You read it right, Constant Readers!
Stephen King's 2006 novel Lisey's Story has been picked up by Apple TV+, and the best part? Stephen King himself is involved in the writing and directing, so it'll be a vision of the Master of Horror himself.
Julianne Moore plays the titular role, and the series will also star Clive Owen, Dane DeHaan, Joan Allen, and Ron Cephas Jones.
Lisey's Story is one of my favorite books. King has also stated that it is his favorite of all his books. What I like about Lisey's Story is that the heart of the story is about writing itself. Especially when writing horror, your mind has to travel to some dark places to imagine what your characters are dealing with and visualizing how they might act in certain situations. Writers often talk of going places in their mind for ideas, but what if there was an actual place of ideas? A pool of some sort. And what if you occasionally got stuck there?
Lisey's Story focuses on Lisey after her novelist husband Scott Landon dies. It's been two years, and Lisey still hasn't been able to bring herself to clean out his study. After a professor visits and pleads with her to release all of the late author's papers, she declines. When crazy fan Zack McCool insists there must be a hidden manuscript and starts threatening Lisey to turn over Scott's papers, things get ugly. The more Lisey starts to remember about her own past and secrets learned early in her marriage, the closer Lisey gets to Scott's not so imaginary writer's retreat.
The story is part horror, part romance, and part sci-fy. The story portrays marriage, grief, sibling relationships, and resurfaced memories. It's got something for everyone, and that's what makes it very relatable to the human experience.
For more information about the series, check out this article.
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-Morgan Lee Hedglin, Pearl Branch Manager
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