Nightmares and Dreamscapes

864 pages

English language

Published Oct. 6, 1994 by New English Library Ltd.

ISBN:
978-0-450-61009-7
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4 stars (30 reviews)

A solitary finger pokes out of a drain. Novelty teeth turn predatory. Flies settle and die on an old pair of sneakers in New York, and the Nevada desert swallows a Cadillac. Meanwhile the legend of Castle Rock returns . . . and grows on you. What does it all mean? What else could it mean? First there was Night Shift (1978), then Skeleton Crew (1985), and now Stephen King is back with a third collection of stories--a vast, many-chambered cave of a volume, with passages leading every which way to hell . . . and a few to glory.

The long reach of Stephen King's imagination and the no-holds-barred force of his storytelling have never been so richly demonstrated. There's something here for readers of every stripe and predilection--classic tales of the macabre and the monstrous, cutting-edge explorations of the borderlands between good and evil, brilliant pastiches of Chandler …

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4 stars

Ingliskeelne jutukogu(24 lugu), ei ole eesti keeles ilmunud. Eesti keeles võiks olla midagi stiilis "Õudusunenäod ja unemaastikud". Läheb väljakutsesse osaliselt, kuna siin on nii ulmet kui olmet, üks on lausa sisuliselt ajaleheartikkel. Aga suurem osa on ulme. Ma mõnes kohas natuke spoilerdan, kuna tõmban paralleele teiste teostega. Samas ega lühijuttudest ongi tihtipeale raske rääkida ilma, et sisust midagi ei mainiks.

Tegu on väga raske raamatuga. Nagu tegelikult ka - füüsiliselt on see raskeim raamat, mis mul on, ca 1,2kg, ka muudelt mõõtudelt (kubatuur) suurim.

"Dolan's Cadillac" ("Dolani Cadillac") - olmelugu sellest, kuidas kättemaks on kaua tehtud kaunikene. Ilmus esimest korda aastal 1985 ning natuke meenutas mulle Kingi enda "Dolores Claiborne" raamatut. Eks teatud motiivid muidugi ongi sarnased, on ju cadillaci-lugu pealegi mingis mõttes üsna lihtne ja sirgjooneline "aga raisk ma talle näitan" lugu. Aga teate, King tõesti oskab hästi kirjutada ning see lugu on puhas nauding. Ma ise võtsingi raamatu …

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4 stars

I have rated each story 1-4:

1 I would recommend avoid reading this
2 Not great
3 I enjoyed it. I would casually recommend a king or horror fan read this.
4 I would recommend everyone read this.

Dolan's Cadillac [3]

Revenge can take a long time. Fantastic story one of the few I remembered.

The End of the Whole Mess [2] A

A man fails to be his brothers keep – and it costs everything. This story is not stupid, but it almost is.

Suffer the Little Children [3]

A teacher discovers that her children are not quite what she thinks. Children are monsters.

The Night Flier [2]

A newspaper man hunts down a Vampire. Ending is midlling. Soooo much setup.

Popsy [3]

The wrong boy is kidnapped. Nice and punchy.

It Grows on You

A haunted House. Utterly forgettable [2]

Chattery Teeth [3]

A man is highjacked by …

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