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Night Shift
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Night Shift
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There are a lot of slitherings in here, and there is a maddened pressing machine that haunts me, as it will you, and there are enough persuasively evil children to fill Disney World on any Sunday in February, but the main thing is story.King's Foreword is about fear and the horror writer's craft, depicting himself as a man showing the reader a body under a sheet. Your own body. You are afraid of that body under the sheet, but also curious. The most memorable quote from the Foreword is The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle. Contents: Jerusalem's Lot Graveyard Shift Night Surf I Am the Doorway The Mangler The Boogeyman Gray Matter Battleground Trucks Sometimes they come back Strawberry Spring The Ledge The Lawnmower Man Quitters, Inc. I Know What You Need Children of the Corn The Last Rung on the Ladder The Man Who Loved Flowers One for the Road The Woman in the Room The story that most sticks with me is Quitters, Inc. There is nothing otherworldly in it, just human evil. Ask yourself the question: Do you want to quit smoking? How badly? Battleground is actually rather funny. John D. MacDonald says "One of the most resonant and affecting stories in this book is The Last Rung on the Ladder. A gem. Nary a rustle nor breath of other worlds in it. I recently rented the movie Children of the Corn, and I'm sure I saw a copy of this book in one scene, with the cover I have, with a picture of a human hand covered with eyes and wrapped in bandages (which comes from I Am the Doorway). Stephen King is one of my favorite authors, but I'm not sure I'd want to spend any time alone with him in the dark. This book is quite frightening, but worth reading. Books by Stephen King: The Gunslinger Wizard And Glass Needful Things Carrie The Plant The Long Walk (as Richard Bachman) Gerald's Game Dreamcatcher Night Shift Pet Sematary Magicats! edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois Introduction to The Far Side Gallery 2 by Gary Larson Authors recommended by Stephen King: Robert A. Heinlein John D. MacDonald Dave Barry Mercedes Lackey |
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Came in the mail today! I'm very excited. My friend and I are reading all of King's books in publication order, so when we get to this one, I've got it already. :) Thanks!
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