Four Past Midnight
by:
Stephen King (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780816151783 (0816151784)
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Edition language: English
There is an old Family Guy cutaway which depicts Stephen King meeting with his publisher to pitch his next novel. Obviously desperate for an idea, King quickly looks around the office and grabs the publisher's desk lamp. "So this family gets attacked by . . . a lamp monster! Ooooh!" he waves his han...
Not my usual cup of tea. Of course I've heard of Stephen King, and I have vivid memories of the movie "Carrie", but I'm not a horror fan in general. This collection of four novellas, however, presented itself to me on the book exchange shelves at work, and looking at the length of the book, and cons...
The overall theme of this collection, whether Stephen King realizes it or not, is that lazy little sin we call sloth. If you're a no-account layabout, the Langoliers will come and eat you up. If you're too lazy to write your own material, John Shooter might come calling. Can't be bother to take back...
I don’t understand the disdain this novella gets from other SK fans. In discussions of the “past midnight” collection, The Sun Dog is usually listed as the weakest, with all the love going to The Langoliers. How buzzing, hopping little balls of teeth that eat reality can trump the idea of an alterna...
Spotkałem się z kilkoma opiniami, że "4 po północy" to zbiór raczej przeciętnych tekstów, tym większe było więc moje zaskoczenie spowodowane faktem, że każda nowela przypadła mi równie bardzo do gustu. Nie są to może kamienie milowe gatunku, nie powaliły mnie na łopatki, ale czytało się je przyjemni...
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