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'Salem's Lot

Illustrated Edition

By Stephen King

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| Hardcover | 9780385516488

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Upon its initial publication in 1975, Salem’s Lot was recognized as a landmark work. The novel has sold millions of copies in various editions, but it wasn’t until Centipede Press published a special limited edition in 2004 that King’s masterpiece was brought to brilliant aContinue

Upon its initial publication in 1975, Salem’s Lot was recognized as a landmark work. The novel has sold millions of copies in various editions, but it wasn’t until Centipede Press published a special limited edition in 2004 that King’s masterpiece was brought to brilliant and eerie life. With the addition of fifty pages of material deleted from the 1975 manuscript as well as material that has since been modified by King, an introduction by him, and two short stories related to the events of the novel, this edition represents the text as the author envisioned it. Centipede’s deluxe edition, of which only 900 copies were printed, features lavishly creepy photographs by acclaimed photographer Jerry Uelsmann, printed interior endpapers, and a stunning page design.

Doubleday is proud to make this volume, printed from the original design of the Centipede Press edition, available to the general reader. No King aficionado’s library will be complete without owning this definitive illustrated edition of the great Salem’s Lot.

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  • Book Review: 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King Share

    The recent paperback release of 'Salem's Lot , Stephen King's second published novel, is a wonderful old-school vampire story, where the vampires aren't sparkly, or romantic, or James Dean cool — they are rampant, foul-smelling, and very, very evil. ... (read full critics)

    blogcritics published on Sat, 7 Jan 2012

  • 'Salem's Lot [The Illustrated Edition]

    Shotsmag Reviews - 'Salem's Lot [The Illustrated Edition] by Stephen King 2006 is shaping up well for fans of thrillers by Stephen King. First we get Cell which was a tremendous return to form for the King, harkening back to his roots, and now we ha ... (read full critics)

    shotsmag published on Tue, 28 Sep 2010

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    When Stephen King was a horror writer

    An early work by Stephen King; a slightly obvious view of vampirism (decades before it became all the rage) in an interesting albeit at times a bit stereotyped story - and Stephen King's own fascinating explanation of the Roanoke Colony mystery fitted in.

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    Marco Piva said on Jan 28, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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    Not many books can frighten me, but this one crawled underneath my skin when I was a teenager. Especially Marks storyline and the nighly visits did me in, brrr.

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    Sengaia said on Apr 27, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • s'alright suppose

    At last, relief! Done it, finished, phew, that was a bit long. And who's dumb idea was it to add in the writer's edit - the alternative endings, short stories, etc? UN NECESSARY.

    Although I bit intimidated by the size of this tome - first off I thought this was surprisingly good. I was reading it b ... (continue)

    At last, relief! Done it, finished, phew, that was a bit long. And who's dumb idea was it to add in the writer's edit - the alternative endings, short stories, etc? UN NECESSARY.

    Although I bit intimidated by the size of this tome - first off I thought this was surprisingly good. I was reading it because I'd avoided King in my youth and wanted a face-off with my prejudice. I also knew that an (awful) TV-movie had been made of this W-A-Y back, which I'd seen as a kid and had been scared poopless by it.

    Anyhow, it pages-turns alright and King is really quite paint-a-picture-in-your-mind descriptive, in the first quarter. But ultimately, the plot runs out of breath and plods along, becoming predictable and with some characters left a little sparse - then abruptly disposed of and also, frankly, TOO many characters, finding myself often having to think really hard about who someone was exactly - someone who was sometimes not detailed too well, in the story.

    I didn't bother with the "extras". Enough was enough, for me it was a novel that misfires and could have been better, probably if it'd lost a hundred and fifty pages - not gained any! Also, the edition I was reading, which I couldn't find on aNobii, had plenty of typos, which furrowed my brow a few too many times, pah!

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    mrpeterryan said on Jun 1, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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