11/22/63 theories, ultimately coming to the conclusion that Oswald acted alone. King met with historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, an assistant to Lyndon B. Johnson and the author of books about several presidents, and used some of her ideas of worst-case political scenarios that might occur in the absence of Kennedy's assassination. The trade hardcover edition features a dust jacket that is a faux newspaper front page, with the front of the jacket featuring an article recounting the real historical event of Kennedy's assassination, and the back featuring an alternative history article speaking of the event as just a failed assassination "attempt"
The Talisman (King and Straub novel) Little Sisters". "The Talisman" has been adapted into a 2008 short film and a graphic novel much like "The Stand" and "The Dark Tower". The first issue was published in October 2009. Del Rey planned to run "at least 24 issues", however only six issues were published. The Talisman (King and Straub novel) The Talisman is a 1984 fantasy novel by American writers Stephen King and Peter Straub. The plot is not related to that of Walter Scott's 1825 novel of the same name, although there is one oblique reference to "a Sir Walter Scott novel." "The Talisman" was nominated