false 155547 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172260238m/155547.jpg 10596 40 955346 book 1996 The Regulators total:6341|5:1075|4:1649|3:2264|2:1009|1:344| 6341 21125 7608 154 5858 3.55 40274 1523 55238232 1107219 66368 0525941908 9780525941903 20 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66368.The_Regulators 3.32 304 The Regulators is a kind of companion novel to Desperation, which was published simultaneously. These books mark the return of the Stephen King of old; the Stephen King of The Stand and Pet Sematary, where good and evil were at war and blood and gore flowed through the pages. The companion novels center around a new personification of evil that goes by the name of Tak, unearthed by an evil mining company that's destroying the earth in the name of profit. In each, the characters and situations are altered as King plays with questions of identity and form. But the real point here is what's on Tak's mind? Does it want to "Eat pork rinds? . . . Screw some NFL cheerleaders? . . . Rule the earth?"]]> 2 2 false Thu May 07 03:57:26 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 23:20:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5931744 264999 10596 0451191013 9780451191014 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166254260m/10596.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10596.The_Regulators 3.32 5667 The Regulators is a gripping adventure tale about what happens when a mind fixated on TV (especially old Westerns and a cartoon called MotoKops 2200) runs amok. As Michael Collins writes in Necrofile, "[Stephen] King offers his readers a glimpse of the true evil of popular culture ... which has no design or intent, only an empty need to sustain itself. King is, I think, about the canniest observer of what America is, and that he generally writes horror ought to give us pause from time to time."]]> 3 2 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 06:07:32 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 20:28:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 6667068 214838 10596 0451191013 9780451191014 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166254260m/10596.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10596.The_Regulators 3.33 6341 The Regulators is a gripping adventure tale about what happens when a mind fixated on TV (especially old Westerns and a cartoon called MotoKops 2200) runs amok. As Michael Collins writes in Necrofile, "[Stephen] King offers his readers a glimpse of the true evil of popular culture ... which has no design or intent, only an empty need to sustain itself. King is, I think, about the canniest observer of what America is, and that he generally writes horror ought to give us pause from time to time."]]> 3 2 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 23 16:23:54 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 08 17:01:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 44743567 1877418 10596 0451191013 9780451191014 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166254260m/10596.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10596.The_Regulators 3.33 6341 The Regulators is a gripping adventure tale about what happens when a mind fixated on TV (especially old Westerns and a cartoon called MotoKops 2200) runs amok. As Michael Collins writes in Necrofile, "[Stephen] King offers his readers a glimpse of the true evil of popular culture ... which has no design or intent, only an empty need to sustain itself. King is, I think, about the canniest observer of what America is, and that he generally writes horror ought to give us pause from time to time."]]> 5 1 false Thu Jan 29 07:13:42 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 05:29:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 69162351 1074042 10596 0451191013 9780451191014 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166254260m/10596.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10596.The_Regulators 3.33 6341 The Regulators is a gripping adventure tale about what happens when a mind fixated on TV (especially old Westerns and a cartoon called MotoKops 2200) runs amok. As Michael Collins writes in Necrofile, "[Stephen] King offers his readers a glimpse of the true evil of popular culture ... which has no design or intent, only an empty need to sustain itself. King is, I think, about the canniest observer of what America is, and that he generally writes horror ought to give us pause from time to time."]]> 5 0 false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 19:17:20 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 19:29:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4662551 285515 970447 0670872814 9780670872817 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179894868m/970447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/970447.The_Regulators 3.48 84 4 1 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 16:27:17 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 05:34:22 -0800 2009
I embarked on my latest Stephen King obsession (the first one having occured about 10 years ago). This time, the bulk of it was the Dark Tower series and this related book. I'm a life-long fan of King, it just takes me a little longer to get through them, as they tend to ...more...]]> 67013611 2593734 10596 0451191013 9780451191014 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166254260m/10596.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10596.The_Regulators 3.33 6341 The Regulators is a gripping adventure tale about what happens when a mind fixated on TV (especially old Westerns and a cartoon called MotoKops 2200) runs amok. As Michael Collins writes in Necrofile, "[Stephen] King offers his readers a glimpse of the true evil of popular culture ... which has no design or intent, only an empty need to sustain itself. King is, I think, about the canniest observer of what America is, and that he generally writes horror ought to give us pause from time to time."]]> 2 0 false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 18:33:45 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 23:36:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 49290033 588591 10596 0451191013 9780451191014 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166254260m/10596.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10596.The_Regulators 3.33 6341 The Regulators is a gripping adventure tale about what happens when a mind fixated on TV (especially old Westerns and a cartoon called MotoKops 2200) runs amok. As Michael Collins writes in Necrofile, "[Stephen] King offers his readers a glimpse of the true evil of popular culture ... which has no design or intent, only an empty need to sustain itself. King is, I think, about the canniest observer of what America is, and that he generally writes horror ought to give us pause from time to time."]]> 3 0 false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Mar 14 18:29:06 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 19:41:56 -0700 2009
I received this book from/at: Brandy Bee at Gadsden Regional where I took her for an epidural for her bad back

ideas expressed/message/plot: A young, autistic boy, Seth, becomes the vessel of an old evil (spirit? demon?) known as Tak, who has an odd fascina...more...]]> 36084257 388792 155577 0451191927 9780451191922 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172260270m/155577.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/155577.The_Regulators_ 3.55 11 The Regulators is a kind of companion novel to Desperation, which was published simultaneously. These books mark the return of the Stephen King of old; the Stephen King of The Stand and Pet Sematary, where good and evil were at war and blood and gore flowed through the pages. The companion novels center around a new personification of evil that goes by the name of Tak, unearthed by an evil mining company that's destroying the earth in the name of profit. In each, the characters and situations are altered as King plays with questions of identity and form. But the real point here is what's on Tak's mind? Does it want to "Eat pork rinds? . . . Screw some NFL cheerleaders? . . . Rule the earth?"]]> 3 0 false Fri Oct 24 01:27:01 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 24 01:32:14 -0700 2008
In high school, we actually read a Stephen King novel in AP English class. My professor's theo...more...]]> 15974266 325771 970447 0670872814 9780670872817 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179894868m/970447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/970447.The_Regulators 3.48 84 3 0 false Tue Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 05:32:18 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 06:49:30 -0800 2008 The book begins with a pretty normal day in the life of a suburban Ohio town. Just as the reader is drawn into the nor...more...]]> 48068805 1873696 10596 0451191013 9780451191014 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166254260m/10596.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10596.The_Regulators 3.33 6341 The Regulators is a gripping adventure tale about what happens when a mind fixated on TV (especially old Westerns and a cartoon called MotoKops 2200) runs amok. As Michael Collins writes in Necrofile, "[Stephen] King offers his readers a glimpse of the true evil of popular culture ... which has no design or intent, only an empty need to sustain itself. King is, I think, about the canniest observer of what America is, and that he generally writes horror ought to give us pause from time to time."]]> 0 0 false Mon Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 02 19:53:36 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 19:57:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 20511458 293158 66368 0525941908 9780525941903 20 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66368.The_Regulators 3.32 304 The Regulators is a kind of companion novel to Desperation, which was published simultaneously. These books mark the return of the Stephen King of old; the Stephen King of The Stand and Pet Sematary, where good and evil were at war and blood and gore flowed through the pages. The companion novels center around a new personification of evil that goes by the name of Tak, unearthed by an evil mining company that's destroying the earth in the name of profit. In each, the characters and situations are altered as King plays with questions of identity and form. But the real point here is what's on Tak's mind? Does it want to "Eat pork rinds? . . . Screw some NFL cheerleaders? . . . Rule the earth?"]]> 3 0 false Fri May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 01:41:50 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 10:50:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 47337273 2061096 10596 0451191013 9780451191014 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166254260m/10596.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10596.The_Regulators 3.33 6341 The Regulators is a gripping adventure tale about what happens when a mind fixated on TV (especially old Westerns and a cartoon called MotoKops 2200) runs amok. As Michael Collins writes in Necrofile, "[Stephen] King offers his readers a glimpse of the true evil of popular culture ... which has no design or intent, only an empty need to sustain itself. King is, I think, about the canniest observer of what America is, and that he generally writes horror ought to give us pause from time to time."]]> 2 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Mon Feb 23 20:59:09 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 21:01:35 -0800 2009 Intellectually, the story is kind of silly, but you don't notice that while you are caught up in the story. Rather, I was tense and jumpy the whole time.
It's been more than a decade s...more...]]> 1781761 123293 10596 0451191013 9780451191014 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166254260m/10596.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10596.The_Regulators 3.33 6341 The Regulators is a gripping adventure tale about what happens when a mind fixated on TV (especially old Westerns and a cartoon called MotoKops 2200) runs amok. As Michael Collins writes in Necrofile, "[Stephen] King offers his readers a glimpse of the true evil of popular culture ... which has no design or intent, only an empty need to sustain itself. King is, I think, about the canniest observer of what America is, and that he generally writes horror ought to give us pause from time to time."]]> 5 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Fri Jun 08 14:39:04 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 18:28:36 -0700 2007 Desperation is better just because that's what everyone ELSE has said, so you feel compelled. It's like iPods (gag) and Hillary Clinton being evil (she's not). People just like to go with the flow of popular thought. (See The Cell for mo...more...]]> 42889599 1886705 10596 0451191013 9780451191014 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166254260m/10596.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10596.The_Regulators 3.33 6341 The Regulators is a gripping adventure tale about what happens when a mind fixated on TV (especially old Westerns and a cartoon called MotoKops 2200) runs amok. As Michael Collins writes in Necrofile, "[Stephen] King offers his readers a glimpse of the true evil of popular culture ... which has no design or intent, only an empty need to sustain itself. King is, I think, about the canniest observer of what America is, and that he generally writes horror ought to give us pause from time to time."]]> 2 0 false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Jan 13 06:35:53 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 06:38:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 49525455 245576 66368 0525941908 9780525941903 20 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66368.The_Regulators 3.32 304 The Regulators is a kind of companion novel to Desperation, which was published simultaneously. These books mark the return of the Stephen King of old; the Stephen King of The Stand and Pet Sematary, where good and evil were at war and blood and gore flowed through the pages. The companion novels center around a new personification of evil that goes by the name of Tak, unearthed by an evil mining company that's destroying the earth in the name of profit. In each, the characters and situations are altered as King plays with questions of identity and form. But the real point here is what's on Tak's mind? Does it want to "Eat pork rinds? . . . Screw some NFL cheerleaders? . . . Rule the earth?"]]> 5 0 false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 21:31:06 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 21:34:17 -0700 2009
A great study of human behavior during a traumatic situation in true King style- in which good is not always good; bad is not always bad; and "happily ever after" is a relative concept....more...]]> 59907281 1160586 10596 0451191013 9780451191014 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166254260m/10596.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10596.The_Regulators 3.33 6341 The Regulators is a gripping adventure tale about what happens when a mind fixated on TV (especially old Westerns and a cartoon called MotoKops 2200) runs amok. As Michael Collins writes in Necrofile, "[Stephen] King offers his readers a glimpse of the true evil of popular culture ... which has no design or intent, only an empty need to sustain itself. King is, I think, about the canniest observer of what America is, and that he generally writes horror ought to give us pause from time to time."]]> 3 0 false Tue Jun 16 11:39:49 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 11:42:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 56852619 1369135 10596 0451191013 9780451191014 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166254260m/10596.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10596.The_Regulators 3.33 6341 The Regulators is a gripping adventure tale about what happens when a mind fixated on TV (especially old Westerns and a cartoon called MotoKops 2200) runs amok. As Michael Collins writes in Necrofile, "[Stephen] King offers his readers a glimpse of the true evil of popular culture ... which has no design or intent, only an empty need to sustain itself. King is, I think, about the canniest observer of what America is, and that he generally writes horror ought to give us pause from time to time."]]> 3 0 false Thu May 21 08:51:40 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 08:53:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 56414774 639680 10596 0451191013 9780451191014 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166254260m/10596.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10596.The_Regulators 3.33 6341 The Regulators is a gripping adventure tale about what happens when a mind fixated on TV (especially old Westerns and a cartoon called MotoKops 2200) runs amok. As Michael Collins writes in Necrofile, "[Stephen] King offers his readers a glimpse of the true evil of popular culture ... which has no design or intent, only an empty need to sustain itself. King is, I think, about the canniest observer of what America is, and that he generally writes horror ought to give us pause from time to time."]]> 0 0 false Sun May 17 17:14:44 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 17:32:14 -0700 2009 56905292 1751389 10596 0451191013 9780451191014 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166254260m/10596.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10596.The_Regulators 3.33 6341 The Regulators is a gripping adventure tale about what happens when a mind fixated on TV (especially old Westerns and a cartoon called MotoKops 2200) runs amok. As Michael Collins writes in Necrofile, "[Stephen] King offers his readers a glimpse of the true evil of popular culture ... which has no design or intent, only an empty need to sustain itself. King is, I think, about the canniest observer of what America is, and that he generally writes horror ought to give us pause from time to time."]]> 5 0 false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 18:03:19 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 17:49:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=155547