Wife of Horace Derwent from 1942 until 1948. Like many of Stephen King’s novels, The Shining is imbued with paranormal elements. Five months as a caretaker in a supposedly haunted and extremely empty Colorado hotel cut off from the outside world by deep snow sounds just about right. Jack Torrance, his wife Wendy, and their young son Danny move into the Overlook Hotel, where Jack has been hired as the winter caretaker. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. County Coroner bribed to change the cause of death from suicide to accidental death for Mrs. Massey - the woman found dead in room 217. Manager where Dick Hallorann worked in Florida. I ALSO PERFER IT THAN THE MOVIE OF IT. In late September of 1974, Tabby and I spent a night at a grand old hotel in Estes Park, the Stanley. Passenger who didn't show up for Flight 196 to Denver. Wendy Torrance imagined that a soap opera hero Sir Galahad would come to sweep her and Danny away. The Shining, by Stephen King, the undisputed master of the modern horror story. List of differences between the book and film is just that. The Shining He sensed the evil coiled within the Overlook's one hundred and ten empty rooms; an evil that was waiting just for them. So I'm going to state (blasphemously) that the film IS better than the book !! The Shining (novel) の部分一致の例文一覧と使い方 該当件数 : 3件 例文 Thus, the novel appearance can be realized, by effectively and indirectly shining the periphery of the light-proof cap 4 of the dial plate. Please try again. Owner of Fun Time Automatic Machines and a mobster. It has been made into an iconic horror movie of the same name, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall film and a miniseries that was aired on TV in the 90's. Drunk, who was in charge of the Overlook during the winter of 1970-1971, went mad and killed his 2 daughters (8 and 6) with a hatchet, and his wife with a shotgun before committing suicide with the shotgun. The Shining, by Stephen King, the undisputed master of the modern horror story. A promising debate student at Stovington Academy. Millionaire inventor, pilot, film producer and entrepreneur who owned the Overlook 1945-1970. Paperback. He is really an older version of Danny himself. The Shining is a 1977 horror novel by American writer Stephen King.It was King's third published novel and first bestseller. And why do the hedges shaped like animals seem so alive?Somewhere, somehow, there is an evil force in the hotel - and that, too, is beginning to shine . But there is a 1990's television mini series that I've heard hits closer to the mark that I've yet to see. ", Stayed in the Presidential Suite at the Overlook. Owner of a Conoco service station in Sidewinder. Although The Shining is at heart a variation on a “ghost story”, King's ability to present the reader with real and credible (if horrible) characters lifts this novel to a higher plane. We were the only guests as it turned out; the following day they were going to close the place down for the winter. And I don't think I'll be reading another one anytime soon. Not mentioned by name. The title was inspired by the John Lennon song "Instant Karma! With Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers. He then evolves into a source of fear, and finally a source of strength. Please try again. Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Tony is Danny Torrance's guide in The Shining. This classic novel is arguably King's most famous story and piece of literature. Lived above Jack and Wendy in Boulder. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 29, 2018. Went to nursery school with Danny Torrance in Stovington. novel The Shining / Misery / Cell 2008-09-15 Stephen King Hodder Paperbacks 978-0-340-92016-9 £23.97 497+ 369+ 496 pb? There’s a second wrinkle in that equation that needs to be addressed. A presold prefab blockbuster, what with King's Carrie hitting the moviehouses, Salem's Lot being lensed, The Shining itself sold to Warner Bros. and tapped as a Literary Guild full selection, NAL paperback, etc. So who is the lady in Room 217 and who are the masked guests going up and down in the elevator? I THINK IT IS UP TO YOU THAT DECIDE WHICH IS BETTER AFTER YOU READ IT. He was married to Sylvia Derwent from 1942-1948. In 1977, King’s third novel titled The Shining was published, and it was such a big success it helped establish Stephen King as one of the best authors in the horror genre. The Shining, gothic horror novel by Stephen King, first published in 1977. Son of Jack and Wendy. Please try your request again later. In 2016 the Minnesota Opera Company stag… The Shining is an American supernatural horror media franchise centered on the 1977 novel by Stephen King of the same name. Told Jack Torrance about Vic Stenger's nervous breakdown. The cook at the Overlook. Wife of Arthur Miller. Here’s one last anecdote. PeopIe who were snowbound in the Sierra Nevadas. His recent work includes Sleeping Beauties (co-written with his son Owen King), the short story collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, the Bill Hodges trilogy End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel, and shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award). I got up, lit a cigarette, sat in the chair looking out the window at the Rockies, and by the time the cigarette was done, I had the bones of the book firmly set in my mind. Danny is only five years old, but in the words of old Mr Hallorann he is a 'shiner', aglow with psychic voltage. The Shining (1980) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson. He could read people's minds or thoughts, and he was wanted by the Overlook. 映画の中のいくつかのシーン（バーテンが出てくるシーン、ジャックが加わった集合写真など）の説明を求めて、中古ペーパーバックを購入したのは３年前でしたが、ヤケがひどくて文字も小さく読む気になれずに放置していました。最近、この続編のDr.Sleepを購入したので、急ぎ読みました。前半は映画では描かれなかった夫婦のバックグラウンドにさすがに原作はいいなと思いました。ところが後半は原作はまるでホーンテッドマンションじみて、映画のじわじわ迫る狂気が感じられませんでした。（象徴的なタイプライターのシーンは原作にはない）。たぶん原作をそのまま映画化したら、冗長な幽霊屋敷物になったと思います。ラストはかなり違いますが、どちらも甲乙つけがたい作品です。（映画のメンズルームのスタイリッシュなアールデコスタイルは印象的でした。）, キューブリック「シャイニング」との比較から買い求めたが、これが随分とちがうことがわかり、興味深かった。, じわじわくる怖さ・心臓をわしづかみにするような怖さ両方ありますが、家族の物語でもあり、子供の気持ちが切ないです。, S. Kingは余り詳しくないのですが、本作の続編がベストセラーになっていたのでこちらを購入しました。, キングの本はペーパーバックで読むのは４冊目ですが、たたみかけていくような細かい描写に引き込まれていきます。それは、時に恐怖心であったり、感情だったり、風景だったりします。この作品ではシャイニングを持つ子供を中心にストーリーが展開しますが、僕はオカルト的な怖さよりは、父と子の関係、母と子の関係により興味をそそられました。DVはdifferent seasonsでも描かれていましたが、キング氏の心に深く根を下ろしているようです。素晴らしい作家なのでまた別なものを読んでみたいです。, I HIGHY RECOMMEND YOU THIS BOOK. I really enjoyed the 1980's film version starring Jack Nicholson, and i kind of figured that there would be a few differences, but after reading the book i realised that the film is way off base from Stephen King's book, and it's no wonder that SK was so famously outspoken as to his dislike of the film. He was being chased by a fire-hose. They sat on a sofa in the lobby of the Overlook the day the Torrances arrived at the hotel. Jack saw the Overlook as an opportunity, a desperate way back from failure and despair; Wendy saw this lonely sanctuary as a frail chance to preserve their family; and Danny?....Danny, who was blessed or cursed with a shining, precognitive gift, saw visions hideously beyond the comprehension of a small boy. BUT I CANT DEFINE WHICH IS BETTER. Perhaps he can write the great American novel, perhaps he can finish his long gesturing play, or maybe just maybe he will try to murder his family! Bodyguard of Gienelli. Jack's tortured and often very unpleasant internal Prime members also enjoy unlimited streaming of Movies & TV, Music, unlimited photo storage and more. 14-year-old actress who worked for the Top Mark Studio before she died of a heroin overdose in 1934. Wandering through its corridors, I thought that it seemed the perfect—maybe the archetypical—setting for a ghost story. It painfully deals with many of King's recurring themes, including alcoholism, domestic violence, misfit, yet gifted children and the insanity of authors. Unnamed woman on Flight 196 (Hallorann's flight back to Colorado) who burst into tears and said the plane was going to crash. Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel The Shining is about as creepy as it gets. © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Dressed as a dog in the Overlook at the 1945 party. Something went wrong. Headed the purchase of the Overlook from Derwent in 1952, then was later part of High Country Investments that again purchased the Overlook in 1963. Get FREE Expedited Shipping and Scheduled Delivery with Amazon Prime. © Copyright © 2000 - 2021 Stephen King - All Rights Reserved. Danny's invisible playmate that made the word "redrum" famous. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Manager of Surf-Sand resort in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Fire extinguisher's aren't scary either in fact unforgivably King's book isn't particularly frightening. Poet discussed in Jack Torrance's English classes. They resorted to cannibalism in order to stay alive. It is meant to be empty. Son of Brian Hatfield. Because this book gave me the creeps. If you had not read The Shining already, the 2013 publication of Doctor Sleep, the sequel, presented an opportunity to revisit one of the best ghost stories of our time, a perfect justification for stepping through those bat-wing doors for the first time. . I had assumed the 'scary bits' in the movie were taken from the book, when in fact none of them were, topiary animals coming to life 'aren't' scary, though Mr King obviously thinks they are, reviving them again and again throughout the novel undermining what tension there is in the book and culminating in a ludicrous/hilarious encounter between Hallorann (arriving at the 'Overlook' to confront a very 'real' madman) and a 'HEDGELION !!!' Mobster and guest of the Overlook in 1944. This is a review of Stephen King's novel, NOT the film or the television mini series. Boyfriend of Elaine. He had the "shine. The book was adapted into a movie by Stanley Kubrick in 1980, which was very successful as well. Built the Overlook in 1907. Written, directed, and produced by Stanley Kubrick, The Shining was released by Warner Brothers in 1980 and based on Stephen King's novel of the same name. I was coming back on a bus from a Zen center in Nebraska in 1991. Son of Vic. Visited the Overlook. Guest in the Overlook in 1964. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Brush up on the details in this novel, in a voice that won't put you to sleep. Yes its creepy. Actor who was compared to George Hatfield. Although The Shining is at heart a variation on a “ghost story”, King's ability to present the reader with real and credible (if horrible) characters lifts this novel to a higher plane. What’s the Difference comes at you this week with one of the most popular viewer suggestions: The Shining. Hardcover / Paperback / Trade / Kindle / Audio / Movie / TV Miniseries / DVD. Jack Torrance needs to get away, anywhere will do as long as he can have some peace and quiet. ", Childhood invisible friend of Dr Bill Edmonds. Husband of Marilyn. The Shining by Stephen King chapter summaries, themes, characters, analysis, and quotes! 1st … Evil forces residing in the Overlook – which has a long and violent history – covet young Danny for his precognitive powers and exploit Jack’s weaknesses to try to claim the boy. Before Doctor Sleep, there was The Shining, a classic of modern American horror from the undisputed master, Stephen King. 『 シャイニング 』（ The Shining ）は、 1980年 に制作された ホラー映画 。 スティーヴン・キング 原作の 同名小説 をスタンリー・キューブリックが映画化した。 The name Tony is simply a shortening of Danny's middle name Anthony. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King. The Shining is a horror novel by American author Stephen King. The Shining:Book one. Cut off from civilization for months, Jack hopes to battle alcoholism and uncontrolled rage while writing a play. It has to be a sequel to both the iconic film The Shining, and the bestselling novel The Shining. Yes I loved it. Grandson of Robert Watson. That night I dreamed of my three-year-old son running through the corridors, looking back over his shoulder, eyes wide, screaming. Friend of Jack Torrance. In nursery school with Danny Torrance in Stovington. ......... try hedgehogs next time ... To begin with it took me three weeks to read this novel. Lets be clear about this, I'm not adverse to long novels, I read Leo Tolstoy's 'War and Peace' (1400 pages) in my twenties, (a long time ago) but whereas Tolstoy's novel covered a vast amount of material, plus very interesting characters, King's book is exasperatingly 'long winded' more than half it's length could of been trimmed to better effect. Hallorann got his seat.. . A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his I woke up with a tremendous jerk, sweating all over, within an inch of falling out of bed. The novel’s protagonist, five-year-old Danny Torrance, has psychic abilities, and the Overlook Hotel—where Danny’s father, Jack, is the winter caretaker—is full of unexplained occurrences and spirits of the past, keeping the Torrances in a constant state of fear. Jack Torrance found a letter written to Tommy back in 1934, in the Overlook basement. The Overlook Hotel claimed the most beautfiul physical setting of any resort in the world; but Jack Torrance, the new winter caretaker, with his wife, Wendy and their five-year-old son Danny, saw much more than its splendor. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Jack's agent, thought the literary sun rose and set on Sean O'Casey. Wendy thought a chef should look like the Pillsbury Dough-Boy. Father of Robin. 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