The Dead Zone
by:
Stephen King (author)
John Smith awakes from a coma to find his life in ruins. He also finds that he can see the future - a power he doesn't want but can't escape. He is branded a freak and his warnings of danger are seen as ravings, and when he shakes a psychopathic politician's hand he foresees unimaginable horror.
John Smith awakes from a coma to find his life in ruins. He also finds that he can see the future - a power he doesn't want but can't escape. He is branded a freak and his warnings of danger are seen as ravings, and when he shakes a psychopathic politician's hand he foresees unimaginable horror.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780451093387 (0451093380)
Publish date: 1980-08-01
Publisher: Signet
Pages no: 402
Edition language: English
One of my favorite King novels. Though I say that for almost every King novel.
I loved this story. The lead is wonderful. The storyline is great. The Dead Zone is so bittersweet and so wonderful, definitely one of my favorites by SK.
Random thoughts about this book: It’s very dated, but in a way that’s amusing and a little thought-provoking. The inner thoughts of a man on hold, at a time when the telephone “hold” function was new and before the now-ubiquitous hold music or recorded messages, when being put on hold was like a li...
"Martwa strefa" wydaje się być mniej promowaną powieścią Stephena Kinga; nie widać tego tytułu we wszelakich zestawieniach, nie występuje obok "Carrie", "Cujo" czy "Lśnienia", czyli innych powstałych w podobnym okresie książkach - na początku kariery pisarza. Po lekturze muszę przyznać, że jestem tr...
The Dead Zone was a re-read for me, as many will be as I go through The Stephen King Challenge, and I forgot how powerful this book was. King was really in fine form during this period in the late 1970s. Johnny Smith is a young teacher that has started to date Sarah, another young teacher that wor...
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