In five unabridged stories, five narrators each take a shot at the unsettling, the terrifying, the classic, and the whimsical King. In "Autopsy Room Four," Oliver Platt elegantly understates the horror of waking up on a post-mortem table. Boyd Gaines tries to fill Frank Muller’s shoes in a Dark Tower vignette and mostly misses the mark. Judith Ivey gives a spunky performance of a tired single mom in a dead-end job precisely capturing the story’s ups and downs. S&S Audio, however, saved the best for last. Jay O. Sanders is the first person other than Muller (and the author himself) to hit King’s prose spot on. With just the breath of a pause, the hint of a Boston twang, or the slightest touch of added depth or speed, he grabs us by the hand and yanks us into the labyrinth of classic King. Sanders’s performance is not to be missed. R.P.L. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine
Stephen King is one of the world’s most prolific authors — but even he can’t write fast enough to satisfy the appetites of his biggest fans. Fortunately, there’s an answer for that: the ever-expanding collection of King books that were, are, or will be adapted for movies or television. Although many a Stephen King novel, […]
While there’s nothing like being the first to crack open a brand new book, used bookstores can be a treasure trove for the avid reader. Even when they’re loosely organized by author and genre, the titles still tend to get jumbled together—which can be frustrating for the shopper on a mission, but fun for the […]
Hulu’s Castle Rock is shaping up to be one of the most talked-about new series of the year, for many good reasons. The cast? Superlative: André Holland, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn, and Bill Skarsgård (just to name a few). The source material? Classic—it’s an original story, but draws on the sprawling shared universe of Stephen […]