The achievement of Stephen King is unlike that of any writer. He
has taken a genre which was somewhat moribund when he came to it --
the horror novel -- and transformed it into one of the most
phenomenally successful areas for quality popular writing -- what''s
more, his unprecedented sales success has inspired hundreds of
imitators, and while few can match his inspiration or, for that
matter, his jawdropping productivity, there is no question that he
has rejuvenated the horror field. Not
內容簡介:
On to 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, impact a gardener''s hand
is severed as "The Dome" comes down on it, people running errands
in the town neighboring are divided from their families, and cars
explode on. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came
from, and when - or if - it will go away.
Barbara Dale, 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 is not just short. It''s running out.
關於作者:
Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them
worldwide bestsellers. Among his most recent are Under the Dome,
Just After Sunset, the Dark Tower novels, Cell, From a Buick 8,
Everything''s Eventual, Hearts in Atlantis, The Girl Who Loved Tom
Gordon, and Lisey''s Story, Bag of Bones. His acclaimed nonfiction
book, On Writing, therefore, is a bestseller. He was the recipient
of the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished
Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Maine with his wife,
novelist Tabitha King.