Night ShiftKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 24.06.2008 - 368 Seiten #1 BESTSELLER • A collection of bone-chilling, nail-biting tales from the undisputed master of horror that showcases the darkest depths of his brilliant imagination and will "chill the cockles of many a heart" (Chicago Tribune).• INCLUDES THE STORY “THE BOOGEYMAN” – NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM 20th CENTURY STUDIOS Originally published in 1978, Night Shift is the inspiration for over a dozen acclaimed horror movies and television series, including Children of the Corn, Chapelwaite, and Lawnmower Man. Night Shift is Stephen King's first collection of short stories--a perfect showcase of just how far King's dark imagination can go. Here we see mutated rats gone bad ("Graveyard Shift"); a cataclysmic virus that threatens humanity ("Night Surf," the basis for The Stand); a possessed, evil lawnmower ("The Lawnmower Man"); unsettling children from the heartland ("Children of the Corn"); a smoker who will try anything to stop ("Quitters, Inc."); a reclusive alcoholic who begins a gruesome transformation ("Gray Matter"); and many more. This is Stephen King at his horrifying best. |
Inhalt
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Graveyard Shift | 39 |
Night Surf | 57 |
The Mangler | 80 |
The Boogeyman | 100 |
Gray Matter | 113 |
Trucks | 135 |
Sometimes They Come Back | 152 |
Strawberry Spring | 182 |
The Lawnmower Man | 210 |
Know What You Need | 241 |
Children of the Corn | 264 |
The Last Rung on the Ladder | 294 |
One for the Road | 313 |
The Woman in the Room | 330 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite xxi - All my life as a writer I have heen committed to the idea that in fiction the story value holds dominance over every other facet of the writer's craft; characterization, theme, mood, none of those things is anything if the story is dull. And if the story does hold you, all else can he forgiven.
Seite xvii - ... under a sheet. All our fears add up to one great fear, all our fears are part of that great fear — an arm, a leg, a finger, an ear. We're afraid of the body under the sheet It's our body. And the great appeal of horror fiction through the ages is that it serves as a rehearsal for our own deaths.