# The Return of Danny Torrance **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 25, 2013, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632 "2013-09-25T10:23:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632/1 "2013-09-25T10:23:10Z")
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King just came out…its the sequel to The Shining. Its awesomely scary through 100 pages. I expect some really bad dreams the nexr few nights. Kings best and scariest work in ages. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632/2 "2013-09-25T11:56:25Z")
Thanks for the heads up, I’m off to the bookstore! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632/3 "2013-09-25T11:58:00Z")
Cool. I pre-purchased a while ago and it downloaded yesterday. Looking forward to it. ---
**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 25, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632/4 "2013-09-25T12:48:28Z")
I’m probably 50 pages in. So far so good! ---
**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 25, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632/5 "2013-09-25T13:14:47Z")
Just got it on my kindle yesterday. Stayed up too late last night reading… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632/6 "2013-09-25T13:34:30Z")
I’ll be curious to see what your opinions are, compared to some of the comments on Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632/7 "2013-09-25T16:07:01Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I’m probably 50 pages in. So far so good! I’ve said that so often with King’s books, and then came the endings. I’ll keep checking this thread though. ---
**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 25, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632/8 "2013-09-25T16:33:18Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > I’ve said that so often with King’s books, and then came the endings. > [@](#): > > It is ever so with the things that King begins: there is a frost in Spring, or a blight in Summer, and they fail of their promise. Yet seldom do they fail of their seed, and that will lie in the dust and rot to spring up again in times and places unlooked-for. The deeds of King will outlast us, and yet come to naught in the end but might-have-beens, I guess. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632/9 "2013-09-25T16:54:01Z")
21 pages in, but I expect to get it read by tonight or tomorrow at the latest. I hope it’s good…please let it be good ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632/10 "2013-09-25T23:53:12Z")
I’m going to buy it, hardcover, unread. It better be good! ( Or else, uh, I guess I lose. ) ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632/11 "2013-09-26T04:02:44Z")
Up to page 247, still pretty good so far ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632/12 "2013-09-26T05:25:30Z")
I saw this in the bookstore tonight - my library doesn’t have it in yet for me to put a hold on it. ARRRRGHHHHH! (I’ll most likely buy the book, but I prefer paperbacks.) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632/13 "2013-09-26T05:34:29Z")
Im liking that some of the horroe in Torrances life is the result of real causes as opposed to anything supernatural…dont want to give examples because they might be spoilers. King is really maturing as a writer. The supernatural material is brilliant and makes me not want to read at night. So Im a wussy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632/14 "2013-09-26T06:28:14Z")
Do you have to have read The Shining to understand this, or is seeing the movie enough? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632/15 "2013-09-26T11:51:50Z")
> [@thirdname](#): > > Do you have to have read The Shining to understand this, or is seeing the movie enough? Movie viewing is fine. In fact the book has enough about what generally went on in the hotel that I think the book could stand alone… ---
**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 26, 2013, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632/16 "2013-09-26T12:28:55Z")
> [@thirdname](#): > > Do you have to have read The Shining to understand this, or is seeing the movie enough? You’ll just need to know that the move and book endings differed somewhat. In the book, Halloran lived & stayed involved in Danny’s life. Also Danny’s dad had a moment of clarity at the end where he threw off the Overlook’s influence for a moment and refrained from killing Danny. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632/17 "2013-09-26T16:22:21Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Im liking that some of the horroe in Torrances life is the result of real causes as opposed to anything supernatural…dont want to give examples because they might be spoilers. King is really maturing as a writer. The supernatural material is brilliant and makes me not want to read at night. So Im a wussy. 🙂 “Is” maturing? He’s 66 years old! 🙂 That said, I’ve loved his last handful of books - I think he’s gone away from just trying to shock and gross people out and do what he does best, tell stories that I can’t put down. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632/18 "2013-09-26T23:15:48Z")
I liked it a lot. Finished it today. Won’t spoil it for anyone, but it’s miles above Under The Dome. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632/19 "2013-09-27T15:25:45Z")
I have the signed/limited on order and am really looking forward to it. Though I’m impatient enough to read the trade release when I get my hands on it tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632/20 "2013-09-27T15:37:20Z")
I’m reading it now. I’m having a little trouble with some of the geography of all things. In my head I sound like the Comic Book Guy, but I keep saying, “Telepathy, OK, psychic vampires, no problem, precognition, why not, but is this some kind of magic universe where Wilmington, NC has a train station and there’s a vantage point where you can look down on the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge? That’s just silly.” I know Steven King has been to this area, they shot Firestarter, Maximum Overdrive, and Under the Dome here, would it have been a huge problem to get the landmarks correct? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632.md?page=2)