One of Steven King's more underestimated novels is "Talisman", published in 1984, a fantasy book that co-wrote Another well -known horror writer, Peter Strawub. Although Talisman has never received live adaptation with his own (Although Netflix is ​​obviously trying), the book still has many hardcore fans.

In 2001, Stroub and King published a sequel titled "Black House". Today, King writes a third book "Talisman", but this time he will write it on its own: Straub died in 2022 to 79 years. In a 2023 interviewKing explained: "Before he died, Peter sent me this long letter and said we should make the third, and he gave me a really cool idea and had my own ideas." Now, in New Kingcast Podcast Interview, King explained how the writing process is going without Straub.

"This book was exciting to work for many reasons, because man, Peter is not here to work on the book with me," King said. "It bothers me, the way the loss of Scott Wampler, you know, bothers you." Vampler was a former co-host of podcast along with colleagues film journalists (and /Movie contributor) Eric Visch. Wampler died in May 2024This episode of the show also marks the first episode of Visch, along with his new co-host, journalist Anthony Berznjanec.

King continued: "Scott was a good man, and Peter was a really good man. And I channel it as a mother ***, while working on "Talisman 3." I find myself using his verbs.

"And, of course, the biggest thing is that, you know, I miss it," King explained. "I hit that I didn't work with him at the time. You know how you always say, 'Oh, there will be time,' and sometimes time expires. And that was the case with that. But man, it's just great to go back to the middle world territories. "

To the "middle world", King referred to the world of fantasy founded in his series of "Dark Tower" books, a world that fans suspected (and later confirmed with "Black House") was linked to Talisman territories Books. This is part of the reason why Talisman and Black House are often considered to be read Among the fans of "Dark Tower"; Reading the books "Talisman" makes reading the series "Dark Tower" richer experience and vice versa.

"I mean, they're the same thing. By the end of the "black house", it is obvious that the territories are in the middle world, and the middle world is the territories. And it's just so great to get back there that I shot to say something, "King said. He also followed his comments on the third book "Talisman" in that 2023 interview, confirming that the premise of the third novel "Talisman" is a very "seed" that sent the idea of ​​Straub:

"Peter sent me this job and sent me a book called" Redhead Peckwood ". And it was Charles Starkweter, and it's kind of art book. who went to the rampage in 1958 with his girlfriend KARILN FUGAT. And Peter wanted to use it in a certain way I remember a little bit. And it became clear to me after I started working on the book. So, it was just like the take -off point, you know, Starkveter and Fugat. "

The main king of obstacles seems to be involved trying to remember everything in E -The Straub has sent for his ideas for a third book. He explained what he was -the shape was sent back to the "early days" on the internet, and King forgot to save her. "I'm just a kind of download from my constantly declined memory," he said. As for how he handles the writing process without Straub around? King explained further:

"I try to channel his voice as much as I can, and I'm a pretty good counterfeiter, you know. If I want to write like Lovecraft, I can write as a loveecraft ... There are certain tunes of style, but mainly what I do is to make Peter a basic idea and trying to turn on the "dark tower" and "talisman ". Many stands on the shoulders of "Talisman" and "Black House". So, some of the characters from the "black house" are in it;

"It was so exciting to come back," King concluded. "And it feels a lot like at home ... to hear that way to talk again, and the behavior ... it was good."