false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1205092779m/10584.jpg 10584 47 A notice to those who feel that Stephen King has lost his magic touch: <i>Desperation</i> is the genuine goods. The ensemble cast of ordinary Americans thrown together by chance, including a disgruntled alcoholic writer and a child who is wise beyond his years, may be a bit too familiar. But the nearly deserted Nevada mining town with an enormous haunted mine pit and an abandoned movie theatre where the survivors hang out makes for a striking battleground, and the grisly action rarely flags. Best of all, though, are the characters of Tak, the ancient body-hopping evil who emerges from the mine, and of "God"--whom the <i>New York Times</i> describes as "the edgiest creation in <i>Desperation.</i> Remote, isolated, ironic, shrouded behind disguises, perhaps 'another legendary shadow,' this deity forms a sly foil, and an icy mirror, to Tak." 14015 book 1996 Desperation total:9024|5:1885|4:2712|3:2980|2:1107|1:340| 9024 31767 10648 316 5 4 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Feb 08 11:26:49 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 11:28:13 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 02 13:20:55 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 12 17:46:14 -0800 2007 more...]]> 1 2 false false Mon Sep 10 18:02:02 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 18:10:19 -0700 2007
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The book starts out with a couple on the highway in Nevada, taking a trip for the summer, when they see something ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 07:43:21 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 07:43:28 -0800 2009
Later: Well, I managed to get through all 18 discs but ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 01:23:50 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 01:34:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 02 12:57:29 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 12:58:32 -0700 2009 The book I chose for my project is “Desperation” by Stephen King, who is my favorite writer. King got his inspiration from a cross-country drive he took in 1991, during which he ran across an old beat down town in the middle of the desert call Ruth, Nevada, near Highway 50. All the inhabi...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun May 17 17:15:57 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 17:29:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Tue Sep 15 08:04:26 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 19:20:56 -0700 2009
Well in the frightening novel,"Desperation",by the horror master Stephan King,was engaging.It kept me on the edge of my seat with its creepy pl...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 17 14:10:10 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 20:10:42 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 14:10:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Aug 04 16:49:01 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 00:04:47 -0700 2009
What I always found insulting was how easily critics, snobs, and pretentious twats write-off Stephen King because he writes stories about realistic peop...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 11 05:52:04 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 05:56:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 09:11:24 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 09:37:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 11:21:05 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 04:04:11 -0700 2009
This story is more typically Stephen King, in the classic monster, blood, guts, scary impossible situation.

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