false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236552960m/6251012.jpg 6251012 2 As quickly as a spider spins its web, King reminds us why he's the master of the novella - a format which, up until now that is, one might have thought is fast disappearing. In his new novella, UR, King is at his unsettling best as he examines the future of the written word - for better or worse. Following a nasty break-up, lovelorn college English instructor Wesley Smith can't seem to get his ex-girlfriend's parting shot out of his head: "Why can't you just read off the computer like the rest of us?" Egged on by her question and piqued by a student's suggestion, Wesley places an order for Amazon.com's Kindle eReader. The [pink?] device that arrives in a box stamped with the smile logo -via one-day delivery that he hadn't requested - unlocks a literary world that even the most avid of book lovers could never imagine. But once the door is open, there are those things that one hopes we'll never read or live through. Firm, gripping, and deftly written by a craftsman at the top of his game, this is King at his crisp, clear, page-turning best. 6433885 book 12 2 2009 UR total:235|5:26|4:70|3:93|2:38|1:10| 235 769 382 69 4 2 false false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 21:00:04 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 15:00:27 -0800 2009
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Thing that bugged me: King's seemingly-endless plugging for the Kindle. But if you're r...more...]]> 3 0 false true Fri May 15 15:27:51 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 08:56:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 07:40:02 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 07:47:22 -0700 2009 weird stuff. This is ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 16:34:38 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 16:37:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 17:13:05 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 15:00:27 -0800 2009 1
I adore Stephen King and there isn't much he's written that I haven't read. That said, his UR novella is a huge disa...more...]]> 4 0 false true Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 08:41:13 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 08:49:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 07:31:19 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 08:10:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 28 20:01:52 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 20:07:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 06:18:31 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 06:20:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 11:10:10 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 09:59:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 10:47:10 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 10:49:20 -0700 2009
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The premise of the novella is interesting: The protagonist receives a Kindle that has literature from all sorts of alternate r...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 17:11:30 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 19:52:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6251012