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Review:Ghostly bursts of plaster dust. A low, rhythmic sound in the background: redrum-REDRUM-redrum-REDRUM. A sense of
something evil swirling inward on itself, like a whirlpool of black ectoplasmic energy. The experience of being inside the actual
consciousness (come out and take your medicine!) of a frightened little boy. Echoes of Shirley Jackson ("whatever walked there,
walked alone"), of Poe's "Masque of the Red Death," and of creepy folk tales (Hansel and Gretel, Bluebeard's wife).
How do we love The Shining? Let us count the ways. In 1977, The Shining was the first widely read novel to confront alcoholism
and child abuse in baby-boomer families...
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Review:Stephen King's second book, 'Salem's Lot--about the slow takeover of an insular hamlet called Jerusalem's Lot by a vampire patterned after Bram
Stoker's Dracula--has two elements that he also uses to good effect in later novels: a small American town, usually in Maine, where people are
disconnected from each other, quietly nursing their potential for evil; and a mixed bag of rational, goodhearted people, including a writer, who band
together to fight that evil.
Simply taken as a contemporary vampire novel, 'Salem's Lotis great fun to read, and has been very influential in the horror genre. But it's also a sly
piece of social commentary. As King...
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Review:A kingdom is in turmoil as the old king dies and his successor must do battle for the throne. Pitted against an evil wizard and a would-be rival, Prince
Peter makes a daring escape and rallies the forces of Good to fight for what is rightfully his. This is a masterpiece of classic dragons-and-magic
fantasy that only Stephen King could have written!
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