On his official site, Patterson initially wrote, “I hope he likes it”.
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James Patterson has decided his upcoming novel, The Murder Of Stephen King, wasn’t a good idea after all and is having the scheduled publication withdrawn.
Although both Patterson and the publisher stated that the book was a positive portrayal of a fictional character, neither wanted “to cause Stephen King or his family any discomfort”.
“He’ll write a tell-all book from his prison cell and be crowned the new King of Horror”, states Mr. Patterson, who co-wrote The Murder of Stephen King, along with Derek Nikitas.
‘Nevertheless, I do not want to cause Stephen King or his family any discomfort.
“Nevertheless, I do not want to cause Stephen King or his family any discomfort”.
The book is about a fictional obsessed fan hunting down King, the author of Misery, The Shining and Carrie. In response, Patterson took the high road, telling the Wall Street Journal: “He’s taken shots at me for years”.
If you just can’t live absent the promise of a new James Patterson novel hitting the stacks this fall, never fear: the book’s release slot (Nov. 1) will be filled instead by Taking the Titanic, another Patterson/Nikitas collaboration about two thieves posing as newlyweds who board the doomed ship with a plan to “rob its well-heeled passengers”. In a 2009 interview with USA Weekend, Stephen said James was “a awful writer but he’s very successful” – remarks James shrugged off as “hyperbole”. Patterson’s novel, which was only announced last week for publication in November, promised to feature “all of Stephen King’s greatest villains, rolled into one”.
The novel about King was a featured work in the prolific Patterson’s BookShots series of brief, low-priced fiction.
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Adding a layer of awkwardness to this, King publicly said in 2009, “James Patterson is a awful writer but he’s very very successful”. AP material published by LongIsland.com, is done so with explicit permission. This includes the preparation of derivative works of, or the incorporation of such content into other works. Please see our terms of service for more information.
