2 posts tagged “horror”
Title: Cell
Author: Stephen King
Genre: Horror
Format: Mass-market Paperback
Publishing Info: Pocket Star; Reprint edition (November 21, 2006)
List Price: $9.99
ISBN: 1416524517
BINC:
Page Count: 449
Summary: In Cell King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism. Mobile phones deliver the apocalypse to millions of unsuspecting humans by wiping their brains of any humanity, leaving only aggressive and destructive impulses behind. Those without cell phones, like illustrator Clayton Riddell and his small band of "normies," must fight for survival, and their journey to find Clayton's estranged wife and young son rockets the book toward resolution. (From amazon.com)
Best Bit: Everything about Tom McCourt of Malden, MA. I think Tom could actually be my second favorite King-character, after Nick from The Stand.
Quick Review: Um, it's actually basically The Road by Cormac McCarthy, but better. YES. I SAID IT. Stephen King should have obviously won the Pulitzer Prize.
Final Grade: A
Author: Stephen King
Genre: Horror
Format: Mass-market Paperback
Publishing Info: Pocket Star; Reprint edition (November 21, 2006)
List Price: $9.99
ISBN: 1416524517
BINC:
Page Count: 449
Summary: In Cell King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism. Mobile phones deliver the apocalypse to millions of unsuspecting humans by wiping their brains of any humanity, leaving only aggressive and destructive impulses behind. Those without cell phones, like illustrator Clayton Riddell and his small band of "normies," must fight for survival, and their journey to find Clayton's estranged wife and young son rockets the book toward resolution. (From amazon.com)
Best Bit: Everything about Tom McCourt of Malden, MA. I think Tom could actually be my second favorite King-character, after Nick from The Stand.
Quick Review: Um, it's actually basically The Road by Cormac McCarthy, but better. YES. I SAID IT. Stephen King should have obviously won the Pulitzer Prize.
Final Grade: A
Title: The Dead Zone
Author: Stephen King
Genre: Horror
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publishing Info: Signet; Reissue edition (January 6, 2004)
List Price: $7.99
ISBN: 0451155750
BINC: 123319
Page Count: 402
Summary:
Johnny Smith has a gift, and one that he never really wanted. If you were granted the ability to see flashes of the future, what would you use that power for? Smith must face these questions on a daily basis after he is almost killed in a car crash, but his ultimate test will change the course of history.
Best Bit:
This was probably one of King's best plots that I have read so far. His strongest stories come from character work, especially when the monsters are human, like Greg Stillson.
Quick Review:
I pretty much devoured this book in 2 days in the start of November. While King's books are almost always fast reads, sometimes I will wander away from one in the middle, and pick it up a few days later. Not the case with this one. I wanted to read it especially after reading his comments on it in On Writing, and I was not let down. Johnny Smith is a great every-man hero, much like Stu Redman or Larry Underwood of The Stand.
Final Grade: A
Author: Stephen King
Genre: Horror
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publishing Info: Signet; Reissue edition (January 6, 2004)
List Price: $7.99
ISBN: 0451155750
BINC: 123319
Page Count: 402
Summary:
Johnny Smith has a gift, and one that he never really wanted. If you were granted the ability to see flashes of the future, what would you use that power for? Smith must face these questions on a daily basis after he is almost killed in a car crash, but his ultimate test will change the course of history.
Best Bit:
This was probably one of King's best plots that I have read so far. His strongest stories come from character work, especially when the monsters are human, like Greg Stillson.
Quick Review:
I pretty much devoured this book in 2 days in the start of November. While King's books are almost always fast reads, sometimes I will wander away from one in the middle, and pick it up a few days later. Not the case with this one. I wanted to read it especially after reading his comments on it in On Writing, and I was not let down. Johnny Smith is a great every-man hero, much like Stu Redman or Larry Underwood of The Stand.
Final Grade: A
