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'Salem's Lot

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Ron McLarty
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About this listen

Don't miss King's #1 chilling classic, now a major motion picture from Warner Bros. Pictures.


'Salem's Lot is a small New England town with white clapboard houses, tree-lined streets and solid church steeples. Of course there are tales of strange happenings - but no more than in any other such town.

Ben Mears has returned to the Lot to write a novel and exorcise the terrors that have haunted him since childhood - since the event he witnessed at the Marsten House.

He finds the house has been rented by a newcomer, a man who causes Ben some unease. And then things start to happen: a child disappears, a dog is brutally killed - nothing unusual, except the list keeps growing...

©1975 Stephen King; (P)2004 Simon and Schuster Inc. Fantasy Fiction Scary

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"An incredibly gifted writer." (Guardian)
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This stands as one of the best books I've listened to so far. The narrator did a great job and really read each character well.
I'd recommend it if you are a fan of King, Horror, Vampires or even just good books.

One of Steven King's best.

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This is one of my favorite books and now one of my favorite audiobooks. The narration is just brilliant. Fantastic stuff.

A great reading of a great book

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Atmospheric and as usual good description of multitude of smaller characters..

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

It hasn't got Starsky or Hutch in it!

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Good vampire fest!

Forget David Soul!

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This is one of Kings masterpieces. The first half of the book is character driven as we get to know the residence of Salems' Lot and the second half is the horror as the Vampires take hold of the town. The vampire hunting companions are straight out of Bram Stoker and you feel for every triumph and loss they have. Great narration adds to the atmosphere. It makes you realize how poor the contemporary horror offerings are. Well worth a credit.

Classic of the genre

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Been years since I read this book and I really enjoyed this audiobook. This is shorter than some of the other Stephen King Audiobooks at 18 hours but it zips along at a great pace and I didn't feel like anything extra was needed by way of narrative. It's such a classic story (basically, what would happen if Dracula turned up in Maine) and brilliantly narrated by Ron McLarty.



A real treat was the 20+ minute introduction by Stephen King explaining how he came to write the story (it was his second Novel after Carrie) etc.



This comes highly recommended. You might want to keep the light on and avoid responding to scratching at your windows though!

An amazing old friend

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