Ebook {Epub PDF} Salems Lot by Stephen King

Stephen King's second book, 'Salem's Lot ()--about the slow takeover of an insular hamlet called Jerusalem's Lot by a vampire patterned after Bram Stoker's Dracula--has two elements that he also uses to good effect in later novels: a small American town, usually in Maine, where people are disconnected from each other, quietly nursing their potential for evil; and a mixed bag of rational, /5(K).  · 'Salem's Lot is a small New England town with white clapboard houses, tree-lined streets, and solid church steeples. That summer in 'salem's Lot was a summer of homecoming and return; spring burned out and the land lying dry, crackling underfoot. By day, 'Salem's Lot is a typical modest New England town; but when the sun goes down, evil roams the earth. The devilishly sweet insistent laughter of a child can be heard echoing through the fields, and the presence of silent looming spirits can be felt lurking right outside your window. Stephen King brings his gruesome imagination to life in this tale of spine tingling horror.

Salem's Lot: With David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin, Bonnie Bedelia. A novelist and a young horror fan attempt to save a small New England town which has been invaded by vampires. 'Salem's Lot was Stephen King's follow-up to 's smash hit, Carrie. While it was as commercially successful as King's debut, it shows the author stretching his wings into new psychological and thematic territory. I haven't read Salem's Lot, so I can't weigh in on that, but Im so happy you are helping to foster a love of Mr. King in your son! 3. level 2. DeliciousNoodle. · 4y. Good for you! The Long Walk I think will always be my favorite King book, it sticks with me more than others, I hope your son feels the same. 2. level 1.

‘Salem’s Lot – Stephen King $ ISBN 'Salem's Lot - Stephen King quantity. Add to cart. SKU: Category: Books. Description. 'Salem's Lot is the second book published by Stephen King. The book was published by Doubleday in Octo. The novel is preceded by the prequel " Jerusalem's Lot," and followed by the sequel " One for the Road," both included in King's short-story collection Night Shift and in the illustrated edition of the novel. King once said that in ’Salem’s Lot, he set out to create “a fictional town with enough prosaic reality about it to offset the comic-book menace of a bunch of vampires.” He did just that by drawing on our universal fear of outsiders, and nowhere is that fear more recognizable than in our traditional image of the New England small town, where insularity itself becomes a defense against incursion by strangers.