Nightmares and Dreamscapes
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (525 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0450610098 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 864 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Many people who write about horror literature maintain that mood is its most important element. Nightmares & Dreamscapes contains 20 short tales--including several never before published--plus one teleplay, one poem, and one nonfiction piece about kids and baseball that appeared in the New Yorker. Stephen King disagrees: "My deeply held conviction is that story must be paramount. All other considerations are secondary--theme, mood, even characterization and language." These fine stories, each written in what King calls "a burst of faith, happiness, and optimism," prove his point. The style ranges from King's well-honed horror to a Ray Bradbury-like fantasy voice to an ambitious pastiche of Ra
Excellent book Can't stop reading it. Paperback I had ended up breaking in my hands, so bought e-version. Being a Lovecraft fan, I particularly enjoyed Crouch End. Marcus A. Lewis said From page to screen.. I purchased "Nightmares& Dreamscapes" primarily because I thought I could use this series of short films (based on the stories of Stephen King) in my Short Story class. Little did I know at the time that the DVD would send me back to read all of the original stories. All of the films are good, but "Battleground" by far is the. High quality short fiction This is one of the best collections of short fiction that I have ever read in any genre, and clearly shows that Stephen King is a much better writer of short fiction than he is of novels. I wish he would write nothing but short fiction after reading this. The book starts with a satisfying tale of revenge in which a mafia boss
This collection of Stephen King stories takes a roller-coaster ride through the macabre and monstrous, via explorations of good and evil.. The Nevada desert swallows a Cadillac. A solitary finger pokes out of a drain. Novelty teeth turn predatory