Novel1977
The Shining
Stephen King
The Torrance family moves to the isolated Overlook Hotel where father Jack, a recovering alcoholic and struggling writer, serves as winter caretaker. His psychically gifted son Danny senses the hotel's malevolent supernatural forces.
Did You Know?
- •Based partly on King's own struggles with alcoholism
- •Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film adaptation is considered one of the greatest horror films ever made, though King famously disliked it
- •King wrote a sequel, Doctor Sleep, in 2013
- •The Overlook Hotel was inspired by the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado
Collectible Variants
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US Editions
USOccasional
US First Edition
Doubleday · 1977
Scarce
USSignedScarce
Cemetery Dance Deluxe Special Edition
Cemetery Dance Deluxe Special Edition, traycased
Cemetery Dance Publications · 2013
Moderate
USSignedVery Rare
Cemetery Dance Lettered Edition
Cemetery Dance Lettered Edition, 52 copies with remarque
Cemetery Dance Publications · 2013
Very Scarce
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