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  <title><![CDATA[Night Shift]]></title>
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  <default-description>Never trust your heart to the New York Times bestselling master of suspense, Stephen King. Especially with an anthology that features the classic stories &quot;Children of the Corn,&quot; &quot;The Lawnmower Man,&quot; &quot;Graveyard Shift,&quot; &quot;The Mangler,&quot; and &quot;Sometimes They Come Back&quot;-which were all made into hit horror films.

&quot;Unbearable suspense.&quot; (Dallas Morning News)

From the depths of darkness, where hideous rats defend their empire, to dizzying heights, where a beautiful girl hangs by a hair above a hellish fate, this chilling collection of twenty short stories will plunge readers into the subterranean labyrinth of the most spine-tingling, eerie imagination of our time.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1977</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>Night Shift</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Stephen King]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[What I learned from <em>Night Shift</em>:<br/><br/>It ain't easy to quit smoking.<br/>That I know what you need.<br/>That I am the doorway.<br/>That he walks behind the rows.<br/>That sometimes they come back.<br/>It ain't over in 'Salem's Lot.<br/>Don't drink bad beer.  <br/>Get off your ass and mo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3062852">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Jul 15 11:37:00 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this book to be hit or miss. Most stories were good with a few being must-reads and few being skip-able.<br/><br/>The highlights:<br/>Jerusalem's Lot - A prequel of sorts to his novel 'Salem's Lot told through a series of letters.<br/>Night Surf - A side-story that fits in with The Stand...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27326011">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[These are short stories, not novellas, and serve as delicious intros to popular King mythologies (for a staggering example see [or better yet, don't {with the exception of &quot;Trucks&quot; a.k.a. &quot;Maximum Overdrive&quot; for B-entertainment and &quot;Children of the Corn&quot; with its quaint...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23740788">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 14 19:47:32 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 14 20:15:22 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Night Shift is an awesome collection of Stephen King shorts. I've been a Stephen King fan since I first read 'Salems Lot at a young age, and was only later introduced to King's talent as a short story writer through Four Past Midnight and then later, Nightmares and Dreamscapes and Everything's Event...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74576436">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="70363665">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[King Fans, people who like stories that you can read in a short sitting.]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[The other King books I have read.]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Sep 07 10:30:07 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Sep 07 10:54:41 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Many good stories, a few bad stories and a few that really make you think. I won't go through it story by story, but here are a few thoughts about a few stories:<br/><br/>Jerusalem's Lot -written before 'Salems's Lot, and not necessary a prequil, but along the same line of vampires and the unknown. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70363665">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64909629">
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    <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jul 25 11:22:38 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 25 11:33:02 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Let me start by saying, I am not an avid Stephen King fan. Actually I have never read any of his books before, but chose this as a good way to explore his writings and see why he has so many fans. Also, I love short stories as a form that can be tremendously engaging but also leave the reader with m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64909629">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59521627">
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  <date_added>Sat Jun 13 10:57:40 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This collection represents around twenty of Stephen King's stories from the 1970s. They are variable in quality and style so that the collection is really one for completists of King's work (who generally needs a much larger canvas than the short story) or of twentieth century American horror fictio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59521627">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54714583">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1981</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat May 02 13:45:31 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat May 02 13:53:02 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had to do a quick review of a King book I liked because I did one of a book of his I didn't like and that was all I had on the guy. That wasn't right because truth be told he's one of my very favorite writers. I don't know if he would take this as a compliment but my favorite stories by King are g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54714583">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="31072154">
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  <date_added>Sun Aug 24 13:06:35 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 24 13:11:33 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book when I was like nine, so the details of the individual stories are a little fuzzy.  Thirty years later, however, I am still creeped out by vague, haunting memories of one tale involving a machine, some belladonna, and a very unfortunate factory worker.  <br/><br/>My brief childhoo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31072154">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Feb 01 04:33:54 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 11 05:44:01 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book contains the first groupings of short stories by Stephen King.  As with any collection of short stories there are ones that are very good and ones that aren't so good.  A couple of my favorites from this collection are &quot;The Ledge&quot; and &quot;Quitters, Inc.&quot;. <br/><br/>The L...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45026070">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="55767989">
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1982</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although I'd seen Carrie, the existence of Stephen King only became apparent to me while I was working at the Volume II Bookstore in Rogers Park, Chicago around 1980/81.  He was far and away the most requested author.  &quot;Just another horror writer,&quot; thought I, not personally interested in p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55767989">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52237692">
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  <read_at>Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Apr 10 17:00:51 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Stephen King's first collection of short stories is probably his best.  Stephen King is a little tricky in that some of his stuff is very good.   If someone would go through all of Stephen King's short stories and edited the best together as one book, it would be a solid novel.  Stories like &quot;J...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52237692">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="53523843">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[any fan of horror literature.]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon May 18 13:07:08 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Blatantly and straightforwardly, &quot;Night Shift&quot; is most likely the best short story collection that Stephen King has released. While most of his collections are very bleak anthologies, this book contains much of his better short content, along with a sort of uniformity that successfully uni...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53523843">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40910889">
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  <read_at>Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[First Stephen King book I have ever read as I never really had much interest in anything beyond his short stories and I was pleasantly surprised.I have had this book since I was in the oh the 2nd grade maybe and never bothered to read it except one of the stories back then.I thought it was pretty de...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40910889">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47901444">
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    <body><![CDATA[I devoured Koontz and King back in middle school and part of high school. In retrospect, I could have spent my time on better books, but these chillers were an escape from things I didn't want to think about, especially at night when I couldn't sleep and my mind twisted my perceptions nauseatingly. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47901444">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[So far I've loved every short story collection of King's I've read (<em>Different Seasons, Everything's Eventual</em>) and this collection is amazing once again.  <br/><br/>My favorites stories would have to be:<br/>&quot;I Am the Doorway&quot;<br/>&quot;Quitters, Inc.&quot;<br/>&quot;Children of the Co...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50470454">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Dec 05 16:17:40 -0800 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[the children of the corn short story was good.I'm a big fan of murderous children and corn on the cob so...]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great collection of short stories and includes some of King's scariest tales. Many will be familiar with places and characters that popped up in many popular King movies notably One for the Road which is a sequel of sorts to Salem's Lot and is as scary as that tale. Jerusalem's Lot which i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56293405">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Oct 29 11:35:07 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 30 15:23:02 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Though utterly enjoyable throughout, this book gets five stars solely for two stories near the end - &quot;The Woman In The Room&quot; and - most prominently - the heartbreaking &quot;The Last Rung On The Ladder&quot;. Each is infinitely more horrifying than any ghoulie the man could dream up, and i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76128590">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is, I believe, King's first short story collection, made up of previously-published stories.  He's at his best, here.  His introduction on the nature of fear is legendary (&quot;The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47054983">more...</a>]]></body>
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