"Shining"" firmly set in my mind."" ""The Shining"" was published in 1977 and became the third great success of King's career after ""Carrie"" and ""'Salem's Lot"". The primary setting is an isolated Colorado resort called the Overlook Hotel which closes for the winter. In the front matter of the book, King tactfully states, ""Some of the most beautiful resort hotels in the world are located in Colorado, but the hotel in these pages is based on none of them. The Overlook and the people associated with it exist wholly in the author's imagination."" King locates the Overlook Hotel near the"
"Stephen King's novel, the Stanley Hotel has little to do with Stanley Kubrick's iconic 1980 film adaptation. Kubrick's vision for the movie differed significantly from King's in many ways, including the portrayal of the Overlook Hotel. The exteriors of Kubrick's Overlook were supplied by the Timberline Lodge (built 1936-38) near Mt. Hood in Oregon and inspiration for the interior sets (erected at Elstree Studios in the UK) came primarily from the Ahwahnee Hotel (built 1927) in Yosemite National Park. The management of the Timberline Lodge, fearful that guests would refuse to stay in their Room 217 if it were featured"
"for the sole commentary that he was disappointed with Jack Nicholson's portrayal of Jack Torrance as though he had been insane before his arrival at the Overlook Hotel. Aside from the motive behind the creation of the miniseries, the 1997 rendition featured an important set piece that helped to inspire the original story: The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. King used the hotel that inspired him to write the book as the main exterior and the design of the interior sets. Scenes were also shot using the real interior; however, specific pieces of set dressing were used to enhance"
"19, 2009, during a promotional tour for his novel ""Under the Dome"". During a reading moderated by filmmaker David Cronenberg at the Canon Theatre, King said the sequel would follow a character from the original, Danny Torrance, now in his 40s, living in New Hampshire where he works as an orderly at a hospice and helps terminally ill patients die with the aid of extraordinary powers. Later, on December 1, 2009, King posted a poll on his official website, asking visitors to vote for which book he should write next, ""Doctor Sleep"" or : Voting ended on December 31, 2009."
"the haunted hotel featured in ""The Shining"", which a character is warned to never enter. The film was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The film's distribution rights were acquired by IFC Midnight and was exhibited theatrically and on VOD on March 29, 2013. Though King's novel and Kubrick's film adaptation depart in some significant details, they share the same premise. Jack Torrance, a would-be professional writer, takes on a job as the winter caretaker of the sprawling Overlook Hotel in the Colorado mountains. His wife Wendy and"
"set in an institution modelled on the Savoy Hotel. Imperial Palace (novel) Imperial Palace is the last and longest novel by author Arnold Bennett. Published in 1930, the year before Bennett's death, the novel follows the daily workings of a hotel modelled on the Savoy Hotel in London. The central character, Evelyn Orcham, is the director of the hotel. While the novel was successful in its time, it was overshadowed by Vicki Baum's best-selling novel, ""Menschen im Hotel"" ""(People in a Hotel)"" published the same year and later turned into the Academy Award winning film, ""Grand Hotel"". Bennett's second novel,"
"the first gothic novel, Horace Walpole's ""The Castle of Otranto""). The Overlook Hotel acts as a replacement for the traditional gothic castle, and Jack Torrance is a tragic villain seeking redemption. King has also referred to author Shirley Jackson. ""Salem's Lot"" opens with a quotation from Jackson's ""The Haunting of Hill House"", and a character in """" references the Jackson book ""We Have Always Lived in the Castle"". King's book ""11/22/63"" mentions the Jackson story ""The Summer People"". King is a fan of John D. MacDonald, and dedicated the novella ""Sun Dog"" to MacDonald, saying ""I miss you, old friend."""
"Imperial Palace (novel) Imperial Palace is the last and longest novel by author Arnold Bennett. Published in 1930, the year before Bennett's death, the novel follows the daily workings of a hotel modelled on the Savoy Hotel in London. The central character, Evelyn Orcham, is the director of the hotel. While the novel was successful in its time, it was overshadowed by Vicki Baum's best-selling novel, ""Menschen im Hotel"" ""(People in a Hotel)"" published the same year and later turned into the Academy Award winning film, ""Grand Hotel"". Bennett's second novel, ""The Grand Babylon Hotel"" published in 1902, was also"
"The Overlook The Overlook is the 18th novel by American crime writer Michael Connelly, and the thirteenth featuring the Los Angeles detective Hieronymus ""Harry"" Bosch. The novel first appeared in serialised form in ""The New York Times Magazine"", in sixteen installments published from September 17, 2006 to January 21, 2007. Connelly later rewrote and expanded several of the chapters, and ""The Overlook"" was published in book form in May 2007. Many reviewers noted that this clipped version of a Harry Bosch novel lacked much of the psychological depth of previous efforts, but compensated with its plot-driven nature. ""The Overlook"" reunites"
"The Shining (novel) The Shining is a horror novel by American author Stephen King. Published in 1977, it is King's third published novel and first hardback bestseller: the success of the book firmly established King as a preeminent author in the horror genre. The setting and characters are influenced by King's personal experiences, including both his visit to The Stanley Hotel in 1974 and his recovery from alcoholism. The novel was followed by a sequel, ""Doctor Sleep"", published in 2013. ""The Shining"" centers on the life of Jack Torrance, an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic who accepts a position as"
"end of the film and Jack's repeated claims to have ""not just a deja vu"". The film is even more focused on Jack (as opposed to Danny) than the novel. The room number 217 has been changed to 237. Timberline Lodge, located on Mt. Hood in Oregon, was used for the exterior shots of the fictional Overlook Hotel. The Lodge requested that Kubrick not depict Room 217 (featured in the book) in ""The Shining"", because future guests at the Lodge might be afraid to stay there, and a nonexistent room, 237, was substituted in the film. Contrary to the hotel's"
"Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, which inspired the story (a decision Kubrick made since the hotel lacked sufficient snow and electricity). However, King finally supervised the 1997 television adaptation also titled ""The Shining"", filmed at The Stanley Hotel. The animosity of King toward Kubrick's adaptation has dulled over time. During an interview segment on the Bravo channel, King stated that the first time he watched Kubrick's adaptation, he found it to be ""dreadfully unsettling"". Nonetheless, writing in the afterword of ""Doctor Sleep"", King professed continued dissatisfaction with the Kubrick film. He said of it ""...of course there was Stanley"
"used by the intruders to pressure Stanley Kent to steal the cesium from the hospital. ""Jack Brenner"", Rachel Walling's FBI partner and superior and the lead FBI agent on the case. His primary concern is dealing with the terror threat associated with the stolen cesium. To him, Bosch's homicide investigation is a secondary concern. ""Cliff Maxwell"", an FBI agent working on the case, with whom Bosch has two violent encounters. The Overlook The Overlook is the 18th novel by American crime writer Michael Connelly, and the thirteenth featuring the Los Angeles detective Hieronymus ""Harry"" Bosch. The novel first appeared in"
"two guests in the hotel that night. ""When we arrived, they were just getting ready to close for the season, and we found ourselves the only guests in the place — with all those long, empty corridors"". They checked into room 217 which was said to be haunted. This is where room 217 comes from in the book. Ten years earlier, King had read Ray Bradbury's ""The Veldt"" and was inspired to someday write a story about a person whose dreams would become real. In 1972, King started a novel entitled ""Darkshine"", which was to be about a psychic boy"
"Burford Bridge Hotel Burford Bridge Hotel is a historic hotel in the village of Mickleham, Surrey, England. It is to the south of Leatherhead and north of Dorking at the foot of Box Hill on the River Mole. It is now owned by Mercure Hotels. The Hotel was founded in 1254 as the 'Fox and Hounds', and parts of the existing hotel date back to the 16th century. After leaving London, John Keats took a room overlooking the gardens, and found inspiration to complete his epic poem Endymion in November 1817. Other prominent visitors included Queen Victoria, Jane Austen, Wordsworth,"
"Bill Skarsgård, Jane Levy, and Sissy Spacek, premiered on Hulu on July 25, 2018. Castle Rock (Stephen King) Castle Rock is part of Stephen King's fictional Maine topography and provides the setting for a number of his novels, novellas, and short stories. Castle Rock first appeared in King's 1979 novel ""The Dead Zone"", and has reappeared as late as his 2013 novel ""Doctor Sleep"" and 2014 novel ""Revival"" (see list below). The name is taken from the fictional mountain fort of the same name in William Golding's 1954 novel ""Lord of the Flies"". King, a native of Durham, Maine, created"
"Wendy and Halloran present at the ceremony. Jack's spirit is also present, looking on Danny with pride. Back in Colorado, the Overlook is being rebuilt as a resort for the summer, as the ghosts of the original hotel start to wait for more potential victims. The creation of this miniseries is attributed to Stephen King's dissatisfaction with director Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film of the same name. In order to receive Kubrick's approval to re-adapt ""The Shining"" into a program closer to the original story, King had to agree in writing to eschew his frequent public criticism of Kubrick's film, save"
"Pine series of children's adventure novels titled ""Rye Royal"" set largely in Rye, although he had previously based several others of the series wholly or partially in the town, starting with ""The Gay Dolphin Adventure"" published in 1945. The titular Gay Dolphin is a fictional hotel owned by the mother of one of the Lone Pine Club, but is located in the book seemingly in Watchbell Street, where the real Hope Anchor hotel stands, although its description in the books is more akin to the town's Mermaid hotel. Over the course of the books, several of the town's landmarks are"
"inflicted on her. After writing ""Carrie"" and ""'Salem's Lot"", which are both set in small towns in King's native Maine, King was looking for a change of pace for the next book. ""I wanted to spend a year away from Maine so that my next novel would have a different sort of background."" King opened an atlas of the US on the kitchen table and randomly pointed to a location, which turned out to be Boulder, Colorado. On October 30, 1974, King and his wife Tabitha checked into The Stanley Hotel in nearby Estes Park, Colorado. They were the only"
"1920s concept of a hotel lobby. It was reopened as the Royalton Hotel on October 10, 1988. It was the first hotel designed by Philippe Starck. One prominent resident of the Royalton was the humorist Robert Benchley. Royalton is now part of the Highgate Hotel collection of hotels. During the summer of 2007, the Morgans Hotel Group decided to renovate the hotel to update the interior. The hotel reopened on October 1, 2007. The hotel is mentioned in Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse-Five. Royalton Hotel Royalton Hotel is located just east of Times Square in Manhattan at 44 West 44th Street"
"November 3, 2015, King released his tenth collection of short stories, ""The Bazaar of Bad Dreams"". The book was released to critical acclaim and commercial success. During a tour to promote ""End of Watch"", King revealed that he had collaborated on a novel, set in a women's prison in West Virginia, with his son, Owen King to be titled ""Sleeping Beauties"". When the novel was released in October 2017, it reached the top of the ""New York Times"" Best Seller List. King has written two novels with horror novelist Peter Straub: ""The Talisman"" (1984) and a sequel, ""Black House"" (2001)."
"in Boulder, Colorado. At the time, King was struggling with a novel entitled ""Darkshine"". King had set the events of the book in an amusement park but he felt a more isolated setting was necessary. According to George Beahm's ""Stephen King Companion"", ""on the advisement of locals who suggested a resort hotel located in Estes Park, an hour's drive away to the north, Stephen and Tabitha King found themselves checking in at the Stanley Hotel just as its other guests were checking out, because the hotel was shutting down for the winter season. After checking in and after Tabitha went"
"unstable boiler, Danny informs the hotel that it is about to explode. As Danny, Wendy, and Hallorann flee, the hotel-creature rushes to the basement in an attempt to vent the pressure, but it is too late and the boiler explodes, killing Jack and destroying the Overlook. Fighting off a last attempt by the hotel to possess him, Hallorann guides Danny and Wendy to safety. The book's epilogue is set during the next summer. Hallorann, who has taken a chef's job at a resort in Maine, comforts Danny over the loss of his father as Wendy recuperates from the injuries Jack"
"Four past Midnight Four past Midnight is a collection of novellas by Stephen King. It is his second book of this type, the first one being ""Different Seasons"". The collection won the Bram Stoker Award in 1990 for Best Collection and was nominated for a Locus Award in 1991. In the introduction, King says that, while a collection of four novellas like ""Different Seasons"", this book is more strictly horror with elements of the supernatural. The four novellas contained in the collection are described here: On a cross-country red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Boston, ten passengers awaken to find"
"The King in the Window The King in the Window is a children's novel written by American author Adam Gopnik. Published in 2005 by Hyperion Books, the novel is about an American boy named Oliver who lives in Paris. Oliver stumbles into an ancient battle waged between Window Wraiths and the malicious Master of Mirrors, when the American boy is mistaken for a mystical king. On the night of Epiphany, after enjoying his piece of Epiphany kingcake and wearing a gold paper crown, Oliver gazes out the window. He is approached by a haunting vision of another boy in the"
"of the ""nation's best-loved novel"" on the BBC's 2003 survey The Big Read. Other significant works include ""The Scapegoat"", ""The House on the Strand"", and ""The King's General"". The last is set in the middle of the first and second English Civil Wars, written from the Royalist perspective of Du Maurier's adopted Cornwall. Several of Du Maurier's other novels have also been adapted for the screen, including ""Jamaica Inn"", ""Frenchman's Creek"", ""Hungry Hill"", and ""My Cousin Rachel"". The Hitchcock film ""The Birds"" (1963) is based on a treatment of one of her short stories, as is the film ""Don't Look"
"Royal Castle Hotel The Royal Castle Hotel is a hotel in Dartmouth, Devon, England. Guests have included Queen Victoria, Sir Francis Drake, and Mary (who later became Mary II of England). The hotel was used as a location for the 1984 film, ""Ordeal by Innocence"", which was based on the 1958 Agatha Christie novel of the same name. Agatha Christie renamed the hotel the Royal George in 'The Regatta Mystery', a short story that first appeared in The Strand Magazine in 1936 and which currently forms part of the 1991 short story collection Problem at Pollensa Bay. It holds three"
"Castle Rock (Stephen King) Castle Rock is part of Stephen King's fictional Maine topography and provides the setting for a number of his novels, novellas, and short stories. Castle Rock first appeared in King's 1979 novel ""The Dead Zone"", and has reappeared as late as his 2013 novel ""Doctor Sleep"" and 2014 novel ""Revival"" (see list below). The name is taken from the fictional mountain fort of the same name in William Golding's 1954 novel ""Lord of the Flies"". King, a native of Durham, Maine, created a trinity of fictional Maine towns – Castle Rock, Derry and Jerusalem's Lot as"
"as part of promoting the upcoming ""Under the Dome"" TV series, King mentioned he was halfway through writing his next novel, ""Revival"", which was released November 11, 2014. King announced in June 2014 that ""Mr. Mercedes"" is part of a trilogy; the second book, ""Finders Keepers"", was released on June 2, 2015. On April 22, 2015, it was revealed that King was working on the third book of the trilogy which name was later revealed to be ""End of Watch"". The book was released on June 7, 2016, and hit the top of the ""New York Times"" bestseller list. On"
"Insomnia (novel) Insomnia is a horror/fantasy novel by American writer Stephen King, first published in 1994. Like ""It"" and ""Dreamcatcher"", its setting is the fictional town of Derry, Maine. The original hardcover edition was issued with dust jackets in two complementary designs. The first is pictured on the right; the second has the white and red colors reversed. In his memoir, """", King states that ""Insomnia"" and ""Rose Madder"" are ""stiff, trying-too-hard novels."" The story is set in Stephen King's multiverse in the fictional town of Derry, Maine. Ralph Roberts, who is retired, encounters his good-natured acquaintance Ed Deepneau at"
"84. News of his death ran in hundreds of newspapers worldwide. Arthur Hailey Arthur Hailey (April 5, 1920 – November 24, 2004) was a British-Canadian novelist whose plot-driven storylines were set against the backdrops of various industries. His meticulously researched books, which include such best sellers as ""Hotel"" (1965), ""Airport"" (1968), ""Wheels"" (1971), ""The Moneychangers"" (1975), and ""Overload"" (1979), have sold 170 million copies in 38 languages. Arthur Frederick Hailey was born on April 5, 1920, in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, the only child of George Wellington Hailey, a factory worker, and Elsie Wright Hailey. An avid reader, Hailey began to"
"settle in at the Overlook, Danny sees ghosts and frightening visions. Although Danny is close to his parents, he does not tell either of them about his visions because he senses that the care-taking job is important to his father and the family's future. Wendy considers leaving Jack at the Overlook to finish the job by himself; Danny refuses, thinking his father will be happier if they stayed. However, Danny soon realizes that his presence in the hotel makes the supernatural activity more powerful, turning echoes of past tragedies into dangerous threats. Apparitions take solid form and the garden's topiary"
"by the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire, followed by The Gaylord in 1924, The Arcady in 1927 and Bullocks Wilshire in 1929. Novelist Raymond Chandler added to The Bryson's landmark status when he featured it in his 1943 work ""The Lady in the Lake"". Owing to its connection with Chandler, The Bryson has been described as one of the city's ""high-rises that were meant to house wealthy transplants from back East but became the faded palaces of L.A. noir."" In the novel, detective Philip Marlowe visited the Bryson Tower in pursuit of the title character. Chandler described the Bryson: Twenty five"