Under the Dome

Digital Audio

English language

Published Nov. 15, 2009 by Simon & Schuster Audio.

ISBN:
978-0-7435-9731-9
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OCLC Number:
948589637

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On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester’s Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener’s hand is severed as “the dome” comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when—or if—it will go away.

Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens—town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician’s assistant at the hospital, a selectwoman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing—even murder—to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible secret …

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Review of 'D me - Tome 2' on 'Goodreads'

Voici un bon gros double-pavé totalement jouissif jusqu’à ses dernières pages. Point de véritable horreur ou ni de pure de science-fiction dans ce roman psychologique qui flirte avec le sadisme. King nous isole un petit village du reste du monde. Pas d’explication, aucune raison particulière pour qu’un beau jour le village se retrouve prisonnier d’une barrière invisible et indestructible. Les efforts du monde extérieur pour détruire le dôme sont vains, et assez pathétiques dans l’ensemble. L’armée américaine en a mal à l’ego.
Mais peu importe l’origine du pourquoi du comment, l’intérêt réside dans le village, dans sa population, diverse et variée, qui se retrouve livrée à elle-même. Ou plutôt livrée à son maire et à son adjoint, le véritable homme fort de la ville, qui assoie son pouvoir dans l’ombre du premier conseiller (équivalent de notre maire, donc).
On entre vite dans le vif du sujet, et c’est dans une …

Review of 'Dôme - Tome 1' on 'Goodreads'

Voici un bon gros double-pavé totalement jouissif jusqu’à ses dernières pages. Point de véritable horreur ou ni de pure de science-fiction dans ce roman psychologique qui flirte avec le sadisme. King nous isole un petit village du reste du monde. Pas d’explication, aucune raison particulière pour qu’un beau jour le village se retrouve prisonnier d’une barrière invisible et indestructible. Les efforts du monde extérieur pour détruire le dôme sont vains, et assez pathétiques dans l’ensemble. L’armée américaine en a mal à l’ego.
Mais peu importe l’origine du pourquoi du comment, l’intérêt réside dans le village, dans sa population, diverse et variée, qui se retrouve livrée à elle-même. Ou plutôt livrée à son maire et à son adjoint, le véritable homme fort de la ville, qui assoie son pouvoir dans l’ombre du premier conseiller (équivalent de notre maire, donc).
On entre vite dans le vif du sujet, et c’est dans une …

Review of 'Under the Dome' on 'Goodreads'

Not bad. This is the first of his books I've picked up since The Dark Tower ended in 2004. It's definitely a Stephen King book. It's got that thing going where all the characters talk like they're from 1970's New England.

According to the author's note at the end, he first came up with the idea and wrote a little bit of it in 1977, but stopped because he wasn't confident in his ability to plausibly describe the conditions that might obtain in a town sealed off from the outside world by an invisible wall. I'd be interested to find out which portions of the story were original and which were added during his 2007 writing sessions, because there are really two stories here. There's a sort of cosmic horror piece about being toyed with by unknown inhuman forces that bookends a political horror piece about living in a polity …

Review of 'Under the Dome' on 'Goodreads'

I don't read much King. No real reason, the movie adaptations are always interesting, I just don't read him. But when I saw this title listed on Amazon, i had to see what it was about.

Glad I did. Really good read. he kinda wraps it up in a hurry, which after investing so much time leading up to the end, a few more pages/chapters to really close it wouldn't hurt my feelings, but ending aside, awesome book.

Definitely a good read.

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