'Salem's Lot
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Ben Mears has returned to Jerusalem's Lot in the hopes that living in an old mansion, long the subject of town lore, will help him cast out his own devils and provide inspiration for his new book. But when two young boys venture into the woods and only one comes out alive,
… More »Ben Mears has returned to Jerusalem's Lot in the hopes that living in an old mansion, long the subject of town lore, will help him cast out his own devils and provide inspiration for his new book. But when two young boys venture into the woods and only one comes out alive, Mears begins to realize that there may be something sinister at work and that his hometown is under siege by forces of darkness far beyond his control.
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The author's classic novel about vampires in in small-town America is offered in a new edition, with this terrifying novel now accompanied by previously unpublished material from the author's archive, two short stories and eerie photographs that bring his fictional darkness and evil to vivid life. Reprint.
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When a writer returns to his Maine home town, he discovers that the peaceful hamlet is being overrun by vampires and sets out to curb this ancient evil before it can spread.
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Add a SummaryWhen an old vampire comes to a small town named Jerusalem's Lot, strange things begin to happen. At night, kids are letting vampires in to their homes and are turning into even more. The town is crawling with vampires until it's left to a young boy and his older friend, an author, to defeat them all and burn down the horrible town for good.
A small New England town is taken over by vampires.
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Add a CommentThis was the first book by Stephen King that I read. I was enraptured with his writing right away and finished the book believing vampires were real. It was the start of a love affair with his books. I can't get enough.
I read this recently, after having read it many years ago - still as good a book as I remembered, though not his best work. I have always thought "The Shining" was his best.
Very early King and possibly not his best-written book, but it's one of my favorites of his - and the tv miniseries made from it in the late 1970s ain't bad either! (the newer tv series was tacky and dull IMO) This book is actually a bit less over-the-top than many of his later books became, it's a really nice "take" on vampires in New England, mixed with life in an incestuous small town in Maine.
Not one of his best, but an original vampire novel that's pretty good. I still enjoy his early works much more than his newer (post accident) books. I feel his brush with death (how ironic) has actually erased his true talent.
I read this book in a few days, and, let me tell you, it was hard to put down. I stayed up late reading it a few nights, and never really found a good place to put in my bookmark. (It was especially hard to stop reading when my teacher would start talking and a vampire was attacking someone...) Very good descriptions, and very vivid images. These are in no way sparkly "Twilight" vampires. I strongly recommend this if you feel like you're losing your appreciation for the vampire race.
King really captures the frightening sense of the word 'Vampire'
Stephen King is one of my favorite authors, and this might be his best book. It's also probably the second best book about vampires that I've ever read, second only to "Dracula." With books like "Twilight" and Anne Rice's "Vampire Chronicles" softening up vampires, it can be nice to read a book where they're just heartless monsters. Fans of King should know that the reverend from this book actually pops up again in King's "Dark Tower" series.
I am not an avid Stephen King fan, but this was one of his better ones. Extremely frightening as I recall.