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Salem’s Lot
Stephen King · 1975 · 827 pages
A STEPHEN KING CLASSIC FINALLY AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIOBOOK
Stephen King's second novel, Salem's Lot, is the story of a mundane town under siege from the forces of darkness. Considered one of the most terrifying vampire novels ever written, it cunningly probes the shadows of the human heart -- and the insular evils of small-town America.
Stephen King's second novel, Salem's Lot, is the story of a mundane town under siege from the forces of darkness. Considered one of the most terrifying vampire novels ever written, it cunningly probes the shadows of the human heart -- and the insular evils of small-town America.
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Bill Hader
“The first adult novel I read, and this is a favorite memory of mine, resulted from my grandfather — who was a voracious reader — taking me to Novel Idea in Tulsa, Okla., to pick up a book for school. As we headed to the checkout line he said, ‘Why don’t you pick out something to read for pleasure?’ I went to the Young Adult section, and he stopped me: ‘No, no. Go to the Fiction section.’ I was 12, and this was a big deal. The Fiction section is where all the books with sex and bad language lived. I self-consciously browsed the aisles, careful to avoid unwittingly picking up Fear of Flying or something, until I came to a paperback with a spooky cover. The title: Salem’s Lot. Description: Vampires in a small town run amok. Written by the guy who wrote that movie where the girl gets blood dumped on her, so she destroys her tormentors with her mind. ‘This one,’ I said. Lying under the eaves in my attic bedroom, devouring that story (Danny Glick at the window!) is a feeling I try to recapture every time I read a book.”↗
Sa Cosby
“The book that I read that made me realize I love reading, that it was something that could transport me to another world: my aunt gave me her copy of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot. I was about 10 years old. I had no business reading that book, none whatsoever. In fact, after I finished that book I slept with a silver butter knife under my pillow for a week, afraid vampires were going to come get me. Reading that book, I think, was the first time that I actually felt like I was in that world that the writer had created. I felt like I was in Salem’s Lot. I felt like I could see Ben Mears, I felt like I could see Mark Petrie in my mind, I could see the head vampire, Barlow. I re-read that book a while back and it still holds up for me. That small town of Salem’s Lot is very like where I grew up in Mathews, Virginia. That was the first book where I felt ‘Wow, man, this is incredible, it’s blowing my mind.’ After that I became a voracious reader of Stephen King and then spread out to other things. But Salem’s Lot was the first grown-up book that I read and really understood what a talented writer could do for a reader.”↗