About this title: On a beautiful fall day, the town of Chester's Mill, Maine, is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. No one knows what this barrier is and when--or if--it will go away.
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Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781439148501ISBN:1439148503
Description: New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 1088 p. Audience: General/trade. COLLECTIBLE. FIRST EDITION 2009. SHIPPING UPGRADE TO EXPEDITED. Brand New hardcover with dust jacket. Excellent condition. Nice tight bright book. Text is clean and unmarked. No remainder marks. Your order processed and shipped promptly with a tracking number in the US. read more
Binding: Spoken Word MP3-CD
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2009-11-10
ISBN-13:9780743597920ISBN:0743597923
Description: NEW. Spoken Word MP3-CD. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780743597920. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781439148501ISBN:1439148503
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: HODDER & STOUGHTON GENERAL DIVISION Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780340992562ISBN:0340992565
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 896 pages. In stephen king's mesmerizing new masterpiece--his biggest, most riveting novel since the stand--a maine town and its inhabitants are isolated from the world by an invisible, impe*n*e*t*rable dome. (Hardback) read more
Format: Audio CD
Label: Simon & Schuster Audio
Date: 2009
UPC:0743597923
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Spoken Word Compact Disc
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2009-11-10
ISBN-13:9780743597302ISBN:0743597303
Description: NEW. Spoken Word Compact Disc. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780743597302. read more
Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780743597302ISBN:0743597303
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. 9781439173879. Simon & Schuster; Limited Edition; 2009; Limited edition of 1, 500 copies signed by Stephen King. True first, released prior to trade edition. Complete with a belly band, four-color printed endpapers, a ribbon marker, and containing a set of 27 special trading cards (in their own case) featuring drawings of characters from the book (drawn by cartoonist Matthew Diffee). These drawings are featured in the book—as a frontispiece image and on the 26 part ... read more
"Never having been a Stephen King fan, I was amazed at how much I enjoyed this. While the dome may or may not be supernatural, the incidents that happen under it are all too human. It was an amazing read."
"yes, i'm reading this book. this book that is not out yet. :) there are advantages to having a husband who works at a bookstore and can get promo copies of things like this. brian already read it and loved it. i'm about 3/4 of the way through (yes, i know, i haven't updated this till now) and it's very good.
**finished the book yesterday. i loved it, though i felt the ending was kind of a cheat in a deus ex machina kind of way. i'll be interested to hear what others think of it."
"Well, for me, I'm surprised how quickly I got through this book. It is 1072 pages long but right from the get-go you're hooked and the pace of the book is brilliant. Yes there are a ton of characters but King handles their introductions with the skill he showed in The Stand, we like and care for the people who we are supposed to and we hate and dread those who deserve it. The story is not so much about the dome as it is about the town. Just as The Mist was more about the horrors of humanity trapped in the shop rather than the beasts in the mist outside, for the most part the dome itself is simply a means of containing a town.
There are a full range of characters and they all feel realistic, especially the 'villains' and for the most part the actions of everyone is realistic also. I cannot remember at any point question what people did.
There are very tense moments in this book, the main tension develops steadily and is done extremely well and there gradually develops two main sides to be on, unfortunately the bad side is a lot bigger.
If you love Stephen King books, especially The Stand and The Mist, then you will love this book. If you have never read a King book, this wouldn't be the one I'd recommend first, however, it is so easy to get through that if it was your first then you should have no problems at all with it. If you don't like King then why are you reading? Anyway, still try this book and you may change your mind.
My final thought on this book is that, out of the King books I have read, I currently rank Under The Dome as his second best behind It. However, I'm not one of the fans who think The Stand is his best work, so don't get too excited about that comment."
"Imagine a giant invisible dome suddenly encloses your city. You lose electricity and in their panic your neighbors begin to change. How long will you be held captive? Will the food last? How far will you go to keep your friends and family safe? Now imagine all the implications of this imprisonment - political, religious, and environmental. Stephen King did in his brilliant new novel, Under the Dome. Think Lord of the Flies during the apocalypse. It may have taken him years to write, but it doesn't take long to read despite its massive size. One of his best!"
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