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| Original Title: | The Shining |
| ISBN: | 0450040186 (ISBN13: 9780450040184) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Shining #1 |
| Characters: | Wendy Torrance, Danny Torrance, Dick Halloran, Horace Derwent, Stuart Ullman, Albert Shockley, Delberg Grady, Watson, Bill Edmonds, Charles Grondin, Sylvia Hunter Derwent, Howard Cottrell, Larry Durkin, Jack Torrance |
| Setting: | Colorado(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (1978), Gandalf Award Nominee (1978) |
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Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he'll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote...and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted five-year-old.Define About Books The Shining (The Shining #1)
| Title | : | The Shining (The Shining #1) |
| Author | : | Stephen King |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 659 pages |
| Published | : | July 1st 1980 by New English Library (Hodder & Stoughton) (first published January 28th 1977) |
| Categories | : | Romance. Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Contemporary. Adult. Adult Fiction |
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This scene from Friends pretty much sums up my feelings about this book:"Rachel: Hmm. (she opens the freezer) Umm, why do you have a copy of The Shining in your freezer?Joey: Oh, I was reading it last night, and I got scared, so.Rachel: But ah, youre safe from it if its in the freezer?Joey: Well, safer. Y'know, I mean I never start reading The Shining, without making sure weve got plenty of room in the freezer, y'know.Rachel: How often do you read it?Joey: Havent you ever read the same book over
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This scene from Friends pretty much sums up my feelings about this book:"Rachel: Hmm. (she opens the freezer) Umm, why do you have a copy of The Shining in your freezer?Joey: Oh, I was reading it last night, and I got scared, so.Rachel: But ah, youre safe from it if its in the freezer?Joey: Well, safer. Y'know, I mean I never start reading The Shining, without making sure weve got plenty of room in the freezer, y'know.Rachel: How often do you read it?Joey: Havent you ever read the same book over
Is this horror? I'm genuinely asking here because I'm not a horror aficionado, so I don't know what all constitutes that genre. To a layman like myself, IT was horror because it scared the piss out of me and I couldn't sleep without the lights on for a while. The Shining is more like a Spooky Family Drama. Yeah, yeah, there at the end things got a little hairy, but it was still mostly a human trotting around getting all stabby.Now, I say mostly because good old Jack is getting some help from a
QUESTION: Is Stephen King the BEST PURE STORYTELLER of the 20th Century ?ANSWER: Who knows...I havent got the slightest wisp of the faintest fragment of a lingering shadow of a clue how to answer that manwich-sized question. However, I do think that in order to have a credible debate on the subject, you would need to include the Prince of the Prolific Page Turner in the argument. That says something to me and it got me thinking that there is a lot to like (and even love) about much of Kings
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