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Storm of the Century: An Original Screenplay
by Authors:
Stephen King
Paperback Description:
Stephen King started writing Storm of the Century as a novel, but it evolved into the teleplay of an ABC TV miniseries. Set in Maine's remote Little Tall Island, the tale is all about vivid small-town characters, feuds, infidelities, sordid secrets, kids in peril, and gory portents in scrambled letters. The calamitous snowstorm is nothing compared to the mysterious mind-reading stranger Linoge, who uses magic powers to turn people's guilt against them--when he's not simply braining them with his wolf-head-handled cane. Don't even glance at that cane--it can bring out the devil in you. Just as The Shining was concerned with marriage and alcoholism as much as it was with bad weather and worse spirits, Storm of the Century is more than a horror story. It's creepy because it's realistic.
But it's also unusually visual. Linoge's eyes ominously change color, wind and sea wreak havoc, a basketball leaves blood circles with each bounce. The 100-year storm no doubt hits harder onscreen than on the page, but the snow is a symbol of the more disturbing emotional maelstrom that words evoke perfectly. And the murders of folks we've gotten to know is entirely terrifying in print. The crisp discipline of the screenplay format makes this book better than lots of King's more sprawling novels--the end doesn't wander and the dialogue crackles. Here's the real test: It's impossible to read parts 1 and 2 and not read part 3, "The Reckoning." --Tim Appelo
Average Customer Rating:
Great book. Dunno why people had problems with it
What's wrong with you people this book (and the miniseries on TV) was great! SK (Stephen King) explained why the ending was the way it was (read the book or see the movie and you'll understand). SK said that people are usually told in movies and books that if you do the right thing everything will be OK. Good ALWAYS prevails when doing the right thing....and on and on. But what would happen if doing the right thing didn't always make it OK? What if you had to give one to save the rest and have to lose someone close to you? SK wanted to show people that he didn't believe that in real life good isn't always the triumphant one. That's what makes it realistic and realism is what makes it scary. I don't know what's wrong with this book being a screenplay. It's the same damn thing. And I just loved Linoge repeating "Born in Sin,Come on In."
Entertaining King piece
In the winter of 1989, a nasty storm swept through the Northeast. Its destructive path left many pundits to claim that was THE STORM OF THE CENTURY. To the residents of Maine's Little Tall Island, the storm was extremely powerful, but paled next to the evil essence that accompanied the nasty weather.
Andre Limoge seems very human when he first arrives on the island. However, anyone who sees his fangs and theunnatural red shine of his eyes knows otherwise. Temporarily cut off from the mainland by the storm, the islanders gradually realize they are dealing with a malevolent being who gleefully uses his supernatural powers to cause havoc. Limoge vows to leave the island once he obtains what he wants. However, if they fail to give in To his "request", he threatens to destroy every living person on the island. His desire leaves the people horrified that they must honor his Faustian bargain if they are to survive his visit. Only one person of the two-hundred residents says no and this individual stands to lose more than just his life.
STORM OF THE CENTURY is Stephen King's screenplay of his made for TV movie and is quite entertaining and well written in of itself. The book provides the stage directions, the physical descriptions of the storm, the island, and its residents, and the frightening plot. Additionally, the screenplay provides readers with an insider's glimpse at how an idea can be transferred from the written page to the TV screen. Mr. King shows his versatility with this fun read.
Harriet Klausner
Exiting Screenplay!
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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Great book. Dunno why people had problems with it 
