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The Dead Zone (Signet) by King, Stephen is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Dead Zone (Signet) about?
John Smith awakens from an interminable coma with an accursed power-the power to see the future and the terrible fate awaiting mankind in...the dead zone. Amazon.com Review In the St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers , Gary Westfahl predicts that "King has already earned himself a place in the history of literature.... At the very least, he will enjoy the status of a latter-day Anthony Trollope, an author respected for his popularity and social commentary.... More likely, he will be enshrined as the Charles Dickens of the late 20th century, the writer who perfectly reflected, encapsulated, and expressed the characteristic concerns of his era." If any of King’s novels exemplifies his skill at portraying the concerns of his generation, it’s The Dead Zone (1979). Although it contains a horrific subplot about a serial killer, it isn’t strictly a horror novel. It’s the story of an unassuming high school teacher, an Everyman, who suffers a gap in time--like a Rip Van Winkle who blacks out during the years 1970-75--and thus becomes acutely conscious of the way that American society is rapidly changing. He wakes up as well with a gap in his brain, the "dead zone" of the ti
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- King, Stephen
- Publisher
- Signet/New American Library
- Published
- 1979
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780451155757
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Thriller
- Rating
- 3.9 / 5 (134,638 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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