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Summary: As good As It Is...
Review: Author Stephen King's Storm Of The Century, started out as a novel, then morphed into an ABC television mini series, and then ended up as a book after all. I must say right off the bat that I liked the television movie very much...As a massive snow storm heads for the town of Little Tall island, and as the residents start to prepare, one of the town's citizens is murdered by a mysterious stranger. Even as the town constable. Mike Anderson, arrives to take one Andre`Linoge` into custody, the visitor makes a proposition. He promises to leave as quickly as he came, if the townspeople give him the one thing he wants from them. As a t.v. movie, the story worked because of its cast and high production values, the book works too--just not quite as well. First, though, I liked reading the story in its original script format, beause of my film background and all. There's nothing like reading a cool script, even if you have already seen the film. However, I have to say that, I was a bit disappointed in the book version. As much as the story works, I was expecting King to include scenes that did not make it into the finished film, as is the case with most fare created for film, there is always stuff that is cut out. This is to accomodate time constraints and all that. Since the DVD release of the film contains no deleted material, I thought perhaps the screenplay would have had some of that. After all, when movies are adapted in novel form, there are no limits, bcause time and other factors are eliminated In his introduction on page Xi King makes the point that he wrote "Storm" the same way he would if it were a novel. I just didn't "read" the script that way. It felt like I was reading it the way it was written--as a script. Not that I wanted him to write Storm Of The Century as a novel, mind you: But scenes providing a few more layers to the already very creepy tale would have made the book even better, instead of a mere retread of something I already watched. I still recommend this 395 page book (including the introduction) to any King fan. It's still good for lots of shivers and goosebumps
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Summary: Great plot!
Review: I bought this book a few months ago not realizing it was a screenplay. I tried to read it then, but lost interest, because it was a screenplay. I picked it up again last night and just now put it down! Very well written. Once you get past the fact that it is a screenplay you get totally lost in the characters. The ending was surprising, because I thought the townspeople would make a different choice. King seems to know how people would react to certain situations. We all like to think we are basically good, but deep down we are selfish. This isn't up there with THE SHINING or 'SALEM's LOT, but it is very well written, and I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Where's the beef!
Review: I must say that I was wary when I learned that the book stemming from the TV mini-series of the same name was a screenplay, but after reading it through and through, I must say that it is a stunning and captivating piece of literature. The scene directions actually make you feel as if you are there, watching the lives of the people unfold before your eyes as the puzzle for as to who and what Andre Linoge is locks together. Until the brilliant and shocking end of the book, the reader is kept hanging onto every word and every page as if they are drawn to it. My advice to anyone who dislikes screenplay literature and to even those who like it, buy this book; I swear you won't regret it.
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Summary: Exiting Screenplay!
Review: Stephen King has made another novel full of horror and suspense. The biggest storm ever is about to hit a town called Little Tall Island in Maine. While this storm is occuring a strange gentleman named Andre Linoge stops to visit. He walks up to a home owned by an old woman Martha Clarendon. Linoge charges in the old womans home and brutily murders her. Later, he purposly lets the police department arrest him.
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Summary: Master of horror strikes again in Storm of Century....
Review: Stephen King's "Storm of the Century" screenplay is further proof, if anyone doubts it, that he's not only adept at writing a horror story that gives one the creeps, but that he is not limited to writing in one format. Most novelists are content with sticking to one literary branch, letting other writers adapt their work to screenplay form. Tom Clancy and John Grisham sell the film rights to producers such as Mace Neufeld and screenwriters (Donald Stewart and John Milius, for instance) rework their basic plots into adapted screenplays. King, too, has allowed others to adapt his works for Hollywood, but he has also learned the demanding format of the screenplay and written quite a few (Creepshow, Silver Bullet, and The Stand, just to name a few). For the ABC-TV miniseries "Storm of the Century," King conjured up one of his darkest tales yet. As a severe winter storm of unprecedented fury approaches Maine's Little Tall Island, Martha Clarendon is murdered in an unspeakably violent manner. But instead of fleeing the scene of the crime as most killers do, Andre Linoge parks himself on his victim's easy chair and waits, his silver-wolf-head's cane in his hands, for the authorities to pick him up. But with Linoge's arrest, Little Tall Island's woes do not end; they are only beginning. For Linoge is one of those not-quite-human fiends Stephen King often creates to create havoc in small Maine communities like Little Tall Island, Derry, Jerusalem's Lot, and Castle Rock. He can destroy people simply by revealing their darkest secrets and manipulating them from afar. And by the time the Storm of the Century passes, the citizens of Little Tall Island will be horrified when they discover the meaning of Linoge's simple request: "Give me what I want, and I'll go away." The introduction to this published screenplay of "Storm of the Century" allows King to explain why he sometimes writes original teleplays rather than starting by writing a novel then adapting it. He also reveals why he sells his miniseries to a broadcast network with its stricter Standards and Practices staff (censors) instead of the more liberal cable networks (HBO, Showtime), and much more. I saw the original miniseries when it aired a few years back, and I am sure (okay, I know for a fact) that there is a DVD version of "Storm of the Century." This book reminded me of how effective the three-part "Novel for Television" was, and it is a fascinating read.
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Summary: Another great work by the master of horror
Review: The only reason I would not give this book 5 stars is the reason that someone else had brought up. Why didn't Linoge just go in and take the kid away instead of putting the townsfolk through all of that misery. This brings me to a couple of conclusions. One, a recurring theme in King's work of testing your faith against an evil most horrid. We have seen this theme in 'The Stand', 'Salem's Lot', and 'The Shining'. Which brings me to the other conclusion in that the ending (which most people hated), the people of that town got what they deserved. In taking the easier of the two roads out they lose the child. Where, if they had stood up to Linoge and put all of their faith together, things might have turned out different. I commend Mr. King on presenting a trying and extremely tough decision for people to ponder. What would you do in their place????
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Summary: contains popular elements
Review: There are popular elements in this book, which means you really know what will happen next. When Linoge faces with with many town people, you expect that he will say dark things about them. Briefly story is good for o screen play but not good for a novel. I really disliked the photographs in the book. I imagined Linoge differently :(.
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Summary: WARNING!!!
Review: This book is not a novel. It is the actual screenplay for which the mini-series was written. Finally a King masterpiece that translates well to the screen, even if he had to leave it in manuscript form. It was done so well that I bought the book solely for my collection. The story comes across as another straight good vs. evil tale. In Maine, in winter, real characters with real lives and of course real problems! **** Don't read this if you haven't read/seen the story **** The devil made him do it!!
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Summary: Exiting Screenplay!
Review: This is the first screenplay that I read of S.King., it is so well written that you can imagine it as if you were actually seen the movie. The story is so good that it keeps you interested at all times, without a clue about what is going to happen at the end.
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Summary: Interesting; but it doesnt quite work!,
Review: Well, first at all, I haven't seen the miniseries, so I just judge the book.
In my opinion, it's a good book. I agree there's some points don't cover... Why the island for example, but >I really like the book. Andre Linoge (The name of the bad guy) could control the people in the island, but couldn't make them "Give him" what he needs; Just analyze the book from this point, you could be the greatest, a superior man, but you can't have always what you want, altough you can make people gives you what you want... even if this it's life itself.
Anyway, I like the style, the develop of the story... the conclusion... I like the book
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