Stephen King Gets Fans Playing Literary Hide-And-Seek

Stephen King’s latest novel Under The Dome is not due to be released till November 10th, but in the meantime, fans have the opportunity to get a copy of it early, if they have the patience to unravel a series of clues that is. King’s UK publisher Hodder & Stoughton have created ‘the biggest ever game of literary hide-and-seek’, a digital mystery that requires fans to dig through the internet to find these clues and deliver them back to the site. In return, they will win a weekend for two in a hotel in London, where they can read a limited edition advance copy of the book. Plus, those who fancy their writing skills can submit a 2,000-word piece in a competition to be judged by the man himself.

Contagious Magazine reports:

The 335,114 word novel has been broken down into 5,196 pieces, and, using clues given on the homepage participants are encouraged to hunt them down and deliver them back to the site. These extracts have been scattered across hundreds of websites and locations throughout the UK, including fan, horror, thriller and lifestyle websites.  As pieces are found, they will appear on www.stephenking.co.uk enabling fans to move them around and link them together, gradually forming bigger sections of the book.

[Via Contagious Magazine]