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Εφιάλτες και Ονειρότοποι. Β' Τόμος
Ένα δάχτυλο ξεπροβάλλει μέσα απ’ το σιφόνι του νιπτήρα. Μια μηχανική μασέλα εκδηλώνει φονικές διαθέσεις. Στη Νέα Υόρκη μύγες μαζεύονται και πεθαίνουν σ' ένα ζευγάρι παλιά αθλητικά παπούτσια. Η έρημος της Νεβάδας καταπίνει μια Κάντιλακ. Κι ακόμη, ο θρύλος του Καστλ Ροκ αναβιώνει... και αιχμαλωτίζει βλέμματα και συνειδήσεις. Ο Stephen King επιστρέφει με μια συλλογή διηγημάτων. Μια σειρά ιστορίες που κινούνται από την κλασική ατμόσφαιρα του μακάβριου και του τερατώδους μέχρι την ανεπανάληπτη μίμηση του στυλ του Τσάντλερ και του Κόναν Ντόιλ, συνθέτοντας με την πολυμορφία τους μια πραγματική σπηλιά του Αλαντίν, όπως λέει ο ίδιος, όπου το θαυμασμό διαδέχεται ο φόβος, η απειλή παραμονεύει σε κάθε γωνιά και η περιήγηση είναι πάντα μια εμπειρία τρομακτική... Είκοσι έξοχες ιστορίες, γραμμένες μ' ένα σκοπό: να μεταφέρουν τους αναγνώστες εκεί που δεν πήγαν ποτέ ως τώρα. Στον κόσμο όπου εκτυλίσσονται τα όνειρα. Στον κόσμο όπου οι εφιάλτες δεν τελειώνουν μ' ένα τρομαγμένο ξύπνημα. Ο King μάς ανοίγει την πόρτα. Δε μένει παρά να πιστέψουμε και να τον ακολουθήσουμε...
- GenresHorror
503 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published January 1, 1996
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About the author
Stephen King
2,393 books890k followersStephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his father left them when Stephen was two, 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 them. 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 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 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 met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students; they married in January of 1971. 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 were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.
In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English 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.
Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and 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 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 met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students; they married in January of 1971. 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 were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.
In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English 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.
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September 11, 2020
Μάλλον αδιάφορες ιστορίες. Δεν ένοιωσα την ικανοποίηση που νοιώθω με τον ... βασιλιά!
October 25, 2017
Και αυτός ο τόμος έχει αρκετά ενδιαφέρον διηγήματα, αλλά χάνει ένα αστέρι μόνο και μόνο για τους τόσους ομοφοβικούς χαρακτήρες. Κουραστικό και ενοχλητικό. Και όχι, δε με νοιάζει που οι ιστορίες έχουν γραφτεί 20-30 χρόνια πριν. Δεν υπάρχει δικαιολογία.
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