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Four Past Midnight
Four Past Midnight
Author: Stephen King
Featuring The Langoliers, Secret Window, The Library Policeman and The Sun Dog. These four novellas demonstrate the qualities that have made Stephen King the world's most popular author. (Chicago Tribune) These stories grab and will not let go. (The Washington Post)
ISBN-13: 9780670835386
ISBN-10: 0670835382
Publication Date: 9/1/1990
Pages: 804
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  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 183 ratings
Publisher: Viking Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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Inludes 4 stories that are very entertaining, but IMO, the most entertaining being 'Secret Window, Secret Garden' (made into the film starring Johnny Depp & John Turturro). 'The Sun Dog' is also a great story.

So, to sum it up, this a great book. This may not be the best King book out there (IMO Skeleton Crew is a great book of short stories), it is a good one. It is worth reading.
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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The Sun Dog is the only story that I really enjoyed. The others had such a fierce concept, I should have enjoyed them, but I didnt and dont know why. Perhaps it was because Secret Window had an unsatisfying ending, and the Langoliers was hard to relate to.

I would say that these are typical SK, if there is such a thing, so if you have enjoyed other books of his, try it.
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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Jet passengers are stuck in a time-slip, a psychopath accuses a writer of plagiarism, a man with an overdue book encounters a demonic librarian and a boy's camera snaps photos of a huge and nasty dog in these four horror novellas. According to PW , "None is wildly scary, and only "The Library Policeman" offers King's typical, colloquial, hard-driving conversational style with its compulsive readability."


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