Hardcover, 594 pages
English language
Published Dec. 15, 2005 by Doubleday.
Stephen King's second novel, the vampire bestseller 'Salem's Lot, tells the story of evil in small-town America. For the first time in a major trade edition, this terrifying novel is accompanied by previously unpublished material from King's archive, two short stories, and eerie photographs that bring King's fictional darkness and evil to vivid life. (front flap)
This was my first Stephen King read so I had high hopes... it definitely delivered.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I absolutely loved the slow descent into eeriness. I also enjoyed the chapters on the town itself and its inhabitants. Really made it feel alive and vivid in my mind. Those chapters were probably my favorite.
A very creepy small-town vampire novel.
Esta me parece la obra de vampiros superior. ¿No es Dracula? Pues no. Dracula de Bram Stoker es menos personal. Demasiado europea, demasiado cosmopolita, demasiado problemas de ricos.
Salem's Lot es más vulgar en ese aspecto, es de la tienda esquinera, es del pueblo pequeño de la América rural, que podría ser cualquier otro pueblo en México incluso.
La versión ilustrada con relatos extra incluidos en El umbral de la noche enriquece sobremanera el lore de la obra. Hasta incorpora De Vermiis Mysteriis.
Cuando no tienes a donde ir y el pueblo se cierra sobre uno, la persecución termina alcanzándote.
IMPERDIBLE, esta sí es una joya.
Stephen King is undoubtedly the epitome of horror writers, one who develops a plot with perfect timing and invents interesting personal stories, along the way. The central character is Ben Mears, a writer who has returned to a small town he knew as a child, hoping to gain inspiration for his next novel. He gets much more than that. It is Mark Petrie, the child in the story, who I most cared about. King's horror stories do not always come to a definitive end, and this one is ripe for a sequel, with Mark Petrie as the main character.
I like a good vampire story, and this is an excellent homage to Bram Stoker's Dracula. For anyone in the mood for a good vampire tale, or a good horror story, this would be an excellent choice.
