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Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 930 pages Rating: 3.93 | 95228 Users | 1453 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Four Past Midnight |
| ISBN: | 0450542882 (ISBN13: 9780450542886) |
| Edition Language: | English URL https://stephenking.com/library/story_collection/four_past_midnight.html |
| Setting: | United States of America Castle Rock, Maine(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection (1990), British Fantasy Award Nominee for Anthology/Collection (1991) |
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At midnight comes the point of balance. Of danger. The instang of utter stillness when between two beats of the heart, an alternative reality can slip through, like a blade between the ribs, and swithc you into a new and terrifying world. Four Past Midnight: four heart-stopping accounts of that moment when the familiar world fractures beyond sense, the fragments spinning away from the desperate, clutching reach of sanity... (back cover)Details About Books Four Past Midnight
| Title | : | Four Past Midnight |
| Author | : | Stephen King |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | New English Library Edition (UK/AUST.) |
| Pages | : | Pages: 930 pages |
| Published | : | 1991 by New English Library (first published October 1990) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Short Stories |
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Ratings: 3.93 From 95228 Users | 1453 ReviewsEvaluation About Books Four Past Midnight
Then his lids closed slowly over his slightly bloodshot eyes, and Mort Rainey, who had yet to discover what true horror was all about, fell asleep. I usually enjoy Kings short stories and novellas quite a bit. Unlike many, he has a consistent talent with shorter works. Its sort of ironic he shines so heavy in this area considering most of his novels are too long, but I kind of digress here.Unfortunately this was the least favorite Ive read. I have many more to go, of course, so it may not stayThese are great novellas by the master storyteller Stephen King!!Actually I read these Storys in my early twenties, and still could remember how good they are.."Four Past Midnight" consists of four novellas:** The Langoliers**** Secret Window Secret Garden**** The Library police**** The Sun Dog**I must confess that this book counts as one of the main culprits responsible for having getting me hook on the novels by the King..They are all of them masterfully crafted and elaborated, full of vigor
Average of 3.75 over the four novellas. I think The Langoliers was my favourite! Full review to come.
Having read and loved 'Full Dark, No Star's' earlier this year, I was eagerly looking forward to another collection of four Stephen King novellas. Although this time I've been distinctly disappointed. I've detailed my thoughts on each individual story below, but suffice to say this really is a second string collection.The Langoliers First things first, Stephen King really cant write an English accent. In Nick Hopewell, who is a kind of jaded, SAS-graduate James Bond, King tries to give us an
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 that library book? Here comes the Library Policeman to suck you dry. And if you wanna make a fortune not by working but by profiting off other people's misfortune, the Sun dog might make you a Scooby
English (Four Past Midnight) / ItalianoFour short novels (not so short, actually) of one of the best contemporary writers out there. The Langoliers (my favorite) carries the reader together with the protagonists into a parallel dimension. The unknown and the fear of what we do not know are the main themes, and the atmosphere resembles that of "The Twilight Zone", the acclaimed TV show. One of the best story I ever read. Secret Window, Secret Garden talks about what I suppose is the nightmare of
A re-read after more than twenty years. Will it stand up?Short answer: Absolutely. :)The Langoliers fits snugly in the New Weird category, pretty much entirely esoteric SF with gremlin-types, alternate dimenions and/or time travel on a plane... There are no snakes here! :) The characters are a blast and we've got a firm horror vibe going on here where we are kept guessing as to who among all these random sleepers will make it to the end. Thoroughly enjoyable novella, but not my favorite. It's
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