El cazador de sueños

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El cazador de sueños

by Stephen King, Jofre Homedes (Translator)

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Había una vez cuatro chicos, compañeros en todo, que decidieron proteger a un chico indefenso atormentado por el tirano del colegio. Su acción marcó un cambio decisivo en sus vidas. Un cambio tan grande que tardarían 25 años en comprender su importancia... Ahora son adultos, con más problemas y más desilusiones, pero una vez al año se reúnen para cazar en los bosques de Ma...more

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Published August 6th 2002 by Plaza y Janés (first published March 20th 2001)

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Nov 11, 2007

Susan rated it

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This was an amazing book. Even though it took me 3 months to read it was worth it. Anyone who wants to read this book must be prepared for sleepless nights and illusions. Stephen King is a fantastic writer who uses such descriptions it makes you feel that right behind you there is an alien waiting to take your energy. Throughout this book I tried figuring out what the title meant and how it relates to the book. By the end I love how the last few pages are devoted to explaining things and making ...more

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Dec 14, 2008

Wendell rated it

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Shelves: trash-horror-guilty-pleasures

Let me say at the outset: I am a HUGE Stephen King fan, and I've read all the novels and short stories, as well as his rather wonderful books on writing.

Unfortunately, Dreamcatcher is a bloated, vacuous, dreadful piece of self-indulgence that mostly goes to show that King has apparently gotten so famous that no one dares edit him or tell him that he's written a bad book.

The pointless repetition in this door-stop of a novel is staggering beyond belief (and, ultimately, stu...moreLet me say at the outset: I am a HUGE Stephen King fan, and I've read all the novels and short stories, as well as his rather wonderful books on writing.

Unfortunately, Dreamcatcher is a bloated, vacuous, dreadful piece of self-indulgence that mostly goes to show that King has apparently gotten so famous that no one dares edit him or tell him that he's written a bad book.

The pointless repetition in this door-stop of a novel is staggering beyond belief (and, ultimately, stultifying as well). King beats you over the head with his 7th-grade brand of peepee/caca humor (I presume it's supposed to be funny, if you think scores of pages with people reacting to fetid flatulence is funny) until you're ready to join forces with Tipper Gore. He gives his main characters an annoying set of catch-phrases (meant to be all down-homey Maine) that they say over and over and over and over and over like verbal tics until they sound like mental defectives. He needlessly involutes the plot, requiring the reader to go back and forth in time-which must have seemed like a nifty device at some point in the writing, but which is ultimately just a nightmare (and not the good kind) of padding and disorganization.

Since I also love (or have loved) the 'potboilers' of Grisham, Crichton, et al., I note an increasing trend among these writers (case in point: Tom Clancy's tumid *Sum of All Fears*): to write obese and flabby novels (high-cholesterol plot, no unneeded fiber such as character development) that all but completely ignore the reader and keep winking ingratiatingly at the screenwriter over your shoulder. Personally, I'm a little sick of it.

Thankfully, you don't have to give up good writing in order to enjoy action-oriented, heavily plotted suspense fiction-consider the truly wonderful series of carefully constructed books by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston or Dan Brown's DaVinci Code.

Meanwhile, I'm giving this book one star because that's the lowest rating you can give; in reality, it shouldn't even show up on the scale. (less)

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Feb 11, 2010

Kandice rated it

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I've put off writing a review because Becky wrote the review to end all reviews and said it all! It's my resolution to review all the books I read this year so I have to make the attempt. Here goes...

I read this the week it first came out in 2001 because I always read his books as soon as they come out. At breakneck speed more often than not. I tend to re-read and savor the books later, but the first reading is like a "fix" I have been Jonesing for, so taking my time is not...moreI've put off writing a review because Becky wrote the review to end all reviews and said it all! It's my resolution to review all the books I read this year so I have to make the attempt. Here goes...

I read this the week it first came out in 2001 because I always read his books as soon as they come out. At breakneck speed more often than not. I tend to re-read and savor the books later, but the first reading is like a "fix" I have been Jonesing for, so taking my time is not really an option. I was especially happy to get this particular fix because I had been so devastated when King had his accident. This book was proof he had not left us.

This is one of the few I never went back to re-read. Until now. I couldn't even think of this book without flenching my glutes, so my aversion was understandable. This time around I wonder what took me so long! Yes, I giggled through the horrendous gas and "birthing" of the poop weasels, but once I got over that I really enjoyed this densely layered book.

I always love when King writes about aliens. In Dreamcatcher, aliens have been present on our world for a long time. The military is very aware of their probes and visits. The book starts with 4 childhood friends, all grown up now, meeting for their annual hunting trip in a cabin dead center of ground zero. Needless to say, with them being King characters, they all carry a lot of emotional baggage. The guys share a LOT of history that King peels like an onion in flashbacks thoughout the story.

At the onset of a huge storm, the aliens arrive, en masse, in thier ship. They are broadcasting, in highly recognizable human voices, English and French, "There is no infection here.". Has an ominous ring to it, huh? Fortunately they land in the woods in the middle of just about nowhere. Not quite so fortunate is the fact that it's hunting season. The military swoops in to contain the "virus" the aliens have introduced, (guess they were lying about the "no infection" part) and begin these efforts by rounding up all the hunters and corralling them. These particular aliens seem intent only on survival. They aren't out to wipe out mankind...unless humans interfere with said survival, that is.

In addition to the "grey boys" we've come to expect of aliens, there is a red, mosslike growth of a virus humans can become infected with AND a small creature, the aforementioned poop weasels that incubate in the human digestive track, eventually eating thier way out. Our four hunting friends end with the fate of the world, literally, in their hands with the help of thier very, very special fifth friend from childhood.

One of the effects of close proximity to the aliens is ESP. Our friends have shared a bit of a mental bond and heightened perception since childhood, and this just ups their mental abilities to the nth. It may sound cool to be able to read your neighbors, family and friends minds, but if you carry that thought to the final conclusion...it's not! It causes havoc, distrust, hate, fear and above all panic. I felt panic was the tone of this book. It takes place over the course of just 2 days, and beginning to end is constant action at breakneck speed. It is NOT a slow boil.

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Jun 20, 2008

Jason rated it

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Recommends it for: Science fiction fans, thiller fans, Stephen King fans, alien invasion fans

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I have been a fan of Stephen King since my brother Scott recommended the Dark Tower series to me. My wife knows to check the thrift stores that she frequents for King novels, and “Dreamcatcher” was one that she found. I didn’t know anything about the story, but sat down to begin reading a week and a half ago or so.
The story is about an alien invasion, and that was enough to get my interest. Although there are many aspects involved, including four friends caught in the middle of it, the m...more I have been a fan of Stephen King since my brother Scott recommended the Dark Tower series to me. My wife knows to check the thrift stores that she frequents for King novels, and “Dreamcatcher” was one that she found. I didn’t know anything about the story, but sat down to begin reading a week and a half ago or so.
The story is about an alien invasion, and that was enough to get my interest. Although there are many aspects involved, including four friends caught in the middle of it, the military cleanup, conflicts between the soldiers and their questionable orders, and many memories and flashbacks, the real story is about a Down syndrome man named Duddits who changes everything. This is the first King novel that came close to bringing me to tears, and his ability to make his reader really like and care about poor Duddits is excellent. I don’t think I will ever look at a person who has Down syndrome the same way again.

3.75 Characters
Presenting realistic, interesting characters is one of King’s strong suits, and he does not fail here. The four friends, Owen Underhill, and the cast they encounter in their adventures are all complex and involving. Extra points go for Kurtz, the insane military leader in charge of the government cleanup. He always kept me on my toes. Duddits was also a great character that I cared about, and is central to everything.

3.5 Pace
King is a master of suspense, but sometimes it is aggravating. He spends a lot of time establishing background and building things up before he lets loose. It’s a good pace, but there were parts that almost bored me. The last few hundred pages had me on the edge of my seat though.

3 Story
The alien invasion in the novel is original, but the concept of four childhood friends with a strange gift being caught in the middle of it an old friend to the author. I thought the most engaging parts of the story were about the military cleanup. I also thought that Duddits was a brilliant part of the story, and King does a good job of getting his reader to care for him.
I have to dock the story points because of the lack of research by the author and his editors. Among other mistakes that I consider elementary, he refers to a “cook’s third” in an Army unit (that sounds like a Navy designation), and also says that an H&K Mp5 fires 5.56mm ammunition when it fires 9mm. They’re small details, but the mistakes took my attention away from the story and ruined the suspension of disbelief for moments at a time.

2.5 Dialogue
King is very good at dialogue, but there were a few parts that felt weak or too wordy/preachy. There were a few times when Henry, and even crazy Kurtz who had a reason to talk crazy, stopped being realistic.

5 Style/Technical
There is no doubt in my mind that this book is an excellent example of a seasoned, veteran author using the tools of his trade to produce a superior novel. Most of my Stephen King material has been his earlier works, and he has grown and learned a lot in the years. His shifting viewpoints, flashbacks, changes of scenery, presentation of dreams, and integrating everything into the narrative is nothing short of amazing.

3.6 Overall
“Dreamcatcher” is a good alien invasion story, but a better examination of the human condition than most escapist fiction. Jonesy’s battle against the alien entity possessing his body, Kurtz’s mad logic, and everything about Duddits are amazing examples of fiction writing. My only real complaint would be a degree of predictability after the midway point.
At the same time, I think the novel also gives some insight into Stephen King’s mindset. He clearly is not familiar with things of a military nature in any way, and apparently neither are his editors. This tells me that he doesn’t really understand the people who volunteer to serve and put on those uniforms. As a result, most of his soldier characters come across as raving lunatics. It serves his story, but it’s an example of how he does not know that part of society and assigns unfair stereotypes to them.
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Aug 14, 2007

Peggy rated it

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I've got good news and bad news. The good news is, Dreamcatcher is not just a rehash of It. The bad news is it's a rehash of The Tommyknockers, too, which is perhaps my least favorite of all of King's works.

All right, maybe that's not quite fair. Dreamcatcher does involve aliens, a secret in the woods, and telepathy, but it's not exactly a carbon copy of The Tommyknockers. It re-uses pieces of many of King's works. There's the "adults who bonded as children and did a great thing...moreI've got good news and bad news. The good news is, Dreamcatcher is not just a rehash of It. The bad news is it's a rehash of The Tommyknockers, too, which is perhaps my least favorite of all of King's works.

All right, maybe that's not quite fair. Dreamcatcher does involve aliens, a secret in the woods, and telepathy, but it's not exactly a carbon copy of The Tommyknockers. It re-uses pieces of many of King's works. There's the "adults who bonded as children and did a great thing" theme from It. There's also the "child with a great secret power" trope from The Shining and/or Firestarter. Granted, Duddits is technically an adult, but he is retarded and therefore retains, quite literally, the mind of a child, as evidenced by everyone calling him by his childhood name. Duddits is also reminiscent of Tom Cullen from The Stand, as another example of the sweet and noble retarded person who, after enduring great hardship, saves the day, or at least a piece of it. Speaking of The Stand, let's talk about a nasty, virulent disease that wipes out around 99% of the population. Granted, in this case the "disease" is actually a creature, and the affected area is relatively small, but within that area, the terminal rates are about the same.

So what's the big deal, you ask? King has always re-used certain themes in his work: kids in danger, life in Maine, narrators who are writers; why am I harping on this one book in particular? I'm harping on it because he doesn't bring anything new to plate this time. In the past, these themes were simply a framework of familiarity to hang a new story on. It was fun for long-time readers to get the references to previous characters and stories, and to feel like they knew the territory. We've been to Derry and Castle Rock so many times it feels like we belong there. But in Dreamcatcher, it doesn't feel like King's using similar elements. It feels like he's telling the same stories, albeit in bits and pieces and mixed around some. You know how you feel when you watch a movie adaptation of a Stephen King book? With a few notable exceptions, they just don't get it right. The casting is a little bit off or the script keeps the wrong parts of the story (or loses the wrong parts). The bones of the book you loved are there, but the mad doctor put them together all wrong, attaching a femur to a vertebra, or the skull to a kneecap. That's how Dreamcatcher felt to me: right pieces, wrong place.

King is an amazing storyteller; he always has been. Even the books I didn't particularly like, I finished. I find that I get caught up in his stories despite myself, and I have to follow through to the end. Maybe that's the crux of my displeasure with Dreamcatcher; I know King is capable of so much more. Authors aren't perfect. Some books are going to be better than others. You just hope that over the course of a career, the good books outweigh the weak ones.
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Sep 12, 2011

Kim rated it

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Shelves: audiobooks-read, horror, sci-fi

So I finally broke down and read something Stephen King. I never thought I'd be a fan; thought his work would be too 'out there' and strange for me to get into. My husband (who has forever been encouraging me to visit our own basement Stephen King library)...LOVES IT - but he is a big sci fi geek & usually we VERY disagree on our movie and book choices.
It so happens that - I really liked the weird and the gross of this book. I had FUN being just totally freaked out! Huh! The shock value...more

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Aug 14, 2011

David rated it

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Shelves: horror

In Dreamcatcher, four men, friends since childhood, are out hunting in the woods of Maine. A lone hunter stumbles upon their cabin sputtering nonsense about mysterious "lights in the sky" while being plagued with the worst case of gas ever imaginable. It's Stephen King so you know what's coming.

The first third of the book is great. King hooks us right in and then beats a frantic pace: a snowmobile barreling through the woods with the reader being dragged gleefully through the...moreIn Dreamcatcher, four men, friends since childhood, are out hunting in the woods of Maine. A lone hunter stumbles upon their cabin sputtering nonsense about mysterious "lights in the sky" while being plagued with the worst case of gas ever imaginable. It's Stephen King so you know what's coming.

The first third of the book is great. King hooks us right in and then beats a frantic pace: a snowmobile barreling through the woods with the reader being dragged gleefully through the snow. We can't help but stay up late turning those pages to find out what happens next. He seems merciful when he idles down the pace for the middle third so that we can catch our breath and brush off some of that snow.

But it dawns on me that some of this landscape seems familiar. We're given backstory on the protagonists, a group of men who've been friends since childhood, albeit a bit more distant (It). We get the long-winded side trip flashback, a King staple, where the boys confronted an evil back then (though it was a different evil) and now, as adults, face an evil alien threat in the woods (Tommyknockers). And then there's the psychotic government agent who becomes obsessed with one of the protagonists (Firestarter) and starts to hunt him down. Stephen King is one of the most prolific writers of our age. So, it shouldn't come as a surprise that he began re-using some elements of past stories. But I was willing to let all this slide if the book ended well.

The final chase consumes the last third of the book, but it drags. And when the crisis is resolved, it felt anti-climactic. Although King doesn't use the old "it was all a dream" cliche, the ending, for me at least, was just as insulting. I had to re-read it a couple times just to make sure I was reading it right. Maybe this was some kind of catharsis for King. He wrote this story while recovering from the accident where he was struck by a minivan (which is paralleled by one of the characters here). I haven't read any other of his post-accident works and after reading this I'm not sure when I will.(less)

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Jul 12, 2011

S.J. LaVeaux rated it

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Why can some people get away with creating superbly disturbing stories/art/merchandise and others get treated like mental patients for doing or thinking exactly the same things?

I once made a photography instructor cry with my artwork. Sure, it was creepy but it was close to Halloween, okay? My project consisted of an *artfully* back-lit doll, swinging from a noose, suspended in a doorway, holding a knife.

Alright. So the doll had a creepy lazy eye but at least I decided agains...more

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Nov 05, 2010

Heather rated it

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Recommends it for: someone I loathed

Shelves: worth-wishing-upon-enemies

I'm a King fan, though I'll be the second to admit that he's had his fair share of misses amidst the hits. (I've met the man; he's definitely the first.) This one is, in my opinion, his biggest miss of all. The concept has promise, and it's territory he's visited before: A group of childhood friends stumble upon something strange and scary/amazing, and it follows them through to adulthood, at which point things go haywire. We've seen great stories from him using this basic theme in the past...moreI'm a King fan, though I'll be the second to admit that he's had his fair share of misses amidst the hits. (I've met the man; he's definitely the first.) This one is, in my opinion, his biggest miss of all. The concept has promise, and it's territory he's visited before: A group of childhood friends stumble upon something strange and scary/amazing, and it follows them through to adulthood, at which point things go haywire. We've seen great stories from him using this basic theme in the past ("It" and "The Body," a.k.a. "Stand By Me," come immediately to mind). "Dreamcatcher" could've been good, too...but it isn't.

Without rehashing the plot or giving too much away (...not that you should read this on your own or be concerned about spoilers), I can say that the new twist to the old premise involves a disabled boy whom the group of friends save from some nasty bullies. As it turns out, this boy isn't simply disabled; he has a gift, a kind of second sight, and as thanks for their bravery he bestows some of his powers unto his new friends. This gift strengthens the bond between all of the boys and changes their lives forever. As grownups, however, the men learn that there may have been a grander purpose to their new abilities...and then, somehow, the book devolves into a plot about aliens that makes "The Tommyknockers" seem totally plausible, as well as a massive military conspiracy, and a whole host of other bizarre and nonsensical things that aren't even fun if taken as fantasy. Stephen King has successfully done fantasy (see: "The Eyes Of The Dragon") in the past, too, as well as sci-fi and even speculative fiction, if you'd prefer to call it that (see: "The Stand"; "Under The Dome"). He can do it well. If "Dreamcatchers" were all someone had read in King's library, though, you'd never believe that.

It took three attempts for me to get through the book, and I wish I hadn't been so tenacious. I even gave the film adaptation a shot, because the cast features some of my favourite actors at the time (Morgan Freeman, Jason Lee, Damian Lewis and many others), but it too was laughably, impossibly bad. Still, if you're dying to see how it all turns out, or if you're a King devotee who feels compelled to never skip a single story, I'd recommend the terrible film over the terrible book. At least the movie will only take 2 hours of your life that you'll never get back, versus however long it will take you to slog through 600+ pages of the wrong kind of horror.(less)

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Jul 10, 2010

Jazmine rated it

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Ah, I love Stephen King as much as the next person. And I'm just glad that I read It and the TommyKnockers before I read this book. I loved those two books, they both had amazing endings and plot elements and it was all very new to me. However, reading this book dissapointed me in many ways. I'm used to SK taking elements from other stories, but only on minor levels - this book blew this out of proportion, reminding me of way to many devices I've seen before. More than once, I found myself, skip...more

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Nov 30, 2009

Anton rated it

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This book is a mess, which variously works toward both its credit and discredit. Its setting in a relentlessly snowed under Maine woods is compellingly bleak. King's fixation with the gradual disintegration of bodies recalls Tommyknockers, Misery, and parts of the Stand, and features grimly throughout the story, ballasting his sometimes wacky account of a fungal alien invasion with an extended meditation on death: our own bodies, so inevitably destined to decay and malformation (a destiny so ...more

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Nov 04, 2009

BarkLessWagMore rated it

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Shelves: audiobook, horror

I read this many years ago and because I couldn't remember any of the details I recently reread it again via unabridged audio.

I'm really unsure why I've decided to subject myself to this again. This is one of my least favorite of King's longer winded books. It's about four miserable middle aged friends who get together every year for a manly weekend spent drinking bear and shooting poor beasts. It goes on and on flashing back to the past when the boys were boyhood friends and met a D...more

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Dec 14, 2009

Jerry Dazzlepants rated it

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Shelves: horror, aliens, psychic-abilities

Dude, what can I say other than this book is amazing. I read this years after having seen the movie, and its safe to say that theyre two completely different entities - the book is so much more multifaceted, and I was on the edge of my seat the whole way, trying to figure out what was going to happen.

This book is just so complex and fascinating, it seems as if it's all about aliens, but then there are elements of telepathy intertwined, which I havent seen done in this way before. I ...moreDude, what can I say other than this book is amazing. I read this years after having seen the movie, and its safe to say that theyre two completely different entities - the book is so much more multifaceted, and I was on the edge of my seat the whole way, trying to figure out what was going to happen.

This book is just so complex and fascinating, it seems as if it's all about aliens, but then there are elements of telepathy intertwined, which I havent seen done in this way before. I love that it overlaps slightly with It, in that part of it is set in Derry and there's mention of Pennywise's horrible adventures.

Stephen King is the master at creating utterly despicable characters, and I loved/hated his characterization of Kurtz. I also loved how this book was TRULY horrifying, in that it was filled with gore, and my face was literally like this D: for most of the book. I also really loved that it wasn't set in New York! So many sci-fi/alien/apocalyptic texts are set in NYC and it's a breath of fresh air to go back to Stephen King's books which are always set in small towns.

I loved this book, yet I've given it 4 stars. Why? Because Im still a little confused.

Im confused about the difference between the byrum, the byrus and the grey boys - who was really in charge, what was their purpose, what was their natural form like? Im confused about the dreamcatcher references (other than something purely symbolic), and Im confused about how and why Duddits was so special - was it because he was retarded, or are other people like that, and he just happened to have Downs syndrome?

Im confused about how Duddits telepathy caught on to Pete, Beaver, Henry and Jonesy - I was pretty much expecting Duddits to be an alien gone native, like in the movie (well I recall Duddits being an alien, it's been a while though). I guess it's one of those things that is meant to leave you wondering, but all these unanswered questions have a tendency to drive me nuts! I like closure :P

Overall, I had the most amazing time reading this book, even if it did take quite a while and I was left with a number of unanswered questions. If you have any sort of interest in sci-fi/aliens or horror, I suggest you read this at one point in your life. There's so many elements in there, you're bound to find something that you like. And if you're a King fan, you'll adore the references made to his other books. (less)

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Aug 15, 2009

Barbra rated it

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I have always been a huge fan of Stephen King's from the very beginning but this book just couldn't hold it together for me. I got about halfway through and, although I tried, I just found it very wanting. It hit the wall!

Back Cover Blurb:
In Derry, Maine, four young boys once stood together and did a brave thing. Something that changed them in ways they hardly understand.
A quarter of a century later, the boys are men who have gone their separate ways. Though they stil...more

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Sep 09, 2011

Cherie rated it

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My ratings system is as follows. One star is GOOD. The book is entertaining, easy to read and you don't want to stop reading because something about the book is compelling you not to. Two stars is GREAT! This time the story is not only entertaining, but highly creative, unique, easy to read and hard to put down. Three stars is EXCELLENT. Here the book has all aspects of one and two stars, but now the book is thought and emotionally provoking. Four is AWESOME. This is the read that is not onl...more

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Oct 06, 2010

Normalyn Espejo rated it

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Shelves: recommended

This is the first Stephen King book I've ever read and all I can say is that it has lived up to my expectation of what King books should be. This is the best thriller book I've ever read! So, it's all thumbs up and I recommend it for everyone to read.

Personally, my eldest child is also in the retarded category, I accept it and I dare to say that because it's who he is and how he had become. And even if that's the case, I love him with all my heart. Duddits is afflicted with Down;s s...more

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Aug 07, 2011

Stephanie from Books Paradise rated it

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Shelves: 2011-read, horror, science-fiction

Man könnte schnell denken, dass es sich bei Duddits wieder um eine dieser typischen Alien-Stories dreht. Aber dem ist nicht so. Diesmal sind sie es, die um ihr Überleben kämpfen müssen. Die Bedingungen auf der Erde sind für sie derart schädlich und die menschlichen Körper, die ihnen als Wirte dienen sollen sterben einfach zu schnell. Nur einem Alien gelingt es einen besonders widerstandsfähigen Organismus zu finden, mit dem es sein Überleben sichern kann. Nur der geistig zurückgebliebene Duddits...more

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Oct 02, 2011

Thomas Devine rated it

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Alien horror. Amazingly imaginative. The chase within a chase at the end was totally gripping, the tension so strong that I just had to put the book down occasionally to rest my nerves. The characters were engaging and skilfully differentiated. About a third of the way through, you think the book has to be almost over, then King brilliantly extends it. A giant of a writer!

You likely don't want to know, but I got a bad case of flatulence and constipation towards the end of reading thi...more

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Feb 05, 2009

Indah "Threez" Lestari rated it

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Shelves: in-english, horror, movie-tv-tie-in

Asli serem banget waktu baca buku ini!
Bayangkan saja kalau ada alien yang tumbuh besar di perut kita, lalu setelah cukup besar keluar dengan merobek tubuh kita dan pada akhirnya membunuh kita. Beda sama film Alien, alien di sini tidak pandang bulu memilih siapa yang menjadi inangnya, laki-laki dan perempuan sama saja.

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Aug 28, 2011

Stephen Huang added it · review of another edition

Shelves: summer-reading-homework-2011

This book was awesome even thought it is almost the same concept for almost all aliens invasions and infections. It's about four friends who are really close that saved a boy named, Douglas, from a group of bully. Douglas has down syndrome but also had special power. The four friends lived away from Douglas but they have a really close bond with each other, telling story to Douglas about themselves. As they grew older, each of the kids got their own problems. They go on their annual hunting trip...more

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Jul 27, 2011

Toby Andersen added it · review of another edition

this book was a bit of a let down. what starts off really dull, suddenly becomes interesting when you find out what the antagonists are, the toilet scenes and the introduction of the military. but after that it goes downhill

king has thrown some very disparate elements together

what s the point of duddits - it feels like king just wanted a retarded kid in the story. the crux o the aliens being after him, and the dreamcatcher and all the rest is a big telepathetic nightmaric mess. the chase at the ...more

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Mar 22, 2010

Jordy Williams rated it

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I won't say much--but I have a few thoughts.

I saw the movie first, because I was not much of a Stephen King reader at the time. I enjoyed, with a guilty pleasure, the film. But I can barely watch the movie now, knowing how much better the book is.

Of course, the book is almost always better than the movie--I would say that this is an especially true case. The book has some wonderful characterization and an intriguing story, though I will say that the ending (the epilogue) is ...more

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Nov 12, 2011

Cody VC rated it

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Recommends it for: people who hate themselves

The movie isn't really far removed from the book, yeah? Just changed the ending a bit? Not like that helped anything because either way it's SHIT. People do not fucking talk like that. There's a difference between gruesome and just gross for the sake of being gross (GUESS WHICH THIS ONE IS) - why the hell wouldn't the aliens have just gone out through the stomach, if they have teeth like that? It doesn't even make any fucking sense. And I really enjoyed how Douglas was purely a plot device for t...more

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Oct 28, 2009

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Dreamcatcher
Stephen King
Published 2001

I am a firm believer in the fact that Stephen King has written his way into being more than just a writer. A book with his name on it gets instant success and instant marketing power. I bought Dreamcatcher in a day of simple boredom, needed to be filled with a story that King’s reputation would seem to bring me. While it seems that King was able to put together this story with the right ingredients, the problem may be the fact that...more

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Aug 16, 2011

Mendi Carney rated it

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I really wish I could say that I liked this book because I enjoy Stephen King more than any other author. I grew up with him (Salem's Lot scared the hell out of me!). Anyway, I have to say that I am glad that I read it but was disappointed in the story. I don't want to give any spoilers, so, suffice it to say (and I realize it's a lame review) it was not his best work in my humble opinion. Though it is well written and does have the suspense I enjoy. Guess I wish the story line was all in all di...more

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Aug 18, 2011

Basementreading rated it

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Lights in the sky is just ordinary lights, right? Or is it something else?

The childhood friends Jonesy, Beaver, Henry and Pete has been together since they were kids. Even though they have gone separate ways they still meet once a year to go hunting.

On hunting they spend the days in the cabin they call Hole in the Wall. (And at the cabin there's a Dreamcatcher which will be a big part of the story).

One of the friends, Jonesy has had a rough year after getting ...moreLights in the sky is just ordinary lights, right? Or is it something else?

The childhood friends Jonesy, Beaver, Henry and Pete has been together since they were kids. Even though they have gone separate ways they still meet once a year to go hunting.

On hunting they spend the days in the cabin they call Hole in the Wall. (And at the cabin there's a Dreamcatcher which will be a big part of the story).

One of the friends, Jonesy has had a rough year after getting in a serious car accident which gave him a bad hip. While the other guys are out hunting, he spends instead time up in a tree where he sits and read in a book. All of the sudden he hears a sound. At first he thinks it's an animal coming but instead he sees a lost and confused man. He has been lost in the woods a while and Jonesy brings him in the cabin and takes care of him while he waits for the rest of the guys to come back from hunting. But for some reason Jonesy is unsure of this guy. Something is not right. Before he knows it, a real nightmare begins ...

This is the first publishing after Stephen King himself got hit by a van and almost caused his life. But luckily he survived and he continued writing this book even though he was having pain after the accident.

This book has been standing on my shelf for at least 7 or 8 years so it was about time to read it. Sometimes I forget what books I already have. Oh well... Better late than never. But I've been wanting to see the movie adaption for a long time but first I must read the book. Reading the book after seeing the adaption is kind of wrong for me...I've heard the movie is bad even though that the great Morgan Freeman is in it and Thomas Jane (who also was in another Stephen King movie: The Mist). But we'll see. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna see it anyway.

Light phenomena is something I've always been interested in so that's why I got really curious about this book. It made me think of The X-files which I was a huge fan of (and still am!). That's why I got really high hopes for the book but unfortunately they were a little too high this time. Like most of you know by now I'm also a huge fan of Stephen King! He is my big hero when it comes to authors but this book I'm afraid is not one of his best. I really wanted to like this book but I ended up by liking only parts of it. The beginning was very fast paced but in the middle of the book I got a little lost and I was struggling a bit with the motivation to keep reading. The book wasn't like I had imagined it to be and I got a bit disappointed because of that.

Dreamcatcher didn't answer my expectations completely and somewhere the excitement got a bit slowed down and the book got a bit confusing for me. And some parts were also a little too childish. Through burping, farting and pooping we end up in a crazy and surreal world that is kind of hard to explain with words. Even though Dreamcatcher got a bit too childish and over dramatized, I really did enjoy the beginning and the end. It was very, very exciting parts. Too bad that the middlepart were kind of boring and confusing. At least it was for me. Not the best book by King but still it's an okay read!
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Jul 08, 2010

Alvaro rated it

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Recommends it for: Everyone!

Recommended to Alvaro by: memories of a horrible movie

This book demonstrates why King is king! He weaves (excuse the pun) a tale of five friends during a crazy time in their lives. I really don't want to give it away, but the first few lines places you right into the mindset of the story with things that are too scary to be true, but actually are! King is just so masterful in this story. I recommend this book highly. You will not be disappointed. It will make you a believe in things beyond the stars.

Now for those who don't. Watch for i...more

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Sep 21, 2010

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Mar 09, 2009

Kate rated it

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Shelves: 2000, age-adult, unfinished

I got about 200 pages into this book and just had absolutely no interest in finishing it. It seemed to me like nothing was happening, and the thought of another 600 pages or so... blech. I then went to see the movie (which was so terrible I don't know how it got greenlighted) and realized that there were quite a few things that did happen in those 200 pages, like that guy they found in the woods and brought back to the cabin and how he kept farting and then the alien thing in the toilet, and i...more

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Feb 15, 2011

Brent rated it

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Shelves: audiobook

This is the first Stephen King book I've read since high school. I had forgotten just how good of a writer he is! This book was made into a movie, but I can't see how. There are so many layers, so many things going on that I'm sure the movie could only have made a mess of the story. In other words, don't judge the book by the movie.

It's hard to talk about this book without giving anything away, so I'll simply state that it was a treat to read. The characters are rich, and the auth...more

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Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947, the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his parents separated when Stephen was a toddler, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts of his childhood were spent...moreLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947, the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his parents separated when Stephen was a toddler, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of the elderly couple. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged.

Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and then Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated from the University of Maine at Orono in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.

He and Tabitha Spruce married in January of 1971. He met Tabitha in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University of Maine at Orono, where they both worked as students. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.

Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many of these were later gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.

In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching high school English classes at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.(less)

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