Who is this person in your life, if there is one? GR: The book is concerned with what you call the "fifth business," "change agent," or "nemesis"-the person who pops up at regular intervals throughout life with a purpose yet to be revealed. I also wanted to use Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos, but in a new fashion, if I could, stripping away Lovecraft's high-flown language. I wanted to write a balls-to-the-wall supernatural horror story, something I haven't done in a long time. And I've been wanting to write about tent show healings for a long time! Other influences were Lovecraft, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and my own religious upbringing. Stephen King: The inspiration was Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan, which is a terrifying story about the world that might exist beyond this one. What was your inspiration for this book? And is it really "the most terrifying conclusion" you've ever written? King tells Goodreads what inspired Revival, how tea by the gallon rather than drugs and alcohol now fuel his craft, and why he loves collaborating with his novelist sons, Joe Hill and Owen King.ġ of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars Goodreads: Congratulations on the un-put-down-able Revival my children almost went hungry.
Mercedes, billed (on his website) as his "first hard-boiled detective tale"), and last year the 67-year-old published Joyland and Doctor Sleep, his gripping sequel to The Shining. Revival marks the author's fourth novel in two years: In June he released Mr. A story of fate, rock and roll, religion, obsession, and addiction, it follows Jamie Morton, a boy from Maine whose life becomes inextricably bound to his onetime childhood pastor, an increasingly sinister figure who performs mysterious electrical "healing" sessions.ĭespite a near-fatal accident 15 years ago, after which he considered retiring, King remains prolific. Indeed King dedicates Revival, out this month, to "some of the people who built my house," including Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, and H.P. In a recent Twitter post about the book, King told readers, "If you're going to buy it, better tone up your nerves." His publisher, Nan Graham, said that upon reading it, "I asked Steve whether it really had to be this dark, knowing before he answered that, yes, it does.
His latest novel, Revival, sees the author of more than 50 global bestsellers-including The Shining, Pet Sematary, and It-return to the "balls to the wall" (King's words) supernatural horror with which he made his name. Just when you think Stephen King's well of pitch-black, sleep-with-the-lights-on horror must surely be running dry, he finds new and possibly even darker ways to terrify us.
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