It question

I don't know... It's very difficult to write a sequel to such a good book. The likelihood that it'll stand or exceed expectations is like the chance that King will call me at the moment. Well, the truth is that Stephen King can transcend himself, I understand that every time again and again, but the chance is still weak.
The storyline is too heavy, The characters are now older people and 'next generation' will ruin the magic in my opinion. (I loved Bill!)
I have good memories from this book, it was SO good and I don't want to be disappointed.

There was--not a direct sequel, part of the Derry trilogy. It was called Insomnia.

Then again, there should never have been a sequel to The SHining and that's happening, so who knows.

Yes, there should be a sequel. He should call it THEM.

Although there is that grafitti in Derry in DREAMCATCHER declaring, PENNYWISE LIVES! I think a sequel would be kinda wrong because it would render the Loser's Club's epic battle meaningless.

A prequel, on the otherhand, sounds like it would be fun.

I really think that if he were to re-visit IT, after being with the topic for such a long time the first time around (like 1,140ish pages!), it would be very difficult to tell anything new.
Plus, if the clown came back after the same amount of time as the first time, they would all be old people.

Doctor Sleep was an unnecessary but still great sequel in my opinion, and I do hope that King does sequels for some* of his other books.

*Books like The Stand, IT, The Talisman/Dark House, 11/22/63, etc... his "longer ones" shouldn't have sequels*

No. There seems to be an obsession with having sequels to anything popular these days but I'd rather just see another original story.

I don't think there should be a sequel. The story of those particular kids was already completed by the end of the book, if only because we already knew what happened to them as adults. A sequel would serve no purpose. But... I would like to see a story set at the same time as It, involving some other kids in Derry. Pennywise was a busy bee that summer, and there must be other tales to tell. The same goes for Pennywise's previous sprees - we know a few of the major incidents already, both from It and other books like The Shining, but there's a rich pit there to be mined I reckon...

no, please, one clown book is enough! Some books do not need a sequel and this is one of them.

I've always thought there should be a sequel. But if there ever was I just hope it would live up to being as good as my all time favourite book It!

I thought it was too long in the first place, and would have been more effective as 500 pages.

I always felt the story of It was complete as is. But, I just found out about Dr. Sleep, King's sequel to The Shining, about a grown-up Danny Torrance. I always hoped he'd write it. I'll read it for sure!

I don't think so. It was a great book. I don't think there should be a sequel. It just wouldn't be as good, I don't think.

No

No.End of story.

I read the last Dark Tower book and I have to say, I'm honestly afraid of what Stephen may to do an IT sequel. Would King end up magically in Derry, killing the creature himself?

I haven't read this one... looks like I need to, one of the reasons I came in to see what you all thought

I agree with Jen that it’d be nigh on impossible to read a sequel without picturing Tim Curry as Pennywise.

I wasn't a huge fan of IT to be honest, but there's so much love and admiration for it that any sequel would have to be pretty much perfect.

Although, if Stephen King were to write a sequel to The Stand, I'd buy it in a second...!

I really hope he doesn't. IT is my favorite King book(non dark-tower, I should specify), and honestly I think it is perfect the way it is.

I don't think so. "It" was one of the few SK books that really didn't catch me. Usually I can't put them down until done. The characters just didn't grab me and hold my interest. Besides, one of the beauties of SK's books is his ability to set a character in my mind. Tim Curry (albeit a good job) has supplanted my perseption of Pennywise and I can't get mine back. It would bug me for the entire book.

I'm split. On the one hand I'd love to revisit Derry in a book that's not either Insomnia or Dreamcatcher. On the other, IT was such an awesome book that I can't help but think a sequel would need to be staggeringly monumental to even come close.

I have heard rumors of a big-screen adaptation in the works, taking place in the '80s/2010's. I think this modernized version of the story is as close as we can hope to get to a sequel (for those who want one; I don't. I am more than happy with the original).

I found IT way too long, if a clown murder horror can bore a teenage boy (I read it a long time ago) then I think there is little hope by extending it into a sequel.

Have you read the JFK book?

SPOILER ALERT

It serves as a de facto sequel in many respects as the main character goes back in time to Derry just after the kids kill It the first time. He even bumps into Bev and Richie! The whole first half of the book is set in Derry with him thinking the place is mad wrong. And yes, he even has an encounter with the main clown himself...

No, it could be done, but I feel that it would somehow diminish IT. Plus Steve has already said that he has no intention of doing Pennywise again.

I thought the book was tidied up pretty nicely. I'm not sure there's any sequel in this one.