A Stir of Echoes
Tom Wallace lived an ordinary life, until a chance event awakened psychic abilities he never knew he possessed. Now he's hearing the private thoughts of the people around him-and learning shocking secrets he never wanted to know. But as Tom's existence becomes a waking nightmare, even greater...
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Tom Wallace lived an ordinary life, until a chance event awakened psychic abilities he never knew he possessed. Now he's hearing the private thoughts of the people around him-and learning shocking secrets he never wanted to know. But as Tom's existence becomes a waking nightmare, even greater jolts are in store as he becomes the unwilling recipient of a compelling message from beyond the grave!This eerie ghost story, by award-winning author of Hell House and I Am Legend, inspired the acclaimed 1999 film starring Kevin Bacon.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780765308719 (0765308711)
ASIN: 765308711
Publish date: July 1st 2004
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
I really enjoyed reading this one! I watched the movie starring Kevin Bacon when it came out and I thought it did a great job with updating this source material into modern times. They do keep some of the same elements here and there, though they change the person who was murdered and why. I liked t...
bookshelves: published-1999, winter20092010, boo-scary, fraudio, mystery-thriller, north-americas Read in November, 2009 When Tom Wallace is hypnotised at a dinner party, strange abilities are awoken within him Tom Wallace lived an ordinary life, until a chance event awakened psychic abilities...
Another Matheson great. Tom Wallace was placed under hypnosis one night at a party by his brother-in-law (unlike the movie). When he awakes he finds that he is able to sense what other people are thinking and feeling, and he seems to have picked up a person from the past who finds his new opennes...
I love reading Richard Matheson's stories. Even if the story itself isn't quite to my taste, and not everything he writes is, the writing is so enjoyable to read. I don't know what it is about it that makes it so, but it's just so accessible and straightforward and unassuming, and it just hooks me r...
While different from the movie of the same name with Kevin Bacon, this is a fine story about a man who acquires an psi ability and the way it uproots his world in the days following. The language and situations might be a bit outdated in areas, but the story overall still has a strong sense of reso...