"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 of the plots and scenes described in it do not make people feel particularly scary.
But since it is praised by so many people, there must be a reason for it.
In Zhang Zhong's impression, when he read this book, he did not have that intuitive feeling of horror. However, this does not mean that this book is not scary. It is just that the real sense of horror will be slowed down after savoring it carefully.
Slowly spreads throughout the body.
Stephen King blends psychology and thriller very well. In the novel, the psychological changes and self-destruction of the protagonist Jack are very delicately described.
"The Shining" tells the story of a protagonist, Jack, who brings his wife and children to the Overlook Hotel in Colorado in order to make a living, and serves as the guardian of the hotel in the winter when the mountains are blocked by heavy snow.
One strange incident after another occurred in this empty and gloomy building, and in the process, the protagonist's psychology was also affected, and eventually he became extremely violent, lost himself, and even wanted to kill his wife
and children.
The title of the book "The Shining" represents a special ability of supersensory precognition. Jack's son Danny has this extraordinary ability. The Shining appears throughout the book and is also the clue of the story.
At the end of the story, Danny and his mother escaped from his father's pursuit and left the hotel. Only Jack was trapped and died in the hotel.
At the beginning of this book, there is already a foreshadowing of what will happen next.
The hotel owner Uman told Jack that a bizarre murder had occurred in the hotel. One winter before, the guardian had a mental breakdown and killed the entire family with an axe.
"He cut his body into pieces in the west wing and committed suicide by putting two guns in his mouth. The police believe this was caused by cramped space syndrome, a phobia, caused by being closed in a house for a long time."
Uman told Jack about the incident lightly, but Jack didn't take it seriously. He felt that such a thing would have nothing to do with him.
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Zhang Zhong went through the novel in his mind, still immersed in the process of Jack gradually losing control.
It has to be said that Stephen King is really good at exploring the psychological activities of characters, especially the state of such mentally abnormal people.
There should be many people on earth who know Stephen King. After all, he is a big IP player. Most of his works have been adapted into movies, and their reputations are very good.
In addition to "The Shining", his more famous works include "The Shawshank Redemption", "The Deadly Game", "The Green Mile", and "Carrie".
Among these film and television works, Zhang Zhong's favorites are "The Game" adapted from "The Deadly Game" and the movie of the same name "The Shawshank Redemption".
As for the movie version of "The Shining", Zhang Zhong didn't like it very much. Of course, this can't be blamed on the director, because the psychological changes described 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 visual impact are definitely much better expressed in movies. But "The Shining" is obviously not such a novel, and the horror elements in this novel are not
Depends on visual stimulation.
Somehow, Zhang Zhong suddenly remembered the scene where Li Yan jumped on him just now, and he couldn't help but smile. If that girl sees this book, she will probably become even less courageous in the future.
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"Snowman" is not released simultaneously in multiple languages. On May 1st, only a Chinese version was 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 written by Zhang Zhong. Different from the books extracted by the system, the English version of "The Snowman" was written word by word by Zhang Zhong himself. If we use the analogy of giving birth to a child, then this book
It should be considered that he and Naibos were born together, and each of them had half of the child.
Although the English version will not be released until the 5th, news about "The Snowman" has already spread to the other side of 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 did not expect that the new book would catch up and the English version would come out first.
[Pz’s new book "Snowman" will be released on May 5th, does anyone know? 】
[Of course I know, I heard it’s a crime novel? 】
[I heard that this is the case, but the name is quite affectionate.]
[Warmth? My classmates from China told me that I need to prepare a few extra pairs of pants to read this novel.]
【Pants? What is the guy upstairs talking about?】
[Nothing, if you don’t have pants, you can buy a few packs of diapers.]
【……】
[What does diapers mean? Is it a joke in the new book?]
[Although I’m not sure, I have a bad feeling.]
[Don’t you understand this? He is afraid that you will wet your pants.]
【So exciting?】
【I'm quite excited when I think about it.】
[It is said that every time I see it later than the Chinese side, it makes people very unhappy.]
[There is no way, who is calling pz from China?]
【Yes, translation is very troublesome.】
[Why bother? Haven’t you noticed that none of his books have the name of the translator? 】
【What's the meaning?】
[Is the guy upstairs a fool? It means he didn’t find a translator for his book, and he wrote the English version himself. 】
[It’s true or false, you can’t tell at all.]
[This level of English is a bit high.]
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On the evening of May 5th, Zhang Zhong was sitting in his study typing on the keyboard. He had already recorded "Dune", but there were still many things in it that he needed to revise because it was a science fiction novel that was divorced from reality.
This world is out of touch and there are not many things that need to be revised. What he needs to do now is to change this book to be more in line with modern people.
Although "Dune" is a classic, both the writing techniques and some of its ideas are still somewhat behind the times. Zhang Zhong wants to eliminate the essentials without departing from the core of the work, so as to make this book more modern.
Better.
Doing this may take more effort than typing the entire book. But Zhang Zhong is not in a hurry. He has plenty of time anyway.
As for "The Shining," he has no time to worry about it until "Dune" is finished.
When Zhang Zhong was thinking about the plot of Zhubian, Chen Qing sent a message.
He stretched out his head and looked at it. The message read: The English version of "The Snowman" has been officially released.
Zhang Zhong did not reply, just smiled and turned his eyes to the computer screen.
But he doesn't care, but there are many people in China who care.
Many Chinese readers also knew that the English version of "The Snowman" was released today, so they went over the wall and stared at major European and American websites to see how foreigners would react to reading this book.
And many of them flocked to a live broadcast room on YouTube.