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Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine

A #1 New York Times bestseller about a man who wakes up from a five-year coma able to see people’s futures and the terrible fate awaiting mankind—a “compulsive page-turner” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).

Johnny Smith awakens from a five-year coma after his car accident and discovers that he can see people’s futures and pasts when he touches them. Many consider his talent a gift; Johnny feels cursed. His fiancée married another man during his coma and people clamor for him to solve their problems.

When Johnny has a disturbing vision after he shakes the hand of an ambitious and amoral politician, he must decide if he should take drastic action to change the future. With “powerful tension that holds the reader to the story like a pin to a magnet” (The Houston Post), The Dead Zone is a “faultlessly paced…continuously engrossing” (Los Angeles Times) novel of second sight.
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Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the short story collection You Like It Darker, Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scribner; Reissue edition (April 12, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 528 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1501144502
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1501144509
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 790L
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 1.5 x 8.25 inches
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Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His first crime thriller featuring Bill Hodges, MR MERCEDES, won the Edgar Award for best novel and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award. Both MR MERCEDES and END OF WATCH received the Goodreads Choice Award for the Best Mystery and Thriller of 2014 and 2016 respectively.

King co-wrote the bestselling novel Sleeping Beauties with his son Owen King, and many of King's books have been turned into celebrated films and television series including The Shawshank Redemption, Gerald's Game and It.

King was the recipient of America's prestigious 2014 National Medal of Arts and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for distinguished contribution to American Letters. In 2007 he also won the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives with his wife Tabitha King in Maine.

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Kristiana Scharrenberg
5.0 out of 5 stars I never thought a Stephen King book would make me cry...
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2024
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I read this book in a week and needless to say, I was obsessed. I couldn't put it down. I really became emotionally attached to the main character Johnny Smith (he gave me Holden Caulfield vibes). King is SO skilled at keeping you engrossed even when there is a lot going on (new characters or situations being introduced) but it's not confusing. I just really love and appreciate his writing and I'm glad I ordered this one. Onto the next one:)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Curse? Or Gift?
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Stephen King’s The Dead Zone comes across less horror, more science fiction with some paranormal. What I loved most about this novel is the development of its main character, Johnny Smith. King draws the reader in emotionally to Johnny’s life and his gift/curse of being able to see events in the future. In this way, he gives depth to Johnny’s character, and there are many parts where you can empathize with all he must go through.

What would you do if you could forecast and see future events, both good and bad? Is this something you would want to know? Would this be a gift or curse? These are the questions the reader will reflect on while reading The Dead Zone. Johnny can see tragic, often painful or frightening future happenings. He feels a sense of responsibility in trying to alter what is in store. Despite Johnny’s ability, he really comes across as an everyman: he wants a normal, everyday life, to find happiness and love. After a night at local fair with his girlfriend, he is involved in a brutal accident that leaves him in a coma for nearly five years. When he comes back, he realizes how much things have have changed and how much he has lost. His girlfriend has gone on and married someone else. His mother is mentally unstable. His father is just trying to hang on. The ability to see future events is quite profound when he enters “the dead zone”. When the public gets wind of his Johnny’s abilities, his life becomes a bit of a circus. Some label him a freak. Some send him letters asking for his help. Those close to him try to help him get back.

I really felt like the crux of the plot was just Johnny’s cope with life and his new found “power” in the aftermath of the accident. Within this story there are two key conflicts and subplots, though. One of these concerns a mysterious serial killer running rampant terrorizing the small community, preying on children and young women. When the police are desperate, they seek out Johnny’s help. The second conflict involves the true villain of the novel, Greg Stillson, local turned politician and presidential candidate. Greg Stillson may be human in form, but he’s as scary as any beast or ghastly monster or creation from other King novels. Johnny’s intuitions tell him something is very wrong with this guy, and when he sees what the future holds, it is up to Johnny to use his gift.

In an otherwise stellar book, the only negative was the over abundance of political commentary, which seemed forced and unnecessary. King subjects us too often to some political views that have a minor tie in with the plot, but otherwise serve no purpose.

Still, The Dead Zone is a very affecting and suspenseful read. The concluding events—all the leads up to the final confrontation between good (Johnny Smith) and evil (Greg Stillson)—are a stroke of genius and very powerful. King really pulls you in by novel’s end.

The Dead Zone has a bit of everything: emotion, psychological horror, paranormal, suspense, tension. It has a literary quality that surpasses many of King’s other novels. Although often not mentioned as one of King’s better novels, in my opinion, this is King’s best work.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good shape! Fast shipping.
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Kenneth A. McKinley
5.0 out of 5 stars What Would You Do If You Could've Stopped Hitler From Coming To Power?
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The Dead Zone was a re-read for me, as many will be as I go through The Stephen King Challenge, and I forgot how powerful this book was. King was really in fine form during this period in the late 1970s.

Johnny Smith is a young teacher that has started to date Sarah, another young teacher that works for another school. They've started to fall in love and Johnny takes her out on a date to the county fair. They're both excited about the night. Love is in the air and Sarah has hinted that she'd like him to spend the night at her place for the first time. They have a great time at the fair riding the rides and eating all the fair food. As they're walking out, a carnival barker at the Wheel of Fortune lures them over to try their luck. Suddenly, Johnny gets a strange feeling that he knows what number the ball is going to land on and begins to go in a trance-like state. Sure enough, he hits...and hits...and hits, until he has over $500 in his pocket and Sarah mysteriously turns ill. Driving his sick girlfriend to her house, they decide that they'll have to postpone their special evening for when she feels better. Johnny hails a cab and heads for his house. He never makes it home. Two kids were drag racing and hit the cab head on. Johnny is the only survivor...well, kind of. Johnny, battered and broken, is in a coma for 4 and 1/2 years. The doctors had given up on him and eventually Sarah did too. While Johnny was withering away in a hospital bed, Sarah marries and has a little boy. Then, one day, she gets word that Johnny Smith has miraculously come out of his coma. What she was led to believe as impossible has happened. For Johnny, it's as if he's only been asleep for a few days. Instead, his whole life, as he knows it, has been ripped away from him and all he has to look forward to is multiple surgeries and an excruciating recovery. During one of his physical therapy sessions, he touches a nurse and a wave of visions flood through Johnny's mind. He goes into another trance-like state and tells the nurse that she has to hurry. Her house is on fire. She checks and sure enough, Johnny was right and the wary nursing staff look as if Johnny has leprosy and none of them want to get close enough to touch him. For Johnny, this newfound ability is a curse. Newspapers, tabloids, desperate people wanting to know what happened to their missing loved ones all come out of the woodwork and hound Johnny. Then one day, Johnny shakes the hand of Greg Stillson. Stillson is a local politician with big ambitions and Johnny sees what would happen to the world if Stillson is in charge. What would you do if you could go back in time and prevent Hitler from coming to power? This is the burden that Johnny faces.

The Dead Zone hit me like a ton of bricks. Johnny is a very likable character and you want him and Sarah to be a couple. You want his life to be wonderful. You want to see a silver lining. With one kick in the gut after another, it's painful to watch Johnny be forced to travel down the roads that he has to. The characters, storytelling, setting, it's all wonderfully laid out by King. This is King firing on all cylinders. It transports you inside Johnny Smith and makes you ask yourself, "What if this happened to me?" An excellent tale that should be a felony for all that haven't read it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Stephen King
Reviewed in Canada on November 14, 2023
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Absolutely great story as all his books are.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great
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Filippo
5.0 out of 5 stars Not so horror, just simply an excellent story (as usual from Stephen King)
Reviewed in Italy on December 18, 2022
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There's very little to be said; this is a classic from the early days of Stephen King's production, therefore it doesn't get much better than this.

I'd like to give you a few spoiler-free infos about the style of this specific product from King's literature.

This book is not very horror-themed, and that's just fine as I always appreciated the other qualities of King's work more than the gruesome or overall unsettling situations (which I still love, don't get me wrong).

This is "simply" a thrilling story about a group of characters that, just like most of King's books, are described in such a detailed and realistic manner that you can't help yourself to put the book down.

If you want to get your feet wet with Stephen King's style of writing, I think this is a great book to start with (or alternatively "Needful Things", which is almost 1000 pages, though) and you won't be disappointed.

A word of caution though, which is valid for every Stephen King's books; you must appreciate detailed descriptions and long chapters (which are defining characteristics of King's writing to begin with).

If you want something faster and easier to read it's absolutely fine, but I'd strongly suggest to chose other, still excellent, authors.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love this Book
Reviewed in Mexico on February 12, 2020
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I think this is one of the authors best books, in my opinion. Solid story and real developed characters.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Got the book for 160 rupees
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For the price of the book the condition is really good and the product is original. I got this book used from max book depot seller. And as for the story, it is amazing. The characters are really well written. You love the characters that are meant to be good and hate the ones that are pricks. All in all a good buying experience.
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For the price of the book the condition is really good and the product is original. I got this book used from max book depot seller. And as for the story, it is amazing. The characters are really well written. You love the characters that are meant to be good and hate the ones that are pricks. All in all a good buying experience.
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