Inspired by Richard Matheson’s classic “Duel,” “Throttle,” by Joe Hill and Stephen King, is a duel of a different kind, pitting a faceless trucker against a tribe of motorcycle outlaws in the simmering Nevada desert. Their battle is fought out on twenty miles of the most lonely road in the country, a place where the only thing worse than not knowing what you're up against, is slowing down…

Inspired by Richard Matheson’s classic “Duel,” “Throttle,” by Joe Hill and Stephen King, is a duel of a different kind, pitting a faceless trucker against a tribe of motorcycle outlaws in the simmering Nevada desert. Their battle is fought out on twenty miles of the most lonely road in the country, a place where the only thing worse than not knowing what you're up against, is slowing down…

S. Kingas (g. 1947) jau dešimtį metų figūruoja labiausiai skaitomų JAV rašytojų sąrašuose. Kritikai nagrinėdami jo kūrybą nesutaria net dėl jo romanų žanro: ar tai mokslinė fantastika, ar detektyvas, siaubo romanas ar filosofinės alegorijos. „Tylos zonoje” vaizduojama aštuntojo dešimtmečio Amerikos tikrovė, susipynusi su neišaiškinamais, sudėtingais žmogaus psichologijos klausimais.

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 select-woman, 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 in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn’t just short. It’s running out.From WikipediaUnder the Dome is a science fiction novel by Stephen King, published in November 2009. It is a rewrite of a novel King attempted writing twice in the late 1970s and early 1980s, under the titles The Cannibals and Under the Dome. As King stated on his official site, these two unfinished works “were two very different attempts to utilize the same idea, which concerns itself with how people behave when they are cut off from the society they’ve always belonged to. Also, my memory of The Cannibals is that it, like Needful Things, was a kind of social comedy. The new Under the Dome is played dead straight.” From the material originally written, only the first chapter is included in the new novel. There are also talks of the novel becoming a cable series.

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 select-woman, 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 in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn’t just short. It’s running out.From WikipediaUnder the Dome is a science fiction novel by Stephen King, published in November 2009. It is a rewrite of a novel King attempted writing twice in the late 1970s and early 1980s, under the titles The Cannibals and Under the Dome. As King stated on his official site, these two unfinished works “were two very different attempts to utilize the same idea, which concerns itself with how people behave when they are cut off from the society they’ve always belonged to. Also, my memory of The Cannibals is that it, like Needful Things, was a kind of social comedy. The new Under the Dome is played dead straight.” From the material originally written, only the first chapter is included in the new novel. There are also talks of the novel becoming a cable series.

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 select-woman, 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 in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn’t just short. It’s running out.

Following a nasty break-up, lovelorn college English instructor Wesley Smith can’t seem to get his ex-girlfriend’s parting shot out of his head: “Why can’t you just read off the computer like the rest of us?” Egged on by her question and piqued by a student’s suggestion, Wesley places an order for Amazon.com’s Kindle eReader. The [pink?] device that arrives in a box stamped with the smile logo — via one-day delivery that he hadn’t requested — unlocks a literary world that even the most avid of book lovers could never imagine.

Famine, Death, War, and Pestilence: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the harbingers of Armageddon — these are our guides through the Wastelands…From the Book of Revelation to The Road Warrior; from A Canticle for Leibowitz to The Road, storytellers have long imagined the end of the world, weaving eschatological tales of catastrophe, chaos, and calamity. In doing so, these visionary authors have addressed one of the most challenging and enduring themes of imaginative fiction: the nature of life in the aftermath of total societal collapse.Gathering together the best post-apocalyptic literature of the last two decades from many of today’s most renowned authors of speculative fiction — including George R.R. Martin, Gene Wolfe, Orson Scott Card, Carol Emshwiller, Jonathan Lethem, Octavia E. Butler, and Stephen King — Wastelands explores the scientific, psychological, and philosophical questions of what it means to remain human in the wake of Armageddon. Whether the end of the world comes through nuclear war, ecological disaster, or cosmological cataclysm, these are tales of survivors, in some cases struggling to rebuild the society that was, in others, merely surviving, scrounging for food in depopulated ruins and defending themselves against monsters, mutants, and marauders.Complete with introductions and an indispensable appendix of recommendations for further reading, Wastelands delves into this bleak landscape, uncovering the raw human emotion and heart-pounding thrills at the genre’s core.John Joseph Adams is the assistant editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and a freelance writer. His website is www.johnjosephadams.com.Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse is available now. Look for it wherever books are sold, or order online from Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Powell’s Books, or directly from the publisher, Night Shade Books.

„Zalės Valda“ — antrasis Stephen'o King'o Rinktinių raštų tomas. „Eridano“ leidykla įsigijo visų geriausių Stephen'o King'o romanų išimtines leidybines teises. Netrukus lietuviškai galėsime perskaityti ir kitus šio bene žymiausio XXa. rašytojo daugiamilijoninius bestselerius: „Kristina“, „Tamsioji pusė“, „Mizerė“, „Vilkolakio ratas“, „Uždegančioji žvilgsniu“, „Drakono akys“, „Talismanas“ ir daugelį kitų. Viso planuojama išleisti per 20 tomų.

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Paskutines savo gyvenimo dienas čia leidžia pasmerkti myriop kaliniai: išmušus lemtingai valandai, jiems tenka pereiti koridoriumi, kitaip vadinamu Žaliąja mylia, ir sėstis elektros kėdėn. Už dviejų mažamečiu mergaičių išprievartavimą ir nužudymą savo eilės čia laukia ir milžiniško kūno sudėjimo tamsiaodis Džonas Kofis. Bet... prižiūrėtoju vyresnysis Polas Edžkoumas suabejoja šio klaikaus nusikaltimo tyrimu. Pamažu išaiškėja stulbinanti tiesa, kurią taip intriguojančiai ir sensacingai sugeba perteikti tik Stephenas Kingas.

Rok 1932. W USA trwa Wielki Kryzys; panuje głód i bezrobocie. Paul Edgecombe pracuje jako strażnik w więzieniu Cold Mountain, do którego trafiają ci, na których państwo postawiło już krzyżyk. To dla nich przeznaczone jest specjalne pomieszczenie przylegające do bloku E, gdzie na drewnianym podium stoi krzesło elektryczne zwane Starą Iskrówą. Ostatnia droga każdego z więźniów będzie prowadzić po zielonym linoleum.Nikt nie wydaje się bardziej zasługiwać na śmierć niż John Coffey, czarny olbrzym, skazany za przerażającą zbrodnię, której dopuścił się na dwóch małych dziewczynkach. Nie mogłem nic pomóc, powtarzał, gdy go schwytano. Próbowałem to cofnąć, ale było już za późno… Ten, kto sądzi, że wymierzenie sprawiedliwości okaże się łatwe i proste, jest w wielkim błędzie – o czym przekona się podejmując z Johnem Coffeyem koszmarną podróż przez Zieloną Milę…

Rok 1932. W USA trwa Wielki Kryzys; panuje głód i bezrobocie. Paul Edgecombe pracuje jako strażnik w więzieniu Cold Mountain, do którego trafiają ci, na których państwo postawiło już krzyżyk. To dla nich przeznaczone jest specjalne pomieszczenie przylegające do bloku E, gdzie na drewnianym podium stoi krzesło elektryczne zwane Starą Iskrówą. Ostatnia droga każdego z więźniów będzie prowadzić po zielonym linoleum.Nikt nie wydaje się bardziej zasługiwać na śmierć niż John Coffey, czarny olbrzym, skazany za przerażającą zbrodnię, której dopuścił się na dwóch małych dziewczynkach. Nie mogłem nic pomóc, powtarzał, gdy go schwytano. Próbowałem to cofnąć, ale było już za późno… Ten, kto sądzi, że wymierzenie sprawiedliwości okaże się łatwe i proste, jest w wielkim błędzie – o czym przekona się podejmując z Johnem Coffeyem koszmarną podróż przez Zieloną Milę…

Schuld, Sühne, Rache, Gerechtigkeit - Stephen King at his best!Stephen King gilt als größter Geschichtenerzähler unserer Zeit. Nun legt er vier Kurzromane vor, die alle ein Thema haben: Vergeltung! Ob als Täter oder Opfer, unschuldig oder schuldig, durch Schicksal oder Absicht – wir kommen in Situationen, die uns eine Entscheidung abverlangen: Wie weit muss ich gehen, bis mir Gerechtigkeit widerfährt? Manchmal muss man sehr weit gehen ...„1922”: Ein Vater überredet seinen Sohn auf perfide Weise, gemeinsam mit ihm die Ehefrau/Mutter umzubringen – und der Horror für den Rest des Lebens der beiden nimmt seinen Anfang. „Big Driver”: Die Schriftstellerin Tess wird nach einer Lesung brutal vergewaltigt. Sie will auf eigene Faust Vergeltung üben ...„Faire Verlängerung”: Der schwer krebskranke Streeter geht einen teuflischen Pakt ein. Seine Genesung und sein Glück scheinen fortan Unglück und Untergang für andere zu sein. Kann er dem Einhalt gebieten? Will er das überhaupt?„Eine gute Ehe”: Zufällig entdeckt Darcy, dass der Mann, mit dem sie 27 Jahre lang glücklich verheiratet ist, ein Doppelleben als wahres Ungeheuer führt. Bis dass der Tod euch scheidet ... ist das der einzige Ausweg?Vier grandiose, bislang unveröffentlichte Kurzromane.Die Originalausgabe erscheint unter dem TitelFull Dark, No Stars bei Scribner, New YorkCopyright © 2010 by Stephen King Copyright © der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe byWilhelm Heyne Verlag, München

IN NOVEMBER 22, 1963, THREE SHOTSRANG OUT IN DALLAS, PRESIDENTKENNEDY DIED, AND THE WORLD CHANGED.WHAT IF YOU COULD CHANGE IT BACK? In this brilliantly conceived tour de force, Stephen Kingwho has absorbed the social, political, and popular culture of his generation more imaginatively and thoroughly than any other writertakes readers on an incredible journey into the past and the possibility of altering it. It begins with Jake Epping, a thirty-five-year-old English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching GED classes. He asks his students to write about an event that changed their lives, and one essay blows him awaya gruesome, harrowing story about the night more than fifty years ago when Harry Dunning's father came home and killed his mother, his sister, and his brother with a sledgehammer. Reading the essay is a watershed moment for Jake, his lifelike Harry's, like America's in 1963turning on a dime. Not much later his friend Al, who owns the local diner, divulges a secret: his storeroom is a portal to the past, a particular day in 1958. And Al enlists Jake to take over the mission that has become his obsessionto prevent the Kennedy assassination. So begins Jake's new life as George Amberson, in a different world of Ike and JFK and Elvis, of big American cars and sock hops and cigarette smoke everywhere. From the dank little city of Derry, Maine (where there's Dunning business to conduct), to the warmhearted small town of Jodie, Texas, where Jake falls dangerously in love, every turn is leading eventually, of course, to a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and to Dallas, where the past becomes heart-stoppingly suspenseful, and where history might not be history anymore. Time-travel has never been so believable. Or so terrifying.