Four Past Midnight [First Edition]
Language: English
Published by Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1990
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- Hardcover
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Signed at title page: "Stephen King". Very attractive. Stated First Published in 1990 by Viking Penguin. First edition, first printing; number-line beginning w/1. Black boards, gilt SK initials at cover, black cloth spine wrap, gilt spine titles, crescent moon and stars design, light shelf wear, bump. Golden endpapers. Pages near fine, no writing; black marker line to bottom exterior text block. Bind fine; hinges intact. Dust wrapper, light shelf wear; unclipped 22.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Code 0990 at front flap. Classic jacket design of Roman numeral clock striking 4 past midnight with a flash of fire into the starry cosmos. Near fine rarity in same wrapper. Past midnight, something happens to time, the fragile concept we employ to order our sense of reality. It bends, stretches, turns back, or snaps, and sometimes our reality with it. And what happens to the wide-eyed observer when the window between reality and unreality shatters, and the glass begins to fly? These four chilling novellas, a feast fit for aficionados, provide some shocking answers. After all, past midnight is Stephen King's favorite time of day. Scenarios: survivors of a plane crash awake in a nightmare; a writer finds himself at the end of an accusing finger; a businessman struggles to uncover the evil driving him mad; and, a ravenous dog inhabits a camera, in a horror quartet. One Past Midnight: "The Langoliers" takes a red-eye flight from L.A. to Boston into a most unfriendly sky. Only eleven passengers survive, but landing in an eerily empty world makes them wish they hadn't. Something's waiting for them, you see. Two Past Midnight: "Secret Window, Secret Garden" enters the suddenly strange life of writer Mort Rainey, recently divorced, depressed, and alone on the shore of Tashmore Lake. Alone, that is, until a figure named John Shooter arrives, pointing an accusing finger. Three Past Midnight: "The Library Policeman" is set in Junction City, Iowa, an unlikely place for evil to be hiding. But for small businessman Sam Peebles, who thinks he may be losing his mind, another enemy is hiding there as well--the truth. If he can find it in time, he might stand a chance. Four Past Midnight: The flat surface of a Polaroid photograph becomes for fifteen-year-old Kevin Delevan an invitation to the supernatural. Old Pop Merrill, Castle Rock's sharpest trader, wants to crash the party for profit, but "The Sun Dog," a creature that shouldn't exist at all, is a very dangerous investment. With an introduction and prefatory notes to each of the tales, Stephen King discusses how these stories arose in what is the world's most fearsome imagination. But it is the stories themselves that will keep readers awake long after bedtime, into those dark, timeless hours past midnight. 763 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…
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- Title
- Four Past Midnight [First Edition]
- Author
- King, Stephen
- Publisher
- Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Publication year
- 1990
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0670835382
- ISBN 13
- 9780670835386
- Illustrator
- Hokanson, Lars (Illustrations); Wood, Rob (Jacket Illustration)
- Edition
- First Edition.
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Review
"These stories grab and will not let go."
"Four spellbinding tales of evil...Can't-tear-your-eyes-away stories."
aFour spellbinding tales of evil... Canat-tear-your-eyes-away stories.a
a"Playboy"
"Four spellbinding tales of evil... Can''t-tear-your-eyes-away stories."
-"Playboy"
"He never seems to use up the magic...these four novellas demonstrate the qualities that have made King by far the world's most popular author."--"Chicago Tribune"
"These stories grab and will not let go."--"The Washington Post"
"Four spellbinding tales of evil. These are can't-tear-your-eyes-away stories that burn your imagination."--"Playboy"
"King is a master storyteller, and you will never forget these stories."--"Seattle Times"
"Four spellbinding tales of evil... Can't-tear-your-eyes-away stories."
-"Playboy"
He never seems to use up the magic...these four novellas demonstrate the qualities that have made King by far the world s most popular author. "Chicago Tribune"
These stories grab and will not let go. "The Washington Post"
Four spellbinding tales of evil. These are can t-tear-your-eyes-away stories that burn your imagination. "Playboy"
King is a master storyteller, and you will never forget these stories. "Seattle Times""
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