Tower Junkies - 035 - Novel - The Shining

Recorded July 4, 2019: In this episode, in the lead-up to Mike Flanagan’s adaptation of Doctor Sleep, Tiny and I review Stephen King’s seminal horror novel, The Shining!

This week’s stinger comes from our Patreon-exclusive recording: 053 - TJ B-Roll - “Matt and Tiny in the Mooorning” - Cats Are Apex Predators, What We’d Do As Winter Caretakers of a Hotel, and The Bourne Movies - July 4, 2019

Timestamps

• Show Start - 00:19
• The Shining’s Place in King’s Legacy - 02:55 

The Shining - 09:47

• Non-Spoiler Review - 18:35
• Spoiler Review - 33:18
• Updated Rankings - 1:10:41 

• Closing the Ep - 1:15:04
• Patreon Stinger: “Matt and Tiny in the Moooorning” - 1:17:52
• Pre-Recorded Outro - 1:18:58 

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Matt’s Top 19 King Novels

1. 11/22/63
2. It
3. Wizard and Glass (Dark Tower IV)
4. Pet Sematary
5. Misery
6. The Shining
7. The Drawing of the Three (Dark Tower II)
8. The Dark Tower (Dark Tower VII)
9. The Stand
10. Under the Dome
11. The Waste Lands (Dark Tower III)
12. Christine
13. Wolves of the Calla (Dark Tower V)
14. The Dead Zone
15. The Gunslinger (Dark Tower I)
16. Mercedes
17. Salem’s Lot
18. Song of Susannah (Dark Tower VI)
19. Gerald’s Game

Tiny’s Top 19 King Novels

1. The Dark Tower (Dark Tower VII)
2. Misery
3. The Stand
4. The Shining
5. The Drawing of the Three (Dark Tower II)
6. The Gunslinger (Dark Tower I)
7. Christine
8. Wizard and Glass (Dark Tower IV)
9. It
10. Cujo
11. The Dead Zone
12. Mr. Mercedes
13. Gerald’s Game
14. Pet Sematary
15. Wolves of the Calla (Dark Tower V)
16. Salem’s Lot
17. Under the Dome
18. 11/22/63
19. The Waste Lands (Dark Tower III)