The Shining
The Shining
by Stephen King

The Shining Facts

Brain Snacks

In 2009 Stephen King announced tentative plans for a sequel to The Shining, tantalizingly titled Doctor Sleep. It features Danny Torrance, now a hospice worker and a gambler. He has a "lifetime's w...

Sex Rating

RThe Shining's sexual scenes are few, but it has a definite sexual undercurrent. Sex comes up frequently, often from the perspective of five-year-old Danny, who doesn't understand much about his pa...

Shout Outs

Literary and Philosophical ReferencesEdgar Allan Poe, "The Masque of the Red Death" (epigraph)Writer's Digest (5.13)Samuel Pepys (6.23)Charles Olson (6.23)Esquire (6.25, 14.29)Victoria Holt (8.4)Bl...