The US author told the BBC he expects 95% of the reviews for Doctor Sleep to be a comparison between the two books. "You are faced with that comparison and that has got to make you nervous", he said, "because there is a lot of water under the bridge. I'm a different man". He admitted visiting literary websites to see what fans were saying about the book ahead of its publication. Now aged 65, the veteran author said he thinks the quality of his writing has improved since he wrote The Shining at the age of 28. "What a lot of people are saying is, 'Well okay, I will probably read this book but it cannot be as good as The Shining'. But I am obviously an optimist and I want them to say when they get done with it, that it was as good. "But what I really want them to say is that it is better than The Shining". Read more http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24126819
