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Four Past Midnight (Paperback)

by Stephen King (Author)
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  • Paperback: 944 pages
  • Publisher: New English Library; New Ed edition (24 Oct 1991)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0450542882
  • ISBN-13: 978-0450542886
  • Product Dimensions: 18 x 11 x 5.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 96,066 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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‘Splendid entertainment...Stephen King is one of those natural storytellers...getting hooked is easy’

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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 )

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A few good stories, 17 Jul 2004
By A. Stevens (Hull, UK) - See all my reviews
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I just recently read this book and although I really enjoyed the stories The Langoliers, Secret Window Secret Garden, and The Sun Dog I didn't really enjoy The Library Policeman. I thought it was a bit off the wall, and not in a good way. However I do rate this book 4 stars because of the other 3 good stories in the book. The Langoliers is one of the most interesting short stories I've ever read. I would definitely reccommend this book.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as 'Different Seasons', 24 Aug 2006
By Son of King (Yorkshire, England, U.K) - See all my reviews
I am a Stephen King fan and have read quite a few of his books. Often Mr King will write a novel that is a stroke of genius, at other times he will produce some real stinkers (Dreamcatcher anyone?). I feel that 'Four Past Midnight' encapsulates this observation. The book contains 4 'short' stories (well short for Stephen King) or novellas as King likes to call them. 'The Langoliers' and 'Secret Window, Secret Garden' are excellent. 'The Sun Dog' is okay. 'The Library Policeman' is ridiculous. However, 'Four Past Midnight' is well worth the cover price for the first two stories alone.

Having said that, be prepared for the mildy irritating 'King phrases' that he seems to use in every single novel he writes. For example:

1. "The nape of the neck"
2. "When you get right down to it"
3. "Ayuh"

And so on... He uses these phrases in almost every book he writes to some degree and this one is no exception. In 'Four Past Midnight' he uses 'King phrases' quite often.

To sum up, if you like King you'll like 'Four Past Midnight'. A hit and miss collection of novellas, but in true King style there is more of the former than the later. I recommend it, but I didn't think it was as consistantly excellent as, say, 'Different Seasons'. 3/5
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Collection of masterful terror from the KING, 30 Dec 2000
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King brings us another book of short stories (except these are rather longer than usual). These stories are really some of Kings best work (but isn't all his work). The First Story 'The Langoliers' is an excellent story about a plane journey back through time of 15 minutes. And we find out what King thinks happens to the past....SO well written! The second story 'Secret Window,Secret Garden' is about a famous writer, who one day receives a call at his door by a man claming he stole his short story. Our writer protests he didn't but that's not good enough for JOHN SHOOTER...Brilliant twist at the end! 'The Libary Police' is the third story but this synopsis is getting to long, so let me just say both the next two stories ('The Sun Dog' being the final one) are both REALLY good, and King as usual writes to scare the pants off of you. I still haven;t read a King book i don't like
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3.0 out of 5 stars Two out of four isn't good enough
There's a curious mix of the mind-boggling and the mundane in this collection.

I read them in order, starting with THE LANGOLIERS. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Where's The Government Warning???
At 930 pages I thought I was in for a veritable feast here, with four novellas by the prince of darkness. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mr. John Frank Herbert

5.0 out of 5 stars Four for the price of one...
Following on from the success of 'Different Seasons' Stephen King revisits the format with a second collection of four novellas:

In 'The Langoliers' a routine US... Read more
Published 23 months ago by dogbarkssome

5.0 out of 5 stars As good as Different Seasons
If you havent read all of these stories you must buy this book. It is one of King's best ever! THE LIBRARY POLICEMAN is one of the most shocking stories I've ever read and THE... Read more
Published on 17 Jul 2002 by Lee James Robson

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Stephen King
If you want to read your first SK novel, go for this great collection of stories of the supernatural. You will want to read the whole thing over and over again.
Published on 1 Mar 2000

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