Salem's Lot
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (946 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743536967 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 523 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Stephen King's second book, 'Salem's Lot (1975)--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. And all the time I was writing that, the Watergate hearings were pouring out of the TV. Simply taken as a contemporary vampire novel, 'Salem's Lot is great fun to read, and has been very influential in the horror genre. As King said in 1983, "In 'Salem's Lot, the thing that really
Just Reviewing said Surprisingly, King's Most Terrifying Work. I thought this was going to be a lame read because vampires are a bit over-done now a days.With Twilight, Vampire Diaries, and all these romantic, obnoxious, poorly acted vampire movies and shows out, I couldn't imagine that a book about vampires could possibly be anything but lame.Holy moly was I wrong. Absolutely terrifying. It goes from "fun spooky" to "swear out loud terrifying" about midway through.If you love King, this is right up your alley. Obviously a classic book. Made me afraid to look out the wind. Salem's Lot, let the reader be ready for everything This is one scary book, but it's black humor at that. Forget the made for TV movies, Mr. King's works just don't translate well to the screen. The only one that came close was his black comedy Misery, because Kathy Bates and James Caan were brilliant. Now Salem's lot starts off sort of . well, you don't really know until maybe the 3rd page where the main character tells us about the Marsden House. And that's where the hair on my forearms (and I'm not hairy) starts to stand up and remains that way through most . A New England Vampire Tale David G. I enjoyed Salem's Lot. Prior to this novel, I read Carrie which was my first by King. I liked this story, a writer staying in a boarding house to write a book about a haunted house from his childhood that continued to bother him even in his adulthood. A group coming together to kill these creatures infesting the town. The witty English teacher/ Dr. Van Helsing character. Parts if it made me laugh in bed while reading, others creeped me out especially the image of these child vampires overcoming the town's crot
Considered one of the most terrifying vampire novels ever written, it cunningly probes the shadows of the human heart -- and the insular evils of small-town America.. A STEPHEN KING CLASSIC FINALLY AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIOBOOK Stephen King's second novel, Salem's Lot, is the story of a mundane town under siege from the forces of darkness