– Everyone has read a few King books and seen a few of his movies. Nobody who reads his work at this point can say that they were surprised that his skill doesn't match his popularity, or complain that he's a middlebrow writer with a great sense of fantasy but little lasting literary value. No, he doesn't show us anything new, or teach us anything profound, or look at anything in a new and insightful way.
What he does is turn out hundreds of pages of horror stories every year. That's not a bad thing. He's a busy writer who keeps his fans happy. He turns out a pretty good horror story, and this anthology of short stories from across his long career is a nice one to have on the bedside table. Enjoy it for what it is, and you'll have a lot of fun.
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
«A bumper collection of short stories...You can't help admiring King's narrative skills and his versatility as a story-teller»
<i>Sunday Telegraph</i>
A 'bumper collection of short stories' (Sunday Telegraph} from the No. 1 bestselling master of the form, now with a stunning new cover look.
The Stephen King Amusement Park - an unnerving experience, with rides every which way to hell . . . and a few to glory.
A 'bumper collection of short stories' (Sunday Telegraph} from the No. 1 bestselling master of the form, now with a stunning new cover look.
The Stephen King Amusement Park - an unnerving experience, with rides every which way to hell . . . and a few to glory.
A solitary finger pokes out of a drain. Novelty teeth turn predatory. The Nevada desert swallows a Cadillac. Meanwhile, the legend of Castle Rock returns . . . and grows on you. What does it all mean? What else could it mean? Stephen King is here with a powerful collection of stories - a vast, many-chambered cave of a volume.
The long reach of Stephen King's imagination will take you on a roller coaster to places you've never been before. You will lose sleep. But Stephen King, writing to beat the devil, will do your dreaming for you.
Stories include:
-Dolan's Cadillac
-The End of the Whole Mess
-Suffer the Little Children
-The Night Flier
-Popsy
-It Grows on You
-Chattery Teeth
-Dedication
-The Moving Finger
-Sneakers
-You Know They Got a Hell of a Band
-Home Delivery
-Rainy Season
-My Pretty Pony
-Sorry, Right Number
-The Ten O'Clock People
-Crouch End
-The House on Maple Street
-The Fifth Quarter
-The Doctor's Case
-Umney's Last Case
-Head Down
-Brooklyn August
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Hodder Paperback
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 992
- ISBN
- 9781444723182
- Utgivelsesår
- 2012
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Om forfatteren
Many of his titles are the basis for major motion pictures including IT, Stand By Me (adapted from The Body) and The Shawshank Redemption, which is IMDb's top-rated movie of all time.
King is the recipient of The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence 2022, the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
Anmeldelser
«A bumper collection of short stories...You can't help admiring King's narrative skills and his versatility as a story-teller»
<i>Sunday Telegraph</i>
«Merely by tickling the keys on his word processor King can make flesh creep half a world away. But where he differs from so many chill merchants is that his horror is rarely gratuitous and often informed with a wry humour»
<i>The Times</i>