
I’m going to talk a bit about the characters. When a snowstorm hits the hotel, things start to go horribly wrong, as the hotel develops a mind of its own and Danny’s visions spiral out of control. The Shining follows Jack Torrance who gets a new job as the caretaker of the Overlook hotel in Colorado Rockies and brings along his wife Wendy and five year old son Danny, who has the ‘shine,’ meaning he knows what people are thinking and can experience visions of what is going to happen. I prepared myself for a creepy and scary read. I’ve finally gotten around to reading my second Stephen King novel! And it had to be the Shining because its probably King’s most famous and best work. Somewhere, somehow there was an evil force in the hotel – and that too had begun to shine… It was meant to be empty, but who was the lady in Room 217, and who were the masked guests going up and down in the elevator? And why did the hedges shaped like animals seem so alive?

When his father became caretaker of the Overlook Hotel his visions grew frighteningly out of control.Īs winter closed in and blizzards cut them off, the hotel seemed to develop a life of its own.

Genre: Adult, Classics, Horror, Fantasy, Fiction, Supernatural, Suspense, Thrillerĭanny was only five years old but in the words of old Mr Halloran he was a ‘shiner’, aglow with psychic voltage. Prints are embossed with the publisher’s mark.Published by: Hodder, Mass Market Paperback.


This print is unique in that it is not printed on the standard art paper as the rest of the prints. We have reproduced the cover of the FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION OF THE SHINING, right down to the silver reflective paper! We are excited to announce this very unique BONUS PRINT to The Covers Collection. We could not turn down such a challenge! We got to work, and make it happen. "Also, note to Paul: if you are somehow able to morph that 1978 reflective silver cover of The Shining into poster form, I will worship you forever." When Elizabeth Rayne published this article about The Covers Collection on SYFYWIRE, she ended the post with a very interesting comment: THE COVERS COLLECTION: THE SHINING 1ST PAPERBACK EDITION
