- Paperback: 496 pages
- Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks (10 Jan 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340952679
- ISBN-13: 978-0340952672
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 181,008 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'An incredibly gifted writer, whose writing, like Truman Capote's, is so fluid that you often forget that you're reading' (Guardian )
'A writer of excellence...King is one of the most fertile storytellers of the modern novel...brilliantly done' (The Sunday Times )
'Splendid entertainment...Stephen King is one of those natural storytellers...getting hooked is easy' (Frances Fyfield, Express )
'A writer of excellence...King is one of the most fertile storytellers of the modern novel...brilliantly done' (The Sunday Times )
'Splendid entertainment...Stephen King is one of those natural storytellers...getting hooked is easy' (Frances Fyfield, Express )
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A collection of terrifying stories that reveal a shudderingly detailed map of the dark places that lie behind our waking, rational world. This is the horror of ordinary people and everyday objects that become strangely altered, a world where nothing is ever quite what it seems.
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How good it was to step into the cold, draughty hall here at Chapelwaite, every bone in an ache from that abdominable coach, in need of instant relief from my distended bladder-and to see a letter addressed in your own inimitable scrawl propped on the obscene little cherry-wood table beside the door! Read the first page
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How good it was to step into the cold, draughty hall here at Chapelwaite, every bone in an ache from that abdominable coach, in need of instant relief from my distended bladder-and to see a letter addressed in your own inimitable scrawl propped on the obscene little cherry-wood table beside the door! Read the first page
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This is a great collection of short stories. Some stories such as, the ledge, sometimes they come back, quitters inc.,and of course children of the corn, are sublime. Quitters inc., and the ledge were translated for film (cats eye). The last rung on the ladder however, is without doubt my favourite, the horror is entirely human.
Enjoy!!!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This was the first S. King book I read, many years ago when it came out, and it impressed me in a big way. I have recently bought this back, having "lent-lost" it. Reading it today, 50-odd Steve books later, makes me feel so great. The stories are still incredibly catchy, punchy, and darkly original (like "battleground"). My favourite remains "sometimes they come back", but it's hard to choose. There are a few duds in here, but it is mostly great work. It definitely stands among Steve's simplest, but most effective, short story work. Highly recommended.
4 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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well now - this is definetely not the best short stories collection i have read. but its the first of Stephen King's. and its the first set he wrote.
on the strength of this collection alone i would not buy a second collection - but on the strength of his novels i might well give another set a read.
Its like that - not all that great - not very many standout stories - not much to write home about. it really feels early in his career - even before the first novels - alot of the stories feel half finished and a few feel like experiments in writing a certain scene or in a certain technique rather than rounded stories. very few have a real ending.
the best of them - 'Children of the Corn' - almost the longest and without doubt the standalone best - the only one i'd recommend from this set.
other good ones included - Quitter's Inc., Sometimes They Come Back, I Know What You Need and Battleground.
the worst of them was the awful 'Trucks' (made into the awful Maximum Overdrive), the pointless experiments of Woman in the Room and the Man who Loved Flowers. Suprisingly the slightly famous Jerusalem's Lot was really rubbish.
Overall - worth a read for a couple of the stories, but i wouldn't splash out and buy it - get it from your local library. Nothing special and a lot of simplistic half finisheds.
6/10
on the strength of this collection alone i would not buy a second collection - but on the strength of his novels i might well give another set a read.
Its like that - not all that great - not very many standout stories - not much to write home about. it really feels early in his career - even before the first novels - alot of the stories feel half finished and a few feel like experiments in writing a certain scene or in a certain technique rather than rounded stories. very few have a real ending.
the best of them - 'Children of the Corn' - almost the longest and without doubt the standalone best - the only one i'd recommend from this set.
other good ones included - Quitter's Inc., Sometimes They Come Back, I Know What You Need and Battleground.
the worst of them was the awful 'Trucks' (made into the awful Maximum Overdrive), the pointless experiments of Woman in the Room and the Man who Loved Flowers. Suprisingly the slightly famous Jerusalem's Lot was really rubbish.
Overall - worth a read for a couple of the stories, but i wouldn't splash out and buy it - get it from your local library. Nothing special and a lot of simplistic half finisheds.
6/10
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