false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166553071m/13451.jpg 13451 16 Stephen King started writing <I>Storm of the Century</I> as a novel, but it evolved into the teleplay of an ABC TV miniseries. Set in Maine's remote Little Tall Island, the tale is all about vivid small-town characters, feuds, infidelities, sordid secrets, kids in peril, and gory portents in scrambled letters. The calamitous snowstorm is nothing compared to the mysterious mind-reading stranger Linoge, who uses magic powers to turn people's guilt against them--when he's not simply braining them with his wolf-head-handled cane. Don't even glance at that cane--it can bring out the devil in you. Just as <I>The Shining</I> was concerned with marriage and alcoholism as much as it was with bad weather and worse spirits, <I>Storm of the Century</I> is more than a horror story. It's creepy because it's realistic.<p> But it's also unusually visual. Linoge's eyes ominously change color, wind and sea wreak havoc, a basketball leaves blood circles with each bounce. The 100-year storm no doubt hits harder onscreen than on the page, but the snow is a symbol of the more disturbing emotional maelstrom that words evoke perfectly. And the murders of folks we've gotten to know is entirely terrifying in print. The crisp discipline of the screenplay format makes this book better than lots of King's more sprawling novels--the end doesn't wander and the dialogue crackles. Here's the real test: It's impossible to read parts 1 and 2 and not read part 3, "The Reckoning." <I>--Tim Appelo</I> 3048970 book 1 2 1999 Storm of the Century: An Original Screenplay total:1781|5:399|4:482|3:578|2:237|1:85| 1781 6216 2221 49 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Feb 22 23:15:43 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 23:16:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 20 18:04:30 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 08 15:13:10 -0800 2008
It's all the weathercasters can talk about - the Storm of the Century. It'll be a blizzard, white-out conditions that will last for days. The tiny island community of Little Tall Island is ready. They've stocked up on provisions. They have the eme...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 03:12:29 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 03:12:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sun Apr 26 17:10:25 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 17:40:02 -0700 2009 gather together to wait out the blizzard. It was a scary murder
mystery, but I kept thinking how the people would be safe as long as they stayed together i...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 25 07:21:13 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 20:20:26 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 07:21:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Wed Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 05 07:57:17 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 19 16:42:38 -0700 2008 Niby to scenariusz, więc identycznie jak w filmie, ale opis wyrazu twarzy bywa lepszy niż zobaczenie tego... bo gdy się patrzy, to nie zaw...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 27 19:46:42 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 19:48:43 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 11:57:12 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 17:11:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jun 27 22:32:05 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 22:32:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 10 15:05:52 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 08:43:41 -0700 2009 The Storm of the Century. I think I'll stick to reading his novels from now on.]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 16 10:01:41 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 22 12:02:07 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 16 10:01:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Mar 29 19:23:32 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 19:24:50 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Feb 12 20:45:18 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 20:45:41 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jun 12 21:04:28 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 21:04:48 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Oct 16 17:41:09 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 17:41:40 -0700 2009 ]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 30 21:49:45 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 21:50:04 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jul 09 20:37:12 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 20:37:38 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Thu May 28 17:45:50 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 17:47:01 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Apr 22 06:32:33 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 06:32:47 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Wed Mar 05 19:31:45 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 19:35:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=13451