Cell
by:
Stephen King (author)
WHERE WERE YOU ON OCTOBER 1st AT 3:03 P.M.? Graphic artist Clay Riddell was in the heart of Boston on that brilliant autumn afternoon when hell was unleashed before his eyes. Without warning, carnage and chaos reigned. Ordinary people fell victim to the basest, most animalistic destruction. And...
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WHERE WERE YOU ON OCTOBER 1st AT 3:03 P.M.? Graphic artist Clay Riddell was in the heart of Boston on that brilliant autumn afternoon when hell was unleashed before his eyes. Without warning, carnage and chaos reigned. Ordinary people fell victim to the basest, most animalistic destruction. And the apocalypse began with the ring of a cell phone. . . .
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9781416524519 (1416524517)
Publish date: November 21st 2006
Publisher: Pocket Star
Pages no: 449
Edition language: English
God is in His heaven, the stock market stands at 10,140, most of the planes are on time, and Clayton Riddell, an artist from Maine, is almost bouncing up Boylston Street in Boston. He’s just landed a comic book deal that might finally enable him to support his family by making art instead of teachin...
In Cell King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism. Mobile phones deliver the apocalypse to millions of unsuspecting humans by wiping their brains of any humanity, leaving only aggressive and destructive impulses behind. Those without cell phones, like illustrator Clayton Ri...
Das Ende der Welt wird mit einem Handyklingeln eingeläutet. Clay ist gerade beruflich in Boston als um ihn herum der Irrsinn ausbricht. Telefonieren wird zum Todesurteil, weil aus dem Äther der Mobiltelefonie der mörderische Wahnsinn strömt. Menschen gehen aufeinander los, zerstückeln sich gegenseit...
Five stars for the first half. One star for the last 200 pages, wherein King drags his ass like a dog infested with roundworms. Cell is a five-star read all the way up to the halfway mark. You got crazies running around, nom nom nomming on tender bits, and a likable crew of misfits trying to stay al...
It’s the best book I’ve read after A Song Of Ice And Fire! The characterization and the narration is incredibly amazing. It catches the reader’s interest from the first line to the very last word. Yes! The story starts minutes before The Pulse occurred and takes us through the entire scenario in p...