Danse Macabre
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (596 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1439170983 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 512 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Just as the saucers were mounting their attack on "Our Nation's Capital," the movie was suddenly turned off. They call it Spootnik." That's how the whole book goes: one simple, yet surprisingly pertinent, anecdote or observation after another. The manager of the theater walked out onto the stage and announced, "The Russians have put a space satellite into orbit around the earth. the Flying Saucers. --Fiona Webster. He starts on October 4, 1957, when he was 10 years old, watching a Saturday matinee of Earth vs. It's colorful, funny, and nostalgic--and also strikingly intelligent. The outcome is an utterly charming book that reads as if King were sitting right there with you, shooting the breeze. In the fall of 1978 (between The Stand and The Dead Zone), Stephen King taugh
Stefan Yates said Great Genre Study. This book length essay on the horror genre turned out to be much more entertaining than I expected. Even when writing a nonfiction genre-study, King cannot avoid being King. His goofy sense of humor, absolute frankness, and the occasional crass comment made me feel more like. Four Stars Great edition to my collection. "this book ROCKS!" according to D. Smith. this is one of those books you can read over and over again and always get something new out of it. i read my old copy so many times it just fell apart, so i had to order a new one! well worth the read! in fact, well worth MANY reads!!!
In 1981, years before he sat down to tackle On Writing, Stephen King decided to address the topic of what makes horror horrifying and what makes terror terrifying. The Flying Saucers.With the insight and good humor his fans appreciated in On ?Writing , Danse Macabre is an enjoyably entertaining tour through Stephen King’s beloved world of horror.. From the author of dozens of #1 New York Times bestsellers and the creator of many unforgettable movies comes a vivid, intelligent, and nostalgic journey through three decades of horror as experienced through the eyes of the most popular writer in the genre. Here, in ten brilliantly written chapters, King delivers one colorful observation after another about the great stories, books, and films that comprise the horror genre—from Frankenstein and Dracula to The Exorcist, The Twilight Zone, and Earth vs