Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 224 Stephen King
"The Shining" is one of the masterpieces of horror master Stephen King and one of the most famous horror novels in the world.

Some people think that the story of "The Shining" is not scary, and many plots and descriptions in it do not make people feel particularly horrified.

But since it is admired by so many people, there must be a reason for it.

In Zhang Zhong's impression, when he read this book, he didn't have that kind of intuitive feeling of horror, but it doesn't mean that this book is not scary, but the real sense of horror comes slowly after savoring it carefully. Slowly spread to the whole body.

Stephen King blends psychology and horror very well. In the novel, the protagonist Jack's psychological changes and self-depression are described very delicately.

"The Shining" tells the story of a protagonist, Jack, who brings his wife and children to the Yuanwang Hotel in Colorado to make a living, and acts as the guardian of the hotel in winter when the mountains are covered by heavy snow.

Strange incidents happened one after another in this empty and gloomy building, and in the process, the protagonist's psychology was also affected, and eventually he became extremely tyrannical, lost himself, and even wanted to kill his wife and children.

The title of the book "The Shining" represents a special ability of super-sensory perception. Jack's son Danny has this extraordinary ability. The Shining runs through the entire book and is also the clue of the story.

At the end of the story, Danny also escaped his father's pursuit with his mother and left the hotel. Only Jack was trapped in the hotel to death.

At the beginning of this book, there is already a foreshadowing of what will happen next.

Uman, the owner of the hotel, told Jack one thing. There was a bizarre murder in the hotel. The previous winter guardian had a mental breakdown and killed the whole family with an axe.

"Dismembered the body in the West Wing, and committed suicide by putting two guns in his mouth. The police believe this was due to cramps, a phobia, caused by being confined in a room for a long time."

Uman lightly told Jack about it, but Jack didn't take it seriously, he felt that such a thing would have nothing to do with him.

……

Zhang Zhong went through the novel in his mind, and was still a little immersed in the process of Jack gradually losing control.

I have to say that Stephen King is really good at digging out the psychological activities of characters, especially the state of this kind of mentally abnormal person.

On Earth, there should be quite a few people who know about Stephen King. After all, he is a big player in IP. Most of his works have been adapted into movies, and his reputation is very good.

In addition to "The Shining", his more famous works include "The Shawshank Redemption", "The Deadly Game", "The Green Mile", and "Hello Witch".

Among these film and television works, Zhang Zhong prefers "Psychological Game" adapted from "Fatal Game" and the movie "Shawshank Redemption" of the same name.

As for the movie version of "The Shining", Zhang Chong didn't like it very much. Of course, the director can't be blamed for this, because the psychological changes that are emphasized in the novel are difficult to reflect in the movie.

Movies and novels are two kinds of art. Zhang Zhong believes that some stories that require strong image impact are definitely much better expressed in movies.But "The Shining" is obviously not such a novel. The horror elements in this novel do not rely on visual stimulation.

For some reason, Zhang Zhong suddenly remembered the scene where Li Yan jumped on him just now, and he couldn't help smiling. If that girl read this book, she would probably become less courageous in the future.

……

"Snowman" is not released in multiple languages ​​at the same time. On May [-], only the Chinese version will be released.

However, the English version has been prepared before, but the release time is delayed by five days compared to the Chinese version.

The English version of "The Snowman" was also rewritten by Zhang. Unlike the books drawn by the system, the English version of "The Snowman" was written by Zhang Chong himself word by word. It should be considered that he and Nai Bosi were born together, two of them are half of each other.

Although the English version will not be released until the [-]th, news about "The Snowman" has already spread across the ocean.

Originally, readers in these English-speaking countries were still looking forward to the English version of Zhang Zhong's previous books, but they didn't expect the new book to come out later, and the English version came out first.

[Pz's new book "Snowman" is coming out on May [-]th, does everyone know? 】

[Of course I know, I heard it's a crime novel? 】

[I heard that's the case, but the name is very warm. 】

[warmth?My Huaxia classmate told me that to read this novel, I need to prepare a few more pairs of pants. 】

【Pants?What are the brothers upstairs talking about? 】

[It's nothing, if you don't have pants, you can buy a few packs of diapers. 】

【…】

[What do you mean by diapers? Is it a joke in the new book? 】

[Although I'm not sure, I have a bad feeling. 】

[Don't you understand? He's afraid that you guys will pee your pants. 】

[So exciting? 】

[It's quite exciting to think about it. 】

[It is said that every time I see it later than Huaxia, it makes people very uncomfortable. 】

[There is no way, whoever calls pz is a Chinese. 】

[Yes, translation is very troublesome. 】

[What's the matter, haven't you noticed that none of his books have the translator's name? 】

【What's the meaning? 】

[Is there a fool upstairs?That is to say, he did not find a translation for his book, and he wrote the English version himself. 】

[Really or not, I can't tell at all. 】

[This English level is a bit high. 】

……

On the evening of May [-]th, Zhang Zhong sat in his study and typed on the keyboard. He had already recorded "Dune", but there were still many things in it that he needed to modify, because it was a science fiction novel that was divorced from reality, so because it was not related to This world is out of touch and there are not many places that need to be revised. What he has to do now is to modify this book to be more in line with modern people.

Although "Dune" is a classic, both the writing technique and some of the ideas in it are still a little behind the times, and Zhang Zhong wants to eliminate the chaff and keep the essence without departing from the core of the work, so as to make this book more vivid. better.

Doing this may take more effort than typing the entire book.But Zhang Zhong was not in a hurry, anyway, he had plenty of time.

As for The Shining, he didn't have the time to worry about it until he finished Dune.

When Zhang Zhong was thinking about the plot of side by side, Chen Qing sent a message.

He stretched his head to look, and the information said: The English version of "Snowman" has been officially released.

Zhang Zhong didn't reply, just smiled and turned his gaze to the computer screen.

But he doesn't care, but Huaxia has a lot of people who care.

Many Chinese readers also know that the English version of "Snowman" is released today, so they all go over the wall and stare at major websites in Europe and America, wanting to see the reactions of foreigners to this book.

And many of them poured into a live broadcast room on Youtube.

　Thank you [Ash Yihui] for your reward
　　
　
(End of this chapter)