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| Author: Stephen King ISBN-10: 0670868361 ISBN-13: 9780670868360 Format: Hardcover Publication Year: 1996 Category: Fiction Genres Somewhere along Route 50 in the Nevada desert exists a dead-end town called Desperation. Those who cross the town line embark on a never-ending journey of desperation, lunacy, and terror, as they find true desperation in a town that no one leaves. The novel is a companion piece to "The Regulators", which is written under the name Richard Bachman and which involves many of the same characters in the same sort of setting, but exhibits an entirely different flavor than "Desperation". The books can... | More | Average Ratings  from 14 reviewsPrice: $3.59 - $12.50 List Price: $27.95 |
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by: bayvendor  ) | Review created: 12/01/06 (updated: 01/25/07) |
| 5 out of 5 people found the following review helpful. I picked this up almost as an afterthought at a discount store simply because the price was too good to pass up. I normally read a book first before purchasing (I have to set some limits on the buying otherwise the books would take over), but I lucked out with this gem. Stephen King knows how to tell a great story. He gets to the heart of the reader by describing elements in a story than anyone can relate to. His magic is in the interpersonal relationships of everyone in each story, and an almost exhaustive attention to detail that is never boring but engaging. Trying to explain what this book is about would make it sound rather silly, (a group of people in a mining town are kidnapped by an alien being that "uses" their bodies to destroy the town and everyone in it). King knows people and writes about people. The story shows how this setting transforms the people involved, and how they work together to try to defeat this evil being. This is another great King read, long and rambling but utterly engaging and compulsive, and worthy of a spot in any King library. | |
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by: thecleanupspot2005  ) | Review created: 01/19/06 |
| 7 out of 10 people found the following review helpful. A story about a small town called Desperation where evil and good wage a war that only King can tell so graphically. It's a story of a small mining town and the discovery of an old pit where many chinese miners lost their lives due to the tak and can taks found in the ground during a dig. Tak and Can Tak being Gods of the underworld. As it possesses the strongest bodies it can find, it doesn't realise that there is a greater God then it. Truly King at this best. Will have you reading it until well past your adult bedtime. And staying up even later with the chills. | |
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by: detroitbowmen  ) | Review created: 05/07/07 |
| 1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful. I really like hard cover books. It was hard for me to find this where I live, no one carried it. I was glad to find it on Ebay for such a good price. The previous owner kept good care of it. I read a lot of Stephen King and have enjoyed DESPERATION from begining to end. Any King fan would certainly have this in their collection I am sure. | |
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by: danallen2003 ) | Review created: 06/30/06 |
| 1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful. love the descrion. it tops by far most books on the market today. it will always keep you guessing and coming back for more. just cant put it down!! | |
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by: dudeman_4_life ) | Review created: 01/10/08 |
I bought it because I like stephen king. I have never read that book before so i wanted it for my collection. | |
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by: mmeliss420 | Review created: 07/05/07 |
| 0 out of 1 people found the following review helpful. i never got my book, i paid this person right after the bidding ended. i heard nothing for three weeks, then had to get paypal to get my money back. it was a terrible person to do buisiness with and will make sure never to do it again | |
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by: michal1771 ) | Review created: 04/02/07 |
I bought Desperation for a couple reasons first I'm a collecter of Stephen King novels.I also enjoy reading his books,this is one of the many he wrote that I would recomend. | |
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by: bwyatt6946  ) | Review created: 03/10/07 |
The other half of a two parter, (the other half being "The Regulators"), this book is pretty good. Suspenseful, with a thought provoking story. The characters are well developed (one of Stephen King's strengths is creating "real" characters, in my opinion). Don't forget to read both books! | |
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by: 3511jimmie | Review created: 01/06/07 |
this book was just as described! great condition and just like new! the transaction and delivery were extremely fast and packaged well! this was a private dealer and i would definitely do business again! | |
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by: spyderfish69 ) | Review created: 01/02/07 |
my boyfriend is a huge king fan and i was looking to fill his collection with some more of king's books the ones that he doesn't own for christmas | |
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