- Taschenbuch: 752 Seiten
- Verlag: Signet; Auflage: Reissue (31. Oktober 1988)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0451156609
- ISBN-13: 978-0451156600
- Vom Hersteller empfohlenes Alter: Ab 18 Jahren
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17,6 x 10,6 x 4,1 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.8 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (76 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 71.799 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Yet another mammoth horror novel from King, this dark tale depicts a small town's fatal encounter with creatures from outer space. Events start with Roberta Anderson, a writer of Old West novels, unearthing a flying saucer on her remote wooded property. Five hundred pages later alcoholic poet Jim Gardener, Roberts's former English teacher, finds himself aboard the flying saucer in outer space. In the interval the creatures (Tommyknockers) destroy the citizenry of Haven, Maine. While this is not one of King's more original novels, it does have plenty of blood and guts, macabre humor, and a well-wrought realization of the New England countryside. No doubt King's legions of fans will demand it. BOMC main selection. James B. Hemesath, Adams State Coll. Lib., Alamosa, Col.
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Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
Kurzbeschreibung
Don't open the door...
Bobbi Anderson and the other good folks of Haven, Maine, have sold their souls to reap the rewards of the most deadly evil this side of hell.
Bobbi Anderson and the other good folks of Haven, Maine, have sold their souls to reap the rewards of the most deadly evil this side of hell.
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I love to read Stephen King novels and have most of them in my home library. Right away I found that this was not one of his better efforts. It is long and pedantic. The first 400 pages are very slow reading, a basis for the rest of the book. The end of the book is all right and there are some really gruesome ideas that could only brought to life by King's genius. The idea of UFO's has always captivated human-kind and this book uses that fear of the unknown as a psychological scare. Maybe King is right and this is what happens when you get a big flying saucer in your backyard. Lets hope we never have to find out.
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I enjoyed some earlier King stuff, particularly some of his short story works; that's what this one sort of felt like...if it hadn't been several hundred pages long! This seemed to me to be King's attempt at science fiction; but being a science fiction fan I have to say this premise is weak - a buried ship (saucer shaped, of course, as King seems to be inexplicably and forever trapped in the 1950's, but hey why not?) is discovered by...country folk (another running theme). Proximity to this ship seems to have a strange effect on people which causes them to suddenly be programmed with alien knowledge which allows them to build devices using a bizzarre combination between alien technology and stuff you find in the garage. These alien inventions have interesting functions which generally result in killing/maiming the user and any poor sod who knows them. The end result of all this? About 600 wasted pages. I don't want to negate King, and I'm not saying I wouldn't mind seeing him try some other genres either, but this book just didn't cut it.
Format:Taschenbuch
The farther that Stephen King's books stray from plausible reality, the weaker they often are. In addition to being WAY too long, "The Tommyknockers" suffers from a second half that stretches believability to the breaking point. The setup is effective, of course at this point the reader has no idea what is causing the increasingly horrific events in the town. The answer, as it unfolds, is a bit of a disappointment. Also, few of the many characters engender any sympathy. This is not one of King's better novels.
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Every editor has an off day....
Stephen King is one of my favorite authors, and his Dark Tower series is some of the most amazing fiction I've ever read. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 3. Mai 2000 von Robert J. Stephen
I LOVE GARD
Tommyknockers has to be one of Kings GREATEST Books of all time. Where do I even begin? I love Bobbi and especially the endearing alcholic writer "Gard". Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 27. April 2000 von "carolyn5000"
Good Idea, Bad Book
While Stephen King's concept of an alien takeover was very interesting, the book in itself was pretty boring, especially the characters and action sequences. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 22. April 2000 von Steven Cavins
The Tommyknockers
I will probably be going against the apparently popular theme of these other reviews below, but I would have to say that this is a prime example of how I believe Stephen King's... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 17. April 2000 veröffentlicht
Tommyknockers, knocking at the door!
Tommyknockers was a great book, I really enjoyed it. Here, I'll tell ya about it.
When Bobbi finds a strange object in the woods, she gets a little obsessed about digging it... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 6. April 2000 von Megan
The Tommyknockers-Stephen King
Simply put, what a great book this was. I just finished ittoday. It was my 7th complete Stephen King book. I can't believe howfast I went through it. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 28. März 2000 veröffentlicht
spell-binding the whole way through
King creates a gripping tale of an unusual invasion in a small Maine town. He provides backgrounds for nearly every character introduced while still maintaining a nail-biting,... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 4. März 2000 von Mary Abercrombie
The Tommyknockers- a review on a great book
Let's suppose that you live in a quiet town in Maine. It's a peaceful life, and the only thing bad that happens around there's an occasional drunken rampage. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. Januar 2000 von Nate Goodyear
A good read for both "Constant Readers" and new fans...
As one who has read all of King's novels (except for the Dark Tower series - fantasy just can't hold my attention), I must say this one is high on my list of favorites. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 27. Januar 2000 von "mrswoogie"
Worst Ever
I know I will probably take some shots for this, but as a huge Stephen King fan I found this book to be the worst he ever wrote and the only one I didn't finish. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 18. Januar 2000 von Joey R.
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