By Daniel Dern. For many years now, Jane Yolen, among others, has been researching, teaching, writing, and panelling the dark pre-Disney roots of fairy tales. In Fairy Tale, his newest novel, Stephen King delivers a, cough, grimm contemporary story, explicitly … Continue reading
Editor’s Introduction: Daniel Dern is a big Stephen King fan and hopes you’ll become one, too. His previous evangelical post was “An Evening With (As In, They’re On Stage, I’m In The Audience) Stephen and Owen King, On Tour Promoting … Continue reading
At the 2018 PEN America Literary Gala, Stephen King will receive the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award. The award is presented annually to a critically-acclaimed author whose work embodies PEN America’s mission to oppose repression in any form and to … Continue reading
Stephen King and other winners were presented the National Medal of Arts at a White House awards ceremony today. The citation read by President Obama, reports NPR, called King — “One of the most popular and prolific writers of our time, Mr. … Continue reading
“I knew that George R.R. Martin had written a few episodes of ‘Game of Thrones,’ and I was very jealous,” Stephen King told the LA Times. Now King has written the Season 2 premiere of Under the Dome, the CBS … Continue reading
Lorrie Lynch’s USA Today blog has Stephen King in the crosshairs: King, whose Stephen King Goes to the Movies collection came out last week, doesn’t know how much of an influence he had on [Stephanie] Meyer, but he does know … Continue reading
Rays stunned the sports world yesterday, and even Boston‘s Green Monster could not protect the locals, including a horrified Stephen King. [Thanks to David Klaus for the link.]
Stephen King has fired back at the conservative critic who attacked him over a remark he made a month ago at a writers symposium for high school students. [Thanks to Andrew Porter for the link.]
By Daniel Dern: One of the many great things about attending science fiction conventions — regional ones like Arisia, Boskone and ReaderCon, and, where schedule and budget permit, Worldcons — is getting to see/hear, and with luck, planning, and more … Continue reading
Stephen Hawking announced he has given his name to a new award for science communication. The “Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication” will be awarded to those who help promote science to the public through media such as cinema, music, … Continue reading