Author Stephen King returns with chilling new book "Holly"

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Author Stephen King is back at it, releasing a new novel reminding us all why he's the king of horror. "Holly" is a chilling story that takes place during the COVID-19 pandemic and spotlights a frequent character in King's catalog. Jeff Glor sat down with the author for more.
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@jaimiedenil4367 Год назад

The smile on Jeff's face during the interview was a treasure. You could tell that he was so happy to be talking to Stephen King.

@kirnpu Год назад

What has always amazed me about King's writing is that it draws me in as if I were actually an observer just standing off to the side out of sight. It's as if I'm right there. His short stories and novellas are every bit as immersive - I can't get enough of his writing.

@_Conzo_ Год назад

That's an excellent way to put it - exactly how I feel.

@karinakassim Год назад

I absolutely agree. It’s like watching a movie, only with words instead.

@jeanrocque-rr4ec Год назад

His stuff is based on the fears we all have in some form or another. He can take mundane things and scare the crap out of you. With me, it's CLOWNS!!!! I hate them. And PENNYWISE---OMG!!!!!!

@kirnpu Год назад

@@jeanrocque-rr4ec That's exactly it. I've never had a fear of clowns but that sure changed after reading and seeing IT!

@karinakassim Год назад

@@jeanrocque-rr4ec mine is creepy flying kids hovering at windows 😅

@carolmeyer4186 Год назад

My DAD LOVED Him. 😊😊 I hope he is still reading him in HEAVEN.

@1805movie Год назад

"You write to learn about yourself" Words of wisdom.

@mitmitization Год назад

Yes, how interesting! 🤔

@mackfarlainethebarenakedau5113 10 месяцев назад

Never had to.

@mitmitization 10 месяцев назад

@@mackfarlainethebarenakedau5113 …….?

@rolandofgilead43 5 месяцев назад

i agree with him 100% because i love to write poetry i've never submitted but i will someday & on how i write which is what i think how he writes whatever comes to mind for me i could be listening to a song or i hear a title of a song an an idea comes to me. i'd say King is pretty Similar but there are plenty of my poems and i've written at least over 200 or close to it by now a little of myself i think some of them are personal but not all of them.

@oatmilk169 Год назад

He's one of those authors where I think, "yeah, I like some of his books," and then I go "Oh, but that one...and that one...and that one..." and then you realize how prolific he is and literally most of what he's written is amazing. I mean, I have Stephen King to thank for one my favorite all-time movies, Stand By Me!

@jsully8076 Год назад

Oh my goodness, me and my best friend used to watch that movie religiously when we were little. I was introduced to Cain by my grandmother when I was also probably 7 years old and she was babysitting me and decided to let me watch The Shining with her! LOL. Let's just say mom wasn't too happy when she got home. I remember being terrified and confused but completely hooked from then on. I really loved this interview didn't you? What a cool and unique guy. Have a good night!

@cvmo666 11 месяцев назад

The shining for me .. after watching that movie it sent me down the rabbit hole buying every Stephen king book I could find secondhand

@Sookielein 10 месяцев назад

It's mindblowing how much he wrote and how diverse the topics he covered/stories are he created are.

@susansanchez4794 Год назад

Been reading Stephen King since 1976( Carrie), love his books, my favorites are The Shining , Dolores Claiborne, Four Seasons , The Green Mile ,and Skeleton Crew , Stephen King is The Master , I will never stop reading his books...

@gusgus8134 Год назад

I'm a very slow, dyslexic reader but I will always make the time...even if it takes a year to read Steven King books.

@LindaC616 Год назад

😊

@celebrityrog Год назад

IT was the first full Stephen King novel I read as a kid. A KID. Over 1000 pages of terror. I have no idea what the first movie I seen based on his books, but I've literally seen them all. Such a great person and a great wealth of horror knowledge inside that head.

@nightnursegale5131 Год назад

Im 50 yrs old and read "It" when I was 11. That was the beginning of my Stephen King obsession. So grateful my Mother ,GrandMother and Aunt taught me to love to read.

@andreawalker7138 Год назад

I read that book when I was a couple of years older...and it scared the bejeebies out of me! Sometimes I was afraid to turn the page, haha. That story still scares me. (Didn't stop me from reading more of his novels though)

@LindaC616 Год назад

As a young teen, I read "Salem's Lot" and "The Shining". Still my favorites, but I read almost all of his stuff

@matthewdyer2926 Год назад

Shame they didn’t teach you any decent taste in reading.

@Cybelle2010art Год назад

Cujo was my first King book, with Carrie soon after. My best friend’s mom was reading It and I was reading over her arm. So she pointed me to her books and (after checking with my parents) let me pick one. I’ve never looked back.

@LisaBrown-wy9hi Год назад

I am 54 and red IT when I was young, too. I always wondered if anyone knows if IT was inspired by John Wayne Gacy. Not sure.

@rafaelludicanti2 Год назад

That was really great to watch. And what a pleasant person he is. Thank you for that, guys, that was sweet. ⚜️

@joannejohnson7006 Год назад

Everything Stephen King 👑 can’t get enough!

@StayFrosty81 Год назад

Ever since Stephen King got Trump derangement syndrome his books have really gone downhill. He can’t help but inject every story with politics now or outright mention Trump. It’s sad because I love so many of his older books but now I think he’s lost his way. Political bull is shoved in our faces 24\7 from every direction already. I don’t want it in my damn fiction books too.

@Pravuss Год назад

Salem's Lot was the first of King's works that I read and I've been hooked ever since. One thing I can say about his books is that they are the only ones I've gone back to read again, like saying hello to an old friend.

@Steven-lb4bl Год назад

I read Salem’s Lot many moons ago and every night before I went to bed I looked under my bed and in my closet. And I avoided the basement at all costs.

@hermanbekkema1582 6 месяцев назад

This man has a sharp and perfect view in the human mind, and the line of story-telling is out of this world ... i've read thousants of books the last 55 years, but King gives me chills and tears every time i read his books. He is a living legend and a never empty source of story's and personality's. With all my respect ... thank you.

@isaacgraham5727 Год назад

I just finished the Holly audiobook. Really pretty good, all in all, but really creepy with some truly, TRULY hateful villains.

@Sarahonwheels Год назад

Easily one of the best villains in modern Stephen King history

@nightnursereads Год назад

Should I read the Mr Mercedes series first? Or can I read Holly on it's own?

@isaacgraham5727 Год назад

@@nightnursereads I think you can just go ahead and read Holly first if you want - you don’t really NEED to read any of the earlier books first, frankly. Some references are made in passing to her earlier adventures, but absolutely none of it is crucial to understanding or enjoying the central story in Holly.

@Sarahonwheels Год назад

@@nightnursereads i haven’t read the trilogy yet and I was able to read it.

@LindaC616 Год назад

@@nightnursereadsBut if you want to understand why King likes Holly so much, or why she's a popular character, you may as well read the trilogy.

@ReignofIndepence Год назад

No thanks. Dude is so annoying these days. All he does is talk and think about Trump

@charlottedeveaux7744 Год назад

A truly amazing and talented writer! My goal is to collect all of his writings and books. Once I retire, I will certainly not be bored! One of my favorites is "Under the Dome". The events in his books always makes me think, hmmm, an interesting possibility. Just received my "Holly" book, which really made my day. Keep the books coming, Mr. King, your followers are loving it!

@jeanrocque-rr4ec Год назад

I have to get the HOLLY book. I just now am hearing about it. I've missed his writing.

@Brunostegmann574 Год назад

I been collecting them for years I think I have 40 maybe more of his books .That’s my goal also 😊

@Jaglicic1 Год назад

Under the dome is my favorite! The charactes still stick with me years later!

@JipCripes-np2ls 11 месяцев назад

@@Jaglicic1 I was kinda turned off by the the few rape scenes in the book.

@tiredofit4761 Год назад

He is legend! I was reading his books from junior high until now.

@lhamu Год назад

Lots of love 💕 form India 🇮🇳 to Stephen king … his writings have touched my soul time and again … his writings are surreal and magnetic. A writer to the bone. The way he writes his books never fails to amaze me over and over again . He is a true marvel of our times. Thank you Mr. King for letting us into your magical world. -constant reader

@jsully8076 Год назад

Hello, beautiful India from the United States! I have been a Stephen King fan ever since I was nine years old and my grandmother and I watched The Shining together haha! Let's just say my mother was not happy when she returned. I remember being so horrified and confused but I loved it and I was hooked ever since. Good Vibrations to you, I hope to visit your gorgeous country some day!

@lhamu Год назад

@@jsully8076 hello thank you ☺️ I also hope to visit beautiful US someday, especially the country side .. I can only imagine how scared your mom must have felt watching a classic horror like Shining 😅 but glad you discovered a gem 💎 through that. As for me, my first encounter with Stephen king was- room no 1408, it left me enchanted with the story, it was artistically scary, which was rare (still is) in other horror movies which only seem to care about the shock value. 👑 S. King: rockstar of modern horror. Sending good vibes to you too friend! I hope you have a wonderful stay and create superb memories here in India 💚

@misterb8677 Год назад

So nice to see a fellow Indian Stephen King fan here. Cheers!

@zebookworm8086 Год назад

I’ve read Stephen King, since I was very very young. I’ve always loved his work. I always found his fictive experience to be immersive right up until Steve got Trump Derangement Syndrome. In his last five or six books King has bashed Trump, conservatives and brought the real life political world into his novels. It totally stops fictive experience for the reader, takes you out of the novel back into the real world and I for one resent it. You’re a novelist, not a pundit. I buy your work to escape. PLEASE stop already with the political commentary. In addition, your current TDS won’t translate at all in twenty years. Future readers will have no idea what your rants are all about but they will know they don’t belong in whatever amazing yarn you’re spinning.

@kidnplay3978 Год назад

Stephen King is not the only horror writer you know. There is a whole new generation of authors out there and yet y’all only give a platform to the same damn rotating wheel of authors. Why does no one want to embrace anything new? This goes for Hollywood too. We don't need another Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, or Chronicles of Narnia. Respect the old, but please at least acknowledge the new.

@tjnaples Год назад

Referencing the COVID years like the Boogie Man is exceptionally hilarious

@situated4 Год назад

We were camping over Halloween weekend a few years ago in our comfy small RV on a wonderfully pitch black, cool, rainy October night in Western Ohio. We brought Pet Sematary on dvd to watch that Friday night after setting up and having a late dinner. A little over halfway through the film and snug in bed, the whole RV started sliding off the front jack blocks like we were being pushed by something! Freaked us right out like nothing else!!! (After the initial shock, I figured it was a prank by teenage kids - and/or Bigfoot - but, alas, the front stackable jack blocks are plastic, it was rainy and slick, we were parked on a very slight incline, and we had decided to not deploy the four manual stabilizer feet until the next morning in dryer weather. That was the mistake. Walking inside the RV had caused the front jack to begin to slip off the blocks in the wet. Lesson learned.)

@facuendoalvarez7312 Год назад

One of best writers in the world. Love from Argentina ❤

@dudester873 11 месяцев назад

Hopefully, Stephen draws closer to Jesus.

@rosesmith6925 Год назад

Holly is probably my favorite character ❤️ Quirky yet so intelligent! Just trying to follow her thought process is a maze of wildness.

@braziliantvhd2768 11 месяцев назад

Yeah, you can't just replace Holly in a new series after everyone got attached to the actress playing her on Mr. Mercedes. That's why The Outsider series got cancelled.

@alisonj1384 Год назад

“Cell” by Stephen King was awesome and still resonates today imo

@nancyloomis3046 Год назад

The scariest thing I ever read (actually listened to) was King’s short story “The Man in the Black Suit.” I think the hairs on my neck got pretty close to standing on end. OK, the narration was spot on, but it was King’s words, the setting, the character of the young boy, scared out of his wits by seeing the face of evil. So perfectly written.

@julesflack Год назад

Completely agree, I think that story is definitely one of his absolute scariest because it just feels so genuine.

@robertjensen3786 10 месяцев назад

Boring book--King is NOT Raymond Chandler or Michael Connelly....the book is tedium personified. It would never have been published if submitted by a not famous author--it puts you to sleep

@oldmancali Год назад

Guess what? I opened my audio book app. Seen the book Holly. Got the book, one of many Stephen King books in my library. I cannot wait to go on this journey.

@mitmitization Год назад

Great writer ✍️ this guy is! I had to stop reading his books tho, because I couldn’t put them down and I always felt a Demond was right behind me reading story; I kept looking behind my back, it messed with my nerves too much, I guess ‼️I always wondered how he knew so much about his characters? King is the type of writer that he’ll be telling you a story and all of a sudden, he stops to describe how one of the characters in the story became so evil and before you know it, you know more about him/her then you wanted to know; still you can’t put the book 📚 down and you question yourself, if there’s something wrong with you for reading this stuff. The Stand is a great book by the way and I also liked Four Seasons, it’s four different stories. I like that he said: “I’ll stop writing ✍️when God makes me stop!” , as a Christian myself, I’m glad he also believes in God ☝️!

@WeaselWorks 11 месяцев назад

Excellent interview! Jeff is clearly a fan and Steve met that with as much honesty and genuineness as I have probably ever seen from him in an interview like this. This was a real treat for everyone, including me. Well done! (And "Holly" is great, too!)

@suzanne386 10 месяцев назад

Stephen King's writing is too dark for me. There is enough darkness in the world without writers creating more. Having said that, I have read every Neil Gaiman book going. Haven't analysed why except perhaps NG's writing is in the realm of fairytales, legends and fables - all of which dig beneath the reality we move around in and show us things we need to see.

@judihart9658 Год назад

🤣🤭☝️when your kid💖says? "Apparently he's trying to retire."lol I highly doubt that is gonna happen.💖👏👍😎😊

@alisonj1384 Год назад

And Dead Zone - genius level work

@margo3367 Год назад

I have to disagree with him on Agatha Christie writing “forgettable” books though.

@erictheisen3203 Год назад

What a amazing interview of author Stephen King and my parents love him!

@coleengoodell7523 Год назад

Yes, he's that kind of a writer. I love him and I hate him because once I pick up one of his books, I can't put it down until I finish it.

@stevensong8784 Год назад

6:15 - 6:30 Writers should write about something that they want to read. That way, they will be emotionally invested while writing. Get it Mr. King.

@m0L3ify Год назад

I've been putting off writing because I can't outline a plot, either. It's reassuring to know it's not necessary!

@saintjimmy456 Год назад

2:35 I don't believe he didn't at least plot out 11.22.63. The story is so intricate and he would have needed to know the exact timeframe and where each character would have been so precisely, he must have done some planning.

@rocknroller77 Год назад

So true. That novel is overnl 1,000 pages as well, but i read it so quickly. Such a great book

@rushmore3927 Год назад

We need more SK directed movies! Maximum Overdrive is great cinemaaahhh! 😂

@ivorytower99 Год назад

King's 'The Outsider' was a fab series! This looks very promising too! [Though nothing can touch the brilliance of Storm of the Century!]

@michaelcain9324 Год назад

Okay, good video, but... Your intro: "The long awaited return to how it all started." That made me think it was a story connected to Carrie. Kinda disappointed about that. I get that you meant horror. But had he really ever left the genre?

@Jessica-ml6td Год назад

I agree

@Darci3333 Год назад

Love him and his books....also love his friend John Grisham......wouldnt you love to read a book that they would collaborate on❤

@Brunostegmann574 Год назад

That would be epic

@jeanrocque-rr4ec Год назад

The Stand is my FAVORITE novel of ALL time.

@Hhh22236 Год назад

I’m just about halfway through Holly and wow…last night I was reading and had to put the book down for a second and just say “wtf” lol! It’s amazing

@hjkayel9610 Год назад

My favourite author...EVER

@rafvanraevels Год назад

Stephen King for the Nobel price!

@k1k0000 Год назад

yes!

@shanagirl33 Год назад

The Stand is epic. Absolutely one of the best books ever written.

@lindamcclain2728 Год назад

I love this man’s work. He is absolutely brilliant. You are the King Mr. King.😮 😊

@MrApw2011 11 месяцев назад

I also started reading because of King. My first book, however, was Pet Semitary and it was in the 5th grade which is why I know that King wrote many huge blockbusters before Misery. He had even been a movie star and written screen plays by then. Some of those books, which I also read, included The Stand, Christine, Carrie, Cujo, the Bachman Books, Thinner... I was such a prolific King reader, I knew I was getting a book from someone every holiday (I was given It when I turned 16 by my friend Cortez) and English teachers would ask, "Which Stephen King will your book report be on this time?" So incredible to see him keep producing. Thank you for all the great stories you've given us.

@metalrockgaming Год назад

Stephen king is my favorite author and my favorite book of all time is The Stand!

@sparkysmom7149 Год назад

Awesome! So glad he's back at it! I'll be buying this book for sure! Thank you Mr. King, we love you!!! Soooo proud and happy for you that you got through the addictions. You're stronger than you think

@hpbecraft 5 месяцев назад

Really there's no extended interview of this?

@SuperMassman Год назад

☝️😌,, to be Genius, you have to be twisted inside.

@winstongoodman3244 Год назад

Im done reading King. He didnt need to get political in the first 30 pages. Has nothing to do with the books story.

@Kevin-tz2lv Год назад

Omg keep crying

@susi-emily Год назад

I read my first Stephen King when I was 14. I already loved scary stories and horror films, and at school one day I saw a kid reading a book that had a girl's face covered in blood on the cover. I knew I had to read it. But I like old school King. I like Carrie, The Shining, Christine, Pet Semetary, Cujo, Firestarter, etc. I stopped reading him around the time of From a Buick 8.

@badbitz5103 Год назад

Stephen King is the G.O.A.T!!!

@maxinedavieds6104 Год назад

I still haven’t gotten over Pet Semetary! In the area of pure terror, King is King!

@liamwalker206 11 месяцев назад

My favourite author. I reread his books I like in Portuguese when I moved to Brazil, I learned the language very fast thanks to SK.

@WhiteDudes4Kamala 11 месяцев назад

Proof that authors don't always get better the older they get.

@karinakassim Год назад

Love Stephen King! His writing is just insanely amazing ❤ Protect him at all costs

@matthewdyer2926 Год назад

Is someone trying to harm him? Are you delusional?

@karinakassim Год назад

@@matthewdyer2926 huh? He’s a global treasure, that’s what I meant by protecting him at all costs.

@matthewdyer2926 Год назад

@@karinakassim Global treasure, eh? That’s a little sycophantic. But the question still stands, what does he need protection from?

@karinakassim Год назад

@@matthewdyer2926 no need to be so hateful. ‘Sycophantic’? Why? Because I love his writing? He’s getting on in years so I hope he lives a long and healthy life. Just like Betty White. So protect Stephen King because the guy is a genius at writing. Go spread your mean streak somewhere else instead of at a random person commenting on RU-vid.

@onlyredones Год назад

@@karinakassimAnd there are many who agree with you, Karina! Myself included! : )

@freyasworld5024 6 месяцев назад

Should have asked him about the island visits

@GwenGoodrich-wf5oj 11 месяцев назад

Write what you know and understand right?

@Jessica-ml6td Год назад

I've been reading Stephen King books since I was a teenager. I remember reading Carrie, IT and Pet Cemetery. I've read all of his books however some are better than others.

@jennifermathis3983 Год назад

Love Stephen King. I can't remember my 1st SK book, was it - Cujo, Pet Sematary, The Stand or Christine.................

@hollyd.4793 Год назад

My first was "It". I was 13. My little teacher reluctantly let me do a book report on it!🤣

@MOVIESNCOMICS 11 месяцев назад

The shining and doctor sleep are my favorites from this man

@sharonmchugh7957 11 месяцев назад

I have literally been reading Mr King for my entire life. My Grandmother was reading Carrie when I was 12yrs old. I asked her what it was about and she said the subject matter was not for kids. Of course I had to read it after that and I sneakily read it and that started my lifelong love of all things King. Only thing I have not read is The Dark Tower series. I’m going to at some point but just have not yet.

@pearcegreatesteverleftback03 Год назад

Loved it! Only question is… How does Holly get away with numerous assaults and murders? Surely even any sane jury would be suspicious??🤔🤐

@zombiewarrior88 11 месяцев назад

Unless she paid them off. 🤷‍♂️

@melissaolson6108 Год назад

I like Cynthia Erivo and Justine Lupe just fine, but I think they were both miscast as Holly. My dream casting would be Amanda Plummer in the role. Hollywood, are you listening?

@Mrjacharles Год назад

Still terrifying us even to this day ... what a writer.

@1Kent Год назад

I hope he writes for at least 20 more years!

@andrewgonzalez6208 Год назад

The man, the myth, the legend

@denisesayer6179 Год назад

Stephen should be knighted ❤🤘

@realLiqWorldHearse Год назад

Keep serving up the literary Big Mac's Mr. King! What's Deschain been up to? Besides the top floor of the Tower (sic)?

@alexalex13131 Год назад

Misery was one of King's best books. But for those who have never read any of King's works the best place to start would be Skeleton Crew an early collection ofe 20 short stories. Then Pet Semetary which was a short novel and terrifying. And finally Salem's Lot which was a long novel but once you get into it and you can't get out!

@sarahbreed6798 Год назад

Agreed !!!

@lorilofgren5445 Год назад

This guy calling Stephen King an "upstart" in 1988, 14 years into his career of writing best-sellers and having many of them already made into movies. By 1988 his celebrity status was well deserved.

@JoanneRachel-m6j 11 месяцев назад

❤❤❤❤ can’t wait to read it ❤❤❤

@HappyMomma412 Год назад

This interview is full of so much bullsh*t. Haha! J/k. Mr. King, you're great. Thank you for all you do! Jeff, excellent interview. Thanks!

@ShireenLilith Год назад

Im on page 89 now and OOF its uhm... Well cant say anything without giving spoilers but... Well lets just keep it to that. Lets just say so saf it exceeds my expectations and Holly is my favorite GOOD character so I was excited yet nervous cause you just never know. Cujo and The Dark Half for example I couldnt do... Halfway through I had to call it quits. Same goes for Fairytale actually BUT that one I started when I got hit with a DEEP depression so maybe thats why I struggled, will definitely give it a re-try but FIRST Holly

@mistis249 Год назад

What an incredible man!

@blindhopeDiana Год назад

My first book was Salem's Lot. I couldn't read it at night and was almost to the point of wearing garlic😅. Interesting he doesn't make a plot!!!

@graciefreebush394 Год назад

I really enjoyed it. Well done, sir.

@johnPaul-qn3dg Год назад

It's true about him promoting other authors, he tweeted about 'The Deluge" by Steven Markley (brilliant) and now I'm reading my second Markley book (Ohio)

@KomingHtBarat Год назад

Holly King..STEPHEN

@cazraz709 Год назад

One of my favourite authors, such a genius with his storylines … can’t wait for this one! 💯

@skyethewylder Год назад

Raise your hand if you occasionally look at your partner and say, "but Paul, I'm your number one fan."

@petergough2534 Год назад

What a amazing mind this man has incredible.

@ladyhonor822 Год назад

BLESS YOU SIR ❣️

@Randolph_M Месяц назад

The mad scientist used to be a staple of popular thrillers. Dr. Frankenstein was a mad scientist, so was Dr. Jekyll who created Mr. Hyde. The mad scientist can be comical, as in the Back To the Future movies. King's novel Holly presents mad scientists of the 21st century, a married couple with impressive academic merits and putrified intellect. There is something grotesquely comical about the story. Reading it, I wondered if it was a satire. Dr. Mengele has moved to an American suburb and his wife has strong views. It is a reality that science can become evil and perverse and education can foster madness. How the transition from good to bad may happen can only be imagined, because no one will tell you when it starts happening.

@Shade_razor-79 2 месяца назад

My favorite author of all time. Happens to be my wife’s as well… currently reading the dark tower books but my absolute favorite story of Mr Kings is The Man In the Black Suit. Something about it that reminds me of myself growing up… I would love to meet him and I would love to have one of my many books of his signed.