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Here are twenty
superlative stories devilishly designed by
Stephen King to take you where you never
dreamed of going before. Included, too, are
a telescript that made home screen history,
a startling poem, and an essay that Stephen
King regards as his best nonfiction writing.
These versatile selections vary widely in
style and subject matter and vividly display
the full range of Stephen King's matchless
imagination. And to add to his readers'
pleasure and curiosity, King includes his
own entrancing inside accounts of how the
stories came into being and why.
Stephen King calls this extraordinary
retrospective Nightmares and Dreamscapes.
But don't let his title fool you. When you
read it, sleep will be the furthest thing
from your mind.
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A King-sized success.
Houston Chronicle
Gather around the pages of his literary campfire, and
he'll weave you a darn good yarn.
Chicago Tribune
Thoroughly exciting...scary and real.
Columbia Herald
A King-sized success.
Publisher's Weekly
This is a wonderful cornucopia of 23 Stephen King
moments (including a teleplay featuring Sherlock Holmes and
Dr. Watson, a poem about Ebbet's Field and a brilliant New
Yorker piece on Little League baseball) that even the
author, in his introduction, acknowledges make up ``an
uneven Aladdin's cave of a book.'' There are no stories fans
will want to skip, and some are superb, particularly "You
Know They Got a Hell of a Band," in which a husband and wife
drive through a town that may literally be rock-and-roll
heaven; "The Ten O'Clock People," about unredeemable
smokers; and "The Moving Finger," which chronicles a digit's
appearance in a drain. Together with Night Shift and
Skeleton Crew, this volume accounts for all the stories King
has written that he wishes to preserve. The introduction and
illuminating notes about the derivation of each piece are
invaluable autobiographical essays on his craft and his
place in the literary landscape. An illusionist
extraordinaire, King peoples all his fiction, long and
short, with believable characters. The power of this
collection lies in the amazing richness of his fevered
imagination -- he just can't be stopped from coming up with
haunting plots. |
