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| Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Scribner
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Rating:  779 reviews
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Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 1074
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.6
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.5 x 2.5
ISBN: 1439148503
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781439148501
ASIN: 1439148503
Publication Date: November 10, 2009
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 Think Lord of the Flies March 14, 2010
Katherine (Alpharetta, Georgia USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Below par for Mr. King. Think Lord of the Flies with adults and an alien thrown in.
 Under The Dome March 14, 2010
Denise M. Behm
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Have not had a chance to start reading but hear it is a good book, but then it's written by Stephen King.
King gets back to his wheelhouse by dusting off something in his attic March 14, 2010
SK (USA)
One of the simplest reasons I enjoyed this novel so much, as a lifelong reader and semi-scholar of the King lexicon, is how truly bad its chronological predecessor "Duma Key" was. Never before that novel has a King story been so uninspired, so flat, so blatantly derivative. So I was pensive, to say the least, about his publishing another novel. Since "The Dark Tower" I had been twice badly disappointed (the aforementioned "Duma Key" and "Cell") by King and once impressed (by "Lisey's Story", a novel I felt was an intriguing and masterful departure from his standard style and tone).
I'll confess that I was sold on the dust jacket alone - King had written another political thriller and I couldn't wait to digest it. Far from a let-down, this novel delivered the blunt wit with which King addresses issues of power and powerlessness I had been expecting. Any fears of the redundant verbosity sometimes evident in King's writing (fears justly inspired by the physical appearance of those 1,000+ pages) were unfounded. The confined-quarters setting is used to its best advantage, reminding at least this reader very much of "'Salems Lot" and "Cujo" in both claustrophobic pressure and savage terror. But my favorite element is King's return to the villain he truly writes best - the glad-handing sneak of a public official using his office to catastrophic personal advantage.
What I ultimately think is so cool about this story is its seemingly organic development - it was almost as if "Under the Dome" was sitting in a shoebox in King's storage waiting for the twin epidemics of hysteria over terrorism and abuse of methamphetamine to breathe life into it. Yes, King is still up to his Dickensian reliance on god-in-the-machine coincidence to move the plot along, but the confined space of the novel's setting allows the reader to buy into it without much disbelief. And speaking of Dickensian, there are two characters, a dog and a single mother, whose tales inside this story are of singular heart-wrenching variety. It's been a long time since King wrote emotions this well.
This novel displays King at his Yankee-blunt best in a relevant, engaging and suspenseful tale. If you have ever been an avid reader of King's fiction then trust me; you won't notice the book's girth.
 Worth reading March 13, 2010
Dylan Luciano (USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Under the Dome was the first Stephen King book I ever read. I just saw it on Amazon and decided to read it before I read his other books. I had mixed feelings on the length of the book. On one hand it seemed great that the book was lengthy so it could expand its characters and a lot of detail could be added to it to make Under the Dome feel as real as possible, but I'm generally not a fan of lengthy novels. Under the Dome is almost strangely written to me, but I also dug it. Despite its length the book was a easy page turner and I easily read 20 pages a day. Some of the characters are flat, the ending could have been explained better, and I rolled my eyes at the political commentary. While its not as good as King's other classic books he's certainly written a lot worse. I would recommend it.
It's a work of fiction, not a documentary. Chill out. March 13, 2010
Charlotte (TN)
I have read Stephen King since the 10th grade, when I swiped a paperback copy of Carrie from my Science Fiction class. I have every book that he has written, and many of them I have read more than a few times. My all time favorite SK stories are the Gunslinger series. I think of Roland frequently. One of King's books, The Eye of the Dragon, doesn't get a lot of attention but it is an excellent story, a fairytale for adults. Read it if you haven't. I don't think you'll be sorry. SK has been such an effective writer with excellent staying power because he knows, better than any other author I've ever read, that nothing is more disturbing than the human condition. I have read a couple of reviews in which the reviewers are concerned that SK gives Christians and Right-wingers a bad rap. SK has always done this, altho' I agree he is especially hard on them in this novel. I am a Christian and a Right-winger (I don't smack the wall on that side, but I'm certainly within spitting distance). I am also from the South, born and bred. Three strikes, right? I don't fit the sterotype that SK uses to describe C and RW's and I really don't know anyone who does. Maybe Steve needs to come to Tennessee and stay for a while, hang out with the enemy. But seriously, if you are going to be offended by SK's handling of these subjects I would suggest you not read this novel, because he doesn't pull any punches. I resisted buying this novel because I haven't had the time to devote to it, and I knew when I started reading I would have a hard time putting the book down. I'm on page 750 or so and I've got to say I've been really enjoying the read. To me it is a classic SK novel. If you're looking for a feel good book, this isn't it. But SK has never claimed to be a feel good kind of author. I recommend the book. Read it for the story. It's a good one.
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