Book · 2012 · Fiction
The Talisman
A Novel
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I just reread the Talisman and I'm holding off on black house which was the other Jack saw novel that we wrote.
Stephen King · The Book Review · Sep 2023 Listen at 31:09 The best things said about it
I see if Running Man says Stephen King and I think Talisman. I think that was one that also he had a fake picture and everything.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · May 2025 One of those books is The Talisman. Back in the early 1980s, in the midst of an astoundingly productive period, King co-wrote with his friend and fellow author Peter Straoud, The Talisman, a story about a 12-year-old boy named Jack Sawyer, whose mother, a be movie actress, is dying.
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The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub is a classic collaborative fantasy novel following a twelve-year-old boy named Jack Sawyer as he embarks on a perilous journey to save his dying mother. On an episode of The Book Review, Gilbert Cruz discussed the work, noting that King co-wrote the book with his friend Peter Straub during a remarkably productive period in the early 1980s. Later on the same podcast, Stephen King himself reflected on the title, sharing that he had recently reread the novel while holding off on tackling its companion book, Black House. Meanwhile, Joe Rogan brought up the title on The Joe Rogan Experience, reminiscing about the iconic cover art and noting how strongly he associated the project with King's literary output. Readers frequently return to this collaborative masterpiece because it blends traditional coming-of-age emotional depth with sprawling, dark fantasy world-building, creating an immersive quest that has resonated deeply with horror and fantasy fans for decades.
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Gilbert Cruz One of those books is The Talisman. Back in the early 1980s, in the midst of an astoundingly productive per… 1
“One of those books is The Talisman. Back in the early 1980s, in the midst of an astoundingly productive period, King co-wrote with his friend and fellow author Peter Straoud, The Talisman, a story about a 12-year-old boy named Jack Sawyer, whose mother, a be movie actress, is dying.”
Joe Rogan I see if Running Man says Stephen King and I think Talisman. I think that was one that also he had a fake p… 1
“I see if Running Man says Stephen King and I think Talisman. I think that was one that also he had a fake picture and everything.”
Stephen King I just reread the Talisman and I'm holding off on black house which was the other Jack saw novel that we wrote 1
“I just reread the Talisman and I'm holding off on black house which was the other Jack saw novel that we wrote”
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“The Talisman is a book from 1984 that he co-wrote with Peter Straub, an author who died in in 2022.”