maybe _Salem’s Lot_. Makes perfect sense. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-working-on-a-shining-sequel-with-vampires/597870/17 "2011-09-28T15:06:18Z")
Will this new book feature a … lamp monster? ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-working-on-a-shining-sequel-with-vampires/597870/18 "2011-09-28T15:10:35Z")
Whoa, I thought Stephen King was dead. Didn’t he get hit by a car or something? Really can’t be bothered to Google. :meh: ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-working-on-a-shining-sequel-with-vampires/597870/19 "2011-09-28T15:31:03Z")
> [@PhiloVance](#): > > Whoa, I thought Stephen King was dead. Didn’t he get hit by a car or something? Really can’t be bothered to Google. :meh: He did die. But only in one version of time. In another version, Stephen King manages to carve out a key that merged two competing realities and brought him back into our world so he could write again. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-working-on-a-shining-sequel-with-vampires/597870/20 "2011-09-28T15:56:18Z")
I suspect these vampires will be the same/related to the _Salem’s Lot_ ones. Father Whatshisname featured heavily in the later Dark Tower books, and he likes to tie a lot of his works together via DT. I still think it will be stupid. I didn’t even like _Full Dark, No Stars_. I think the last really good book he did was _Everything’s Eventual_. (Though I will give props to “N” as one of the scariest, most evil stories I’ve ever read.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-working-on-a-shining-sequel-with-vampires/597870.md?page=2)