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© AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine--. A Stephen King ghost story in the grand tradition, Gwendy's Magic Feather (2) (Gwendy's Button Box Trilogy), Storm of the Century: An Original Screenplay, Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. In 2002, the novella was included in King's collection Everything's Eventual. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute and felt like the story got told.
The moral of the story I think is try before you buy! Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Stephen King has gone off the boil if this is the best he can do. Plus, receive recommendations and exclusive offers on all of your favorite books and authors from Simon & Schuster. His recent work includes If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and an AT&T Audience Network original television series). "[9], "For Softlock, the Rights Stuff Wasn't Good Enough", That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Riding_the_Bullet&oldid=973607161, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Collector's Gift Edition: limited to 3000 slipcased copies (not signed), Limited Edition of 500 copies (signed by Mick Garris and the artist), Lettered Edition of 52 copies (signed by Stephen King), This page was last edited on 18 August 2020, at 05:21. He decides to chance fate and ask for a ride and surprise, surprise, the car stops. Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2018. He gets a call from a neighbor in his hometown of Lewiston, telling him that his mother has been taken to the hospital after having a stroke.
Sure enough, the next car to pick him up is driven by George Staub, complete with black stitches around his neck where his head had been sewn on after being severed and wearing a button saying, "I Rode The Bullet At Thrill Village, Laconia. He concludes: "reading 'Riding the Bullet,' I sorely missed the solidity of good old print on paper. George shoves Alan out of the car. It's just a pity that so many short stories that are already in books are being taken out as stand alone stories. Lacking a functioning car, Parker decides to hitchhike the 120 miles (200 km) south to visit his mother.
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One day, Alan loses the button and receives a phone call; he knows what the call is about. In 2002, the novella was included in King's collection Everything's Eventual. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Simon & Schuster, with technology by SoftLock, first published Riding the Bullet in 2000 as the world's first mass-market e-book, available for download at $2.50. In a moment of fright, Alan saves himself and tells him: "Take her.
"[7], During the ride, George talks to Alan about the amusement park ride he was too scared to ride as a kid: The Bullet in Thrill Village, Laconia, New Hampshire. I would not have paid £3.45 for a Kindle book if I knew I could read it in an hour. That year, the novella was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction and the International Horror Guild Award for Best Long Form. "[8], In contrast, The New York Times' Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, who read the book in both available online formats (computer download and an e-book supplied by the publisher, neither of which permitted a user to print out a copy), was more critical.
Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. From international bestseller Stephen King the first ebook ever published—a novella about a young man who hitches a ride with a driver from the other side.Riding the Bullet is “a ghost story in the grand manner” from the bestselling author of Bag of Bones, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, and The Green Mile—a short story about a young man who hitches a ride with a driver from the other side.
Classic King, a good old fashioned ghost story, Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2014. I love King, but the longer his stories, the more of himself he puts into them, and the more memorable they are. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. This is a great old fashioned ghost story the likes of which don't really get written much anymore. [1] Some Stephen King fans waited hours for the download. This type of language makes it hard got me to read and understand.
Another surprise for me was feeling like I got my monies worth-the story was the perfect length. Coming upon a graveyard, he begins to explore it and notices a headstone for a stranger named George Staub (in German, Staub means dust), which reads: "Well Begun, Too Soon Done". Saying this, it is a great Stephen King read that grips you from the start.
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I often wonder how he can come up with so many original ideas-and this one is just as original. From the moment Alan, a college student, decides to hitchhike to see his mother in the hospital (his car is out of action) and further decides to avoid the main highway where police might ticket him, you can imagine what's coming, and this makes what does come more awful and delicious. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. A college student's mother is dying in a Maine hospital.
The story has sufficient twists and does not have the predictable ending that the reader anticipates. And who knows, maybe old-fashioned print would have made Mr. King's story seem a little more substantial?
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2014. This book was just as entertaining as I've come to expect a King story to be. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Unable to add item to List. Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2018.
Stephen King is one of the world's best storytellers and no one can manage to create the level of tension and drama that King manages in just a few short pages. King has once again made me eat my words. Otherwise, we'll developed plot, kept me guessing as to the outcome of the story. Please try your request again later. It should state that this is a short story. On the front side of the book you have Stephen King's 48 page novella. Seeing a Stephen King short story advertised, I quickly purchased it, only to realise that I have actually come across the story in one of his other books! Not this one.
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