Salem's Lot

by Stephen King

768 pages

Published July 1, 2007 by Hodder Paperback.

ISBN:: 978-0-340-95147-7

(23 reviews)

Author Ben Mears returns to ‘Salem's Lot to write a book about a house that has haunted him since childhood only to find his isolated hometown infested with vampires. While the vampires claim more victims, Mears convinces a small group of believers to combat the undead.

Notes:

Includes a new Introduction by Stephen, photographs by Jerry Uelsmann, and in the back of the book includes pages that were omitted from the original publication, and the short stories One for the Road and Jerusalem's Lot.

Contains:

['Salem's Lot][1]
[One for the Road][2]
[Jerusalem's Lot][3]

[1]: openlibrary.org/works/OL81632W/'Salem's_Lot [2]: openlibrary.org/works/OL19791071W/One_for_the_Road [3]: openlibrary.org/works/OL14916772W/Jerusalem's_Lot

Notes:

Contains:

['Salem's Lot][1]
[One for the Road][2]
[Jerusalem's Lot][3]

[1]: openlibrary.org/works/OL81632W/'Salem's_Lot [2]: openlibrary.org/works/OL19791071W/One_for_the_Road [3]: openlibrary.org/works/OL14916772W/Jerusalem's_Lot

4 editions

VKZ reviewed 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King

El misterio de Salem's Lot

5 stars

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.

Sharyl reviewed 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King

Review of "'Salem's Lot" on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

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.